And not just FROM 2006, but what's the recording that you discovered this year that you like the best so far??

For me it's Linda Ronstadt's "Hummin' to Myself", a 2004 release where she does some jazz standards. It's sort of like Madelian Peyroux and Diane Krall type stuff, but Ronstadt just does a nice job with it. Loved her in the 70s and she still sounds great. I can play it all day and not get tired of it. And it's nicely recorded too. In fact, I used 2 tracks from it ("Never Will I Marry", and "Cry Me A River") at AKFest as my test tracks for a bunch of systems Sunday.

So what little gems have got your ears up this year so far??????

rory gallagher live 1978 dvd :D

This awesome CD of solo Viola Da Gamba player...who is actually a PhD in Physics, but rather play music..that is awesome!!! The engineering and sound is simply SUPERB!

http://pic6.audiogon.com/i/c/f/1144215767.jpg

Much less new music flowing into Fortress Tentoze this year compared to the previous 2 or 3, and less of even that has really gotten my attention. Only one 2K6 release has gone over the center field fence- Willie Nile~ Streets of New York.

rory gallagher live 1978 dvd :D

Wow, there's two Rory Gallagher DVDs???
I've got Irish Tour 1974

i got german rockpalast concert 1976- 1978 on one dvd
yes i made a copy shame on me
never seen a band play so tight
rory is one with his old fender

I like Rockpalast DVD's. :yes:
My list is too long so I will put one I have been hemming ang hawing over for two years and bit the bullet. It is now on it's way across the Atlantic to me. :)
It is Gåte, their Iselilja album.

A friend of mine turned me on to Gåte recently. I wish I could remember who it was, because I am so in love with this band. Hailing from Norway, they are the latest and edgiest of the many bands skating the line between traditional Scandinavian folk and more modern rock sounds. They've released several EPs, but their second full-length album, Iselilja (Warner Music Norway), just recently became available.

And what an album it is. If the tropes of gothy, dark-edged rock have started to sound a little tired to you, Iselilja will refresh your ears. It's partly due to the injection of traditional melodies, instruments, and arrangements that gives the music a real jolt, but beyond that, Gåte are just plain good. Lead singer Gunnhild Sundli has a fierce, full voice capable of real drama and dynamism, and her band mates are equally energetic and possessed of a high quality of musicianship. However, there's nothing mannered about Gåte, which is what sets this band apart from somewhat similar American acts like Evanescence. There's real, audible passion underlying this stuff, and a refreshing lack of self-consciousness. It's slick, but not overproduced, and dark, but not dreary or depressed. It is, in short, perfect for this time of year, and while I wouldn't necessarily suggest it for ritual use, if you're looking for something to spin for your Samhain party, seek no further.




Carl

#1 is Willie Nile - Streets of New York
#2 is Rosanne Cash - Black Cadillac
Haven't decided on a #3 yet. :scratch2:

Only one 2K6 release has gone over the center field fence- Willie Nile~ Streets of New York.
If I only had a buck for every time you've mentioned that damn Willie Nile record ...

:p:

Always loved Willie Nile's debut. What was he back then, the new Springsteen? No wait, Springsteen was the new Dylan, along with John Prine and Steve Forbert and Loudon Wainwright III and Elliot Murphy and all the other 70s troubadoors. But Willie was still pretty special, at least back then, and probably sounded more like Dylan at the time than the real one. Need to hear the new one. Seems that some are saying it's as good as that long ago debut, although I don't think I've seen you say that yet.

If I only had a buck for every time I've mentioned that damn Bunny Gets Paid by Red Red Meat in the last few months ...

Listen to it all the time. 11 years old now, but coulda been yesterday. Just a very cool and hypnotic wall of fuzzed out guitars, with some bluesy vibrato and sliding acoustic and lots of colorful effects. Kind of Exile-era Stones mashed up with Giant Sand or Yo La Tengo, and a dash of Wilco on the side. Discovered it through my love of Califone, heading back to their roots. It's on Sub Pop but has been oop for ages with used copies fetching pretty high prices (above $20) in the marketplace, but I had it on my djangos alert list for a few months and one popped up for $5.99 so nabbed it pronto. Good stuff. Now I also have two more of their CDs, lacking only the s/t debut.

http://members.mailaka.net/davey/BunnyGetsPaid.jpg

Bad Company - Bad Company

Audio Fidelity Gold CD from the original master tapes, mastered by Steve Hoffman :banana:

If I only had a buck for every time you've mentioned that damn Willie Nile record ...

:p:

It deserves it.

Seems that some are saying it's as good as that long ago debut, although I don't think I've seen you say that yet.



Now you have.

It deserves it.



Now you have.



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:D

The Batman Begins soundtrack CD, scored by Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard (2005). This definitely has a Wagnerian flavor to it... I just happen to like Wagner, so this helps :D. Dark, brooding, sad. I love it.
Tom

Definitely not the new Red Hot Chili Peppers record, Stadium Arcadium.

