Archive through November 28, 2009

Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11247 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Thursday, November 19, 2009 - 23:48 GMT Chicago Transit Authority Hope you enjoyed that new Norah Jones, Stryvn. I just picked it up today and am waiting for my wife to finish watching her 2 programs (in her office ofcourse, Phil and Oprah!) because she wants to hear it.
Stryvn Gold Member Username: Stryvn Wisconsin Post Number: 1189 Registered: Dec-06	Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 - 00:54 GMT I just saw Smither here on Oct 28 Bryan. Nice gig at a VERY small venue. His live gigs are better than his albums, IMO. Lemme know what you think of the Norah Jones, Art. It is NOT typical Norah Jones but.......
Bryan Sherrill Bronze Member Username: Ezntn Greeneville, TN Post Number: 62 Registered: Apr-09	Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 - 01:15 GMT I've seen him twice at small gigs. And yes .. he manages to put so much more of himself into the live shows There are two clubs within an hour that are fairly small venues of less than150 people. They are never lacking for a full crowd, and the performer has the audience's absolute attention.
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11248 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 - 01:48 GMT Norah Jones - The Fall Mixed bag. "Back to Manhatten" seems the closest to evolution that we get on the record. "December" is classic Norah, nothing new but if it ain't broke... A blending of the old Nora and this strange mess that she is experimenting with on this record are "Tell Yer Mama" and "Man of the Hour". Not bad. Seems that several songs are an attempt to pander to critics by presenting something new and different, but in the end it sounds more like a failed attempt to reach the stars already long ago reached by Neko Case, The White Stripes and Lorreta Lynn and others. Thankfully, like Cassandra Wilson on "Thunderbird" and Lucinda Williams on "Honey Bee", Nora and her producers can't hide her talent in a bunch of electronic mess and she still shines through, but on some of these songs it's more like a peak of sunshine through the clouds. All in all it's a keeper, but I'm looking forward to the next one, more as redemption than anything else.
Bryan Sherrill Bronze Member Username: Ezntn Greeneville, TN Post Number: 63 Registered: Apr-09	Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 - 01:56 GMT An NPR review spoke of her desire the other day to visit her "dark" or "bad" side. As the reviewer stated, considering Norah's voice, that will be a challenge to accomplish.
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11249 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 - 01:56 GMT Mary Chapin Carpenter - Between Here and Gone
Michael Wodek Gold Member Username: Mike3 Wylie, Tx USA Post Number: 2223 Registered: May-06	Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 - 02:55 GMT "The Bohemians had a pretty good rhythm section at one time... Till Wodek shot the bass player, of course." That was never proven....besides, they still have a drummer. See when I take you to a gun range again buddy. LOL
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11250 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 - 02:58 GMT Tift Merritt - Bramble Rose
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11251 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 - 04:08 GMT Beth Orton - Comfort of Strangers
Neil Waterman Silver Member Username: Jazzman71 Phoenix, AZ USA Post Number: 960 Registered: Dec-07	Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 - 04:26 GMT Bill Evans - Live in Paris, Vol. 1 (1972)
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11252 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 - 05:07 GMT Lyle Lovett - Pontiac
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11253 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 - 05:43 GMT Madeleine Peyroux - Bare Bones
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11254 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 - 06:56 GMT Cowboy Junkies - The Trinity Session
Stryvn Gold Member Username: Stryvn Wisconsin Post Number: 1190 Registered: Dec-06	Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 - 11:57 GMT It's not your fault, Mike. Who knew the guy was so friggin' tall?
