The Non-metal music thread

[Prospero]

Always aUnicorn... you can thumbs down any music you like!

Better still why not create a new metal only music thread for you and Dino and the few folk who really enjoy that music in which no one else will post? Just a suggestion.

[runningdownthatdream]

Prospero, you've traveled the middle-east and north africa. Have you ever had the chance to experience dabke music played live? I find it slightly addictive.

Omar Souleyman - Warni Warni (Official Video) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVlgMEFu1PI)

[Prospero]

Yep - lots of it. Once as a guest of honour of some big people in Bahrain i was invited an evening of music and comedy. The music was great. The comedy - which went on and on and on (in Arabic )- was unendurable. Some if involved throwing dwarves around.

[Prospero]

One of my favourite Middle eastern singers. Natasha Atlas from Egypt.
Natacha Atlas - Enogoom Wil Amar (Halim 1999) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsroN_IOkCQ&list=PL076C501EBF49AEC1)

[Prospero]

This is good also - Khaled a Rai singer from Algeria.

Aicha Cheb Khaled شاب خالد - عائشة; - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIyyPsqRweE)

[runningdownthatdream]

One of my favourite Middle eastern singers. Natasha Atlas from Egypt.
Natacha Atlas - Enogoom Wil Amar (Halim 1999) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsroN_IOkCQ&list=PL076C501EBF49AEC1)

Natasha is one of my favourite singers - have been listening to her music for over a decade now ever since first heard her singing with TransGlobal Underground. Saw her in Toronto a few years ago in a small venue - she sounded even better live.

Transglobal Underground & Natasha Atlas. Ali Mullah Lament - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NypBBXYrrfA)

[runningdownthatdream]

Surely Elie Karam is the Barry White of Arab music

Buddha Bar - Baadima - Elie Karam (HQ) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpHDGhZ13CU)

[Prospero]

Nice track.

I saw her in London a few months back. She is back this coming month but I will be in Charleston South carolina so will miss her.

This is another Algerian singer I love. Souad Massi.
Souad Massi. Ya Kalbi (Deb) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7CFjRSxgfE&list=PLFA1550AA19F54370)

[Prospero]

Oh and by nice track I meant the transglobal underground track. I just downloaded it to my music library. ta (nifty little conversion programme that takes any youtube and converts it to an mp3)

[Prospero]

and this lass iis cute too

Souad massi le bien et le mal - Hajar Amazian - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7WkvIFr_io&list=PLFA1550AA19F54370)

[Prospero]

With the Ukraine in mind....

Bob Dylan - Not Dark Yet - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZgBhyU4IvQ&list=PLknidvzcLCRHHREqrm5UFsLow89YR0_ov&index=16)

[Prospero]

and one more from Mr Dylan

Bob Dylan - Jokerman - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XSvsFgvWr0&list=PLknidvzcLCRHHREqrm5UFsLow89YR0_ov)

[robertlouis]

Does this qualify as "world music"? Julie Fowlis's glorious version of the Beatles' Blackbird sung in Scots gaelic. And I'm pleased to say that Julie is every bit as nice as she sounds. A lovely person.

If you've seen the film Brave you've heard her on the soundtrack.

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MzetQfKwbE

[Prospero]

Not really world music. British band, British singer... (for no anyway)

[runningdownthatdream]

Not really world music. British band, British singer... (for no anyway)

Well maybe not if you live in the UK........but for those of us on entirely different continents, i'd say it is.

[runningdownthatdream]

Nice track.

I saw her in London a few months back. She is back this coming month but I will be in Charleston South carolina so will miss her.

This is another Algerian singer I love. Souad Massi.
Souad Massi. Ya Kalbi (Deb) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7CFjRSxgfE&list=PLFA1550AA19F54370)

Yet another beautiful voice - Thanks

[Prospero]

A Ukrainian folk song - about love and betrayal


Сонце �изенько (The Sun Sets) Ukrainian Folk Song - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y4NA4smd1I)

[Prospero]

Saul Bass title sequence - Walk on the Wild Side (1962) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jVRePj1Iq0)

[Prospero]

Luc Arbogast - Nausicaa (La Moldau) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQkp988B25k)

[robertlouis]

Some French for a change.

"Bailero" from Canteloube's Chantes de l'Auvergne, sung by Natania Davrath. This is the version that I own, and I love the fresh clarity of her voice.

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iI8tMHrD_c

[runningdownthatdream]

Many versions of this songs and just as many performers but I really like Sam Cooke's version:

Sam Cooke - Summer time (w/ Lyrics) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWFJLUBwpSY)

[robertlouis]

Gives me the opportunity to put up Sam Cooke's finest moment imho. The imagery in the video says it all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOYuhLNwh3A

[runningdownthatdream]

Otis did a great version too........I like to think Sam Cooke sang for MLK and Otis sang for Malcolm X ;)

Otis Redding - A Change Is Gonna Come - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyhL0ioST_U)

[robertlouis]

Otis is a god. Here he is on the Stax tour of the UK in 1967, with Booker T and the MG's. It doesn't get better than this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ9n2_5mbig

[runningdownthatdream]

Another oft-recorded gem this time by Ray Charles

Ray Charles - Ol' Man River - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Sx5APtFy6w)

Suggestions for other good versions beside Paul Robeson are welcome!

[robertlouis]

Don't know why I shouldn't play Paul Robeson's version!

A giant in every possible sense, one of the greatest men and one of the greatest voices of the 20th century. He was doing what he could while MLK and Malcolm X were in diapers.

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEQEeNhtosg

[robertlouis]

And now for something almost completely different. Shows The Band at their very best. All the instrumental parts are great, but Leon's drumming is something else.

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQFE113iDx4

[runningdownthatdream]

I don't know enough about Paul Robeson - just the basic story - but will try to listen to more of his music. Didn't know he and Josh White were close until now.

STRANGE FRUIT by Josh White 1942 - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4Z8azU6njU)

[robertlouis]

I don't know enough about Paul Robeson - just the basic story - but will try to listen to more of his music. Didn't know he and Josh White were close until now.



Paul Robeson was shamefully persecuted in the US by the authorities and especially Hoover's FBI for daring to stand up for the rights of blacks and workers. Thankfully he was accepted and applauded by working people in the UK and especially in Wales, where he appeared somewhat improbably as a miner in a film about the Welsh coalfields and then made a tour of the region, during which he often expressed common cause with the miners.

My dear friend Martyn Joseph wrote a great song about Robeson's visits to Wales. Here it is, apologies for the poor quality recording, but it's the best I could find. Hopefully the passion of Martyn's performance will explain why over here we call him the Welsh Springsteen! And he and I play the same model of Lowden guitar.

