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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2016 18:50:08 GMT -5
There is a reason this talented woman is my favorite singer songwriter of the Century. She has a unique way of putting her stamp on a song without oversinging or melisma. This is from a soundtrack from the just released animated film Kubo and the Two Strings. The lovely instrumentation is primarily from an ancient three string Japanese lute, and Regina adds a beautiful piano coda at the end, as is her wont..
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Post by nobody's nobody on Aug 13, 2016 18:50:49 GMT -5
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Post by the Scribe on Aug 14, 2016 18:26:11 GMT -5
Sometimes I get fixated on a certain song. These are my two favorite versions of Time After Time. Sinatra recorded it a couple of times but this one is his best imo.
It was from this movie
Chet Baker
I was hoping for a Michael Buble version but it looks like I will have to wait a bit.
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Post by erik on Aug 14, 2016 19:35:46 GMT -5
Former American Idol contestant Kree Harrison with some old-school C&W:
...and here, she, Margo Price, Taylor Brashears, Caitlin Rose, Emily West and others, pay tribute to Linda with their all-out rendition of "When Will I Be Loved?" at their July 26th birthday salute to Linda at the Basement East in Nashville:
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Post by erik on Aug 15, 2016 18:55:27 GMT -5
Aaron Copland, the "dean of American composers" (the consensus of his countrymen, not just shameless self-promotion), has the jazzy side of his compositional output spotlighted here on this recording, featuring clarinetist David Shifrin and the New York Chamber Symphony under the direction of Gerard Schwarz. The CD includes the Clarinet Concerto; Music For The Theatre; Quiet City; and Dance Panels:
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Post by the Scribe on Aug 16, 2016 0:02:29 GMT -5
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Post by nobody's nobody on Aug 27, 2016 22:32:43 GMT -5
Don't know if this program "Women of Country", back in 93 was ever discussed but I've got the whole thing VCR, and you could tell they probably were begging Linda to be a part of the program, because they had nothing but wonderful things to say about her on the show! I think Lorrie Morgan really shines in this clip even though she's not the one singing!
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Post by erik on Aug 27, 2016 23:49:32 GMT -5
I don't know that we ever have discussed the Women Of Country show that aired originally on CBS in 1993, but I think many of us have seen it...or at least the segment about Linda. This was at a time when Linda's influence on female country singers was starting to become evident, even though, so far as I know, Linda herself never deemed herself to be a country artist in the strictest sense of the term. It generally has to do with her 70s country-rock records which, in terms of the C&W influence, showed that Linda (along with her pal Emmy) could balance traditional and progressive values in country music very well.
And while we are at it--I mentioned earlier about the 70th birthday tribute to Linda done at the Basement East club in East Nashville with many younger female artists of the East Nashville scene honoring Linda. Here are three of them--to wit, Ashley Wicoxson, Shelly Colvin, and Caitlin Rose, recreating "The Pain Of Loving You" from Trio I:
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Post by nobody's nobody on Aug 28, 2016 2:27:44 GMT -5
Post by erik on 2 hours ago I don't know that we ever have discussed the Women Of Country show that aired originally on CBS in 1993, but I think many of us have seen it...or at least the segment about Linda. This was at a time when Linda's influence on female country singers was starting to become evident, even though, so far as I know, Linda herself never deemed herself to be a country artist in the strictest sense of the term. It generally has to do with her 70s country-rock records which, in terms of the C&W influence, showed that Linda (along with her pal Emmy) could balance traditional and progressive values in country music very well.
Eric, Emmylou was on the show and I bet they were trying to Dolly and Linda both on to maybe do a Trio song? Just guessing.
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Post by the Scribe on Aug 28, 2016 4:34:37 GMT -5
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Post by nobody's nobody on Sept 11, 2016 20:40:17 GMT -5
I mentioned Susanna Hoffs the other day. Just wanted to post this Ian & Sylvia classic, where she gives "We Five" a run for their money!
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Post by sliderocker on Sept 20, 2016 21:29:06 GMT -5
One of my long time loves, Susan Jacks, formerly married to Terry Jacks, and an amazing singer who never got her due really in the US, despite being the lead singer on a song by the Poppy Family Family that should've been a number one, "Which Way You Goin' Billy?" That song was kept out of the number one position by the last 45 by the Beatles, and quite honestly, the Poppy Family single should've been the number one record. It sold more records than what "The Long and Winding Road" sold, was on the charts longer and had more radio airplay. But, that didn't make it number one! Criminal, on the part of both Billboard and Cashbox (one of the rare times they seemed to make an exception). Now, I love the Beatles but right is right! "Billy" should've been a number one.
