What you listening to? NOW!!!

[Rick Schmidlin]

Tone Poems "Wildwood Flower"

[billkilpatrick]

cicadas in the cypress trees.

[Andrew DeMarco]

thile and marshall Desvairada... phew.

[Perry]

Getz/Gilberto

seems that's all I listen to at my work desk anymore; I put it on low and on repeat; it brings down the stress levels leaps and bounds

[doc holiday]

Butch Waller~o)

[JEStanek]

The hum of the goldfish tank, in F for full.

Jamie

[catmandu2]

Replacements - Hootenanny.

[Larry S Sherman]

Dinosaur Jr "Farm"

http://cdn.stereogum.com/img/thumbnails/posts/dinosaur-jr-farm-album-art.jpg

Larry

[Jim MacDaniel]

I'm still diggin' on this video from the Women With Mandolins thread earlier today...

[Hillsdale Leroy]

"The Steele Drivers" Interesting!

[Dennis Ladd]

Ronnie McCoury's solo CD, "Heartbreak Town." It's been a while since I had this one on and it's hooked me. The song, "Heartbreak Town," I keep playing over and over. RM sings with that McCoury voice but a little deeper here. There are four instrumentals written by Himself, all of them good, all of them very different.

It's a keeper.

[MandolinoNapoletano]

Great bouzouki music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnNgikHvso8

[bhGreen]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ0nE1u7cv4

[journeybear]

I am in the middle of an hour-long gap between movies at the local art cinema, where I volunteer once or twice a week, and in this boredom I have a song idea running through my mind - sort of a mid-tempo minor key gypsy thing that had appeared about a month ago and has returned, which is a good sign that it's a keeper. :mandosmiley:

Before that I did have the Katzenjammers' "Ain't No Thang" live version goin' on, and when I get home (and have done foolin' 'round with the gypsy melody) I shall return to that. No sound card on this 'puter. :(

PS: bh - You have to click on the youtube icon and paste the script into the pop-up field ...

[bhGreen]

Dinosaur Jr "Farm"



Larry

I like the album art.. especially if i think thats what i think it is ;)

[Coy Wylie]

I'm listening to Big Island Hornpipe off Bryan Sutton's new soon-to-be-released album. He put up a couple of songs on his fb profile.

[catmandu2]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ0nE1u7cv4

I hate it when that happens..

[Christopher Standridge]

"Sweet Thing" by the Osbornes at the Calton Haney Bluegrass Festival!

[codfish]

"Haymaker!" by the Gourds

[Ken Olmstead]

Tone Poems II - Please

[bhGreen]

Yea i did the youtube link... Idk why we cant just embed. w/e watch my vid! (it gets funny after a min lol)

[catmandu2]

No...I mean I hate it when you do some hooch, jump out of the window, run amok, jam with cats, then happily drive off the cliff. I guess Daryl, John and cats aren't so bad, though...

[jeff mercer]

Funny thing, that..

That's what I'm listening to..my cat snoring in front of the gas heater :)
Sam does'nt purr when he's sleeping (which is most of the time), he actually snores..

Mandolin content ;
Sam's current favourite "bed" of choice is the computer chair..he sits behind me on the coffee table, patiently waiting for me to leave the room to get a drink etc. & then he's straight on it !
Seeing as my mandolin is usually the closest instrument at hand, I've taken to putting it on the seat if I leave..he won't jump up if my mando is there ;)

Mandolins...versatile instruments, aren't they ?

[Fiddler3]

What Can I Do? by the Gibson Brothers off Ring the Bell....excellent album with Joe Walsh playing some fine mandolin!

[Dan Hoover]

harry nilsson singing randy newman,my cat growling at the other one,my dog snoring,ice just cracked in my glass..but later,i'm gonna listen to Katzenjammer again..that is very addicting...thanks guys for bringing it to my attention today..cheers

[Patrick Sylvest]

The Fabulous Bagazze Boyz! Check them out on Myspace!

[Sandy Beckler]

"Blues fo Vassar" Grisman/Rice (Duets - Tone Poets):cool:

Sandy

[man dough nollij]

Yea i did the youtube link... Idk why we cant just embed. w/e watch my vid! (it gets funny after a min lol)

Ha!

[Jill McAuley]

My dogs snoring because it's "post walk, post dinner nap time" and Martin Hayes first album....

Cheers,
Jill

[journeybear]

Katzenjammers live video - again - as promised. I can't get over this. I don't know how it was filmed, or recorded. I assume the cameraman is on another boat - must be a rowboat, as it's silent - but he's doing a heckuva job. And the sound is very consistent, considering these are somewhat challenging conditions. But I don't really care - this is an awful lot of fun!

Thanks Larry - good find!

[man dough nollij]

Katzenjammers live video - again - as promised. I can't get over this. I don't know how it was filmed, or recorded. I assume the cameraman is on another boat - must be a rowboat, as it's silent - but he's doing a heckuva job. And the sound is very consistent, considering these are somewhat challenging conditions. But I don't really care - this is an awful lot of fun!

Thanks Larry - good find!

Yeah, I was wondering the same thing. I didn't see any mics or wires anywhere, but they definitely weren't Millying or Vannillying...:confused:

[mandomania7923]

not bluegrass but I'm working up a mandolin guitar duet for a whole beatles set. So far i have, Let it be, Eleanor Rigby, Norwegian Wood, and Blackbird

[Mike Bunting]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ0nE1u7cv4
I agree.

[Rick Schmidlin]

Replacements - Hootenanny.

I was the first to get The Replacements booked in L.A. in 1982 and they came over my place for Thanksgiving dinner.

[Tim Heenan]

Adam Steffey Jim VanCleve #6 Barn Dance on YouTube............
For the love of GOD..... both Steffey and Van Cleve are phenominal..............