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS4Q4_PuzjQ

[runningdownthatdream]

Paul Robeson was shamefully persecuted in the US by the authorities and especially Hoover's FBI for daring to stand up for the rights of blacks and workers. Thankfully he was accepted and applauded by working people in the UK and especially in Wales, where he appeared somewhat improbably as a miner in a film about the Welsh coalfields and then made a tour of the region, during which he often expressed common cause with the miners.

My dear friend Martyn Joseph wrote a great song about Robeson's visits to Wales. Here it is, apologies for the poor quality recording, but it's the best I could find. Hopefully the passion of Martyn's performance will explain why over here we call him the Welsh Springsteen! And he and I play the same model of Lowden guitar.

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS4Q4_PuzjQ

Couldnt really make out the words but a good performance and love the sound of the guitar!

I recently spent some time discovering Eartha Kitt: her story and her talents. Wonderful woman who tried to speak out for Americans against the Vietnam War and for her efforts was similarly ostracized, publicly shamed and driven in to exile in the UK where she was apparently welcomed with open arms. In those days I assume the UK public was less inclined to be blind followers of American political doctrine? Canada too used to welcome 'dissident' Americans but these days they are quickly wrapped and shipped back.

Here's some Eartha!

Eartha Kitt- Angelitos Negros - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnPga2-sfkY)

Lesson in how to play with the camera - Eartha Kitt 1970 - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk7WArUKWp8)

What a WOMAN!

[robertlouis]

I certainly agree about Eartha - and she was pretty much an honorary Brit!

Harold Wilson who was the Labour Prime Minister from 1964 to 1970 famously and very courageously stood down fierce pressure from LBJ for the UK to send troops into Vietnam.

Can't imagine that happening now, sadly.

In the meantime, back to those days of protest.

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dATyZBEeDJ4

[runningdownthatdream]

Protest music, eh?

Phil Ochs: What are you fighting for? - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N93OCCBXGXc)

[robertlouis]

Protest music, eh?



I'll see your Phil Ochs and raise you a Pete Seeger. :D

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXqTf8DU6a0

[runningdownthatdream]

And here's one of your faves, if I recall correctly

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6Lpx6JIMmk#aid=P-8jVQvfbmA

[robertlouis]

And here's one of your faves, if I recall correctly



Thank you! I LOVE Bruce Cockburn. He followed me one year on Stage 2 at Cambridge and we had a drink and a great chat afterwards. Wonderful guy.

You and I know that this is arguably his best-known song, but most folks here won't have heard of him let alone the song. Seriously powerful. I love his guitar style, especially the explosively percussive right-hand work.

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z02J_kPincA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z02J_kPincA)

[runningdownthatdream]

Thank you! I LOVE Bruce Cockburn. He followed me one year on Stage 2 at Cambridge and we had a drink and a great chat afterwards. Wonderful guy.

You and I know that this is arguably his best-known song, but most folks here won't have heard of him let alone the song. Seriously powerful. I love his guitar style, especially the explosively percussive right-hand work.

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z02J_kPincA

Glad to hear that about Bruce - that the man reflects the music. When I first heard his music back in the 80s I can't say I was enthralled but with age comes wisdom and the ability to distill the finer things out of life and his music turns out to be one of those things. Such powerful lyrics, balanced voiced, and yes that guitar work is sweet. Would love to chat with him - what a life you lead my friend!

Ok so here's my swansong for this night................on a completely different tip though.

Jordi Savall - Üsküdara - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OMh0u-ir9w)

[robertlouis]

It's an interesting way to earn your living, that's for sure.

Here's the man who's been my inspiration right from the start. People know him mostly for one song, then hopefully move on to the wonderful colours in his songs, but not many know him for his guitar skills. This is a pretty good illustration. The one and only Ralph McTell - and again one of the nicest and most unassuming guys you could ever hope to meet. Hoping to make his 70th birthday concert at the end of this year.

And goodnight.

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_sOr4QpSMc&index=21&list=PL2C810287CC56ADB6

[Prospero]

Whle I was sleeping a huge crop of great music got planted here. Thanks guys for opening my ears to some tracks I've never heard Martyn Joseph, Josh White and those Eartha Kitt tracks and some old favourites. This song was from the best album by The Neville brothers.

Yellow Moon - Neville Brothers - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlVxx3HVW24)

[runningdownthatdream]

Whle I was sleeping a huge crop of great music got planted here. Thanks guys for opening my ears to some tracks I've never heard Martyn Joseph, Josh White and those Eartha Kitt tracks and some old favourites. This song was from the best album by The Neville brothers.

Yellow Moon - Neville Brothers - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlVxx3HVW24)

Spectacular album! I bought this on CD back in 1990 and couldn't really get into some of the tracks at that time - thought the Dylan and Sam Cooke covers were stellar - but over the years i have grown to appreciate each and every song. Something new to discover every time I listen to it.

Their subsequent album - Brother's Keeper - is also quite good but a step down IMO.

[Prospero]

Yep... Aaron Neville has such a remarkable and unusual voice.

The Neville Brothers - Bird on a Wire - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9ez80bQW4w)

[robertlouis]

Two terrific and immensely powerful songs about the Bosnian conflict in the 90s.

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jzk0W56ge1k

Richard Shindell - You Stay Here (with Lyrics) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NDQvU2NsFI)

[gmb]

Levon...


And now for something almost completely different. Shows The Band at their very best. All the instrumental parts are great, but Leon's drumming is something else.

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQFE113iDx4

[robertlouis]

Levon...

What's a "v" between friends? :dancing:

[runningdownthatdream]

Thanks for the Ralph McTell, RL. Haven't heard much of his music before but am listening now. How about some John Prine......this particular song for some reason makes me think of Turgenev's Scenes from an Hunter's Album. Like a snapshot of life surrounded by nature.

John Prine - Lake Marie - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te7x8s9P4U8)

[robertlouis]

Thanks for the Ralph McTell, RL. Haven't heard much of his music before but am listening now. How about some John Prine......this particular song for some reason makes me think of Turgenev's Scenes from an Hunter's Album. Like a snapshot of life surrounded by nature.



John Prine is also one of those writers who can say something profound by saying it simply. A good example:

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDCsc3CU5ww

[robertlouis]

More Ralph McTell. The imagery in this song is pure Thomas Hardy. This was a fixture in my live set for years till I built up the confidence to perform my own stuff.

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2jyr4yGYWs

[runningdownthatdream]

I like simple.....only a complex mind can produce simple, beautifully. Another guy that does the same

Townes Van Zandt - Our Mother The Mountain - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DW4XgQvcDsQ)

[runningdownthatdream]

Guy Clark - Desperados Waiting For A Train - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFb1lGMvS3I)

[robertlouis]

I like simple.....only a complex mind can produce simple, beautifully. Another guy that does the same



I love Townes. Shame he's not around any more. Here's another songwriter cut from the same cloth.

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTwUpkEK6yk

[runningdownthatdream]

looks like the the adage still holds true: great minds do think alike!