Anyway, enough of my ranting. Here are two of my favorite songs from Susan's 1975 album "Dream:" covers of Loggins and Messina's "Watching the Rivers Run" and Linda's "Love Has No Pride." Susan is another long time fan of Linda's and like Linda, has a singing voice that worked well in many genres: rock, pop, country. And also like Linda, has been dealt her share of health problems as she's gotten older. Just recently, she was in the hospital, on life support, dealing with kidney failure. She's recovering but still in very fragile shape. Keeping the fingers crossed, positive vibes and prayers going her way as well as to Linda. I don't want to see either of these ladies leave the world too soon.
Watching the Rivers Run:
Love Has No Pride:
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Post by erik on Sept 21, 2016 20:39:32 GMT -5
Samuel Barber is one of the great composers of American music, and this release by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and music director (from 1990-2005) Neeme Jarvi shows why. Barber's two symphonies (the first a single-movement work, the second in three movements) are featured here, along with the concert overture Barber wrote inspired by Richard Brinsley Sheridan's 1777 play The School For Scandal, and the world-famous Adagio For Strings, America's music of mourning (FDR's and JFK's deaths; 9/11, etc.).
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Post by the Scribe on Sept 21, 2016 22:52:29 GMT -5
Son of Richard and Linda Thompson.
dedicated to the middle child everywhere
Depression looms I'm such a miserable fool I stay in bed I don't wanna got to school But I see the sun Is beating down No excuses from the clouds
I should get up I should get out I'm sure there's something I can't do without I should get up I should get up I should get up
I've heard it said That life will pass you by Live underground pretty soon That's where you lie But I feel so warm In my room I'm safe and sound Inside my tomb
I should get up I should get out I'm sure there's something I can't do without I should get up I should get up I should get up
The world goes On without me I know it I know it No one misses The quiet kid And there are things I may have missed But living ignorance is bliss I'm so wrapped up in myself I got no time for Everyone else
I should get up I should get out I'm sure there's something I can't do without I should get up I should get up I should get up I should go out I'm sure there's something I can't do without I should get up I should get up I should get up
Songwriters ADAM TEDDY THOMPSON
Published by Lyrics © BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
Read more: Teddy Thompson - I Should Get Up Lyrics | MetroLyrics
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Post by Pete on Oct 10, 2016 15:17:34 GMT -5
Niall Horan - This Town
(I'm not a fan of One Direction but I like Niall's voice and I think he's very talented, far better solo)
Jennifer Hudson - I Still Love You
Natasha Bedingfield - Angel
Blackmore's Night - Highland
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Post by erik on Oct 10, 2016 17:51:53 GMT -5
A new one from the North Carolina-based gal who combines modern Americana with old-school country-rock a la Linda and Emmy, namely Tift Merritt--"Dusty Old Man":
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2016 18:37:29 GMT -5
Thanks for highlighting Tift's latest Erik; Erik and I have been highlighting Tift for over a decade. She beats the 'bro country' pretenders as badly as Hilary beats The Donald . I wanted to share my favorite cut off Regina's album. This is one of the most beautiful songs I have heard this or any other year; like a beautiful painting or novel set to life..
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Post by erik on Oct 18, 2016 19:09:38 GMT -5
This is something I have recently found on YouTube that I could remember listening to on the radio back in 1979, but haven't heard since: "Cool Breeze" by the Jeremy Spencer Band (Spencer being an original member of Fleetwood Mac when they were a British blues band in the late 60s/early 70s). The lead vocal is by Jeanne Hendricks:
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Post by the Scribe on Oct 19, 2016 3:28:10 GMT -5
Erik, you listened to music radio when you were a 4th grader? Wow. Ahead of your time. lol.
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Post by erik on Oct 19, 2016 9:13:25 GMT -5
Quote by ronstadtfanaz:
Yes, quite shocking. That was in the era when you didn't feel compelled to change the station every couple of minutes, at least out here in in the Los Angeles area anyway.
