If Music Be The Food Of Love, Play On: The Music Thread: What Are You Listening To?

[lizkat]

Calexico's Para track (from their 2012 album Algiers), upscored but downpaced.... and live with the Radio Symphonie Orchester Vienna, no less.






And for those preferring the original...

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Omara Portuondo - a (double) CD (of her songs) that goes by the name Buena Vista Legend.

 

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And now several songs from Cesária Évora.

 

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A few tracks from a group that goes by the name of Gitano Family.

 

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Listening to some fado music from Portugal by Amália Rodrigues, and Mariza.

 

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Charlie Hayden & Pat Metheny: A track called "Spiritual" from the album Beyond the Missouri Sky.

 

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Lucho Bermúdez - "Fiesta de Negritos".

 

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"El Camino" (the album) - The Black Keys.

 

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"Brothers" - the album, by The Black Keys.

 

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"The High Road" - by Broken Bells.

 

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"After The Disco" - by Broken Bells.

 

[lizkat]

Bach's Goldberg Variations, not having listened to them for quite awhile. Currently a performance by Zhu Xiao-Mei. Her backstory is fascinating, as she was born in 1949, was performing in Beijing by age 8 but then had her musical education interrupted by Mao's Cultural Revolution, ending up serving in one of the notorious Maoist "re-education" labor camps for five years. She came to the world's attention after Isaac Stern had visited China in 1979, ended up studying in the USA, then settled in Paris, where she teaches. She did finally return for some performances in China in 2014, and has received high awards from that country as well as from France.

 

[Ulenspiegel]

I found an angel singing:



And an angel Jr.:



Heart warming, unique.

 

[User.45]

It's a very interesting rework of Oliver Nelson's stolen moments. The original is a lovely Jazz piece but this version turns it into a composition that turn a neo-noir movie into a masterpiece.

 

[Ulenspiegel]

Liz, so good to see you.

Here is (another) unique performer for you:

 

[lizkat]

Liz, so good to see you.

Here is (another) unique performer for you:

Hah, reminds me in a way of John Gorka's Blue Chalk...

 

[lizkat]

From Canadian-born singer songwriter Ferron, the title track from her 1984 studio album Shadows on a Dime.

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[tranceking26]

Music is a great healer. What a difference it can make to our mood/wellbeing.

Psy-Trance tonight btw, but it could be anything and I'd have felt great.

 

[Huntn]

 

[DT]

One of my favorite concerts in the past several years, musically on point, and so much energy and super positive, happy vibes. Stayed downtown Orlando at the Aloft (had a sweet suite ), which was a ton of fun, so much to do in that area, and a 10 minute walk over to the concert venue (Amway Center).