The always excellent Martin Simpson. One of the best guitarists currently playing.
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St. Etienne - Asleep at the Wheels of Steel
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Now playing…
Peter Malick Group featuring Nora Jones - New York City
Peter Malick (Guitar, Vocals), Norah Jones (Piano, Vocals), Eric Gardner (Drums), Danny McGough (Mellotron, Hammond organ, Wurlitzer), Marty Richards (Drums), Mike Thompson (Accordion, Piano), Jeff Big Dad Turmes (Bass) and Tom West (Piano).
Streaming on Qobuz (44.1/16)… a mention from @bruss and @Bokermonz above had me place ‘New York City’ in the queue which has not had a spin in quite awhile and the music is sounding sublime! A lovely album and perfect for this Saturday afternoon…
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Yes I have seen it a few times. I still can’t workout why this album wasn’t a hit in the northern hemisphere. It’s one of those records that has always been in my collection in one form or another
And a great album. 
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I managed to get an “official” bootleg copy of that about 10 years ago in Sydney. It’s an interesting collection of tracks however I’d say it’s really for hardcore fans though.
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Tigran Hamasyan - Atmospheres
Tigran Hamasyan (Piano), Arve Henriksen (Trumpet), Eivind Aarset (Guitar) and Jan Bang (Samples, Live Sampling).
Streaming on Qobuz (96/24)… continuing on into the late afternoon with Tigran and this fabulous quartet and they are sounding might sweet! This is a lovely album, very relaxing and simply beautiful…
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Dave Valentin, come fly with me. 
Btw, happy Father’s Day Australians & New Zealanders and anyone else where it falls on 1st Sunday in Sept.
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The Blue Rondo al la Turk outtake is better than on the original release.
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MOZART & CONTEMPORARIES
Víkingur Ólafsson
Works by:
Mozart · Galuppi · C.P.E. Bach
Cimarosa · Haydn
Ólafsson tells how, as a child, he agonised over Mozart’s so-called “easy” sonata, the C major, K545. In his fury, the eight-year-old pianist scrawled over the whole score. Was it, he wonders, the strangely difficult runs near the start, or was it that, even at this early age, he was “weighed down by the excess baggage that the idea of Mozart brings with it”? Ólafsson plays nine short pieces by Mozart, giving them light and context by placing them alongside Cimarosa, Galuppi, CPE Bach and Haydn. His clear, agile playing, inner parts brought out, ornaments always fresh, never exaggerated, suggests he has found peace with the composer. This is just the start.
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