New re-union album Dig Thy Savage Soul by Barrence Whitfield & The Savages, which I'm digging - more so since it's a fairly short album but I'm still working that 50% booster balance. One song appears on a free Bloodshot Records sampler at eMu.
Found a folder full of things downloaded from Ubuweb and not really listened to. Started with JOhn White & Gavin Bryars - Machine music, and didn't care for it. But I love this one. It has a lot of surface hiss, though.
ETA, went looking on Amazon to see if the version there is better. Here is some weird pricing. The MP3 release has three tracks,m which cost $3.99, $3.99 and $1.99 respectively; but the whole album is $2.49.
ETA2 - it's on Guvera. Sounds massively better than the ubuweb rip.
@kez, as to Chris Stamey, that was my first spin while doing things around the house. Chris' stuff is like going home for me, I grew up with that voice. Impression was surprisingly downbeat. Lovingly and at times lushly produced. There's a gorgeous cover of Chris Bell's "I Am the Cosmos." Looking forward to listening again!
Tonight, a couple of recent 70s jazz(ish) re-releases that I've enjoyed:
Just in @ Soundcloud: Nils Frahm - Screws Reworked Collection
"SCREWS' was the result of inspiration from my fans and friends while I recovered from an unfortunate thumb injury. I offered my fans nine recordings to download and in return you started to send me your remixes, reworks, audio and visual reinterpretations. This gave birth to the 'SCREWS reworked' project and you can now showcase your rework on this special dedicated website.
You simply submit your rework, eather images, videos or remixes and share them with the world. You can also view other artists, friends reworks, make comments and share them too.
Beautiful - I'm loving this one. I have only heard a few tracks so far, but if the album keeps up the current pace, this one is going to make my 'best-of-2013' list.
Jenn Grants intuitive ability to express emotion has helped to define her as one of Canadas premiere vocalists; even in the darkest corners of the wilderness, her prismatic, iridescent voice continues to sparkle, dancing over adventurous new layers that include harp, flute and sitar. Jenn Grant is a lively member of a thriving East Coast artist community. The Beautiful Wild features many notable locals, including Old Man Luedecke, Rose Cousins, Erin Costello, Kinley Dowling, David Christiansen and the Halifax Boys Honour Choir. Shes one of the best singers in the world right now. Buck 65 (Rich Terfry, CBC Radio 2 Drive), The Coast - from Six Shooter Records website
. . . . ."Divided into five index cues (or tracks), this version of Inuksuit lasts just under an hour. On the first movement, youll first hear nature sounds shades of Adamss environmental concerns plus whirly-tube harmonies, and brief pitches from recorders. The second section adds bass drum-hits. These solo-percussive thuds gradually cohere into a riotously irregular, yet still ritual-feeling collective. The third and fourth portion of this recording is one long climax (helped along with cymbal drone), before the finale pivots back to lower-density rhythm patterns and nature sounds. . . . ." WQXR
Continuing my perusal of the Bellowhead members' other projects - this one has fellow Bellowhead member, Pete Flood, in the backing band, as well as Seth Lakeman. I'm finding it quite enjoyable.
Next up, as recommended by Lowlife:
Rachael McShane, No Man's Fool
Oh my, this is really, really good.
Ooh-la-la! Love the classical jazz instrumentation and the smoky voice.
Picture an old black and white French movie in the 50's. The style of Jill Barbers Chansons would be the perfect soundtrack. In her sixth effort, Jill Barber goes completely francophone and not just in the lyrics. Musically it sounds like an imaginary walk through Paris. Embracing the classic song (hence Chansons), accordions, violins decorate Barbers sultry voice and jazzy style. Her words (and a few melodies) borrow from French classics like Edith Piaf, Serge Gainsbourg and Raymond Levesque. Jill Barbers nod to classic chansons, both French and quebecoises, is so evocative at points that it almost amounts to a case of aural false memory. The Vancouver-based chanteuse wasnt yet born when these songs first appeared in the `30s, `40s and `50s, nor were many of us and yet the sense of place and time on this disc is so strong that you could swear you were once in this imagined grainy, black and white footage. - Review from Ridethetempo.com
Wisely opting for stripped-down chamber-jazz arrangements, Barber, an avowed francophile, approaches material associated with Piaf, Gainsbourg, Salvador and others with reverence, but retains enough sexy playfulness and gentle self-awareness to make them her own.- Montreal Gazette
Comments
- Downloadable in some strange mp3 format that my Winamp can't play.
Hmmmm ?
Anyways, it might show up on Emusic
Afar, Farewell
by Offthesky & Man Watching the Stars
Floating Islands by Lotte Anker, Craig Taborn & Gerald Cleaver
Streaming on Guvera. Very pretty lounge music.
Michael Nyman - Decay Music
Found a folder full of things downloaded from Ubuweb and not really listened to. Started with JOhn White & Gavin Bryars - Machine music, and didn't care for it. But I love this one. It has a lot of surface hiss, though.
ETA, went looking on Amazon to see if the version there is better. Here is some weird pricing. The MP3 release has three tracks,m which cost $3.99, $3.99 and $1.99 respectively; but the whole album is $2.49.
ETA2 - it's on Guvera. Sounds massively better than the ubuweb rip.
Tonight, a couple of recent 70s jazz(ish) re-releases that I've enjoyed:
Streamed from Bandcamp
Nils Frahm - Screws Reworked Collection
"SCREWS' was the result of inspiration from my fans and friends while I recovered from an unfortunate thumb injury. I offered my fans nine recordings to download and in return you started to send me your remixes, reworks, audio and visual reinterpretations. This gave birth to the 'SCREWS reworked' project and you can now showcase your rework on this special dedicated website.
You simply submit your rework, eather images, videos or remixes and share them with the world. You can also view other artists, friends reworks, make comments and share them too.
Enjoy and thank you all for listening!
With lots of love, Nils"
Streaming on Guvera.
Beautiful - I'm loving this one. I have only heard a few tracks so far, but if the album keeps up the current pace, this one is going to make my 'best-of-2013' list.
UPDATE//Yeah, definitely a keeper (IMO).
I love that both Amazon and iTunes are censoring this cover even though it's red hair dye.
Craig
Red hair dye!? That's terrible! Blood would wash right off. That hair dye will be really hard to get off. I'm offended.
Craig
@ Craig: How about an Omar T ?
NP:
Craig
- Awesome performance by Rasch
Continuing my perusal of the Bellowhead members' other projects - this one has fellow Bellowhead member, Pete Flood, in the backing band, as well as Seth Lakeman. I'm finding it quite enjoyable.
Next up, as recommended by Lowlife:
Rachael McShane, No Man's Fool
Oh my, this is really, really good.
Early Jug Band Blues revival--very cool. $10 at BC (probably on the high side).
1967-09-03, Dance Hall, Rio Nido, California.
Among other things I've been working through this list which has some pretty great shows on it.
Streaming on Guvera
Ooh-la-la! Love the classical jazz instrumentation and the smoky voice.
Public Guilt - untitled noise box set