[runningdownthatdream]

We Were Kinda Crazy Then - Jerry Jeff Walker - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhcMpmUNOjc)

[robertlouis]

looks like the the adage still holds true: great minds do think alike!

Yep! :D

And goodnight.

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpxg0zT1opI

[Prospero]

Poor quality sound on this.. but the simple message delivered beautifully speaks to now and to all those fighting for the right to be free.

Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - The Cost of Freedom - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGFD-rqqQhI)

It was actually composed in the wake of the shootings at Kent State University in Ohio in 1970. The Republican vice president Spiro Agnew labelled the slain teenagers "campus bums."

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Ohio 1970 Kent State University - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68g76j9VBvM)

And some background to that long ago, forgotten day...

Kent State May 4.flv - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K94oOhUcvHE)

[Dino Velvet]

My contribution. Joe Lynn Turner never got enough credit for being a good vocalist. Ronnie James Dio was always a hard act to follow but Joe's style worked too especially with Ritchie Blackmore around.

RAINBOW - "Tearin` Out My Heart" - (1982) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBQwmAvjmXQ)

[Dino Velvet]

Any fans of Joe Bonamassa around?

Joe Bonamassa - Ballad of John Henry - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaCjPdtDBxo)

Joe Bonamassa "Just Got Paid" and "Dazed and Confused" Live at The Royal Albert Hall 2009 - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Aud7AwGGb4)

Beth & Joe - Nutbush City Limits OFFICIAL Music Video - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6VEHUJwUho)

Black Country Communion - Cold (Live Over Europe, 2011) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz0FV9QS5tA)

[Prospero]

Hey Dino re-post this stuff in its normal thread... you're pushing the envelope here. Otherwise it gets deleted. You KNOW this is for acoustic music.

[Dino Velvet]

Hey Dino re-post this stuff in its normal thread... you're pushing the envelope here. Otherwise it gets deleted. You KNOW this is for acoustic music.

I didn't know it was for acoustic. I thought it was just non-Metal which I am well within those boundaries. If it is just for acoustical I did not know. No harm intended. Carry on.

If those videos effect the theme of this thread I agree you should delete them.

[runningdownthatdream]

uh oh........the devil has entered......but brought along some really good music (with the exception of that screechy bastard Yngwie Malmsteen).

That cover of Nutbush City limits was especially good. How about some Pussy

Nashville Pussy - Nutbush City Limits.avi - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdSRnWU03Og)

[Dino Velvet]

the devil has entered......

Prospero is mildly Satanic but I wouldn't elevate him like that.

[runningdownthatdream]

Hey Dino re-post this stuff in its normal thread... you're pushing the envelope here. Otherwise it gets deleted. You KNOW this is for acoustic music.

Only the Malmsteen stuff really contravenes the code....I vote to keep everything else.

[Prospero]

I agree... it was the Malmsteen i was talking about.

[Dino Velvet]

I agree... it was the Malmsteen i was talking about.

Get rid of it then. You're the hall monitor. OK with me.

[Prospero]

No... I created a strand all of your own for the music that you like. How about that as a generous gesture buddy

[Dino Velvet]

No... I created a strand all of your own for the music that you like. How about that as a generous gesture buddy

I started a thread for me already. I basically post songs and videos walking in circles talking to myself.

Is Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton not allowed in here either? No Hendrix, I guess, too.

[fred41]

you can always post Blackmore's post lobotomy work...lol...(note the interesting hat)

Blackmore's Night - Dancer and the Moon (Official Video 2013) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTdSm4Rn1XA)

[Prospero]

Dino...I can't quite see why you want to post that music here (much of which is great) when there is an existing music thread for any type of music Iin which you post lots of stuff) and a new one i just made for you to post any music you want. The whole idea of this thread, created by our mutual friend Robert Louis, is music which is not cranked up loud guitar based stuff. So much as I love hendrix and Clapton and even some of the harder stuff you've posted (Reveren Horton Heat for instance) this is not the strand for it. There are plenty of places for that. it's like someone posting pictures of girls with big hard-ons in a thread which is what was the most recent movie you saw? What is the whole point of having a thread defined as being one thing if people just post anything. Sorry to be a pain.

[Dino Velvet]

Dino...I can't quite see why you want to post that music here (much of which is great) when there is an existing music thread for any type of music Iin which you post lots of stuff) and a new one i just made for you to post any music you want. The whole idea of this thread, created by our mutual friend Robert Louis, is music which is not cranked up loud guitar based stuff. So much as I love hendrix and Clapton and even some of the harder stuff you've posted (Reveren Horton Heat for instance) this is not the strand for it. There are plenty of places for that. it's like someone posting pictures of girls with big hard-ons in a thread which is what was the most recent movie you saw? What is the whole point of having a thread defined as being one thing if people just post anything. Sorry to be a pain.

You're not a pain. It was a simple and very gentle misunderstanding. You and me disagree on many things but end up getting along good in the long run. People like us will always butt heads. As long as we're not buttheads about it.

http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view/11915/beavis-butthead-o.gif

[runningdownthatdream]

in fairness I think Dino was trying to post stuff that in his view is non-metal. Had never heard of Joe Bonamassa and glad to have had had a listen so it's appreciated. I have to admit that if he had posted it in the "what are you listening to now" thread I might not have listened only because he tends to post a lot of really hard stuff in there and I don't listen to much of that stuff (funny how our subconcious prejudices kick in as easily as they do). I for one would appreciate some more of Dino recommendations as it pertains to this thread.

[Dino Velvet]

in fairness I think Dino was trying to post stuff that in his view is non-metal. Had never heard of Joe Bonamassa and glad to have had had a listen so it's appreciated. I have to admit that if he had posted it in the "what are you listening to now" thread I might not have listened only because he tends to post a lot of really hard stuff in there and I don't listen to much of that stuff (funny how our subconcious prejudices kick in as easily as they do). I for one would appreciate some more of Dino recommendations as it pertains to this thread.

I saw the CSN and thought Blues Rock like Bonamassa would be a good fit to accompany it. I attempted to bring some diversity. No biggie.

[Dino Velvet]

you can always post Blackmore's post lobotomy work...lol...(note the interesting hat)

Blackmore's Night - Dancer and the Moon (Official Video 2013) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTdSm4Rn1XA)

I'm so happy Ritchie found Candice. Look how happy he is. Dramatic improvement...

http://media.classicrockmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/blackmore.jpg

[Prospero]

LOL.... and I have also enjoyed some of the stuff he posted here. I am just trying to respect the aim of the gy who started the thread. If someone started a thread called "classical music" I'd not post, erm,, Bob Dylan or The Grateful FDead in it. That's all.

And yes Runningdownthedream - there is a temptation to judge and een dismiss everything someone posts if the BULK of it is one kind of thing. Dino's taste is for far harder stuff than I enjoy Which means i seldom give it a listen in the general music strand.

