Been listening to any music this weekend?

[mvd]

I have:

Michael Jackson - Bad (one of his best)

Michelle Branch single "Sooner Or Later" (this is more like The Spirit Room than song "This Way" is - I really like both songs, but "Sooner Or Later" more. Release date for the album is rumored to be Nov. 10 - would make a great Christmas gift for me!)

Songs from Ashley Tisdale's Guilty Pleasure (my impression hasn't changed - underwhelming vocals but hard to resist songs. The vocals put it into "maybe not buy" territory.)

Ingrid Michaelson single "Maybe" (good song; I've liked her, but not to the level of singer/songwriters like A Fine Frenzy, Regina Spektor, Michelle Branch, and Anna Nalick. That could change with the upcoming CD. I don't post my crush list after every addition/subtraction, but I'll say I put Ingrid back in my crush list; she'll be an honorable mention at least.)

Caitlin Crosby - Flawz (definitely one of the overlooked gems from 2009!)

[tigereye]

1. well, saw some cool blues at our local blues festival

Aaron Neville and Tribe 13 - wonderful NO funk, blues, soul - delightful and great to dance to.


Shannon Curfman - you would probably like her, MVD- young woman who can really belt, and plays searing guitar leads - kind of Southern boogie- blues by way of Clapton, if that makes sense. Discovered at age 14- now 23.


Ron Yarosz and Vehicle - really nice East Coast? bar-style with old organ,harp guitar blues- good singer.


Missed Los Lobos - had seen them before - we went to see the new HP film instead

Tomorrow is Robert Cray as the headliner, also Deb Callahan. Nice to see some women blues artists, who are sometimes in short supply at these things.

Also listened to some old punk tunes, some Dead, The Pipettes (cheap CD bought on a whim - Brit girls with a Supremes-type sound and rather inane lyrics), and some Neko Case. (she will also be here next week)


ps our local alt station loves Michaelson.

[mvd]

2. Hi tigerye - I'll check Shannon Curfman out

Hope you are doing well! :hi:

[tigereye]

3. I really can't complain, we've had a nice and not too hot summer here so far

just wish I could get to the beach - it's been a while. My son is taking a rowing class, so that's been kind of cool, and the pool is open, so that helps a lot.


:hi: How is your summer so far?

[mvd]

4. It's been good - I went to the Philly Zoo for the first time

I enjoyed it. I hope to go away somewhere this summer if time permits; not sure where. It has been cool but we have a warm period coming up - not as bad as it could be, though!

My cousin is also going to build me a new computer, and I'm excited about that. I got tired of the store-bought ones.

[mvd]

11. BTW, I like Shannon Curfman's blues-rock sound

Thanks, tigereye! :hi:

[carpetbagger]

5. Frostiana, Kay Starr, Hovhaness, and ELP.

that's been the playlist today.

[mvd]

6. Any others listening?

Or is it a slow weekend for music?

[Forkboy]

7. Went to see the band Harvey Milk last night.

I sill can't hear a damn thing. :)

[bif]

8. Sure Hanne Hukkelberg, Fleet Foxes

Lamb, Passion Pit, Popol Vuh, Fever Ray, Jonatha Brooke, Pink Martini, Red House Painters, Sneaker Pimps, and Taken by Trrees.

[pokerfan]

9. Our local cable just went all-digital

The only real reason I have cable is for sports. So when there's nothing worth watching (which is often) I tend to bounce around the MusicChoice channels (mostly Jazz and Blues). I'm very impressed with their playlist. Etta James is playing right now.

[Archae]

12. I put "Light Classical" on digital cable frequently.

Mendelssohn on right now.

[Bennyboy]

10. I saw The DeadBeats, The Cheating Buzzies,

on Friday night along with a few minutes of Leah Tysse (check her out, great blues artist). Saw Mick mrtin and the Blue Rockers yesterday (local blues guy) and then Kenny Neal last night after Mick.

Gonna be watching Carolyn Wonderland and Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings tonight on PBS Austin City Limits. Really, these two, along with Grace Potter are the rising stars of the blues thing. be sure to check this out.

