Non-Classical Music Listening Thread!

[Karl Henning]

You may know that Abigail Washburn is married to Bela Fleck (virtuoso banjo player)

I did not. Whom the banjo hath joined let no accordion put asunder.

On a half-whim (at a time when all I knew was Flight of the Cosmic Hippo) I picked up the first and second Tales of the acoustic Planet discs, and I was hooked.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Last night, I hauled out my David Bowie box:  "Sound and Vision" and listened to Disc II of it (It's a 4-CD set and a well-done job by the folks at Rykodisc.   

PD

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Fancied a change.
Enjoying this CD:

[Henk]

One of my favourite prog albums. A grower. Enlightening.

[SimonNZ]

A JSP box I hadn't known of before.

[SimonNZ]

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Frank Sinatra - I Remember Tommy (1961)

[DaveF]

One of my favourite prog albums. A grower. Enlightening.

Interesting! Scandi-Prog is a fairly new area of interest for me - only recently discovered Änglagård and Samla Mammas Manna, and hadn't heard of The Flower Kings (whose name, unfortunately recalls "The Flower People" which, if I remember, was one of the earlier names of the band that eventually became Spinal Tap).  I thought I'd start at the beginning with Back in the World of Adventures which, certainly in parts, was very impressive.  Then I discovered that this wasn't the beginning, since the main man, Roine Stolt, had previously had a band called Kaipa, so need to give them a listen too.

[San Antone]

[Henk]

Interesting! Scandi-Prog is a fairly new area of interest for me - only recently discovered Änglagård and Samla Mammas Manna, and hadn't heard of The Flower Kings (whose name, unfortunately recalls "The Flower People" which, if I remember, was one of the earlier names of the band that eventually became Spinal Tap).  I thought I'd start at the beginning with Back in the World of Adventures which, certainly in parts, was very impressive.  Then I discovered that this wasn't the beginning, since the main man, Roine Stolt, had previously had a band called Kaipa, so need to give them a listen too.

Didn't know about the link Stolt and Kaipa, while I actually have the most recent album by Kaipa on the shelves, which I dig too (a bit more low mood theme though).

[71 dB]

Tangerine Dream - The Angel From The West Window

[AnotherSpin]

Jerskin Fendrix - Winterreise

[SimonNZ]

[Henk]

[ultralinear]

Ummagumma: Disc 1 (live)

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Jerskin Fendrix - Winterreise

How did you like it?

Must admit:  rather strange cover.  It looks like he might have taken a selfie!

PD

[AnotherSpin]

How did you like it?

Must admit:  rather strange cover.  It looks like he might have taken a selfie!

PD

A new name for me, I first heard about him just the other day when I watched the film Poor Things, for which he wrote the music. Quite unusual and exciting composer and musician. His vocals reminded me a bit of David Sylvian.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

A new name for me, I first heard about him just the other day when I watched the film Poor Things, for which he wrote the music. Quite unusual and exciting composer and musician. His vocals reminded me a bit of David Sylvian.

I listened to a tiny bit of it (It's been uploaded to youtube.).  I get the impression that it's supposed to be a modern take on the classical song cycle Winterreisse?  Would that be correct?

PD

[AnotherSpin]

I listened to a tiny bit of it (It's been uploaded to youtube.).  I get the impression that it's supposed to be a modern take on the classical song cycle Winterreisse?  Would that be correct?

PD

No, there is no direct connection with Schubert's cycle. Maybe the mood is similar, melancholy and despair.

[drogulus]

Ummagumma: Disc 1 (live)

    What, no grooving with a Pict?

    They played the Ummagumma set at Stony Brook U. in 1970. Gilmour walked right past where I was sitting on a chair on the gym floor. He was the new guy then.

   

[ultralinear]

What, no grooving with a Pict?

    They played the Ummagumma set at Stony Brook U. in 1970. Gilmour walked right past where I was sitting on a chair on the gym floor. He was the new guy then.

   

Yes I saw them play that set around the same time, including a 20-minute Interstellar Overdrive as an encore. This may not have been their original intention, however when they came out for the 2nd encore, some guy in the audience started shouting "INTERSTELLAR OVERDRIVE! INTERSTELLAR OVERDRIVE!"  - over and over, very loud - clearly wasn't going to stop - until in the end Roger Waters shrugged, and shouted back "WELL IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT...!"

The last show of theirs I saw was the Atom Heart Mother tour, complete with choir - and a stove on stage for Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast.  After that I kinda lost interest, as by then I had got more into things like Soft Machine.