I'm really liking the new Mary Lee's Corvette - Love, Loss and Lunacy. Hot band, sweet vocals.
http://www.maryleescorvette.com/
Be sure to check out the duet with Teddy Thompson, available as a free download on her website.

Tom

I Finaly picked up a coldplay album this year and had to run back to the store and get the other two. I just had always overlooked them thinking them just a fad pop band and never realy listend to there stuff. But I have descoverd them to be one of my new favorite bands!

Speaking of Linda Ronstadt, I found a 1983 recording she does with The Nelson Riddle Orchestra. Its retro 50s lounge, totally cool and an awesome recording.

Gorilliaz - Demon Days, My daughter's music is rubbing off on me.

I would have to say Air's Talkie Walkie.

Yup, that Willie Nile rec is something special. Fantastic start to finish.

Best 2006 release I've gotten so far would be "A Blessing and a Curse" by the Drive-by Truckers.

Hey guys, remember, it doesn't have to be a 2006 relaese, just what you like best that you first heard this year.

David Gilmour's On an Island and Blackmores Night Ghost of a Rose.

Danny Gatton -- Cruisin' Deuces
My reissue living stereo sacd's (about 9 of them)

Hey guys, remember, it doesn't have to be a 2006 relaese, just what you like best that you first heard this year.
Well, that makes it almost impossible considering the dozens of new albums that have first graced my system this year.

At the moment, I'm going to have to say that my favorite for this year thus far is Tinariwen (http://www.eyefortalent.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/artist.detail/artist_id/59) - Amassakoul.

http://www.eyefortalent.com/eft-media/tinariwen_full_color_300dpi_3x2.jpg

- JP

just what you like best that you first heard this year.
Oh :stupid:
In that case, Blackmore's Night The Village Lantern and Tempest The Double Cross. 2006 releases I bought unheard as I knew I did not need to hear them first. I was right in my assumption. :)


Carl

Think that picture is big enough? ;)


Carl

Definitely not the new Red Hot Chili Peppers record, Stadium Arcadium.


oh no just got that one! I haven't spun it yet. :scratch2:

edit: I should answer the question. I found - What is the Engish Beat - and I like it!

Danny Gatton -- Cruisin' Deuces
My reissue living stereo sacd's (about 9 of them)

I picked up Danny Gatton's "88 Elmira Street" and that's some good stuff too! :thmbsp:

My gripe with the new RCHP record is that everything sounds the same.

See, in 1991 they had this really big record called Blood Sugar Sex Magik. The biggest hit off that record was a ballad called "Under The Bridge" that was okay, but not a standout track, but whatever. That song was the biggie. So a few years later they copied that song on the Coneheads soundtrack, but that time they called it "Soul To Squeeze." Again, a big track, lots of airplay, lots of sell-through. So the RHCPs have begun pandering to the market. Instead of the hard punk-funk they started with (and that permeated all their releases through the mid-90's), they've begun putting out records filled with these sort of mid-tempo ballad-y sort of songs, and to tell you the truth, they're snoozers. :boring: :boring: :boring:

So Stadium Arcadium, beside being cursed with the worst album cover artwork this side of a 70's K-Tel compilation, is filled with these sound-alike songs that are definitely targeted for the people that are looking for another "Under The Bridge". In short, it's two hours of tedium.

My gripe with the new RCHP record is that everything sounds the same.

See, in 1991 they had this really big record called Blood Sugar Sex Magik. The biggest hit off that record was a ballad called "Under The Bridge" that was okay, but not a standout track, but whatever. That song was the biggie. So a few years later they copied that song on the Coneheads soundtrack, but that time they called it "Soul To Squeeze." Again, a big track, lots of airplay, lots of sell-through. So the RHCPs have begun pandering to the market. Instead of the hard punk-funk they started with (and that permeated all their releases through the mid-90's), they've begun putting out records filled with these sort of mid-tempo ballad-y sort of songs, and to tell you the truth, they're snoozers. :boring: :boring: :boring:

So Stadium Arcadium, beside being cursed with the worst album cover artwork this side of a 70's K-Tel compilation, is filled with these sound-alike songs that are definitely targeted for the people that are looking for another "Under The Bridge". In short, it's two hours of tedium.

I thought the same thing about the album cover. I know what you are saying about much of their more recent music being of the same sound. I liked Blood, Sugar, Sex, Majik it had a lot of different sounds as did Mothers Milk and some of their earlier work.

I actually did not buy this CD. My wife did for me :D . She was being nice and bought Mothers Day presents for everyone (I am glad I had a good plan for M-Day :yes: ) She knows that I have a few of RHCP's older albums. I do not think I would have got this on my own. My daughter has listened to it and I haven't, Yet.

I never let an opinion on music sway how I feel about what I hear. I like lots of stuff others don't and dislike alot of what is loved by others! :music:

Jason