Heard this on the radio last night. Not much more I can add.
Archive for April, 2008
Crazy, Patsy Cline
Posted in Country, tagged crazy, patsy cline, wille nelson on 28 April, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ascent, Miles Davis
Posted in Jazz, tagged in a silent way, miles davis on 26 April, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am currently listening to Ascent by Miles Davis on the wonderful Complete In A Silent Way Sessions 3-disc set. The track (written by Josef Zawinul of Weather Report fame) ambles along for the best part of fifteen minutes and nothing much happens, but Miles plays beautifully and it’s great music to chill out [...]
Rachmaninov All-Night Vigil
Posted in Chorus, Classical, tagged berlioz, rachmaninov, rsno on 25 April, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yes – I know I blogged about this the other week. I’m not going senile, but it’s the only music I’ve listened to today. I’m beginning to wonder about the wisdom of my blogging strategy. Anyway, I turned on the car radio on my way home from work and this is what [...]
Super Trouper, ABBA
Posted in Pop, tagged abba, super trouper on 24 April, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Lynsey is out with some girlfriends to see Mamma Mia. I’m a bit unsure about the whole idea of making a story to fit the existing songs of a famous pop group, but I do love the music of ABBA. In fact, the first album I ever owned was Super Trouper, although at [...]
Janacek Otcenáš
Posted in Chorus, Classical, tagged brahms, janacek, lord's prayer on 24 April, 2008 | 1 Comment »
One of the things I love about singing in the chorus is the chance to sing such a wide range of music. Tonight was a great example. Back after a two week Easter break (I know, we’re a very orthodox choir…), the rehearsal was split in two. In the first half, we worked on the [...]
Psalm 46 (Stroudwater)
Posted in Hymn, tagged assynt, holiday, psalms on 21 April, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m back in Glasgow after a week in the wonderful scenery of Assynt in the north-west corner of Scotland. Actually, the cottage we were staying in had wireless broadband and I did consider taking my laptop to keep blogging, but the break from my internet dependence was welcome.
The landscape in that part of the country [...]
Jukebox Jury
Posted in Rock, tagged delirious, iron and wine on 9 April, 2008 | 2 Comments »
In a new, regular feature (I know – I’m making it up as I go along), I have a couple of music recommendations from friends.
First up, Christian rockers Delirious (or Delirious? to give them their full name). I have to say that the use of the words “Christian” and “rockers” in such close proximity [...]
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
Posted in Hymn, tagged church, wedding, wesley on 7 April, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We sang this Charles Wesley hymn yesterday at church. It has always been one of my favourites, but it now has added significance for Lynsey and me since it was one of the hymns at our wedding. The last verse makes me well up at the best of times, so there are no prizes for [...]
Raising Sand, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Posted in Country, tagged alison krauss, led zeppelin, robert plant on 5 April, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I finally got this album as birthday present from my sister yesterday after months of it being on my wish list. I haven’t had a chance to listen to it properly yet, but first impressions are very good. Quite laid back and definitely sounds more like an Alison Krauss album than Robert Plant, [...]
It’s ladies night!!!
Posted in Pop, tagged god, joan osborne, one of us on 4 April, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hello,
How exciting! I’ve been let loose on Stephen’s blog, well kind-of, I’m allowed to blog about my musing on music/life only after Stephen’s edited, filtered and/or trashed the stuff he doesn’t like….is that fair? I have however agreed to this, as I’m a technophobic, gadget-less lass (unlike our gadget-vicar in our church) who has no [...]
