what music are you listening to now

[Diana]

@ Steppingfeet: The Alison Kraus song is in the excellent movie "Oh Brother Where Art Thou." There is a lot of old Americana in that movie and it's awesome. If you haven't seen it, do. 

[Cyanatta]

[schubert]

[Ming the Merciful]

GENESIS: Foxtrot (1972)

Supper's Ready

One of the greatest Prog Rock masterpieces, (ever).

[schubert]

[Ming the Merciful]

One of those videos that needs no explanation.

Just listen.

[Ming the Merciful]

The ancient renditions are the best, because the "Ancients" knew something that we do not, and lost.

[ada]

[Cyanatta]

[Ming the Merciful]

I cannot hear enough of Sikh Chanting. Honouring the writings by Guru Nanak.

[schubert]

[Ming the Merciful]

At this very moment, as I type, (20:34 BST).

[Ming the Merciful]

At this precise moment. I am also an advocate of having more than one ISP. How else would I perform such miracles?

Trust me, it is cool.

[Ming the Merciful]

As I type, cool and amazing.

[Ming the Merciful]

I have always had this THING about French cafe music. Perhaps its the accordion? Anyhow, it always sounds so good.

Vive le France.

[flofrog]

I have always had this THING about French cafe music. Perhaps its the accordion? Anyhow, it always sounds so good.

Vive le France.

Lol Ming. Sadly the accordéon music is disappearing but at least we have remnants like yours or in  Amelie….

[Ming the Merciful]

In honour of my most honourable ancestors.

[Ming the Merciful]

GENEIS: WHEN IN ROME.

Their best concert of all-time. Staggeringly amazing!

[flofrog]

One of those videos that needs no explanation.

Just listen.

I had missed listening to that one, this is so beautiful Ming, thank you

[Ming the Merciful]

VIVE LE FRANCE.

[Nomadic Mike]

You ever see the Conductor shouting like at a heavy metal concert? This is my favorite.
Self taught Russian composer, Spanish orchastra, with a Finnish man leading the show.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY4w4_W30aQ

[Dekalb_Blues]

Wand'ring & Dreaming From New York To Paris & Back


"In this brilliant interview [excerpted promotionally here], Henry Miller (1891-1980) describes the motivation and inspiration that guided his writings. He talks about his self-imposed exile to Europe and Paris, his return to the U.S., censorship, fame and the importance of reading."


This 7-inch "about 70 r.p.m." United States Gramophone Co. record (made of hardened rubber, which required a fresh steel needle with every play) was recorded October 29, 1895, a mere 125 years ago (come this October). The record, released as Berliner 959, is an abbreviated re-recording of George J. Gaskin's hit version of this Tin Pan Alley song, which was issued on the Chicago label.  That version first charted March 2, 1995 (in early trade magazines like Talking Machine World, way before Variety magazine in 1929 debuted its hit-list or Billboard magazine in 1940 debuted its top-seller list) and climbed to #2 over a three-week run. Gaskin, known as "The Silver-Voiced Irish Tenor," was born in Belfast and became one of the leading pioneer recording artists of the 1890s -- scoring 31 hits (mostly #1s!) -- between 1891 and 1904. He died around 1920.
The talking machine heard here is a Victor Type II gramophone from 1905.

 < Sheet music from WWI era, when the Hawaiian ukulele craze stalked the mainland U.S.
 
THE SIDEWALKS OF NEW YORK (C. B. Lawlor & J. W. Blake, Aug. 1894)

Down in front of Casey's old brown wooden stoop,
On a summer's evening we formed a merry group;
Boys and girls together we would sing and waltz
While Tony played the organ on the sidewalks of New York.

    East side, west side, all around the town,
    The tots sang "Ring-A-Rosie," "London Bridge Is Falling Down";
    Boys and girls together, me and Mamie O'Rourke
    Tripped the light fantastic
    On the sidewalks of New York. (2x)

That's where Johnny Casey, little Jimmy Crowe,
Jakey Krause, the baker, who always had the dough,
Pretty Nellie Shannon with a dude as light as cork
She first picked up the waltz step on the sidewalks of New York.

Things have changed since those times, some are up in "G" [i.e., have the dough]
Others they are wand'rers but they all feel just like me
They'd part with all they've got, could they once more walk
With their best girl and have a twirl on the sidewalks of New York.


 La meilleure fille [Best girl]

Some en route in-flight E-Z listenin' to while away the dreamy hours aloft spent ruefully contemplating the implications of all the tyrannical arbitrary hoops helpful safety measures one now has to jump through to humbly petition the Utterly-Science-Following Powers That Be to grudgingly deign to capriciously vouchsafe to one an evanescent license to travel:



 

Ca plane pour moi, bébé!

Next time I'm catching a ride with this très chic jet-set chick, une femme de mystère for sure:

If I can dodge the bodyguard, naturellement.
(Coincidentally, there's an Algerian-French slang word for "[cute] woman": nana zouz )

[schubert]

[Patrick]

[Patrick]

Eskobar

[Ming the Merciful]

Heavenly.

[Ming the Merciful]

VIVE LE FRANCE.

VIVE LE REPUBLIQUE.

VIVE PARIS CAFE MUSIQUE.

[Cyanatta]

[flofrog]

Ming you make me laugh !!!

[Ming the Merciful]

Some of my favourite music from Morocco.