[adgefan]

Genticorum

[Dan Johnson]

Genticorum is cool! We saw them at Dancing on the Air (Jay and Molly's live radio show broadcast from scenic Central Ave., Albany NY)...


I just came in from listening to Doc Watson, Foundation... Almost thought for a second I should give the guitar a little more time tonight...

[kristallyn]

guggenheim grotto
cold truth

[Kirk Albrecht]

Chris Thile and Edgar Meyer - the cut is Fence Post in the Front Yard.

Is there anyone else out there who can play that stuff?????? Yikes.

[Bertram Henze]

CD "From Shore to Shore" of Norland Wind, the group of German harper Thomas Leufke. Sound sample file here (http://www.norlandwind.eu/nwsounds/nw8minutes.mp3).

Bertram

[kristallyn]

hmmm bertam that is nice!

[kristallyn]

my son(16) is a fan of this dutch group RAPALJE
and is playing it very very loud right now lol

[pigpen]

The Jim Kweskin Jug Band - Ukelele Lady

Man, this is making my Friday start off just fine, though.

[Dfyngravity]

Nothin' Fancy- Once Upon A Road

[Bertram Henze]

Kris, I saw Rapalje perform one whole day during the roggefest on Ameland last summer. What I found most amazing is their way of cunningly hiding any technical equipment in and under their scruffy attire (e.g. that rose stuck in the fiddler's shirt is really a microphone).
They rock, even though (or maybe just because) their playing style fits their name.

Bertram

[mandocrucian]

Yesterday
Flook - Haven

Two days ago:
Jethro Tull - Bursting Out

and, whenever it arrives in the mail:
Jonas Simonson - Crane Dance (solo CD by the flute/bass clarinet player of great Swedish groups such as Groupa, Bask, Den Fule)

[Chris Keth]

Right now I'm listening to a pandora station that started with The Decemberists

[kristallyn]

Kris, I saw Rapalje perform one whole day during the roggefest on Ameland last summer. What I found most amazing is their way of cunningly hiding any technical equipment in and under their scruffy attire (e.g. that rose stuck in the fiddler's shirt is really a microphone).
They rock, even though (or maybe just because) their playing style fits their name.

Bertram

they are rough aren t they that s what my son likes about them.

[Hans]

The ringing in my ears...

[Jack Roberts]

The ticking of the clocks on my laboratory wall with my right ear and the permanent ringing in my left.

[Eric F.]

Albert King live with SRV.

[floyd floar]

Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Gershwin Songbook

[Gerry Cassidy]

Loggins & Messina - "Best of Friends"

Jim Messina is a great mandolin player! 'Be Free' is one of my fave mandolin tunes... Well, I guess it isn't really what you would consider a 'Mandolin Tune', but there's a lot of it in there and it sounds great! :)

[Phil Sussman]

In an attempt to drown out the jackhammers outside, I put on a Narada collection CD, Celtic Odyssey. Has an Altan song, and Alasdair Fraser playing Calliope House/The Cowboy Jig. No mandolin, though.

[Rick Schmidlin]

The Jim Kweskin Jug Band - Ukelele Lady

Man, this is making my Friday start off just fine, though.


Big Kweskin Jug band fan here:):

[blacksmith]

Well, currently what I'm listening to is varying degrees of tinnitus due to Meniere's. 24/7, never stops.

[Steve Perry]

My neighbor's lawn mower... it's tuned to a G.

[John Malayter]

Chris Sharp David Long Google Video that I downloaded on the Ipod

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2659505572064453960

[AlanN]

50's jazz from a Polish radio station. My family got me this cool wireless internet clock radio for my birthday. I scanned the listings, one of the genres is indeed bluegrass. Now I can awaken to banjos, hooray...

For mandolin music, I'm back on Dawgfinger.

[Gerry Cassidy]

In an attempt to drown out the jackhammers outside, I put on a Narada collection CD, Celtic Odyssey. Has an Altan song, and Alasdair Fraser playing Calliope House/The Cowboy Jig. No mandolin, though.

I recommend Narada's 'Dance of the Celts'. It has some fella named John McGann playing mando on it. The guy seems to know what he is doing! :);)

[Jack Roberts]

Well, currently what I'm listening to is varying degrees of tinnitus due to Meniere's. 24/7, never stops.

I only have tinnitus in my left ear, but I hear it all the time. If I stop up my right ear, that's about all I hear.

[Phil Sussman]

I recommend Narada's 'Dance of the Celts'. It has some fella named John McGann playing mando on it. The guy seems to know what he is doing! :);)

Cool, thanks, don't have that CD. Mandolin obsession is new, have to beef up my collection of recordings (that's the trouble with looking at this site! :whistling::mandosmiley:

I've been dipping into the Sound Fundamentals DVD and trying to incorporate his suggestions.

Thanks,
Phil

[blacksmith]

Jack, that's the same with me, in L ear, but loud enough to feel like it's in both. Helps to know I'm not alone. Thanks for sharing.

[Jim]

Tinninitis both ears full time. otherwise, Flinners "Music Du Jour"

[barney 59]

A very loud party about 1000ft away---sounded very much like "WAR"

[mandroid]

" a brief history of the end of everything " [theories of cosmology and history of astronomy]
on bbc.co.uk/radio7 .. online.. (and Tinnitus)

[Carolie]

Michael Garrison, early electronic stuff. Huge Tangerine Dream influence. The tribute album to him is fantasic.

Carolyn

Woohoo-my 100th post! I need a life:)

[M.Dubovsky]

seldom scene...."boots of spanish leather" - amazin cover of amazin dylan song

[TerryBurnsKing]

My husband playing Foggy Mountain Special on his new guitar...

[Rick Cadger]

An MP3 playlist.

