Beautiful harp music from French Celtic harpist, Alain Stivell - "Renaissance of the Celtic Harp"
AMG says "People who hear this record are never the same again. Renaissance of the Celtic Harp, one of the most beautiful and haunting records ever made, introduced the Celtic harp to many thousands of listeners around the world. To call this music gorgeous and ravishing would be the height of understatement; indeed, there are barely words in the English language to describe it adequately."
Yup, that’s a wonderful recording. I’ve never owned the original French 1972 recording, but the British pressing one year later was a favorite. Thanks for the reminder!
Quite good new release from a band new to me. Somewhat proggy, a little metally at times, electronic here and there. Enjoying it so far.
Made it home last night after a journey punctuated by a canceled-quite-literally-at-the-last-minute train on the way to the airport, a late departure from Amsterdam leading to a pressured dash to just barely make my connection in Chicago, which then sat for a while before they went back to the gate and abandoned the plane. Oh the joys of travel.
Sir Paul is 80 today. In today's Guardian they list, in their view, his top songs. Maybe I'm Amazed, from this album, comes out top. Whist I was expecting that track to be high I thought the highest track would be Band on the Run, second, or Jet, seventh. But the fun of such lists is that you never agree!
Great that Kate Bush is being appreciated by a whole new generation following the use of her song "Running up the Hill (A Deal with God)" off the album "Hounds of Love" on the TV program "Stranger Things". Now no. 1 on the charts in Australia and the UK, amongst others.
Great that Kate Bush is being appreciated by a whole new generation following the use of her song "Running up the Hill (A Deal with God)" off the album "Hounds of Love" on the TV program "Stranger Things". Now no. 1 on the charts in Australia and the UK, amongst others.
First time I've got the Number 1 single in a long time!! I'll have to sort the CD out from decades ago and add it to iTunes.
Oh interesting, I've just recently started dabbling with https://supercollider.github.io/ which lets you make this sort of stuff. But still getting my way through tutorials.
A band I quite like from some years ago just decided to re-release a 2005 EP with some extra bits and new stuff:
Back from an amazing rail tour around Scotland, did not appreciate how beautiful it is. Great skies and light until late, good break from all the mayhem around. This was one that escaped me a couple of years ago and very much looking forward to her new one.
Back from an amazing rail tour around Scotland, did not appreciate how beautiful it is. Great skies and light until late, good break from all the mayhem around. This was one that escaped me a couple of years ago and very much looking forward to her new one.
Glad you enjoyed your rail trip around Scotland. Hope the strikes didn't affect you. No rail on Orkney of course but I'm getting quite mystical about clear skies and lovely cloud patterns! Makes a change from South London for sure.
N.P.
Organ Of Corti is the new collaboration of Swedish masters Dan Johansson (Sewer Election), Mattias Gustafsson (Altar of Flies), and Joachim Nordwall (iDEAL, The Skull Defekts). Each artist's individual brilliance shines forth in Organ Of Corti, but this is much more than the sum of its parts. "Auris" takes the familiar murkiness of Johansson and Gustafsson, injects a healthy dose of Nordwall's crisp electronics, and assembles everything into a series of spacious, brilliantly executed tracks. Loops, ambient sounds, electronic drones, noisier flourishes… there is plenty to explore in each track, but “Auris” never feels rushed or busy. Each sound is expertly placed for maximum impact. A phenomenal debut CD from three of Sweden’s finest.
Came out last month been chasing down recent happenings around Gottenberg and found this in another related rabbit hole. On BC.
Back from an amazing rail tour around Scotland, did not appreciate how beautiful it is. Great skies and light until late, good break from all the mayhem around
We had a great two week holiday there last June, following on from a holiday on the West Coast, including some of the islands two years previous. We hadn't intended to go back so soon, but when Covid intervened we went back to another part. If they gain independence and rejoin the EU, relocation there woul be very tempting.
Waiting for Springsteen UK dates for this time next year to be announced. My thoery is that it will include Glastonbury again, and they won't announce until this weekend's event is over
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AMG says "People who hear this record are never the same again. Renaissance of the Celtic Harp, one of the most beautiful and haunting records ever made, introduced the Celtic harp to many thousands of listeners around the world. To call this music gorgeous and ravishing would be the height of understatement; indeed, there are barely words in the English language to describe it adequately."
I’ve never owned the original French 1972 recording,
but the British pressing one year later was a favorite.
Thanks for the reminder!
Thanks for the reminder Confused, I haven't played this in a very long time
Sir Paul is 80 today. In today's Guardian they list, in their view, his top songs. Maybe I'm Amazed, from this album, comes out top. Whist I was expecting that track to be high I thought the highest track would be Band on the Run, second, or Jet, seventh. But the fun of such lists is that you never agree!
"The Chess Story 1947 - 1975".
No. 15 album for 2019 on ProgArchives.
First time I've got the Number 1 single in a long time!! I'll have to sort the CD out from decades ago and add it to iTunes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL9KeXozxW4
Alice Coltrane :: Live At The Berkeley Community Theater 1972
on YouTube via Aquarium DrunkardBack from an amazing rail tour around Scotland, did not appreciate how beautiful it is. Great skies and light until late, good break from all the mayhem around. This was one that escaped me a couple of years ago and very much looking forward to her new one.
We had a great two week holiday there last June, following on from a holiday on the West Coast, including some of the islands two years previous. We hadn't intended to go back so soon, but when Covid intervened we went back to another part. If they gain independence and rejoin the EU, relocation there woul be very tempting.
Waiting for Springsteen UK dates for this time next year to be announced. My thoery is that it will include Glastonbury again, and they won't announce until this weekend's event is over