[runningdownthatdream]

you can always post Blackmore's post lobotomy work...lol...(note the interesting hat)

Blackmore's Night - Dancer and the Moon (Official Video 2013) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTdSm4Rn1XA)

Ok that's an embarrassment and an affront to good music everywhere. I can't even believe it started from good intentions.

[Dino Velvet]

LOL.... and I have also enjoyed some of the stuff he posted here. I am just trying to respect the aim of the gy who started the thread. If someone started a thread called "classical music" I'd not post, erm,, Bob Dylan or The Grateful FDead in it. That's all.

And yes Runningdownthedream - there is a temptation to judge and een dismiss everything someone posts if the BULK of it is one kind of thing. Dino's taste is for far harder stuff than I enjoy Which means i seldom give it a listen in the general music strand.

We're good. I won't post any more songs in this thread.

You and me have an age difference but we also have a lot of common music interests. You know I like finding things we both enjoy. That's probably another reason I posted here. Something different but still similar. Basically, "If you like this then give this a listen too."

I was really pleased when I saw you liked the Hank III stuff.

[fred41]

Ok that's an embarrassment and an affront to good music everywhere. I can't even believe it started from good intentions.

I am filled with nothing but good intentions...





...usually....
...sometimes...
....when the mood strikes...

..okay, you got me.
:)

[fred41]

I like this little song by Janelle (the cutie pie) Monae

Janelle Monae - Oh, Maker (Music Video) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXOL-4YNNqY)

[fred41]

Another little song, by another little cutie pie - Duffy

Duffy - Warwick Avenue - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScSHEnFNRck)

[robertlouis]

Well, there's been a largely good-natured spat on this thread today.

When I started it the intention was to create a place on HA where those of us who like music, but specifically don't like metal, could post anything else that they wanted to share. I didn't want to be prescriptive beyond that general intent, so we've had everything from Miles Davis to Beethoven to Alban Berg to Pete Seeger to BB King and back again. It's been a good ride.

As it happens, I really like Joe Bonamassa and enjoyed the tracks that Dino posted; he's an innovator and a superb musical technician who is seeking to redefine the possibilities of the electric guitar. I admire him for that. He's not Hendrix but he's pretty good.

And there's been lots of electric music here. I've posted lots of my favourite era, west coast rock from the late 60s. It was the move into increasingly pompous prog rock in the 70s and then the umpteen subdivisions of metal that I've never enjoyed.

So this thread is and should remain a broad church for folks to post what they like.

Except thrash metal, please.

That is all.

Now, to show you what I mean, here's Tiny Tim.

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_PLWqnfFgU

[Dino Velvet]

Well, there's been a largely good-natured spat on this thread today.

Absolutely. I'll never dislike ole Prospie no matter how many soap boxes he tries to prop himself up on. At his age his prospie is probably tougher than a two dollar steak anyway.

Glad you liked some of the tunes, Robert. I like to share. I found Bonamassa by mistake checking out some Glenn Hughes and wanted to pass it on. His stuff is a slam dunk that everyone seems to like. All the fuss was worth it then.

Honestly, if I was invading this thread I would do it while you all sleep and be thoroughly hardcore.

[Prospero]

Tiny Tim... arrrghhhhh. You gotta hear him slugher Nowhere man it is something else.

Meanwhile this isn't vey good but it is interesting. Anyone who has listened to Bob Dylan's newest album "Tempest" will know that the title tack is a 14 minute long song all about the Titanic. (Bob specialises in very long songs - ever since "Sad Eyed lady of The Lowlands") from Blonde On Blonde. I like Dylan's Titanic song. But then i came across this - from 2008. (The Carter Family's own recording doesn't seem to be on Youtube)

Titanic (Carter Family Tune) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh3mvpOPtyo)

Dylan of course has long borrowed from others... but this is rather overt.

[Dino Velvet]

Tiny Tim... arrrghhhhh. You gotta hear him slugher Nowhere man with backing by The Beatles. it is something else.


Not posting any music. I promise. Wanted to mention Tiny Tim. He used to go on Howard Stern all the time. He would talk obsessively about toothpaste and cleaning products like he was Billy Mays selling them. I actually learned a lot from him. Stern and him were good together.

Howard Stern- Tiny Tim Returns After Five Years With His Wife *Unedited* (Part 1 of 5) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5RNwvEn8gE)

[Prospero]

Tiny Tim - " Nowhere Man" - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5EcrraNTQo&feature=kp)

[Dino Velvet]

I'll put the other parts up. Tiny Tim on Stern was funny. Remember Ajax is better than Comet. You need the grit if you want the tub clean.

Howard Stern- Tiny Tim Returns After Five Years With His Wife *Unedited* (Part 2 of 5) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnxHR0ec5Gg)

Howard Stern- Tiny Tim Returns After Five Years With His Wife *Unedited* (Part 3 of 5) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rumewPx9-Ik)

Howard Stern- Tiny Tim Returns After Five Years With His Wife *Unedited* (Part 4 of 5) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1tQ6CaFD20)

Howard Stern- Tiny Tim Returns After Five Years With His Wife *Unedited* (Part 5 of 5) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qECJ8s3i5Ic)

[maxpower]

The singer, Rachael Price, has an incredible voice, and the backing vocals by the rest of the band are pretty great, too.


Lake Street Dive - "You Go Down Smooth" (Live at WFUV) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LhsE-uqqE0)

[robertlouis]

The singer, Rachael Price, has an incredible voice, and the backing vocals by the rest of the band are pretty great, too.



This is a fabulous live treatment of the Jackson Five's "I Want You Back."

Great band.

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EPwRdVg5Ug

[Prospero]

They are fabulous -- and the lead singer is a delight to watch (delight = hot)

Lake Street Dive: Seventeen - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD3dmnRXIuo&list=RD2-cP4EHpumY)

[Prospero]

This is "Black Crow" from Hejira, my favourite late Joni Mitchell album. I especially love the bass playing by Jaco Pastorius and the guitar work of Larry Carlton. It sort of swoops and soars like the crow of the song title.

"I saw that ragged soul take flight."


Joni Mitchell - Black Crow (with lyrics) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76xfJEY1Td4&feature=kp)

[Prospero]

Finally for now - Mary Gauthier, singer from New Orleans.



Mary Gauthier "Drag Queens In Limousines" - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPZ-rIpIPqw&list=PLC84652267DEFBECF)

[Prospero]

The late Phil Ochs... one of his best known songs...

Small Circle of Friends - Phil Ochs - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMeG6dAFqXw&list=RDkKIXd8eZCDk)

[runningdownthatdream]

Jan Garbarek - Snipp,snapp,snute - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCAXBkoD-OI)

[robertlouis]

One of THE guitar solos imh.

