Surprised at the literary whingeing about Dylan's Nobel Prize. There has been some...although some heavy hitters have registered approval, eg Salman Rushdie. Don't know how anyone can deny his sustained power and influence, with a body of work now exceeding 50 years.
I could understand it if it were, say, Lennon-McCartney - whose contribution can never be separated out from the (glorious) structure of the pop song. Dylan's just happens to be poetry that you listen to in performance, rather than read in a book. I could make an argument that he's the most important American poet since Eliot. Congrats Bob.
I am slowly learning about classical music. In the past week or so I collected together all the huge 'a hundred tracks for 99 cents' collections that I have downloaded at various times in various noble fits of "these may not be the best versions but I can start educating myself", and put them in one big folder sorted by composer and deleted duplicates. The 'cheap learning followed by digging deeper' strategy is working in some cases, but I also fear that it's a bit like trying to decide if you like fine wine by drinking various brands of vinegar. (Or in the case of the 'relaxing classics' box that must have seemed like a good idea one day, syrup.) I think I'd actually do better to just go straight to reviews of the best recordings of works by particular composers. This was on a list of the best 15 Dvořák recordings.
Excerpt from a rehearsal for a dance performance by Iara Guedes. Part of an installation - Água-viva - by Taina Guedes, at Entretempo Kitchen Gallery, Berlin.
@Plong42, Philip Glass was perhaps one of the more familiar names to me in that box and I found his pieces pretty much the least interesting.
I rather like the three notes Glass uses over and over again.
I have some Michael Nyman in my collection already (two albums and part of a Piano Circus album); obviously Terry Riley and Arvo Part. The rest were new to me.
„This might be the oldest track on the album. A lot of the time we
aren’t really sure how the tracks come together and this is definitely
one of those times, although it all seems to be born out of background
noise. The bassline seems to want to go away somewhere else entirely,
but never quite manages. And there are recordings of chiff-chaffs and an
electric fence making up part of the percussion in there too.“
Thanks for the heads-up on the Song Books. When Sub-Rosa released their versions, they mixed them up by having some performed simultaneously IIRC. They stated that all of them would be available individually as downloads in the future, but they never showed up. I even asked them multiple times when they would be releasing them and there were nothing but excuses ("haven't gotten around to it yet", etc). I even thought that maybe I would take a year and make my own versions.
My goodness ! - an unknown chapter in Danish music history to me, and "with kind assistence from Karsten Vogel" (Burnin Red Ivanhoe, Secret Oyster) - Thank you !
Yes, I'm slowly slipping from Germany into Denmark here - LOL! Even my German language lessons will be slipping to Danish soon because of my planned trip to Århus next year. Fun album!
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I could understand it if it were, say, Lennon-McCartney - whose contribution can never be separated out from the (glorious) structure of the pop song. Dylan's just happens to be poetry that you listen to in performance, rather than read in a book. I could make an argument that he's the most important American poet since Eliot. Congrats Bob.
http://www.vevo.com/watch/bob-dylan/subterranean-homesick-blues/USSM20100453
I am slowly learning about classical music. In the past week or so I collected together all the huge 'a hundred tracks for 99 cents' collections that I have downloaded at various times in various noble fits of "these may not be the best versions but I can start educating myself", and put them in one big folder sorted by composer and deleted duplicates. The 'cheap learning followed by digging deeper' strategy is working in some cases, but I also fear that it's a bit like trying to decide if you like fine wine by drinking various brands of vinegar. (Or in the case of the 'relaxing classics' box that must have seemed like a good idea one day, syrup.) I think I'd actually do better to just go straight to reviews of the best recordings of works by particular composers. This was on a list of the best 15 Dvořák recordings.
Music for Surroundsound set-up, Laptop and 8 musicians
Thanks Doofy for introducing me to this.
Excerpt from a rehearsal for a dance performance by Iara Guedes.
Part of an installation - Água-viva - by Taina Guedes, at Entretempo Kitchen Gallery, Berlin.
Thanks Doofy for the Abstract Jazz link, looking forward to hearing that.
From the Bill Laswell drop on Bandcamp, some great stuff here
Working through the Philip Glass pieces this morning.
Five tracks, released October 14, 2016
Eilean - Sustainer
I rather like the three notes Glass uses over and over again.
I have some Michael Nyman in my collection already (two albums and part of a Piano Circus album); obviously Terry Riley and Arvo Part. The rest were new to me.
Release date: 2 December 2016
Release date: 12 November 2016
Thanks, BN
- Robin Saville and Antony Ryan of Isan
When Sub-Rosa released their versions, they
mixed them up by having some performed
simultaneously IIRC. They stated that all of
them would be available individually as downloads
in the future, but they never showed up.
I even asked them multiple times when they
would be releasing them and there were nothing
but excuses ("haven't gotten around to it yet", etc).
I even thought that maybe I would take a year and
make my own versions.
The Cinematic Orchestra - "In Motion Vol.1"
Arrived in yesterday's mail...
- Thank you !
Even my German language lessons will be slipping to Danish soon
because of my planned trip to Århus next year. Fun album!