Amongst the last few songs were:

'Ecstasy' - The Trailer Trash Orchestra
'Music for a Found Harmonium' - Patrick Street
'Air Mail Special' - Jim & Jesse
'Standard on the Braes O'Mar' - Tannahill Weavers
'Surfin' Bird' - The Ramones
'All Women Are Bad' - The Cramps
'Smoothie Song' - Nickel Creek
'Arthur McBride' - Paul Brady
'Arthur McBride' - Planxty

[Martian]

walmarts are offering in their C D dept., new collectors series of various groups. Country, rock contemp, etc. 3 to a pack,and they come in a very cool colector tin. In my teens from Det. Mi.(the real home of rock and roll), I loved the harder rock (of its day) but then discovered the southern rock, just as loud but softer smoother somehow. At 17, (I am now 58), I seen the Allman Bros Band followed by the likes of Pure Prarie League, Michael Murphy, Skynard,and others. Lived in same area as Seager, Nugent, and Alice Cooper. The southern stuff made me re define guitar music . So for fathers day my daughter got me the collectors series of The Marshall Tucker Band. Am listening to it and loving it all over again. By the way these sets are 3 to a case and $ 10, to $18.

[chasray]

David Grisman and Stephan Grappelli

[Martian]

Oops! Not Walmarts, Meijers.(Toy Caldwell just a little too loud (not) on Can't You See! Anyhow, lots of stuff from Motown to oldies to classic rock. check it out.

[Brandon Flynn]

Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane: Live from Carnegie Hall.

[sanctuary13]

honestly? this.



ok no idea how to embed youtube vids here, wont post right so here's a link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCu2XMTU76s

[Chris Rogers]

Up in the Woods by John Reischman. Just met him last week in Grass Valley. What a nice guy.

[Jim MacDaniel]

Jimmy Ryan...



...

[crazymandolinist]

Jack Frost: Waterson:Carthy

[Keith Owen]

"Blue Eyed Cowboy" by Terri Hendrix, at the moment.

[Rick Schmidlin]

Sitting On Top Of The World, Doc and Clarence Ashley

[Hans]

Ernie Hawkins teaching Willie McTell's Statesboro blues on Utube...

[Ronbo]

Eighty One from a new recording called "Choose One", by a young jazz guitarist from NW Arkansas named Ryan Fourt. He now lives in Colorado. Great guitar player!

[Bill Snyder]

Nothing.

[catmandu2]

Spring Heel Jack, Live with Matthew Shipp, Evan Parker, William Parker, Han Bennink, J Spaceman

[Mike Bunting]

Mike Compton on Conan O'Brien.

[Laird]

Ben Sollee, "Learning to Bend." I'd never heard of him, but when I went online to order Sarah Jarosz's new album, I spent some time looking (and listening) to what other fans of Sarah's CD were buying. No mando (yet) on the Sollee, but I'm digging it anyhow. Acoustic soul.

[man dough nollij]

Ben Sollee, "Learning to Bend." I'd never heard of him, but when I went online to order Sarah Jarosz's new album, I spent some time looking (and listening) to what other fans of Sarah's CD were buying. No mando (yet) on the Sollee, but I'm digging it anyhow. Acoustic soul.

I'd never heard of him, so I looked him up on YouTube. He's a monster cellist:

[Laird]

That's a pretty mellow version of a pretty mellow song. To see him get down a bit (and he DOES get down), check out this video--but stay with it through the first full minute. It starts slowly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5fd9Z7zJVg

[bones12]

Streaming WDVX as usual while unwinding. Doug in Vermont

[robertson]

Hendrix, Flatt & Scruggs

[man dough nollij]

Hendrix, Flatt & Scruggs

Great trio. I really like their version of Purple Haze Breakdown! :grin:

[chip]

Don't laugh but I've had to get away from Bluegrass lately. Back in the 70's I owned some record stores and listened to all sorts of genre's of music which gave me a pretty broad spectrum of artists to enjoy, being that the record company reps would lay free LP's on me to help promote their latest and greatest.My main interests at that time was Gram Parsons, JD Crowe, Burrito Bros, Eagles, Grisman, Tony Rice, Doc Watson, Souther Hillman Band, and lots of Jazz. The last 6 years I got back to my roots and thus listened and played bluegrass stuff.....but lately I'm sort of burned out on it and have been listening to XM/Sirius Coffeehouse station and the Loft, along with some of the Classic Rewind station. There's a ton of good new artists out there playing some great stuff...not so much bluegrass...but nice acoustic music. I even bought Ray LaMontagne today:disbelief: and...gasp...jason mraz:redface:

[mandolirius]

<Don't laugh but I've had to get away from Bluegrass lately.>

It's always a mistake to listen to one type of music only. It stunts musical growth.

[robertson]

Yes that is quite a trio. I forgot to mention "Band of Heathens" I think
they are out of Austin, not much mando, just a good solid band.
The cool thing about F&S is you can practice your bg chop because there
is no mando...pre Marty Stuart with Flatt. I love Wakefield too...that
guy is just too cool!!!!

[chip]

Since I've forgone BG for the time being I even started playing...gasp again..the electric guitar, accordion and singing:disbelief:
I'm losing it for sure....all those mandolins are now in their beds and the guitars have awoken...sigh...
and how about that Sarah McLachlan!:disbelief:

[robertson]

She is the real deal!!! Gillian Welch is another one... they are so good!

[300win]

The original Newgrass Revival. Sam Bush, Courtney Johnson, Curtis Burch, Ebo Walker, man what a great band ! In my opinion that was the best. My youngest son got me a "best of the Newgrass Revival" cd for my birthday. First one was "Great Balls of Fire, second "Prince of Peace, also has "The Dancer", and later stuff with John Cowen, Bella Fleck, Pat Flynn. I was fortunate enough to see the very first public concert by the original band at Berryville , Virginia Bluegras festival. They were awesome ! Came out on stage and while Sam, Curtis, Courtney hummed the "Battle Hymn of the Republic", Ebo did a short speech about the hallowed ground we were standing on, refering to the Cival War dead, then they broke instantly into "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down". I tell you there probably 3-4000 people there, and you could have heard a pin drop on the ground. At the end of thier set they did "Mule Skinner Blues" in "D", Curtis sang it, and they did it about 300 mph. They had 4 encores. I bet that the Shennandoah River had not heard such a noise on the banks since the Cival War.