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLTlAnVUx3A

[Falrune]

I just watched the 2013 version of the Great Gatsby (Baz Luhrmann) and really enjoyed this song at the end (I wound-up getting the iTunes version):
Sia Furler - "Kill and Run" YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ylcg4m8UUPs)

[robertlouis]

Final movement of Mahler's 4th Symphony, with the solo sung by a boy treble - it's usually sung by a female soprano. Don't know if that makes it more suitable for this forum.....

When I was on holiday in the mountains of Austrian Vorarlberg two summers ago this was the perfect accompaniment to the glorious scenery.

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yTf9cTSIuM

[Stavros]

Final movement of Mahler's 4th Symphony, with the solo sung by a boy treble - it's usually sung by a female soprano. Don't know if that makes it more suitable for this forum.....

When I was on holiday in the mountains of Austrian Vorarlberg two summers ago this was the perfect accompaniment to the glorious scenery.


What a horrible recording! Not only does the Concertgebouw sound crabbed and cold, the boy soprano is at times ragged, the voice doesn't have any depth. Although Mahler did consider using a boy soprano, because of the innocence implied in the verse, it doesn't work. If you must have the real thing with Bernstein, and in general his Mahler is good but not rich in subtlety then his recording with Reri Grist works, as she was a spinto with a light refreshing voice and does Mahler proud. I saw her a few times in the 1970s and she remains one of my favourite singers.

Mahler - Symphony n°4 - NYP / Bernstein - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAkrnXNrvKA)


Mahler completed the work at his summer home in Meiernigg ion the Worthersee n 1901 and conducted the premiere in Munich in November of that year, where it was booed with much enthusiasm; in Frankfurt they hissed so loud during the performance it sounded like wind.

Wilhelm Ritter, writing of the premiere in Munich said:
"I felt as if I had been reveling in an unavowable way in a sort of musical Black Mass...indeed Satan and all his pomps and works have never chosen a better home in an orchestra"...

Mahler used to rise just before dawn on his summer break to begin composing in his lakeside hut; the maid was not allowed to enter but had to leave his breakfast outside, after which work he would join Alma and the children in the lake. He was a strong swimmer.

https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRk6bPU7tfn-yCZYytCZriHifVBwvaOcM8sANv6syuf_oRVTWeo

[robertlouis]

What a horrible recording! Not only does the Concertgebouw sound crabbed and cold, the boy soprano is at times ragged, the voice doesn't have any depth. Although Mahler did consider using a boy soprano, because of the innocence implied in the verse, it doesn't work. If you must have the real thing with Bernstein, and in general his Mahler is good but not rich in subtlety then his recording with Reri Grist works, as she was a spinto with a light refreshing voice and does Mahler proud. I saw her a few times in the 1970s and she remains one of my favourite singers.

Mahler - Symphony n°4 - NYP / Bernstein - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAkrnXNrvKA)


Mahler completed the work at his summer home in Meiernigg ion the Worthersee n 1901 and conducted the premiere in Munich in November of that year, where it was booed with much enthusiasm; in Frankfurt they hissed so loud during the performance it sounded like wind.

Wilhelm Ritter, writing of the premiere in Munich said:
"I felt as if I had been reveling in an unavowable way in a sort of musical Black Mass...indeed Satan and all his pomps and works have never chosen a better home in an orchestra"...

Mahler used to rise just before dawn on his summer break to begin composing in his lakeside hut; the maid was not allowed to enter but had to leave his breakfast outside, after which work he would join Alma and the children in the lake. He was a strong swimmer.

https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRk6bPU7tfn-yCZYytCZriHifVBwvaOcM8sANv6syuf_oRVTWeo

I wanted to post a recording with a boy soprano but couldn't find the version that I have on youtube - it's a Slovenian orchestra with an excellent treble, certainly better than the Concertgebouw version. And I tend to agree with your views on Bernstein and Mahler. After his fine recording of the 1st it's all downhill.

After amassing a mongrel set of Mahler's symphonies, amongst which Rattle features prominently and favourably, I bought a boxed set of Gerghiev's recordings last year. While it has some of his usual eccentric tics, as a consistent representation of Mahler's intense musicality it's rather good.

[runningdownthatdream]

Eric Von Schmidt Joshua Gone Barbados - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsZbYxCFhEE)

[runningdownthatdream]

Tom Rush & Emmylou Harris : Louisiana Eyes / Was'nt That A Mighty Storm - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWmlpixV5bs)

[robertlouis]

This came on the radio earlier and I thought it sounded just as sweet as the first time I heard it. Graham Nash has a knack for writing great little love songs. Perfect simplicity is a real gift.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7G6cFtsxKz0

[robertlouis]

Okay, Neil nicked the riff from Satisfaction and has admitted it, but this is still a great song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRhHDS69iU0

[robertlouis]

And while I'm on a CSNY kick, together and individually....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Q561cqwTgY

[robertlouis]

This live performance is about as good as harmonies go.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdNO9Qa5rzI

[robertlouis]

And finally tonight, The Eagles from the early days before they were infected by that ego-freak Joe Walsh and became their own pallid tribute band playing stadiums to the brain dead.

The video appears to be an extract from Tombstone, one of my favourite westerns. "Tell him I'm comin'. And hell's comin' with me!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KG1wAjZ--E

[Prospero]

'Mendocino' by Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright and Anna McGarrigle. - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z85yJwexow&list=RD3Z85yJwexow)

[robertlouis]

No apologies for putting this up right after Prospero's last one. That live recording by Kate's family is excellent, but for me it doesn't come close to the McGarrigle sisters' original. Their unique sensibility lends an almost religious, fragile and ethereal quality to their music which is unlike any other duo I've ever heard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7KsDv1K8-k

[robertlouis]

This combines some of my very favourite musicians. If you like this, The Transatlantic Sessions are available on CD and DVD. I'm also very proud to call Dick Gaughan a friend, mentor and occasional collaborator.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l9uJO9yOaQ

[robertlouis]

More from the Transatlantic Sessions. The late, great and wild John Martyn with Kathy Mattea. I had this song in my live set for years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBPTuAl2Qyk&list=PLC382128E84593195

[robertlouis]

Another old pal from Scotland, Dougie MacLean, with his song Ready for the Storm, again with Kathy Mattea. And yep, this song was in my live set too!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv4Wpychxh8

[robertlouis]

The wonderful Julie Fowlis singing in Gaelic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnBBQ-_D2Hc

[$$$Bill]

Eddie Vedder Without You Letterman 6 20 2011 - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUVu0GX5zX0)









"Just Breathe" - Live At Austin City Limits - Pearl Jam - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo-UKCxCglg)

[maxpower]

Eddie Vedder - You've Got To Hide Your Love Away - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJwLAxlio9w)

[runningdownthatdream]

No apologies for putting this up right after Prospero's last one. That live recording by Kate's family is excellent, but for me it doesn't come close to the McGarrigle sisters' original. Their unique sensibility lends an almost religious, fragile and ethereal quality to their music which is unlike any other duo I've ever heard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7KsDv1K8-k

Haunting is a word often misused to describe music but if it ever applied it would be to the vocals of the McGarrigle Sisters

[runningdownthatdream]

Sainkho Namtchylak - Let the Sunshine - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSFQ9fzMFCA)

[robertlouis]

Recently saw a documentary on BBC4 about the making of Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells. This is from Ommadawn, his album that saw me through some dark times. It's celtic fusion music long before they coined the term. Still moves me immensely.

