Non-Classical Music Listening Thread!

[aligreto]

McCartney: Band On The Run





This is undoubtedly, in my humble opinion, the best album that McCartney ever made. Ram, however, would run it a very close second.

[George]

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McCartney: Band On The Run - CD 2





This second disc features:

Helen Wheels   
Country Dreamer
Bluebird (From One Hand Clapping)
Jet (From One Hand Clapping)
Let Me Roll It (From One Hand Clapping)
Band On The Run (From One Hand Clapping)
Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five (From One Hand Clapping)
Country Dreamer (From One Hand Clapping)
Zoo Gang

The versions of the songs above from "One Hand Clapping" are quite faithful reproductions of the originals but have enough variations to make them very interesting to McCartney nerds.

[Todd]

[San Antone]

I've been on something of bluegrass jag the last few days.  After going through the major names, Monroe, Stanley, Flatt & Scruggs, I then went a little into the woods.  There are a lot of second tier groups, The Kentucky Colonels are just one.  Featuring one of, if not the best, flat-picking guitarists in Clarence White (one of three brothers that started the group) - this group deserves notice for that alone.  However they are first class in every other respect.



Long Journey Home (1964) contains performances from the Newport Folk Festival.

[Karl Henning]

McCartney: Band On The Run





This is undoubtedly, in my humble opinion, the best album that McCartney ever made. Ram, however, would run it a very close second.

A superb album.

[Karl Henning]

I've been on something of bluegrass jag the last few days.  After going through the major names, Monroe, Stanley, Flatt & Scruggs, I then went a little into the woods.  There are a lot of second tier groups, The Kentucky Colonels are just one.  Featuring one of, if not the best, flat-picking guitarists in Clarence White (one of three brothers that started the group) - this group deserves notice for that alone.  However they are first class in every other respect.



Long Journey Home (1964) contains performances from the Newport Folk Festival.

Nice!

[SimonNZ]

Jacques Brel - Au Printemps (1958)

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Lou Reed: New Sensations





This sounds to me like Reed had just discovered upbeat Pop music and synth drums! 
Although there are some OK elements in the album this one is definitely not for me.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Listened earlier to the song Mohair Sam (Charlie Rich) after watching a clip from the Late, Late Show with James Cordon.  It was with Austin Butler.  Apparently, he had recently made a movie about Presley and recounted an occasion in which he met Paul McCartney and shared a train ride with him and Stella M from Paris to London.  He asked Paul about the time that he met Elvis.  It seems that this song was a favorite of Elvis'.

PD

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Amanda Shires, Take It Like A Man

Thank you for mentioning this album.  I was curious as to what her music was like and did some "research" on youtube.  Found out that she play with another musician whose recordings I've been wanting to explore further which is Brandi Carlile.  Did more digging and found out that they were both in a group called the Highwomen.

Had fun listening to various things like NPR's Tiny Desk concerts and a clip recorded by a fan at a recentish Newport Folk Festival with the HWs with special guest appearance by Dolly Parton.   

Have you or any of the others here heard any of the albums by:  Maren Morris,  Amanda Shires, The Highwomen, Brandi Carlile (album Bear Creek in particular), and/or Natalie Hemby?  And Todd, how did you like AS's album?  Trying to figure where to start exploring.

Fun things that I've listened to and watched online also include a wonderful performance of Fleetwood Mac's "The Chain" (youtube, Howard Stern show) with the Highwomen.  Also on youtube:  Brandi Carlile at a festival performing an excellent cover of Elton John's "Madman Across the Water".  Here's a link to the NPR Tiny Desk Concerts (a wonderful series of concerts!):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ajWFc2VqWo

PD

[Todd]

Have you or any of the others here heard any of the albums by:  Maren Morris,  Amanda Shires, The Highwomen, Brandi Carlile (album Bear Creek in particular), and/or Natalie Hemby? 

Listened to Morris' Girl a week or two ago.  It's good start to finish.  More is in the queue.  Brandi Carlile gets a lot of airplay in these parts, so I know a decent number of tracks.  She's good.  Hemby is new to me, so I will give a listen.

And Todd, how did you like AS's album?  Trying to figure where to start exploring.

The opening track is really excellent, the rest of the album a bit less so.  She struck me as influenced by Dolly Parton, which is a good thing.  My understanding is that her earlier releases are stylistically very different, but I'll still give at least one a shot.

[SimonNZ]

La Valse à Mille Temps (1959)

including the original "Ne Me Quitte Pas"

[SimonNZ]

hadn't heard this before, but last night searching for something else came across a piece by David Bowie in a 2003 Vanity Fair on his 25 favorite albums:

https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/2003/11/confessions-of-a-vinyl-junkie

which, if there are any classical fans here, includes the Gundula Janowitz Four Last Songs and Harry Partch's Delusion Of The Fury...those two choices alone will have me rush to hear everything else on the list I don't already know

[KevinP]

The Last Poets! Love them! I have their first two albums from '70 and '71.

Also check out The Watts Prophets 1969-1971.

Never got into rap, but proto-rap fascinates me.

[SimonNZ]

The Last Poets! Love them! I have their first two albums from '70 and '71.

Also check out The Watts Prophets 1969-1971.

Never got into rap, but proto-rap fascinates me.

Will do. Thanks for the recommendation.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

La Valse à Mille Temps (1959)

including the original "Ne Me Quitte Pas"

Nice!

[George]

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Listened to Morris' Girl a week or two ago.  It's good start to finish.  More is in the queue.  Brandi Carlile gets a lot of airplay in these parts, so I know a decent number of tracks.  She's good.  Hemby is new to me, so I will give a listen.

The opening track is really excellent, the rest of the album a bit less so.  She struck me as influenced by Dolly Parton, which is a good thing.  My understanding is that her earlier releases are stylistically very different, but I'll still give at least one a shot.

Thank you for your thoughts.

And I'll try and see if I can find some samples from Girl.

PD

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John Hammond: Rough & Tough





Raw Blues, raw acoustic and slide guitar and harmonica - a great combination when well put together, as it is here.