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11255 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 - 16:12 GMT Antonio Vivaldi Concerti & Sinfonie per Archi Venice Baroque Orchestra Andrea Marcon Archiv
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11256 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 - 18:18 GMT Georges Bizet L'Arlesienne Suites Nos. 1 and 2 Carmen Suite No. 1 London Symphony Orchestra Claudio Abbado DG
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11258 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 - 19:43 GMT Antonio Vivaldi Concerti per Viola d'Amore Europa Galante Fabio Biondi Virgin Classics
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11259 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 - 20:07 GMT Trio Mediaeval - Folk Songs
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11261 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 - 22:41 GMT Jennifer Higdon City Scape Concerto for Orchestra Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Robert Spano Telarc
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11262 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Friday, November 20, 2009 - 23:52 GMT Vienna: Schoenberg/Webern/Berg London Symphony Orchestra Antal Dorati Mercury Living Presence
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11264 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Saturday, November 21, 2009 - 01:46 GMT Arthur Honneger Le Demon de l'Himalaya Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Adriano Naxos Film Music Classics
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11267 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Saturday, November 21, 2009 - 19:59 GMT Benjamin Britten Spring Symphony Four Sea Interludes (Peter Grimes) Armstrong/Baker/Tear London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra Andre Previn EMI Classics Frank Bridge String Quartets Nos. 2 and 4 Phantasy Piano Quartet Maggini Quartet Martin Roscoe, Piano Naxos Delibes/Messager/Gounod Ballet Suites New Philharmonia Orchestra Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Sir Charles Mackerras EMI Classics Benjamin Britten Violin Concerto, Op. 15 William Walton Viola Concerto Maxim Vengerov, Violin and Viola London Symphony Orchestra Mstislav Rostropovich EMI Classics
Ver Montster Bronze Member Username: Vermontster Vermont Post Number: 13 Registered: Nov-09	Posted on Saturday, November 21, 2009 - 20:07 GMT To Diz With Love George Benson ~ Bad Benson John Hammond ~ Wicked Grin Queen~ The Game
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11268 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Saturday, November 21, 2009 - 21:20 GMT Cecilia Bartoli - Maria
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11269 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Saturday, November 21, 2009 - 22:40 GMT Caramelos Latinos Latin American "Lollipops" Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela Maximiano Valdes, Conductor Dorian
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11270 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Saturday, November 21, 2009 - 23:26 GMT Estevez/Villa -Lobos Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela Eduardo Mata, Conductor Dorian
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11271 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Sunday, November 22, 2009 - 00:09 GMT Danzon Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela Keri-Lynn Wilson, Conductor Dorian
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11273 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Sunday, November 22, 2009 - 01:45 GMT Max Steiner King Kong (The Complete 1933 Film Score) Moscow Symphony Orchestra William Stromberg, Conductor Naxos Film Music Classics
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11275 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Sunday, November 22, 2009 - 02:25 GMT Maurice Ravel The Piano Concertos Krystian Zimerman, Piano London Symphony Orchestra Pierre Boulez, Conductor DG
Nuck Platinum Member Username: Nuck Post Number: 13944 Registered: Dec-04	Posted on Sunday, November 22, 2009 - 03:02 GMT Bad day in tallville. I m surprised...again...at how easy it is to listen to Rod Stewart. cds 3 and 4 from the storyteller box set.
Neil Waterman Silver Member Username: Jazzman71 Phoenix, AZ USA Post Number: 961 Registered: Dec-07	Posted on Sunday, November 22, 2009 - 05:03 GMT Brad Mehldau -- Art of the Trio, Volume 4 (Back at the Vanguard)
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11276 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Sunday, November 22, 2009 - 05:49 GMT Trygve Seim/Frodo Haltli - Yeraz
Neil Waterman Silver Member Username: Jazzman71 Phoenix, AZ USA Post Number: 962 Registered: Dec-07	Posted on Sunday, November 22, 2009 - 06:21 GMT Mark Knopfler - Kill to Get Crimson
JOHN S Gold Member Username: John_s Columbus, Ohio US Post Number: 2538 Registered: Feb-04	Posted on Sunday, November 22, 2009 - 13:42 GMT Bach: Goldberg Variations Murray Perahia, piano Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4 Neeme Jarvi/Scottish Nat'l Sym
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11278 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Sunday, November 22, 2009 - 16:17 GMT Suk/Dvorak Serenades for Strings Capella Istropolitana Jaroslav Kr(e)cek Naxos Camille Saint-Saens Piano Trios Nos. 1 and 2 Joachim Trio Naxos
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11280 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Sunday, November 22, 2009 - 17:58 GMT Arcangelo Corelli 12 Concerti Grossi op. 6 The English Concert Trevor Pinnock Archiv
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11282 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Sunday, November 22, 2009 - 18:50 GMT Sullivan - Pineapple Poll (suite) Verdi - The Lady and the Fool (suite) The London Philharmonic Sir Charles Mackerras EMI Classics for Pleasure