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mu0KrqsQN4

[dderek123]

Stereotypically Canadian

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-glHAzXi_M

[dderek123]

Normally I don't appreciate this type of hip hop but this video makes me happy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMUDVMiITOU

[robertlouis]

A laid-back classic from the 60s.

http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rkgozdtsh_g (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rkgozdtsh_g)

[Tapatio]

I just found out about an Aussie named Courtney Barnett.

Her song "Avant Gardner" hooked me hard.

Her guitar work makes me think of Lou Reed in his VU days.

Maybe I'm alone in that thought- and maybe it's just her tone.

I'd be interested to know what RL hears.

Courtney Barnett - Avant Gardener - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcnIhzaDTd0)

[Prospero]

Il pleure dans mon coeur ~ Lucie Robson - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZH4N2Mg_IE)





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[$$$Bill]

Il pleure dans mon coeur ~ Lucie Robson - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZH4N2Mg_IE)





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Very nice!

[$$$Bill]

Vide Cor Meum - original libretto in Italian / latin with translation. - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRsnMGA5H1k)

[robertlouis]

Final movement of Sibelius 5th symphony. If there's a more thrilling or dramatic finale in the symphonic canon I haven't encountered it yet.

http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s_qlafKO5E

[nevada64]

Akiko Wada. "Unchain My Heart"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6Rr8kTDqoM

[Prospero]

Finlandia by Sibelius. With a former advisor to Putin reporting that the Russian leader considers Finland's independence from Russian dominion to have been a mistake and that it's future should be as part of Russia it seemed appropriate to post this anthem to proud Finnish independence.

Finlandia - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XojVmivqDrA)

[robertlouis]

Finlandia by Sibelius. With a former advisor to Putin reporting that the Russian leader considers Finland's independence from Russian dominion to have been a mistake and that it's future should be as part of Russia it seemed appropriate to post this anthem to proud Finnish independence.


Heard a stunning rendition of it at the Barbican in York last month. It's stirring to say the least.

Here's another well-known piece by the Finnish genius, whose seven symphonies, imh, are as fine a body of work as any of the post-romantic composers. While he remained steadfastly within the confines of traditional notation, he forms an accessible bridge towards the modernists.

And it's the whole of the Karelia suite. Enjoy. I can't remember life without this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adKwG9ZuzFw

[Prospero]

Talking of symphonic climaxes I'll take this climax over your Sibelius, RL... One of the most stunning of all IMHO ... The finale of Mahler's Resurrection Symphony.

Mahler 2nd 13 Finale End Simon Rattle CBSO - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nkM33CorIw)

[Prospero]

Ps was listening to Karelia Suite yesterday.... Yup.... Amazing

[Prospero]

Akiko Wada. "Unchain My Heart"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6Rr8kTDqoM


Most unexpected and remarkable. Blues with a Japanese inflection.

[robertlouis]

Talking of symphonic climaxes I'll take this climax over your Sibelius, RL... One of the most stunning of all IMHO ... The finale of Mahler's Resurrection Symphony.



As it happens, that very piece is on my funeral music list along with Born to Run! And the Rattle version too.

[Prospero]

I can't wait for that send off, RL. Lol

[robertlouis]

I can't wait for that send off, RL. Lol

You're invited, of course.

Unless....... :twisted::twisted::twisted:

[Prospero]

Here is one for you, RL... A song called Lorena... Heard it for the first time at a concert in Charleston. A civil war song loved by troops on both sides.

LORENA - Ladies & Love Songs of the Civil War-Tom Roush - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyskZquf0ac)

[robertlouis]

Here is one for you, RL... A song called Lorena... Heard it for the first time at a concert in Charleston. A civil war song loved by troops on both sides.



Thanks P. And one for you. Richard Shindell singing his great civil war song Reunion Hill. All the more powerful for its simplicity. I must have played and sung this song more than a hundred times. It's haunting and moving.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCowqdES-HQ

[Prospero]

The great Ry Cooder and Flaco Jimenez

The Girls From Texas - Flaco Jimenez & Ry Cooder - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKSQUicFaEA)

[robertlouis]

This is just so pretty - The Band. Best combo that ever drew breath.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2RQqDbPRgs

[robertlouis]

I picked up this Neil Young CD a little while back. Recorded straight from the desk in 1970. This song was always one of my favourites. The CD is "Live at the Cellar Door" and if you like Neil acoustic as I do, it's strongly recommended.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0WHHJZAg9Y

[Prospero]

Joni's wonderful evocation of the thinly hidden primitive.
Joni Mitchell - The Jungle Line - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vF2_1Jfgo4I)

[robertlouis]

Classic John Martyn live from the 70s. This was in my live set for years, though it's impossible to catch both the guitar and vocal fluidity of the great man.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOi_wxypeGc

[Prospero]

RL... if you delete the S after http before posting the whole youtube post will display.

[gaffer]

robertlouis - Many thanks for introducing me to Richard Shindell. Reunion Hill is a beautiful, haunting song

[robertlouis]

robertlouis - Many thanks for introducing me to Richard Shindell. Reunion Hill is a beautiful, haunting song

Thank you. This one, imo, is even better. My old pal Steve Knightley of Show of Hands introduced me to the song a few years back, and although I very rarely play covers these days, I've made an exception for this one, it's one of those songs where you get a pause before the applause.

Although it's clearly about the Yugoslavian war, Steve and I both feel that it also has strong resonances with Cormac McCarthy's The Road.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NDQvU2NsFI

[Prospero]

.” I Am Calling You” from the soundtrack of a movie called “Baghdad Café.” I saw this film many years ago and remember nothing about it except this haunting song by Javetta Steele.

BAGDAD CAFE - SOUNDTRACK - I'M CALLING YOU - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCLpLWcX2cg)

[robertlouis]

Just watched a recorded concert celebrating the life and artistry of the late Bert Jansch, one of the finest acoustic guitarists of all.

Here's his take on a traditional folk classic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkX7Q2J7k48

[Prospero]

One of Springsteen's early songs - and rather lovely.

