I love how Neil Young can write a beautiful & senstive ballad thingie and place it up against a song that features tortured guitar amps.
Check out Chrome Dreams II and listen to the world’s shortest 18-minute song.
This has been in my pile for a few months, but I’ve been listening to the music all the while. Terrasson’s terrific musical ideas are on full display with this program of solo piano standards and originals.
But…the question I’ve posed in this review is: Why do people think jazz is too ‘complicated’?
The music of Cuba by way of Israel?
How about by way of Polish wedding receptions?
Seriously, Rafi Malkiel is a great bandleader, trombonist, and musical mind. This record proves it.
It’s been a weird and sad week at chez Saleski, as we lost a remote, yet dear, family member.
Then…this weird thing happened on the way to work.
Given all of the amazing music that Alan Lomax discovered in his travels, I would be willing to bet that the number of related recordings numbers in the thousands if not tens of thousands.
Here is a collection of jazz compositions inspired by the songs of Louisiana’s Angola Penitentiary.
Oh, and remember the name Howard Wiley.
Somebody turned me on to these cool videos taken at the Springsteen show in Ottowa. Nearing the end of the show, Bruce brought out Win and Régine from Arcade Fire to do first “State Trooper” and then “Keep The Car Running”.
The tune selection wasn’t as important as the crowd reaction. I mean, the woman near the camera absolute freaked out. Her response was, to me, a perfect example of what passion for music is all about.
When you were a kid, did you ever want something really, really bad? And then, when it finally showed up, you ended up being disappointed?
Well, OK…this record isn’t quite like that. In fact, it’s much better than expected, especially considering that it came from the Around The Sun Tour.
By the way, isn’t that one of the worst album covers of all time?
This trio, rightly called TheTrio, has put out yet another live recording.
It’s interesting to me how they make even the most well-worn material seem fresh. Does the world need another version of “On Green Dolphin Street”? Apparently, we do.
I’m not gonna say what exact genre of rock music this is because every time I get it “wrong”, the finicky rock gurus get one of their forehead veins throbbing. Relax, people!!
Anyway, check out Venus Doom. It’s goth-pop, or goth-metal, or metal, or poppy hard rock or gees…whatever!!
It’s one of my favorite television series ever.
But that’s not the point this morning. No, what we really care about is why do we like what we like? Do we even know?