April 4, 20233 yr comment_909998 13 hours ago, jose said: Portico Quartet "Monument" That's so great, isn't it? I think I will revisit it. Thansk for the "bump". On 4/2/2023 at 5:09 PM, mikeymad said: Bloom Areni Agbabian, Nicolas Stocker 2019 https://album.link/i/1449152210 Example: Delicate and thoughtful. Egad, is it all so melodic and lyrical? I am <3ing very much. Report
April 4, 20233 yr comment_910036 14 hours ago, Dusty Chalk said: Egad, is it all so melodic and lyrical? I am <3ing very much. It is a mix. The other works with Nicolas Stocker have a different tone. I like it all, but prefered the solo works by Areni Agbabian more. Report
April 5, 20233 yr comment_910062 Protection Massive Attack 1994 https://album.link/i/724410562 Example: Another killer album. Report
April 5, 20233 yr comment_910072 4 hours ago, mikeymad said: Protection Massive Attack 1994 https://album.link/i/724410562 Example: Another killer album. Very, very good, although perhaps my favorites are Blue Lines and Mezzanine... or 100th Window Report
April 6, 20233 yr comment_910125 ^ indeed, they are better albums. Get Back (Rooftop Performance) The Beatles 2022 https://album.link/t/213891547 Example: Nice to just listen to the entire set. Report
April 9, 20233 yr comment_910398 This is one hell of a find, Ric. Thanks. Start to finish, exceptional. Report
April 9, 20233 yr comment_910400 Some more George: All Things Must Pass (50th Anniversary) George Harrison 1970 https://album.link/i/1670732500 Example: Good to just listen to now and then. Report
April 9, 20233 yr comment_910406 Fly From Here: Return Trip Yes 2011 https://album.link/i/1490150422 Example: 20th out of 23 (one is about to be released) studio album. I kind of dropped off Yes, (well, new Yes) about 10+ years ago. I guess I was more into the band line-up (this one does not have Jon Anderson) than I was just about the music. So, I gave this one a spin (click) and I really enjoyed it. I just took it for what is there. It starts out with a six part song (clip of it as example) that I really enjoyed. The rest of the album is a bit mixed, nothing bad, just ranges from really good to okay. I will try the other two newer albums at some point (2014 and 2021). It is not so much I am running towards them, I am not actively running away from them anymore. Report
April 9, 20233 yr comment_910440 Russian Red - Fuerteventura. Similar in sound to several other light folk/pop artists, but something about her sets it apart and causes me to like her more than most.... Report
April 9, 20233 yr comment_910442 New Covet -- that first song is the most atypical Covet song I've ever heard (in a good, noise-rock way), but the rest of it is more like this, but with just as much variety: At first I kinda wished it was full of more surprises like that first song, but then I "got comfortable" -- this is truly my comfort music, so I'm (quite possibly for the first time) actually happy about not being as surprised as I started out wishing I was. Report
April 9, 20233 yr comment_910453 Songbird Eva Cassidy 1998 https://album.link/i/306987130 Example: Songbird indeed. Perfect Sunday starter. Her arraignments and phrasing were really exceptional. Sad we only had her for 33 years. Report
April 9, 20233 yr comment_910454 She was a huge talent capable of an emotional connection to the music that only a bunch of singers managed, to my taste, of course. I've listened over the weekend a couple of albums by a spanish jazz pianist whose music I didn't know, just his name. Pretty good I'd dare say: Abe Rábade - Ghu Project Vol.1 and Open Doors (Ghu Project Vol.2) Not extraordinary nor unique or ground breaking, but very enjoyable. They're on Qobuz too. It's funny that all streaming services, even Odesli, get wrong that Open Doors is Ghu Project Vol.2, not Vol.1 as they all wrongly display. Report
April 10, 20233 yr comment_910513 It sadly took Emahoy Tsege-Mariam Gebru dying two weeks ago at 99 for her to show up on my radar. Listen to a short interview with her on the BBC, The Honky Tonk Nun. Edited April 10, 20233 yr by blessingx Report
April 12, 20233 yr comment_910625 Didn't even hear about this one until a few weeks ago... it's short but sweet! Report
April 14, 20233 yr comment_910742 When We Leave Mathias Eick 2021 https://album.link/i/1581086524 Example: A really nice set. I am not sure I know Mathias before this. He has a pile of albums out there. I will have to explore and see what I like out of the batch. Report
April 14, 20233 yr comment_910753 The Myth of The Happily Ever After Biffy Clyro 2021 https://album.link/i/1582831319 Example: Scottish rockers be rocking. I liked the album mix a lot. Report
April 14, 20233 yr comment_910778 First time hearing him. I'm a fan. He brings a fresh expressiveness that I haven't really heard in awhile. The album is the usual Bach mixed in with French contemporary composers. Edited April 14, 20233 yr by robm321 Report
April 16, 20233 yr comment_910899 A River Running To Your Heart -- Fruit Bats (2023). Edited April 16, 20233 yr by Hopstretch Report
April 16, 20233 yr comment_910922 We Get Requests Oscar Peterson Trio 1964 https://album.link/i/1443078246 Example: You know, it is just required listening now and then. Still strikes me as one of the most beautiful jazz albums ever made. Just overhearing it for a few seconds compels me to cue up the album and 40 minutes later, I am happier than I started that time. Thx Oscar and friends. Report
April 16, 20233 yr comment_910967 If The Moon Turns Green Diana Panton 2011 https://album.link/i/1443526888 Example: Lovely female jazz voice. I have been away from jazz vocals for a while. I think I need a little more in my life. This did nicely. Report
April 17, 20233 yr comment_910994 Delta Sleep, Spring Island mathrock joyous (in a jamband way) syncopated groovy proggy e.g. Report
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