[AlanN]

Some early Sinatra, Chet Baker, Oscar Peterson....really whatever is on the internet radio.

[Jim MacDaniel]

The Courtney Janes (http://www.myspace.com/thecourtneyjanes)

[Gerry Hastie]

The Juggler by Weather Report, if Jaco Pastorius doesn't inspire anyone who plays music then they've different tastes than I.

There's only two types of music: music I like and music I don't.

[Alex Orr]

The new Dinosaur Jr. album. It's FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[journeybear]

Jimmy Ryan...

Like the lefty! Love what he did with Blood Oranges and Cheri Knght's solo albums - QV!!! A thrill to meet him at a Blood Oranges reunion 10 -12 years ago in some dive in central Mass. I'll get to these vids as soon as I'm done with ...

Amy Rigby - 18 Again - a wonderful collecton of 18 of this wonderfully inventive singer/songwriter's songs. Her "Diary of a Mod Housewife" was THE best album of the 90s as far as I'm concerned. Would have been perfect if there were mandolin on it ... :whistling:

Actually, first things first. Gonna watch this one just one more time before moving on to Jimmy Ryan's solo stuff. BTW, that's Amy's ex Will Rigby on drums (a source of inspiration forher "Give The Drummer Some," incl drummer jokes) and Mark Spencer from Blood Oranges on rhythm guitar.

[Denny Gies]

"To Be His Child" by the Nashville Bluegrass Band. Outstanding gospel.

[mandonurse]

I bought Dailey&Vincent "Brothers from different mothers" an hour ago, and just now pushed PLAY...~o)

[journeybear]

Wait - you're IN Norway, and you're not listening to Katzenjammer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AIdYoMpINQ)??? :confused:

WELL!!! :disbelief:

[farmerjones]

This ain't fiddle music. It's sometimes called Two Soldiers.
Powerfull stuff. I just can't get over it.

http://www.hangoutstorage.com/fiddlehangout.com/storage/audio/blue-eyed--2907-525362462009.mp3

[banJoe]

Farmer,

LOVE that song!! I first heard it on Norman Blake and Tony Rice II (if I remember corectly.....)

Great album if you are not familliar.

[farmerjones]

Yes, that's our own David M.
I promised i wouldn't brag on him no more, but i'm busted again.

:whistling:

[catmandu2]

...Weather Report (&) Jaco Pastorius...

Circa 1978: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5c3H6LpLZI

Jaco did a solo that included "Purple Haze" on tour that year...appealing to all the 18-year-old wannabes in the audience...:mandosmiley::grin:.

One of my favorites (Teen Town) -- with Alex Acuna: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91gqmiVXomA&feature=related

[David M.]

Yes, that's our own David M.
I promised i wouldn't brag on him no more, but i'm busted again.

:whistling:

yessir, you're busted...:redface:

[sidewinder]

I have been listening a lot to Junior Sisk's new cd that I just bought. I really like the sound his mandolin player is getting. Would love to know what kind of mandolin he is playing. Also spinning the latest Newfound Road a lot. I stay pretty much in my bluegrass bubble (per my wife). :)

[robertson]

The Juggler by Weather Report, if Jaco Pastorius doesn't inspire anyone who plays music then they've different tastes than I.

There's only two types of music: music I like and music I don't.

Jaco, what a genius

[mandonurse]

[QUOTE=journeybear;682945]Wait - you're IN Norway, and you're not listening to Katzenjammer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AIdYoMpINQ)??? :confused:

WELL!!! :disbelief:



No I have not heard much about those girls, I LOVE that clip though!! But I listen to these guys some times: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dpk-Hk4pqb4
:mandosmiley:

[catmandu2]

these guys...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dpk-Hk4pqb4
:mandosmiley:

Too bad he quit with the "Oh, Brother..." bluegrassers :( ... I was waiting to hear what the guy with the banjo uke had..

[Paul F]

Tourmani Diabate, "The Mande Variations"

[journeybear]

Miles Davis @ Montreux Jazz Festival - Human Nature (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jkKTcG0xuw)

Not a big fan of either Miles Davis or Michael Jackson, but I appreciate and respect their talent. But what really knocks me out about this version is the sax player's solo (the video's long, you can FFD to about 5:00) - he starts mellow and builds and builds till he's really ripping, with a direct line to his muse. That's what I strive to achieve whenever I can - and when I can, it swings like nothing else, and makes putting up with a lot of other less important stuff worthwhile. Oh baby, that's what I like! :mandosmiley:

[Jim MacDaniel]

Gecko Turner:

[Jim MacDaniel]

Balkan Beat Box:

[man dough nollij]

Thanks, Jim. I really like both of those. It's so seldom that we get to learn a new song rapping about Bulgarian chicks...

[JEStanek]

Sonic Youth. The Eternal. Saw them in NYC on Friday. Amazing.

Jamie

[Gerry Hastie]

ACDC

Saw them in Glasgow at Hampden Park. Here's a pic of Angus Young looking like Gollum from Lord of the Rings.

[Jim MacDaniel]

Thanks, Jim. I really like both of those. It's so seldom that we get to learn a new song rapping about Bulgarian chicks...

LOL! I wish I knew of more artists in the vein of Balkan Beat Box (gotta love their horn section), but since you also like Gecko, you might want to check out Manu Chao, also of Spain, as well as Kinky and Nortec Collective, both from Mexico.