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Post by the Scribe on Oct 23, 2016 2:12:41 GMT -5
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Post by erik on Oct 24, 2016 18:22:41 GMT -5
The first movement of the very pastoral Fifth Symphony of one Franz Schubert (who composed it in 1816 at the age of 19), with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra led by their Conductor Laureate, Herbert Blomstedt:
"Meander", the second movement of Duke Ellington's 1970 ballet suite "The River", with Neeme Jarvi leading the Detroit Symphony Orchestra:
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Post by erik on Nov 12, 2016 12:35:37 GMT -5
This is probably the only example of a group from Spain ever getting this big a hit here in America with a song that is entirely sung in Spanish. It is the group Mocedades, from Spain's Basque region, with "Eres Tu", a #9 US hit in March 1974:
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Post by the Scribe on Nov 13, 2016 5:47:38 GMT -5
Marie "Queenie" Lyons is the sort of artist soul collectors salivate over -- she paid her dues on the Southern chitlin' circuit, shared stages with the likes of King Curtis, Jackie Wilson, and James Brown, scored a record deal with the King Records subsidiary DeLuxe Records, and after a few singles cut an album, 1970's Soul Fever, that sank without a trace. As far as anyone can tell, Lyons never made another record after Soul Fever, making her obscure enough to please even the most finicky British R&B archivist, and as luck would have it Lyons was also a gifted singer whose sole LP is a fine piece of work. Lyons manages to show a very Southern variety of passion and fire along with a big city sense of showmanship and control, and her vocals reveal an impressive balance of sass and skill, knowing when to play it subtle and when to open up and wail. Lyons was well served in the studio on these sessions; the production and arrangements are solidly soulful but imaginative, with just the right amount of sweetening from string and horn arrangements that don't undercut the steady groove of the rhythm section. And while Lyons didn't write her own material, she and her handlers knew how to pick songs that fit her talents, and from the lean funk of "See and Don't See" to the gospel-influenced Black Power anthem "I Want My Freedom" and the polished heartache of "We'll Cry Together," every song on this set fits her like a glove. Soul Fever is a better than average soul obscurity that will please fans of the golden age of R&B, but while this is a good album, it's not a great one, and more casual observers may want to give it a listen before they invest.
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Post by the Scribe on Jan 11, 2017 2:58:21 GMT -5
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Post by erik on Jan 11, 2017 9:53:15 GMT -5
Two great ones from last year: Antonin Dvorak's Brahms-influenced Symphony No. 6 is combined with the composer's two Slavonic Dances (No. 3 from Op. 46; No. 8 from Op. 72) on this brilliant Pentatone recording by the Houston Symphony Orchestra and their Colombian-born music director Andres Orozco-Estrada (now in his third year in that position). Illinois-born Margo Price's first album Midwest Farmer's Daughter was unquestionably one of the great albums of 2016, with her mix of vintage honky-tonk C&W, 1960s/1970s Memphis/Muscle Shoals R&B, and a dash of California country-rock. Among this album's many great tracks are "Four Years Of Chances", "Hands Of Time", "About To Find Out", and "Hurtin' (On The Bottle)".
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Post by the Scribe on Jan 11, 2017 14:53:03 GMT -5
Thank you very much. The original Farmer's Daughter.
Remember The Borgia Stick which had Fritz Weaver who also died in 2016:
George Benson The Borgia Stick
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Post by the Scribe on Jan 26, 2017 5:08:46 GMT -5
CUSCO takes me back to a past life in Aztlán. This band was a great favorite when I dropped out of the popular music scene of the 1980's preferring New Age (and Linda of course).
Cusco was a German cross-cultural new-age music band named after the Peruvian city of Cusco, which was once the capital of the Inca Empire. The band's music contains influences from music around the world, with an emphasis on South American flute sounds and melodies. Cusco's melodic and energetic music is a fusion of modern and ethnic styles with influences from classical music and rock music sensibilities. Most of the ethnic instruments were keyboard-generated, giving the sound a synthetic quality.
The band was led by founders Michael Holm (Lothar Bernhard Walter; 1943–) and Kristian Schultze (1945–2011). Michael Holm, already a successful vocal artist, sought to make a musical tribute to ancient cultures. He and Kristian Schultze, formerly a member of the jazz band Passport, shared musical and historical interests. In 1979, they formed Cusco, and released their first album in 1980. They eventually signed with Higher Octave Music, releasing their first album on that label in 1988. Their albums consistently reached very high peaks on the instrumental/new age music sales charts. They were nominated for a Grammy award three times.
Cusco's music is frequently used as pre-show background music in Epcot prior to IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth, and has been used as bumper music for the popular American syndicated radio program Coast to Coast AM, as well as several television advertisements, including a Bud Ice beer commercial. Additionally, Cusco composed and performed symphonic new age music for the German television special Sielmann 2000. Until his death in 2011, Schultze resided in Weilheim in Oberbayern, Germany; Holm still lives there.
my playlist of favorites: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUMq4sB5dsC-r2D6r2WpxCV2LOntNj6P3
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Post by erik on Jan 26, 2017 9:55:30 GMT -5
The video for “Heartache Is An Uphill Climb”, a new song on Tift Merritt’s new album Stitch Of The World, out in stores tomorrow:
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Post by the Scribe on Jan 27, 2017 6:37:39 GMT -5
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