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11283 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Sunday, November 22, 2009 - 19:43 GMT Debussy/Ravel String Quartets Quartetto Italiano Philips
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11284 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Sunday, November 22, 2009 - 20:48 GMT Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The 5 Violin Concertos Monica Huggett The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Virgin Veritas x2
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11285 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Sunday, November 22, 2009 - 21:55 GMT Nikolai Miaskovsky Cello Concerto Cello Sonatas 1 & 2 Kyrill Rodin, Cello Andrei Pisarev, Piano Russian Philharmonic Orchestra Konstantin Krimets, Conductor Arte Nova Classics
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11288 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Sunday, November 22, 2009 - 23:20 GMT Ives - Three Places in New England Ruggles - Sun-treader Piston - Symphony No. 2 Boston Symphony Orchestra Michael Tilson Thomas DG Originals
Neil Waterman Silver Member Username: Jazzman71 Phoenix, AZ USA Post Number: 963 Registered: Dec-07	Posted on Monday, November 23, 2009 - 04:05 GMT Patricia Barber - Split
Stryvn Gold Member Username: Stryvn Wisconsin Post Number: 1191 Registered: Dec-06	Posted on Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - 01:12 GMT Perhaps my favorite piece of vinyl in the house...an original pressing of The Floyd's Meddle album. Echoes is out-of-this-world-crazy-good. But ask me again tomorrow what my favorite is.
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11300 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - 01:27 GMT Regina Carter - I'll be Seeing You: A Sentimental Journey
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11302 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - 02:11 GMT Lee Morgan - Delightfulee
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11303 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - 03:14 GMT Lee Morgan - The Gigolo
Neil Waterman Silver Member Username: Jazzman71 Phoenix, AZ USA Post Number: 964 Registered: Dec-07	Posted on Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - 03:35 GMT Gonzalo Rubalcaba - The Blessing (w/ Charlie Haden and Jack DeJohnette)
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11304 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - 04:04 GMT Lonnie Smith - Think!
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11305 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - 04:46 GMT "Baby Face" Willette - Face to Face
Neil Waterman Silver Member Username: Jazzman71 Phoenix, AZ USA Post Number: 965 Registered: Dec-07	Posted on Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - 05:10 GMT Bill Evans - You Must Believe in Spring
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11309 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - 05:41 GMT Quincy Jones - Smackwater Jack
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11310 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - 06:15 GMT Grover Washington Jr. - All the King's Horses
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11312 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - 15:02 GMT The Paul Desmond Quartet - Live
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11314 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - 16:16 GMT Stan Getz - Getz Au Go Go
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11315 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - 17:03 GMT Bill Charlap Trio - Written in the Stars
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11316 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - 18:18 GMT Roy Hargrove Quintet - With the Tenors of Our Time
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11317 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - 19:26 GMT Wayne Shorter - Etcetera
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11318 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - 21:29 GMT Wayne Shorter - The All Seeing Eye
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11319 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - 22:18 GMT Sonny Clark - Leapin' and Lopin'
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11320 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - 23:16 GMT Lee Morgan - Volume 3
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11321 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - 23:53 GMT Wynton Marsalis - Standard Time Volume 5:The Midnight Blues
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11322 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Thursday, November 26, 2009 - 01:15 GMT Cherish The Ladies - On Christmas Night
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11323 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Thursday, November 26, 2009 - 02:07 GMT Kathy Mattea - Good News
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11324 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Thursday, November 26, 2009 - 02:48 GMT Wynton Marsalis - Christmas Jazz Jam
Neil Waterman Silver Member Username: Jazzman71 Phoenix, AZ USA Post Number: 966 Registered: Dec-07	Posted on Thursday, November 26, 2009 - 03:14 GMT Steve Khan - Borrowed Time
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11325 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Thursday, November 26, 2009 - 04:02 GMT Harry Connick Jr. - Harry for the Holidays
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11326 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Thursday, November 26, 2009 - 04:24 GMT Had to pull the Connick cd...poor sap ain't got a bit of talent, good thing he's a nice guy. Diane Reeves - Christmas Time is Here
M.R. Gold Member Username: My_rantz Gold CoastAustralia Post Number: 2658 Registered: Nov-05	Posted on Thursday, November 26, 2009 - 04:50 GMT Not nice Art - I disagree, but to each his own.