[Hans]

I'm actually watching Huddie Leadbetter playing and singing "Pick a Bail 'O Cotton" on Utube...WOW! :)

[Marty Henrickson]

"To Be His Child" by the Nashville Bluegrass Band. Outstanding gospel.
That's exactly what I was about to post. I just bought it this weekend. I love "Gospel Plow", but everything on the CD is good.

[Rick Schmidlin]

I'm actually watching Huddie Leadbetter playing and singing "Pick a Bail 'O Cotton" on Utube...WOW! :)



I also love that Leadbelly peformance. A woman who husband passed away gave a complete collection of the Folkway, Stinson and Capital 10 inch releases from the early 50's

[Hans]

That's really a lucky get, Rick. Man, I got to learn that fingerpickin' shuffle he does...

[300win]

At present I'm listening to some recordings I made this morning. # 1 is a instrumental I made up, no name yet. # 2, 3,4, is stuff I did just for fun and practice. Rawhide, Love Come Home, and Caravan. I do this almost everday. It is alot of work, playing the guitar, mandolin, bass, banjo, voices, tracks, but it does give me plenty of exercise.

[Eric F.]

Emily Remier - East to Wes

[squirrelabama]

Time Management by Shooter Jennings

[Dave Schimming]

Willie Nelson...

[kristallyn]

this song..by dutch singers frank boeijen and stef bos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8sk51QPzCA
singing about friendhip and loss
it was played on the funeral of a friend this week.
gets to me right now

[Ryk]

Skip Gorman's Mandolin in the Cow Camp 2 CD set. Just a bunch of great old tunes played wonderfully.

Ryk

[Gerry Hastie]

My ear worm at this precise moment is 'One Legged Man' by Buck White from the Bluegrass Mandolin Extravaganza. That is the neatest catchiest tune. What a groove....

[davidlw]

Trail of Tears by Billy Ray Cyrus. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HocYNVX4Twg&feature=fvst

[Jim MacDaniel]

Jacob Reuven with Ensemble Mactub:

[Frank Russell]

Bon Iver - "Flume," "For Emma" and "Skinny Love" over and over, usually followed by the now unavailable Jonathan Richman album "It's Time For," which I found after hours of searching as a free downloadable zip file. You can still buy the CD from Amazon, at about $140 bucks used. "Double Chocolate Malted" may be the best song ever. Just a guy placing his very specific order for a malted at the Woolworth's counter. Haven't heard it in twenty years, still rocks completely. Frank

[Mike Snyder]

Hartford- Yellow Barber & Speed of the Old Long Bow

[sanctuary13]

Irish Punk with a Mandolin

[Rob Powell]

Skaggs and Rice

[journeybear]

Ambient noise - A/C, fan, refrigerator, tap-tap-tap ... tap of keyboard - but looking forward to "Raising Sand," Kraus & Plant, which I finally broke down and got on ebay, should be here at week's end ... :mandosmiley:

[Mike Snyder]

Wish I'd known. I'd have sent you my copy. Gladly. Not my cuppa T.
On edit; that sounded kinda snarky. I've listened to Krause for years.
LZ was part of my cultural upbringing, being of that age. The combination
just didn't touch me.

[journeybear]

Wish I'd known. I'd have sent you my copy. Gladly. Not my cuppa T.

Dang! Me too. Maybe in the future I'll post a request instead of devoting what always feels like too much time to getting something I've been sitting on the fence about anyway :disbelief: ... Gee - that's almost English ... :))

Most of the time my tastes run toward the obscure, though. What I'm really psyched about is a soundtrack album for an unreleased movie called "Anywhere." It features seven songs from one of my favorite artistes, Patti Rothberg, who usually rocks pretty hard, but for this project was a lot folksier. I stumbled on it quite by accident a year ago, which is weird, because we're pretty chummy and she's never mentioned it. :confused: Probably something to do with the movie's fate. Being so obscure the soundtrack has been hard to find at less than full price, and I've been reluctant to pay that as the rest of the album ... well, never mind. ;)

Hmmm ... after further thought ... anyone have Neil Young - Live At Massey Hall CD/DVD? Or Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown - the Target version, with live tracks from Japan? PM me ... Thanks!

[Jim]

Yonder Mountain String Band- Mountain Tracks vol 5

[Jim MacDaniel]

Jimmy Ryan's (http://www.jrmando.com/music.html) Lost Diamond Angel (http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Diamond-Angel-Jimmy-Ryan/dp/B00006A6VX/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1247415469&sr=8-3): nice mandolin work, backed up by the Morphine Horns (reeds, actually ;) ).

[Bigtuna]

Tony Williamson

[bhGreen]

http://www.myspace.com/andrewjacksonjihad

[Patrick Market]

Avett Brothers - Gleam II

[Brad Weiss]

This!

[Jim MacDaniel]

Thanks for the link, Brad -- nice stuff there.

[alb]

That gal on Bandolim is something else!

I'm listening to:

E Do Que Ha (It is what it is) composed by Luiz Americano and played by Jacob Do Bandolim...

if you don't have a copy of the original, you can hear a noisy live version by Groupo Rocambole in Portland...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=745W9I_C6a4

[Glassweb]

John Coltrane

[journeybear]

Stan Getz plays Antonio Carlos Jobim, with help from Astrud Gilberto, natch. Perfect rainy day music ... :cool:

[Denny Gies]

Flatt and Scruggs Live at Carnegie Hall

[3step]

Some recent finds for me. A Young John duffey with the Country gentlemen (country songs, old and new). A real hidden gem from a cd store, for a seldom scene fan who never knew they existed. I'm not a person who sings in the car alot, but the call and answer lines in roving gambler are just too much fun to resist, -Lay my money down, lay my money down...
and much desired , hard to find-for me, Joe Val cd, One morning in may,
Which I will soon play again.

