A thread about... MUSIC!

Subject: A thread about... MUSIC!
From: Wincing Devil
Date: 23 Dec 01 - 02:38 AM

With all of the political threads abounding, I thought I'd start one to talk about...

Music!

• I love to listen to music. Folk, Classical, Baroque, Renaissance, Early, Jazz, Blues...
• I love to sing. Sea Chanteys especially, at the Royal Mile Pub in Wheaton MD, 1st Tuesday of the month. (Except January 2002, because it's New Years Day)
• I love to listen to recordings of local (Wash DC area) artists, and attend their concerts. My favorite area artists include:
  • Pyrates Royale Creating music and mayhem since 1987
  • Ironweed (sadly now defunct, Craig Williams is with Pyrates, Don Stallone is with Ship's Company Chanteymen, Jody Marshall is with MoonFire
  • Bruce Molsky If it's got strings on it, the man can play the hell out of it. Fiddle, especially.
  • Darcy Nair AKA Kat Fairbanks of Pyrates Royale. Hammered dulcimer never sounded so fair.
  • Bob Zentz A Chanteyman's Chantey singer
  • Jay Summerour and Warner Williams "Hey Bartender, There's a Big Bug in my Beer" just sets me off!
  • The entire House of Musical Traditions. The best source for folk music anywhere. (I Know HMT is not a musician in itself, but a great place to find 'em, in the racks and behind the counter.)

  • The aforementioned Ship's Company Chanteymen. Their debut CD "Donkey Riding" will be out "any day now". I am particularly partial to the Chanteymen (and woman) as they are a scion of my reenctment group, Ship's Company

• Non Local Artists (Folk and otherwise)
  • Leon Redbone!. I am his BIGGEST fan! Bordering on obsession, my web page devoted to Leon was used as a refrence by the Internet Move Database where they used my fictionalized version of Leon's Biography to give his birthdate.
  • Mystic Seaport's resident Chanteymen Forebitter
  • Ottopasuuna. This Finnish folk group has no web site, best I can give you is a Google Search
  • Bobby McFerrin. Who needs instuments when you have a voice like his?
  • Harry Connick Jr. Bringing style back to vocal music.
  • Michael Feinstein Classy vocals
  • Kiri Te Kanawa. Damn, one sweet singing Dame!

What about you?

Wincing Devil   >;-( The 2 best signs that God loves us and wants us to be happy: Music & Cats!

Subject: RE: A thread about... MUSIC!
From: leprechaun
Date: 23 Dec 01 - 02:45 AM

I was just looking at my stack of CD's and realized I have the most extensive collection of Woody Guthrie music of anybody I know.

Subject: RE: A thread about... MUSIC!
From: CarolC
Date: 23 Dec 01 - 03:21 AM

Let me add some to the list of good ones in your area, Wincing Devil...

Al Petteway and Amy White (two of my favorites)

Paul Oorts (My personal hero. He inspired me to learn to play the accordion and he's an all around swell guy)

Wendy Morrison (accordion player extraordinaire)

Karen Ashbrook

And tons of others. There are just too many great ones to try to list.

Subject: RE: A thread about... MUSIC!
From: Celtic Soul
Date: 23 Dec 01 - 10:21 AM

As many of my own local favorites have been already listed, I can only add that Grace Griffith and Connemara are more than worthy of the above lists as well. Grace is easily my most favorite female singer, not merely in the folk genre. Her voice is (in my not so humble opinion) the best female folk voice ever. Bar none. (In the ear of this behearer, anyway). Both with the fullness of the sound that is the band "Connemara", or on her own, Grace is worth the listen, and the $$ for the CD's. http://www.loworbit.com/grace/

And while they have definately branched out from their roots, "Caprizzio, Women of Whimsey" are some of the best vocal blends in this area. Their strong yet mellow voices, and subtle emotive harmonies are not to be outdone. Many try, most fail. They are some of the only people I know (of either gender) who's voices, while at one moment delicate and beautiful and the next rich and sultry, can carry without miking in some fairly acoustically unfriendly environments. I highly recomend their CD, which anyone anywhere can get through their website. http://teachout.net/WoW/

And no, this is not a paid advertisment! ;D

Thanks, Vince, for starting this thread!! :D

Subject: RE: A thread about... MUSIC!
From: CarolC
Date: 23 Dec 01 - 10:52 AM

Grace Griffith and Connemara

Caprizzio, Women of Whimsey

Subject: RE: A thread about... MUSIC!
From: Robin2
Date: 23 Dec 01 - 10:39 PM

Thanks Vance for starting this thread!

Ok, here are a couple of my favorites, I hope you check them out!

Hundreds of free real audio concerts online at:
Kennedy Center Millennium Concerts

Duke University Online historic sheet music : scanned transcripts of sheet music dating back past to the 1840's.

Celticways.com Wonderful site that promotes Indi performers on the net. Lots of good music to listen to and buy here!

Robin

Subject: RE: A thread about... MUSIC!
From: RoyH (Burl)
Date: 24 Dec 01 - 10:45 AM

Since you are in the DC area let me suggest to you Bruce Hutton, solo and as part of the Double Decker String Band. And Judy Cook.

Subject: RE: A thread about... MUSIC!
From: Alice
Date: 24 Dec 01 - 10:49 AM

Some great choices listed - Leon Redbone and Kiri Te Kanawa... that's my kind of list!

I recently found an Australian group by getting their free sampler CD, "Cotter's Bequest". My son and I have listened to this over and over, and he learned "Cloghans" on the mandolin, which I have not tired of. As a new group I'm listening to, I can recommend them at: Gavin O'Loghlen & Cotters Bequest.

Alice

Subject: RE: A thread about... MUSIC!
From: 53
Date: 24 Dec 01 - 03:11 PM

BEATLES, BEATLES, BEATLES, man that's music to my hears. BOB merry christmas

Subject: RE: A thread about... MUSIC!
From: Little Hawk
Date: 25 Dec 01 - 01:30 PM

Well, all I can say is that any music collection which does not include at least 2 CD's by Spinal Tap is seriously lacking...

Nigel! Nigel! Nigel!

- LH

Subject: RE: A thread about... MUSIC!
From: Coyote Breath
Date: 25 Dec 01 - 01:47 PM

Wow (I seem to use that a lot)! a music thread!

Hmmm.

The New Lost City Ramblers, all configurations.

The Geyer Street Sheiks (local St. Louis string band trad and new grass and strangeness)

The Augusta Bottoms Consort (a local Montgomery county string band, their own stuff [Time to Kill the Rooster, one of their best])

The Holy Modal Rounders, especially Going Nowhere Fast.

Thick and Thin (Especially the banjo player Mike Yount of this local, Potosi, Missouri very old timey string band).

Split Rail, Union Station, any thing sung and or played by Allison Krause (oh lord do I love her voice!)

and all other music (except maybe hip hop and rap but then I am 63 and have a hard time relating to that "set")

CB

Subject: RE: A thread about... MUSIC!
From: JedMarum
Date: 25 Dec 01 - 10:15 PM

WD - I agree with your proof of God's love regarding Music - but I'm not really with you on the cats. "course my Whippets love 'em!

And being a local MD boy, surely you forgot our very own Mudcatter, Seamus Kennedy. I've added the link for you!