4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) - Bruce Springsteen (Studio Version) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgFHM8HMbWQ&feature=kp)

[Stavros]

First, the Italian song Tornerai (J'attendrai)given its famous version by Rina Ketty, with a montage of the irresistible Louis Brooks (fully nude by the end which I thought might be censored by YouTube);

Second, the incomparable Barbara, singing from the edge of reason...(and apologies for the dire adverts that get stuck onto these clips)...

Louise Brooks & Rina Ketty - J'attendrai (1938) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQtHZeyIfrM)

Barbara - Dis, quand reviendras-tu ? - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUE80DTNxK4)

[Prospero]

BEASLEY STREET - JOHN COOPER CLARKE - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37QUUwp9xIs)

[Jericho]

Beasley Street

Excellent, Smithers.
Be going to see him in a couple of weeks time!

[Prospero]

And now... drift ff into a world of dreams.... sevenhours... waves of sound...


Robert Rich - Somnium (7h Complete Masterpiece) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SY94KemG0E)

[Prospero]

“Beware Of The Beautiful Stranger” by Pete Atkin. Atkin wrote the music with words by the Australian born Clive James, the poet, author, TV presenter and critic. The duo wrote a large number of songs together when they both lived in Cambridge which were collected on a series of albums issued in the 1970s and 80s. Atkin then quit music to work as a radio producer with the BBC.

Pete Atkin - Beware of the Beatiful Stranger - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Butt2hVdyzg)

[robertlouis]

Going to see this lady, and old chum, in Leeds on Monday. One of THE best versions of a Robert Burns song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJwy2cm9QTo

[Prospero]

Moondog... the late, great blind street musician from New York. A very inventive musical mind.

Moondog | Symphonique #6 (Good For Goodie) | 1969 - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtiyLzYn_xc&list=RDwtiyLzYn_xc)

[maxpower]

The Beatles - Blackbird - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c2kJrWqZqc)


Paul McCartney & Wings Bluebird (2010 Remastered). - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5RL4-AnBBY)

[buttslinger]

The Beatles - I'm So Tired (2009 Stereo Remaster) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy-gOf-_3f4)

The Beatles - September In The Rain (Decca) (2011 Remaster) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHMs57zKm08)

[Prospero]

This one is a real mind worm....

Kacey Musgraves - Merry Go 'Round - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZfj2Ir3GgQ)

[caldara]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kx8PZGfb_ys

[Prospero]

I love that caldera. Thanks

[Prospero]

HALLELUJAH! I'M A BUM - Harry MAC McClintock - 1928 - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uKbIkYGsIg)

[Prospero]

and one for everyone here....

The Clovers - Rotten Cocksuckers' Ball - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-n5vG2SjJY)

[robertlouis]

A wonderful piece of San Francisco rock from the 60s. This has everything and then some.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx6w2gGchoY

[robertlouis]

Two of my favourite people, Eddi Reader and Boo Hewerdine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ozOi5hoHD4

[Prospero]

From the same session? But equally beautiful.

Eddi Reader with Boo Hewerdine - Footsteps Fall - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLrL2FkCLmc&list=RD8ozOi5hoHD4&index=0)

[robertlouis]

Boo again, solo this time. Great video as well.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFLn49lumcA

[Prospero]

This is how the great British public know Eddi Reader best... a number one hit

Eddi Reader (Fairground Attraction) - Perfect (RocKwiz) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6xMZU_QGhI&list=RDvLo_Z7sY4CI)

[Prospero]

There is something special about a countertenor's voice - specially when singing a Bach aria as beautiful as tis from the Matthew Passion.


Jonathan Peter Kenny - Matthaus Passion - Erbarme Dich - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wdF4wyIyeU&list=PL5E5C0928C81BB572)

[robertlouis]

This is how the great British public know Eddi Reader best... a number one hit



Eddi is lucky, not only a great voice, but two of the greatest songwriters working with her. One is Boo Hewerdine, the other?

Robert Burns.

This was her final encore in Leeds two weeks ago. Good, isn't it? I was right at the front, an hour before my own set on the smaller stage!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlEFJTom_go

[robertlouis]

And just a little more Boo on his own. Eddi had the hit with this song, Boo wrote it.

And he really is one of the gentlest and nicest men in music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stjaM9MXQNY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stjaM9MXQNY)

[Prospero]

L'Arpeggiata & Christina Pluhar - Agapimu fidela protini - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZmlSO_ADE0)

Alfonsina y el mar_Lucilla Galcazzi_L'Apreggiata - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSxILmLWmhs)

[robertlouis]

This is how the great British public know Eddi Reader best... a number one hit



I saw her sing this at Cambridge, where she changed it from "Perfect" to "Celtic" because they were her dad's team.

You can tak the girl oot o' Glesca..... :dancing:

[Prospero]

sadly British TV doesn't seem to have picked-up Elvis Costello's fantastic musical series...

The Weight - Levon Helm on Elvis Costello's Spectacle - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyXOjiVhH5U)

[Prospero]

The gorgeous Russian soprano Anna Netrebko singing the famous aria from Catalini's opera La Wally - as featured in the 1981 thriller Diva. (Sung there by a different soprano)

Anna Netrebko - La Wally 'Ebben, ne andro lontana' (A. Catalani) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8jCe9Yj1I8)

[Prospero]

The lovely Alison Balsom played a beautiful piece by the Rumanian composer Georges Enesco.

Alison Balsom legend - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQmL-UnHgPk)

[Stavros]

This is how the great British public know Eddi Reader best... a number one hit


Though not great, I am a member of the British public who has never heard this song before, and certainly hope never to hear it again.

As for counter-tenors singing Bach -not in the Passions, please. But this secular cantata -the Trauerode BWV 198 does have this aria which requires amazing breath control, exquisitely sung by Damien Guillon.

Wie starb die Heldin so vergnügt - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgAThfzBwUc)

[Prospero]

The world is full of people whose tastes are different Mr Stavros.


A Strawberry Moon (In A Blueberry Sky) (1951) - Vaughn Monroe - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP-0coOl8oM)

[Stavros]

[QUOTE=Prospero;1489831]The world is full of people whose tastes are different Mr Stavros.
/QUOTE]

But this is what you said:
This is how the great British public know Eddi Reader best... a number one hit

Perhaps you should not confuse the general with the specific; in this case it isn't even important. Whoever Eddie Reader is -Everything but the Girl?

[Prospero]

Stop being such a pompous fellow... it's an expression in use by the general public Stavros. And no, Eddie Reader was not in Everything but The Girl, old chap.

[Prospero]

Eternal Source of Light Divine - Elin Manahan Thomas, Crispian Steele-Perkins, Armonico Consort - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IS7gEykFMD8)

[Prospero]

Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra - What's New? (Clef Records 1955) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07r-2zg0k24)

[Prospero]

Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man - 'Mysteries' - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBoix0ihCTY)

[robertlouis]

A great Friday evening in the company of this wonderful songwriter and guitarist at The Basement in York. This was one of the songs he wrote about the time he lived in Bourbon St New Orleans and the characters he encountered.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTsdXSVu9ZI

[Jimmy W]

BOUM! Charles Trenet. If you don't know it, please try it. You will smile!!! Trust me.