[Ernie Campbell]

Dale Ann Bradley

[Barb Friedland]

Eva Scow with Karen Marguth on vocals doing the old standard You'd Be So Nice. Hot stuff!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwVdK2Nq7G4

[journeybear]

Pssst ... see post #148 ... :whistling:

[Dan Voight]

New Words

[Keith Erickson]

Hot Rize- So Long of a Journey :cool:

...oh yes and I forgot this one too

Hamilton de Holanda Quinteto- Brasilianos ...and yet another cool icon to boot :cool:

[mandroid]

Sunday's " Across The Great Divide " radio show, online, archived , [for a fortnight] .. KPFA.org.

http://www.kpfa.org/archive/id/52333 :whistling:

[300win]

Myself playing "Caravan".

[robertson]

Johnson Mountain Boys "Live at the old" :mandosmiley:

[mandolirius]

The Jimmy Cobb Band on CBC Radio's "Canada Live", recreating the Miles Davis album, "Kind Of Blue" on its 50th anniversary. JC is the only surviving member of the group that created this masterpiece, the best-selling jazz album of all time and one that still sells 5000 copies a year. This show is from the Van. Int. Jazz Festival. JC can still swing pretty hard at 80! I hope it's true that playing music keeps you young.

[robertson]

It is true that playing music keeps you young!!! When your listening to Miles!

[Jack Roberts]

My son just walked in and asked what I was listening to. "Alegria" on the Urbana Capoeira album. He said he likes it. Smart kid!

[Brad Weiss]

Thanks for the link, Brad -- nice stuff there.

Nope, thanks to Amy B. for pointing me to it - that's Eva Scow, alb...

[squirrelabama]

Jerry Lee Lewis- the "Rockin' with the Killer" album.

[kristallyn]

big love-lindsey buckingham( dvd- fleetwood mac "dance")

[David M.]

Warren Haynes: Live At Bonnaroo

[mdithk]

Classical for me today while I write.

Bach's Tocata in D Minor at the moment.

[B. T. Walker]

Merle Haggard, The Bluegrass Sessions, Big City. Now that's country.

[Jim MacDaniel]

Too stressed from work, I needed a chill pill this afternoon: Telemann's Oboe Suites.

[David Casal]

dreadnoughts
im ready to the friday show in Melide
jump and beer!!

[JeffD]

Right this minute? Lennie Tristano.

[Rick Schmidlin]

Dawg and Doc DVD

[Carolie]

Michael Garrison. Some of the best electronic instrumentals I've ever heard. One of the pioneers of that field of music. I never get tired of him. Also Robin Bullock.

Carolyn

[Dave Schimming]

Norman Blake

[jim simpson]

right now? I'm listening to David Grisman's Dawg Jazz/Dawg Grass - transferred from lp to cdr.

[mandolirius]

Traditional Mongolian sheep-herders songs.

[luckylarue]

Steve Earle - Townes

Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown

[Mike Bunting]

Tuva throat singers

[Rick Schmidlin]

Now the Townes Van Zant DVD, boy is this film depressing.

[mandolirius]

A medley of Michael Jackson songs arranged for washtub bass, bagpipes and jawharp.

[Daithio]

Jody Stecher, Oh the Wind and Rain. Great album that I haven't listened to in a few years.

[Mike Bunting]

Fanilla Poonah playing Beatle tunes on the Egyptian footwhistle.

[man dough nollij]

Fanilla Poonah playing Beatle tunes on the Egyptian footwhistle.

Man, I bet you have to be seriously LIMBER to play one of those! :disbelief:

[Mike Bunting]

Indeed! Not mention having a name like Fanilla Poonah.

[man dough nollij]

Here's Fanilla warming up for a busking gig.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Contortionist_Ravi_standing.jpg

[Mike Bunting]

:))

[Dave Schimming]

The hum of my computer by Dell.

[journeybear]

Thoth and Batman

[powercat]

Sierra Hull

[mandroid]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZG8HBuDjgc

Douglas Adams: Parrots the Universe and Everything

[Denny Gies]

Sam Bush's "Late As Usual"

[AlanN]

What a great recording. Of all of the Sam Bush solo records, this one gets the most play, by far.

Presently - Ray Legere, Aubrey Haynie, Kenny Baker...something about fiddle players...

[Richard Moore]

At this moment... Weiser Sunrise by the Foghorn Stringband.

[John Uhrig]

Bob Dylan: The Rolling Thunder Revue: Disc #2: Track #3: Tangled Up In Blue

[Gutbucket]

Bad Livers , Hogs on the Highway. This c.d makes me laugh. Danny Barnes is "The Man".

[Keith Erickson]

Ricky Skaggs- A collection of his greatest country hits from a bluegrass perspective

Cracker Barrel always has a great selection of food as well as music ~o)

[anthonyjhallen]

Mountain Man by Mountain Heart

[300win]

Some of my latest recordings. Some I wrote, others not, just playing to practice and having fun. I don't generally listen to other stuff. I think that might be detremental to the stuff I write. Not saying I don't like to listen to others play, it's just that if I listen to myself I can hear the mistakes I made, and maybe also how to change something to make it better. That's all I do everyday sit around writing and practicing. I've written over 275 songs/tunes so far, and send out demos all the time to every group I can get a mailing address from.

[Denny Gies]

Bluegrass Album Band; Live

[journeybear]

Amy Winehouse - Rehab. Good enough singer, overwhelmed by notoriety and backstory and "press" sensationalism ... but the real story is the arrangements and production - just killer, and perfect for the material.

[Mike Romkey]

A Lawrence Welk rerun. Seriously. A tradition going back to college when we'd watch it during our "cocktail" hour before going to play country rock in some tavern. Another great dance exhibition by Bobby and Sissy. I hope I didn't miss Myron's accordion spotlight. I tuned in late. Oh -- it's a young accordion phenom from North Dakota with a Bobby Sherman haircut playing a polka with tuba and tenor banjo. He's good! I really need to go to Branson and see this on acid sometime.