Neil Waterman Silver Member Username: Jazzman71 Phoenix, AZ USA Post Number: 967 Registered: Dec-07	Posted on Thursday, November 26, 2009 - 04:58 GMT John Patitucci - One More Angel
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11327 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Thursday, November 26, 2009 - 05:20 GMT Now were even MR, you don't like Tierney Sutton and I don't like Harry...lol! Actually I like Harry, he's a great guy who has done a lot for one of my favorite parts of the world, New Orleans. Aretha Franklin - Joy to the World
M.R. Gold Member Username: My_rantz Gold CoastAustralia Post Number: 2659 Registered: Nov-05	Posted on Thursday, November 26, 2009 - 05:45 GMT You have a good memory Art. Harry may not be the most talented, but I enjoy some of his stuff. Last on: Cassandra Wilson - Loverly (great cd)
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11328 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Thursday, November 26, 2009 - 05:54 GMT Jimmy Smith - Christmas Cookin'
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11330 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Thursday, November 26, 2009 - 16:29 GMT J.S. Bach 6 Favorite Cantatas The Bach Ensemble Joshua Rifkin L''Oiseau-Lyre
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11331 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Thursday, November 26, 2009 - 18:39 GMT J.S. Bach Concertos Julia Fischer, Violin Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Decca
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11333 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Thursday, November 26, 2009 - 20:14 GMT Haydn/Hummel Trumpet Concertos Alison Balsom, Trumpet Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen EMI Classics
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11335 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Thursday, November 26, 2009 - 20:54 GMT Baroque Masterpieces Sony Essential Masterpieces Nice old collection of good performances of Baroque standards.
George Gold Member Username: Soundgame Toronto, Ontario Canada Post Number: 1060 Registered: Jun-08	Posted on Friday, November 27, 2009 - 01:50 GMT Hey Art, I didn't know you went for Harry Connick Jr. or is that just for the holiday music? Herbie Hancock - The Joni Letters - this is a wonderful CD with lot's of detail and a laid back quality that is just right for relaxing. I'd highly recommend. Sound quality is great.
Neil Waterman Silver Member Username: Jazzman71 Phoenix, AZ USA Post Number: 968 Registered: Dec-07	Posted on Friday, November 27, 2009 - 02:51 GMT Yellowjackets - Greenhouse
Neil Waterman Silver Member Username: Jazzman71 Phoenix, AZ USA Post Number: 969 Registered: Dec-07	Posted on Friday, November 27, 2009 - 03:52 GMT Pat Metheny Group - Letter From Home
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11336 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Friday, November 27, 2009 - 04:17 GMT Sophie Milman - Take Love Easy Paco de Lucia - Cositas Buenas Beth Orton - Central Reservation
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11337 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Friday, November 27, 2009 - 04:19 GMT George, did you see my follow up on Connick.
M.R. Gold Member Username: My_rantz Gold CoastAustralia Post Number: 2662 Registered: Nov-05	Posted on Friday, November 27, 2009 - 04:34 GMT Don't worry George, it's those darn Waterfall i/c's Art uses.