Amelie • Boum • Charles Trenet [HD] - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5tOYb__8pE)

[Prospero]

This is a song called “A ittle lamb Has Commenced Bleating’ by a Bulgarian singer called Nadka Karadzhova, who died two years ago. A truly remarkable sound –it is known as open-throatsinging. Since then the choral version of this type of singing has been introduced to a wider audience by the recordings of Bulgarian choirs released under the “Le Mystere Voix de Bulgares” label. I’ve also included one of their first recordings. This form of singing is unique to Bulgaria

Nadka Karadjova - A Lambkin Has Commenced Bleating - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IL4yG1zz68)

'Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares' - Kalimankou Denkou (The Evening Gathering) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD83L4kI3qY)

[Prospero]

Kate and Anna McGarrigle - Was My Brother In The Battle - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXqk2bsfnG0)

[sukumvit boy]

Thanks ,Prospero , that was especially apt for Memorial Day holiday .
I also enjoyed hearing the 'Bulgarian Voices" again.
In the 1980's I happened into a subway station in lower Manhattan ,late at night, and was lucky enough to come upon a group taking advantage of the acoustics to practice their overtone chanting. I was transported! It could have been a cathedral rather than a subway tunnel.
As you may know ,'throat singing' and overtone chanting came to the publics attention here in the States in the 70's and 80's in part due to the efforts of Nobel Prize physicist Richard Feynman. He struggled to get permission to visit Tuva ,in Inner Mongolia ,which was then part of the Soviet Union. Due to the Cold War , however , it was very difficult.
"Tuva or Bust" became his motto. The letter , finally granting him permission to visit Tuva , arrived in the mail the day after he died in 1988.
Fortunately , his friend Ralph Leighton ,and other Caltech associates were able to bring Tuvan throat singers here to the US and they took the music world by storm including Carnegie Hall . I was lucky enough to meet them all here , in person ,when Ralph Leighton arranged an event at Caltech in Feynman's honor.
live khoomii - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbxGP6fBma8)

3 styles of Tuvan overtone throat singing - Kongar-ool Ondar - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xD-VGQGPpZY)

[sukumvit boy]

Buena vista social club , Jordi Savall and early music "canarios" .
Buena Vista Social Club - Chan Chan - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGbRZ73NvlY&list=AL94UKMTqg-9Ak7UPH3YIVOAX2BlROi6zv)
Jordi Savall - FolÃas de España - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Frq7rjEGzs&list=RDHCqIRqzPN5Qww)
CANARIOS www.luteduo.com - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVQWw_53ZP0)

[curious-ian]

Was browing YT today, just various songs etc, but must have listened to this about 20 times A Flock of Seagulls - Space Age Love Song - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21JwyfGH3wE) Flock of Seagulls - Space Age Love Song.

[Prospero]

Marta Sebestyen - Tri devojke zbor zborile - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3wMxWok_PY)

[Prospero]

Jordi Savalli and Canarios... superb.

[Torris]

Recently pulled this track to my itunes as well. Better tune than I Ran

[Prospero]

what track Torris?

[sukumvit boy]

Jordi Savalli and Canarios... superb.
:Bowdown: Thanks for fixing those links , Prospero.
Early music fan too ,eh? It seems I never get tired of hearing Gaspar Sans's "Canarios" ,if done well.
Here is a young John Williams doing it . Even with the relatively poor audio of the time, William's aggressive impeccable fingering produces a brilliant performance.
John Williams - Gaspar Sanz - Canarios (1975) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyhF9KEiDsc)

[Prospero]

Most kind of musics fan....

Cyril Pahinui & Bob Brozman ~ Ku'u Lei (My Wreath of Flowers) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f27Yezhd82Y)

[Torris]

Sorry, vouching for Flock of Seagulls Space Age Love Song. Should have been the thene to Gravity

[Prospero]

Souad Massi. Ya Kalbi (Deb) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7CFjRSxgfE&index=3&list=RDoYitrLi3rWI)

[robertlouis]

Souad Massi, superstar in the Arab world, hardly known elsewhere. We need to step aside from the mainstream more often to savour what's going on in other places.

Case in point: the wonderful Inti Illimani.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hiz40Z21-PE

[Prospero]

Re: Souad Massi....She was a star in a rock band in Algeria, but had to flee in the late 1990s after death threats from radical islamists and is now pursuing a solo career based out of Paris. She has issued three wonderful solo albums.

[Prospero]

Just been to a funeral.... so this is appropriate.

The Dream of Gerontius (1/7): Gerald Finley sings "Go forth upon thy journey, Christian soul" - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAbOgpcSEYg)

[sukumvit boy]

The Third Man theme Zither virtuoso Anton Karas.
Theme from the Third Man Anton Karas, zither - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8jN1treRKQ)

[Prospero]

Here's exquisite harmonies and what a line-up.

Dick Gaughan, Emmylou Harris, The McGarrigles, Rufus Wainwright :Wild Mountain Thyme - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l9uJO9yOaQ)

[Prospero]

Dick Gaughan with Emmylou Harris - Both Sides The Tweed - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlDijR0Y60Q)

Dick Gaughan - The Father's Song - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGWr2i1f5s0&list=RDIlDijR0Y60Q&index=11)

"There's no need to fear the darkness of the night
it's not like the dark you find in the depths of some men's minds..."

[Torris]

Souad Massi, superstar in the Arab world, hardly known elsewhere. We need to step aside from the mainstream more often to savour what's going on in other places.

Case in point: the wonderful Inti Illimani.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hiz40Z21-PE
Definitely love Souad Massi as well. If we're talking about hotties from hot countries let me also suggest: Ceu out of Brazil and Ayo out of either Ghana or Nigeria.

[Prospero]

How about this sephardic Jewish music in Ladino...

Nani Nani - Lullaby - Ladino music - Sephardic songs -Jewish Music - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bpw8bipS234)

[Prospero]

yasmin levy - una noche mas - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnYan4E3FTM)

[robertlouis]

Local friends, lovely lasses, great harmonies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne4KxdPcebI

[robertlouis]

Chris Wood's wonderful song about the police's killing of Louis Charles de Menezes in London, "Hollow Point."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iJVHkgKcCw

[Prospero]

American Skin (41 Shots) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQMqWAiWPMs&feature=kp)

[robertlouis]

This is the version that I have. Sublime. The whole work is well worth a listen.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1CTu1HOgWg

[Prospero]

a track from the wonderful Mary Gauthier from her misery-soaked new album.

Mary Gauthier - Another Train [Official Audio] - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZ2t-5n8iU4)

[Prospero]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uP_Iee-D4U4