[journeybear]

No you don't, not really. It's painfully clear you've had enough already and gone to Branson in your mind ... :))

[Bigtuna]

Grant Green - "Lazy afternoon" off Street of Dreams

[earthsave]

http://www.marthascanlan.com/AudioPlayer/player.html

Martha Scanlan from the Reeltime Travelers. Great singer and songwriter.

[Jim]

Dawg 90 & Flecktones "Left of Cool"- from a used CD bin at a pawn shop in Ft Collins

[jim simpson]

Just finished listening and watching Steve Miller Band play live on a local tv station. Steve was part of the Jamboree In The Hills country festival. It is a huge long running succesful festival across the river in Ohio. I guess they have been featuring some rock groups in the billing over the years. Steve sounded as good as ever and played over an hour.
Now I'm listening to Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band.

[journeybear]

Levon Helm - Tennessee Jed, then a little Lucinda Williams to get psyched up before Austin City Limits repeat of the show split between her and Old Crow Medicine show. Still puzzled why she's never gotten a whole show all to herself - Austin's darling that she is - but it ain't up to me.

[Jim MacDaniel]

Delbert McClinton - Cost of Living

[Rick Schmidlin]

the sound of silence

[journeybear]

Hey! Could you turn it down, just a little? :))

Reminds me - I just saw "Anvil - The Story Of Anvil," and their amps actually do go to 11 - no joke!

[JEStanek]

Fine Knacks for Ladies by Sting and Eden Karazamov from Songs from the Labyrinth. It was an ear worm while mowing the lawn after breakfast. No mandolin just a lute or two.

Jamie

[Dan Hoover]

daniel lanois-under the stormy sky....chainsaw running outside somewhere....my wife downstairs talking to no one...apparently me??

[CelticDude]

Thistle and Shamrock: "... And Three"

Easy to do as I surf the Web - DWP

[Denny Gies]

16 Sacred Gospel Songs by The Brown's Ferry Four (Grandpa Jones, Merle Travis and I think the Delmore Brothers) good, fun stuff like you can't hear today.

[sgarrity]

Dailey and Vincent, Brothers from Different Mothers.......I think I like their first recording better

[kristallyn]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m0fLlvRsjc

james taylor..4 ever!

[Jim MacDaniel]

The Beat Farmers:

[Keith Erickson]

Ottmar Liebert y Luna Negra- Little Wing :cool:
Hamilton de Holanda Quinteto- Brasilianos :cool:

I can't get enough of the Latin/ Flamenco/ Jazz thing.....

[journeybear]

The Beat Farmers:

What is with the audio on this one? OW!!! :crying:

[David M.]

Levon Helm - Tennessee Jed, then a little Lucinda Williams to get psyched up before Austin City Limits repeat of the show split between her and Old Crow Medicine show. Still puzzled why she's never gotten a whole show all to herself - Austin's darling that she is - but it ain't up to me.


I found her set on ACL very disappointing. She sang well, but was reading the words the whole time, even to songs that have been out for a while.

[journeybear]

Yeah, I'm not sure why she does that - whether she has memory issues or insecurity issues - but I've learned to ignore it. If she has to do that in order to ensure a satisfactory performance, so be it. What bothered me more was her singing. That's always been an acquired taste, and again, something I tend to forgive in order to hear some fine songwriting (package deal, you know?), but her voice was a bit off, even for me. Also, a couple of the newer songs sounded like little more than lists of rhymed phrases, and could have used some more work. I'm a big fan, and it's one of the few real thrills of my frustrating life that I've gotten to know her and count her as a friend (and even hold that lyric book, which was an enormous temptation to look through), but this was indeed disappointing. I think she's gone downhill since moving to California. I found myself listening more to Doug Pettibone's great guitar work. I'll never give up on her - she's made way too much good, even great, music for that - but with her it's often hit or miss, just gotta hope the next time is better.

[onassis]

Don Stiernberg doing "Pennies From Heaven" with Aaron Weinstein on YouTube.

R.e. Lucinda Williams on ACL, I was also disappointed. She's always been wildly hit or miss, but it seems like more misses than hits lately. +1 on Pettibone, he was easily the best part of the show. She's coming to town in a month or so, and I'm undecided on whether I'll go or not. She's given some of the best AND worst performances I've ever seen.

[mandroid]

KBOO.fm. they have a western swing music program on now.[ monday 12:00 Pacific]
weekly schedule grid here: http://kboo.fm/schedule/2009/w30

[Jim MacDaniel]

What is with the audio on this one? OW!!! :crying:

Sorry -- I was listening to it on CD, and linked that vid without auditing it. This live version is a more listenable, and even more fun as well...

[Scott Austin]

BR-549 Me an Opie down by the duck pond[at Roberts]
/www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XRXOjllwX4[/URL]

[Jim MacDaniel]

Woo hoo! Good one Scott -- I love BR-549!

[OKMike]

Red Dirt Rangers in truck

Bob Childers tribute album in the house

[Susie A]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj7xvCTdo74&feature=channel_page

[sgarrity]

Red Dirt Rangers in truck

Bob Childers tribute album in the house

That takes me back to my days in Stillwater. I can't count the number of times I heard those guys play. I miss Red Dirt music!

[OKMike]

Red Dirt is the best, Country fever this year was 3 days of red dirt and texas country, Ray Wylie, Robert Earl, Red Dirt Rangers, Stoney LaRue, Cross Canadian, and a whole lot more. fun fun fun

[David M.]