[Initech]

13. I saw the Mad Caddies last night.

Pretty fun show, I liked it a lot.

[blue_onyx]

14. I was underwhelmed with Sooner Or Later

It wasn't bad but it wasn't great. I'll still give her CD a try when it comes out.

I was listening to The Saturdays on youtube yesterday. I really like their song "Up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-Gn8lDWQ50


I've really been into this Lady Gaga song that leaked. She actually wrote it for someone else but her demo version somehow got online. It's different than her current songs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coXfJksvNU4

[mvd]

15. The song still has that country twang, but I loved it

I like about everything Michelle has done. Do you want a complete return to the rock sound? I'm not sure she will do that; she's exploring her own mix of country and pop. I do agree on the Saturdays song, though. That song is kind of manufactured, but good bubblegum.

[blue_onyx]

16. I do prefer the pop/rock sound a lot more

I don't expect her to move away from the country path. Michelle seems to prefer it now. I usually prefer "manufactured" pop/country like Carrie Underwood "Before He Cheats." The most country song I have is this Kellie Pickler song "The Best Days of Your Life." I hate that I like the song because I really, really, didn't like her on American Idol. I also really, really don't like Taylor Swift who co-wrote the song. I'm not too into country but I enjoyed Michelle's previous CDs so much that I'll at least give it a listen.

[mvd]

17. I like Carrie; she's pretty good for mainstream country

I like Taylor, too. But I also like alt country and country-rock; Michelle is forging a path of her own I'm anxious to hear. Glad you will give the album a chance. :hi:

[greendog]

18. This afternoons playlist for the drive back from Missoula:

"If The River Was Whiskey" - Charlie Poole

"Diddie Wah Diddie" - Blind Blake

"Killing Floor Blues" - Big Joe Williams

"Chink of Sanity" - Chris Youlden

"She Left Me A Mule To Ride" - Big Joe Williams

"I Got Mine" - Frank Stokes

"Canned Heat Blues" - Tommy Johnson

"Cypress Grove Blues" - Skip James

"Mighty Crazy" - Lightnin' Hopkins

"Broke Down Engine" - Blind Willie McTell

"Statesboro Blues" - Blind Willie McTell

"Easy Rider Blues" Blind Lemon Jefferson

"Police Dog Blues" - Blind Blake

"Big Ted" - Incredible String Band

"I Lost It" - Lucinda Williams

"Spanish Harlem Incident" - Bob Dylan

"Trouble In Mind" - Big Bill Broonzy

"Key To The Highway" - Big Bill Broonzy

"Georgia Bound" - Blind Blake

"The Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair" - Sleepy John Estes

[Xipe Totec]

19. An eclectic mix...

Slumdog Millionaire - Jai Ho:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z32SCbI4dNU

Chopin - Valentina Igoshina - Fantasie Impromptu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qa0Z6g1XJkU

John Coltrane - My Favorite Things - 1961:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_n-gRS_wdI

Asturias - Isaac Albeñiz:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEfFbuT3I6A

BSG - All along the Watchtower:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUchAD44xA8

Высоцкий - Очи черные Погоня:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3egEIUZhls

[_dynamicdems]

20. You could say I've been listening to music...

Andrea Bocelli
Billie Holiday
Black Sabbath
Dio
Heaven & Hell
Live
Loreena McKennitt
Marc Gunn - Celtic
Neil Diamond
Rainbow
The Metal Shakespeare Company

among others...

[mvd]

21. Any Loreena McKennitt suggestions?

I have The Book Of Secrets.

[_dynamicdems]

23. The Visit is one of my favorite albums

All the songs are incredible, but the following are personal favorites.

Lady of Shallot - like the Highwayman, another poem set to music, this one by Tennyson
Greensleeves - terrific rendition
All Souls Night - haunting, will turn anyone Celtic

[ghostsofgiants]

22. Some girls I went to high school with...

http://www.myspace.com/themudflowers

Pretty fun. Kinda sound like if Emmylou Harris was singing for an indie rock band.