OK. So we're coming out of church Sunday morning and for some reason I'm in a foul mood (go figure :-). I turn on the radio and this Bluegrass show comes on the air. Now, I'm not much for Country music but I love Bluegrass.
Even since watching one of my favorite movies (O' Brother Where Art Thou), I've really enjoyed that sound. As soon as the movie came out I downloaded the soundtrack and went out and found every album by Alison Krause. What a voice.
The mandolin. The fiddle. The dulcimer. The banjo.
How can you stay grumpy listening to Bluegrass? Impossible. I'm smiling and tapping my foot while Blue Eyes is laughing at me.
Steve Martin has a great clip from Let's Get Small. Check it out.
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As much as I love music, I've almost quit listening to the radio.
I think it started with riding the cycle. It's kind of hard to do with the loud wind and all.
But even when I take the car, I just can't stomach the commercials.
Thank God for digital music. I think my collection is up to 5000 songs. It's mostly old stuff but I try to keep it fresh by adding music from this century. The pickings are slim. Very slim.
I try to find good faith music but I've gotten so turned off by the cliched, canned music known as Contemporary Christian Music (or Positive Hits!!!). I find that music has little to do with real life. I know I'm probably missing out on good music so if you can recommend some please let me know.
Lately I've been listening to some really good Jazz. Not the Pop Jazz you hear on the radio but the Billy Holiday and Miles Davis type of Jazz. Good stuff. I've also been listening to what is know as American Standards. People like Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Louis Armstrong and Peggy Lee.
I recently came across a style of singing/singers that was new to me: Torch Singers or Torch songs. I've always been a sucker for a good love song but a sentimental love song, in which the singer laments an unrequited or lost love, where one party is either oblivious to the existence of the other, or where one party has moved on sung by a bluesy, jazzy, sultry female... well what can I say. Bring it on.
Here's one of my all time favorites sung by the sultry Diana Krall.
This song was actually written by Clint Eastwood (if you can believe that!).
It just goes to show tough guys can love Torch music too.
Check out the saxophone half way through. Enjoy.
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As much as I love music, I've almost quit listening to the radio.
I think it started with riding the cycle. It's kind of hard to do with the loud wind and all.
But even when I take the car, I just can't stomach the commercials.
Thank God for digital music. I think my collection is up to 5000 songs. It's mostly old stuff but I try to keep it fresh by adding music from this century. The pickings are slim. Very slim.
I try to find good faith music but I've gotten so turned off by the cliched, canned music known as Contemporary Christian Music (or Positive Hits!!!). I find that music has little to do with real life. I know I'm probably missing out on good music so if you can recommend some please let me know.
Lately I've been listening to some really good Jazz. Not the Pop Jazz you hear on the radio but the Billy Holiday and Miles Davis type of Jazz. Good stuff. I've also been listening to what is know as American Standards. People like Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Louis Armstrong and Peggy Lee.
I recently came across a style of singing/singers that was new to me: Torch Singers or Torch songs. I've always been a sucker for a good love song but a sentimental love song, in which the singer laments an unrequited or lost love, where one party is either oblivious to the existence of the other, or where one party has moved on sung by a bluesy, jazzy, sultry female... well what can I say. Bring it on.
Here's one of my all time favorites sung by the sultry Diana Krall.
This song was actually written by Clint Eastwood (if you can believe that!).
It just goes to show tough guys can love Torch music too.
Check out the saxophone half way through. Enjoy.
Get your own playlist at snapdrive.net!
2 comments:
U--if you're getting into bluegrass a bit, check out the Tokens show out of Nashville. It's a bluegrass, variety radio show with guys like Buddy Miller and Ron Block as well as singer/songwriters like Andrew Peterson and Derek Webb. You can get most of it on-line. You might also like the Rabbit Room blog at www.rabbitroom.com which is musicians, artists, authors, and pastors writing about life, God, and art. You can get some good music, movie, and book recommendations there.
Thanks Amy. I'll check it out. We miss you at the school. Hope your family is well.
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