Yeah, I'm not sure why she does that - whether she has memory issues or insecurity issues - but I've learned to ignore it. If she has to do that in order to ensure a satisfactory performance, so be it. What bothered me more was her singing. That's always been an acquired taste, and again, something I tend to forgive in order to hear some fine songwriting (package deal, you know?), but her voice was a bit off, even for me. Also, a couple of the newer songs sounded like little more than lists of rhymed phrases, and could have used some more work. I'm a big fan, and it's one of the few real thrills of my frustrating life that I've gotten to know her and count her as a friend (and even hold that lyric book, which was an enormous temptation to look through), but this was indeed disappointing. I think she's gone downhill since moving to California. I found myself listening more to Doug Pettibone's great guitar work. I'll never give up on her - she's made way too much good, even great, music for that - but with her it's often hit or miss, just gotta hope the next time is better.

Car Wheels on a Gravel Road is a GREAT album by her. I need to dig that out and re-listen.

Right now listening to: Country Gentlement: Country Songs Old and New. Gooooood stuff.

[Denny Gies]

Prairie Bluegrass by Red Cravens and the Bray Brothers. Nate Bray is one of the best bluegrass mandolin players that nobody ever heard of.

[journeybear]

Car Wheels on a Gravel Road is a GREAT album by her. I need to dig that out and re-listen.

Absolutely. "Lucinda Williams," "Sweet Old World," "Car Wheels" - anyone who can produce that much great music gets a lot of slack from me. The other side of that coin, though, is frustration when subsequent productions don't live up to the previous ones. Or if a live show doesn't live up to expectations, which is what happened here. I've experienced both transcendence and baffling disappointment at her shows, and I think the reason why is she doesn't play it safe; she really tries to put it all out there and leave nothing back. You leave yourself open to failure doing this, but also to glory and success. Nothing ventured, nothing gained - another double-edged sword.

Listening to her "West" album now, which I just got not long ago and hadn't gotten around to listening. Just bumped it up in the queue ;) So far it's bit more laid back than I'd like, but not bad. Kind of reminds me of my reaction to "Essence" - too many slow songs. At that time I asked her producer Bo Ramsey (also touring as guitarist) why that was, and he said "That's what she was writing, so we went with it." Can't argue with that, I guess ... Still, "I Envy The Wind" from that album is one of her best, IMO, a marvelously controlled use of imagery, beautifully rendered.

[kristallyn]

http://www.themidnightramblers.net/musicvideo.html

[Jim MacDaniel]

Old ZZ Top (back in the days before MTV ;) )

[David Casal]

Currtis Eller

[kristallyn]

dougie mclean
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJer7-eAy3o

[Dagger Gordon]

Kevin MacLeod and Alec Finn - Polbain to Oranmore (first time for a wee while - nice!)

Peter Rowan and Tony Rice -Quartet (the only 'bluegrass' CD I've bought in many years - love it).

Kepa Junkera + Melonious Quartet - Fandango (the great squeezebox man from the Basque Country with the wonderful French mandolin group).

Stelios Petrakis - Orion (my most listened-to CD in the last few couple of years, from Crete. A much recommended, fantastic album).

Kries - Kocijani (an interesting modern take on Croatian music).

[Dan Johnson]

the bluegrass show on WRPI... every Saturday morning from 7-10 AM... I love listening to bluegrass on the RADIO!

[Don Christy]

Jeff and Vida CD. Just saw them lastnight at a concert at The Folk School of St. Louis (http://www.folk-school.com/). What a great show.

Jeff was great on mandolin and Vida and Jeff write and sing wonderful songs.

Check them out Jeff and Vida (http://www.jeffandvida.com/).

Don

[Rick Schmidlin]

The latest Bob Dylan album I bought at Starbucks (don't shoot me). I like it.

[journeybear]

Kevin MacLeod and Alec Finn - Polbain to Oranmore (first time for a wee while - nice!)

Peter Rowan and Tony Rice -Quartet (the only 'bluegrass' CD I've bought in many years - love it).

Kepa Junkera + Melonious Quartet - Fandango (the great squeezebox man from the Basque Country with the wonderful French mandolin group).

Stelios Petrakis - Orion (my most listened-to CD in the last few couple of years, from Crete. A much recommended, fantastic album).

Kries - Kocijani (an interesting modern take on Croatian music).

All at once? How many ears do you have??? :)) Just kidding. Very eclectic tastes there, sir. Five albums, five countries represented. Very cool. :cool:

Me, I'm listening to Kathleen Edwards - "Back To Me." Just picked this up for like nothing at a yard sale today. Was very impressed with the song while watching "Wide Open Country" on CMT 4-5 years ago, when I was playing lots of country music and looking for something good, new, and different. It has shown up in my mind from time to time since then, and now that I'm finally listening to the album that song keeps creeping in while the other songs are playing. Now that's an ear worm! :grin: I think she's Canadian but that doesn't mean she can't be called Americana. Good, solid stuff, though the title song has most of the fire. No MC, but included in her thank yous is "all that is Gibson and vintage" - no argument from me there. ;)

[Dagger Gordon]

Hi Journeybear,

'Five albums, five countries represented'.

Actually it's seven countries! The MacLeod/Finn is a Scottish/Irish combination, with Polbain being the name of a village on the West of Scotland and Oranmore being near Galway on the West of Ireland.

Similarly Kepa Junkera is from Spain while the Melonious Quartet are French.

We could go further, I suppose. The Stelios Petrakis CD from Crete is a very international affair, with contributions from musicians from Spain, France, Iran and Hungary.

And indeed, even the one from Croatia is produced by a Scotsman - Martin Swan - who has since joined the band on violin and appears on stage wearing a kilt. Whatever next!

[journeybear]

Maybe I should have just said "eclectic" and left it at that! :))

[Keith Erickson]

...in the middle of Bach Cello Suites ~o)

[adgefan]

YMSB, live at Telluride.

[zaboomafoozarg]

Brushy Creek Waltz!! (by mandolin)

Give it a listen, it's pretty great.

http://www.jaybuckey.com/mp3/Free%20mp3/Brushy%20Creek%20Waltz.mp3