David Corley - Available Light. Debut album at 53 years old from a few years ago. Roots / Americana, with a bit of blues and very good it is too.
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Maria Pia De Vito -IL Pergolese
Maria Pia De Vito (Voice), François Couturier (Piano), Anja Lechner (Violoncello) and Michele Rabbia (Percussion, Electronics).
Streaming on Qobuz (88.2/24)… continuing on into the mid-afternoon with the beautiful vocals from Maria and music from this wonderful quartet. Sounding sublime and perfect for a relaxing afternoon!
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Tobias Hume died on this day in 1645
Tobias Hume (born possibly 1579) was a Scottish composer, viol player and mercenary soldier
Little is known of his life. Some have suggested that he was born in 1579 because he was admitted to the London Charterhouse in 1629, a prerequisite to which was being at least 50 years old, though there is no certainty over this. He had made his living as a professional soldier, serving as an officer with the Swedish, and Russian armies.
His published music includes pieces for viols including many solo works for the lyra viol and songs. They were gathered in two collections, The First Part of Ayres (or Musicall Humors) 1605 and Captain Humes Poeticall Musicke (1607). He was a particular champion of the viol over the then-dominant lute, something which caused John Dowland to publish a rebuttal of Hume’s ideas.
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Ending this evening with M. Ward - Transistor Radio. A beautiful folk album by the American singer-songwriter. Sweet dreams/good day/good morning everyone.
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Eleni Karaindrou - Euripides: Medea
Sokratis Sinopoulos Constantinoble Lute, Constantinoble Lyra
Eleni Karaindrou (Voice, Director), Female Chorus - Antonis Kontogeorgiou (Chorus Director), Harris Lambrakis (Ney), Nikos Guinos (Clarinet), Marie-Cécile Boulard (Clarinet), Alexandros Arkadopoulos (Clarinet), Yiorgos Kaloudis (Violoncello) and Andreas Katsigiannis (Santouri).
Streaming on Qobuz (96/24)… continuing on into the late afternoon with Eleni’s “Euripides: Medea” album to continue the mellow vibes and soothing sounds. It is nice to change up the pace every once in awhile and Eleni music is sounding sublime!
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Since Yesterday by Strawberry Switchblade.
A bit of a pop hit from early 1986, someone just referenced it on Twitter and a bell rang. Brilliant, fun, reminds me of a certain time etc etc. And it sounds great. What’s not to like about music when it does that…?
While I’ve enjoyed the earlier albums, for me, this is when Bob gets interesting. My favourite of all his early work (60s).
Highway 61 Revisited.
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Eleni Karaindrou - Tous des oiseaux
Eleni Karaindrou (Piano), Savina Yannatou (Voice), Alexandros Botinis (Violoncello), Stella Gadedi (Flute), Vangelis Christopoulos (Oboe), Yannis Evangelatos (Bassoon), Dinos Hadjiiordanou (Accordion), Aris Dimitriadis (Mandolin), Maria Bildea (Harp), Sokratis Sinopoulos (Constantinoble Lyra, Lute), Nikos Paraoulakis (Ney), Stefanos Dorbarakis (Kanonaki), Giorgos Kontoyannis (Cretan Lyra, Percussion), String Orchestra and Eleni Karaindrou Ensemble.
Streaming on Qobuz (48/24)… finishing off the day with this beautiful album from Eleni and the talented group of musicians performing with her. They are sounding sublime and a perfect selection prior to heading off to the dream world!
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Joni Mitchell. Blue. I must get a better copy of this.
Edit: I take that back. It’s the first time I’ve played this since upgrading my LP12. Keel, Radikal and Kandid seem to have tamed it. Amazing!! Joni’s voice previously used to be so on edge that I would turn down the volume. I’d assumed there was some damage to disc but apparently not. Now I can really appreciate the stunning control in the vocals. I recall Michael Ball saying this was his favourite album and as much as I always enjoyed it I can now fully relax and appreciate truly great artistry.
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Sarah Blasko - as day follows night, on CD
Aussie Sarah’s hugely successful album. Varying styles (all relatively lightweight). Lyrically interesting.
Can be had for buttons from re-sellers on you know where. Recommended.
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Hi @Steve_S, I’ve not heard of this group. Just checked and they are on Tidal, so I’ll give them a try. Cheers.
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