Non-Classical Music Listening Thread!

[SimonNZ]

Bob Dylan ~ Slow Train Coming



For years I avoided Dylan's "sacred" phase.  But I've been listening to these three records and finding them actually pretty good.  Better, in fact than the ones surrounding them, i.e after Blood on the Tracks and up to Good As I Been to You.

You don't like Desire or Street Legal? Or, on the other side, Oh Mercy and Under The Red Sky?

Infidels and Knocked Out Loaded are admittedly mixed. Empire Burlesque is unlistenable in its studio overproduction version, but has fascinatingly different alternate versions of many of those songs. Down In The Groove may be "completeists only".

[Old San Antone]

You don't like Desire or Street Legal? Or, on the other side, Oh Mercy and Under The Red Sky?

Infidels and Knocked Out Loaded are admittedly mixed. Empire Burlesque is unlistenable in its studio overproduction version, but has fascinatingly different alternate versions of many of those songs. Down In The Groove may be "completeists only".

Desire and Street Legal are mediocre at best, IMO.  I never liked Oh Mercy, Daniel Lanois over produced the record, it is his record not Dylan's. And Under the Red Sky is also overproduced in the other direction, i.e. too slick and bland.  So I stand by my comment.

[aligreto]

Oldfield: Five Miles Out

[Old San Antone]

B.B. King ~ Live at the Regal

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Ó Riada: Ó Riada sa Gaiety





Seán Ó Riada was a towering figure in the musical and cultural life of Ireland during his short lifetime. He was probably the one responsible for the reinvention of traditional music in my country and bringing it to a very much larger audience. He was also a composer of orchestral music drawing on his roots for inspiration. This CD is a live recording of a particularly renowned concert with his folk ensemble.

[Christo]

Joy Division ‎– Unknown Pleasures.

[Papy Oli]

Ó Riada: Ó Riada sa Gaiety





Seán Ó Riada was a towering figure in the musical and cultural life of Ireland during his short lifetime. He was probably the one responsible for the reinvention of traditional music in my country and bringing it to a very much larger audience. He was also a composer of orchestral music drawing on his roots for inspiration. This CD is a live recording of a particularly renowned concert with his folk ensemble.

Having a listen to this on streaming. Got shivers on track 2 as i know and absolutely love Mná Na hÉireann. I know it via cover by Alan Stivell, a traditional Brittany musician and harp player that hit the big time in the late 70's and 80's in France, melting all types of celtic music. Is he known at all in Ireland ?

here is his version:

https://www.youtube.com/v/3Z_CO3Se8Mw

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Planxty:





The term "Planxty" refers to a work named in tribute to a particular person by the Irish harper O'Carolan [1670-1738] e.g. Planxty Ó'Connor. Planxty, the band, was comprised of four musicians and took Irish traditional music, which was in the possession of severe purists, and liberated and invigorated it, instilled life into it and made it very relevant to a modern time. They had a huge impact on the folk scene not only in Ireland but also in many European countries probably especially Germany. I was at very many of their concerts and was constantly enthralled by their performances, virtuosity and interpretations.

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Having a listen to this on streaming. Got shivers on track 2 as i know and absolutely love Mná Na hÉireann. I know it via cover by Alan Stivell, a traditional Brittany musician and harp player that hit the big time in the late 70's and 80's in France, melting all types of celtic music. Is he known at all in Ireland ?

here is his version:

https://www.youtube.com/v/3Z_CO3Se8Mw

I am delighted that you listened to some of that CD of mine above Olivier and indeed that you were aware of Mná Na hÉireann.

I, and many others, would certainly be certainly aware of Alan Stivell particularly from the original folk revival in the 70's and 80's. He would have visited Ireland and would also have collaborated with Irish musicians.

[Old San Antone]

For Better, Or Worse, which finds Prine teaming with an all-star array of female singers to tackle carefully chosen vintage country tunes.

[Papy Oli]

I am delighted that you listened to some of that CD of mine above Olivier and indeed that you were aware of Mná Na hÉireann.

I, and many others, would certainly be certainly aware of Alan Stivell particularly from the original folk revival in the 70's and 80's. He would have visited Ireland and would also have collaborated with Irish musicians.

I had no grasp to what extent he was actually known in other Celtic countries, whether he was broadly known or just within a "niche" of celtic music followers...again, that niche is much broader, i assume, in Ireland than it is in France anyway... so maybe...both ? 

anywaaaaays... good stuff 

[Papy Oli]

that has put me in a celtic mood... 10 years in Brittany left some traces...

Alan Stivell - Marv eo ma mestrez

https://www.youtube.com/v/3H1t5tsuEsE

Les Soeurs Goadec

https://www.youtube.com/v/lSWwHQXt0d8

Gilles Servat / Yann Fanch Kemener / Dan Ar Bras

https://www.youtube.com/v/ZBN5KECJ14g

Denez Prigent - Dans

https://www.youtube.com/v/IPAfhpfAOJs

More Stivell - Tri Martolod

https://www.youtube.com/v/Z593IhlhR4s

Bagad Kemper (Quimper's bagpipe band)

https://www.youtube.com/v/VCaePNOjmX0

[George]

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Papy,

Did you ever hear of a group named Kornog?

PD

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O'Reilly: The Children of Lir





Every Irish person loves a good story. We have an oral tradition going back thousands of years. One of the greatest stories in that tradition is The Children of Lir. It is a magical, compelling story. I own an orchestral version with narration and this one is my folk version. This is a fine modern version in the Celtic tradition.

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that has put me in a celtic mood... 10 years in Brittany left some traces...

Good for you Olivier.
Just remember that nostalgia is not what it used to be 


This is how I remember Stivell

[Papy Oli]

Papy,
Did you ever hear of a group named Kornog?
PD

Doesn't ring a bell, PD. checking this one out now :



A Qobuz search brought me up 5 albums by Kornog, which is good...  all the others were by Korngold 

[Papy Oli]

Good for you Olivier.
Just remember that nostalgia is not what it used to be 

This is how I remember Stivell

I know  a trip down memory lane doesn't hurt every now and then ... Although, coming across videos of the yearly Festival de Cornouaille in Quimper made me pine for the large procession on the last Sunday with all the pipe bands (from Brittany towns, even boroughs, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Galicia, etc..) and the traditional costumes...Loved it when I attended a few.

here is one:

https://www.youtube.com/v/y2cASmitbIU
 

[Old San Antone]

Elvis Presley: The Searcher (The Original Soundtrack)

[Papy Oli]

O'Reilly: The Children of Lir





Every Irish person loves a good story. We have an oral tradition going back thousands of years. One of the greatest stories in that tradition is The Children of Lir. It is a magical, compelling story. I own an orchestral version with narration and this one is my folk version. This is a fine modern version in the Celtic tradition.

I could only find this version. I'll check it later.