Neil Waterman Silver Member Username: Jazzman71 Phoenix, AZ USA Post Number: 971 Registered: Dec-07	Posted on Friday, November 27, 2009 - 05:07 GMT Bill Evans - Turn Out The Stars (The Final Village Vanguard Recordings, June, 1980), Disc 3
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11339 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Friday, November 27, 2009 - 06:42 GMT Norah Jones - The Fall
Ver Montster Bronze Member Username: Vermontster Vermont Post Number: 14 Registered: Nov-09	Posted on Friday, November 27, 2009 - 15:28 GMT Django Reinhardt ~ Swing 39
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11340 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Friday, November 27, 2009 - 17:12 GMT J.S. Bach Complete Violin Sonatas Arthur Grumiaux Christiane Jaccottet Philipe Mermoud Philips Duo
Michael Wodek Gold Member Username: Mike3 Wylie, Tx USA Post Number: 2231 Registered: May-06	Posted on Friday, November 27, 2009 - 18:25 GMT Art, what is your take on Norah Jones' newest release?
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11341 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Friday, November 27, 2009 - 19:51 GMT Below is a short review I wrote up relative to the latest Norah. That was last week. Last night I listened to it again and must admit to really enjoying it. I hope for her next effort she takes on Shelby Lynne's producers and goes for a more spare and acoustic production...her voice and talent can stand up to the scrutiny. Norah Jones - The Fall Mixed bag. "Back to Manhatten" seems the closest to evolution that we get on the record. "December" is classic Norah, nothing new but if it ain't broke... A blending of the old Nora and this strange mess that she is experimenting with on this record are "Tell Yer Mama" and "Man of the Hour". Not bad. Seems that several songs are an attempt to pander to critics by presenting something new and different, a visit to her dark side, but in the end it sounds more like a failed attempt to reach the stars already long ago reached by Neko Case, The White Stripes and Lorreta Lynn and others. Thankfully, like Cassandra Wilson on "Thunderbird" and Lucinda Williams on "Honey Bee", Nora and her producers can't hide her talent in a bunch of electronic mess and she still shines through, but on some of these songs it's more like a peak of sunshine through the clouds. All in all it's a keeper, but I'm looking forward to the next one, more as redemption than anything else.
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11342 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Friday, November 27, 2009 - 19:53 GMT Amy Grant - A Christmas to Remember
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11345 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Friday, November 27, 2009 - 20:51 GMT The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Winter: A Classical Celebration
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11346 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Friday, November 27, 2009 - 23:10 GMT Christmas in Soulsville on Stax
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11348 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Friday, November 27, 2009 - 23:51 GMT Little Jimmy Scott - Everybody is Somebody's Fool
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11349 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Saturday, November 28, 2009 - 00:50 GMT The Kenny Burrell Trio - A Night at The Vanguard with The Kenny Burrell Trio
Michael Wodek Gold Member Username: Mike3 Wylie, Tx USA Post Number: 2232 Registered: May-06	Posted on Saturday, November 28, 2009 - 00:58 GMT Thanks Art. Doesn't sound like my cup of tea.
George Gold Member Username: Soundgame Toronto, Ontario Canada Post Number: 1062 Registered: Jun-08	Posted on Saturday, November 28, 2009 - 03:00 GMT Emily-Claire Barlow - Like a Lover Very sweet voice.
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11350 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Saturday, November 28, 2009 - 04:23 GMT Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - Free for All
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11351 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Saturday, November 28, 2009 - 15:51 GMT Julia Hulsmann Trio - The End of a Summer
Neil Waterman Silver Member Username: Jazzman71 Phoenix, AZ USA Post Number: 972 Registered: Dec-07	Posted on Saturday, November 28, 2009 - 16:55 GMT Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny - Beyond the Missouri Sky
Art Platinum Member Username: Artk Albany, Oregon USA Post Number: 11352 Registered: Feb-05	Posted on Saturday, November 28, 2009 - 17:39 GMT Dallbavie/Jarrell/Pintscher Flute Concertos Emmanuel Pahud, Flute Orchestre Philharmonie de Radio France EMI Classics
Neil Waterman Silver Member Username: Jazzman71 Phoenix, AZ USA Post Number: 973 Registered: Dec-07	Posted on Saturday, November 28, 2009 - 17:55 GMT Charlie Haden & Quartet West - Now is the Hour

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