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John Cage - Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano - Cedric Pescia (Aeon...
Bought this superb disk...A VERY nice rendition of these Gamelan-like John Cage's pieces for prepared piano by a Swiss young master: Cage created hundreds of works and to my ears Sonatas and Interludes...
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Audio chance or stepping on a two kilos gold nugget
(to be read listening to Neil Young's "After the Gold Rush" or "Heart of Gold" from "Harvest";-)A few days ago, I was watching the TV for an interesting documentary (BBC's Simon Reeves) about the...
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Live!
... it happens, again and again... everytime I feel down, blaming over people noises, or being in a rear row at a concert or the distance to the venue... BANG!... the joy of attending to a live gig...
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Wintertime earphones
Winter time coming?The Urbanears Plattan Pendleton® Edition brings a long-standing American tradition to headphones. Cloaked in inimitable Pendleton fabric made from lightweight, pure virgin wool, the...
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Sunday Disk (1) - Ginastera & Isabelle Moretti (harp) - David Robertson...
Found this AMAZING disk at a local flea-market... unbelievable as I paid 1 (one) Euro for this fantastic CD from a lady who was selling her very cherry-picked disks collection as she was leaving Italy...
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Sunday Disk (2) - KOSMA - New Aspects (INFRACom! 2005)
... always at the same flea-market, same day (today:-))) and seller (the lady escaping to Thailand), found a disk box-set which attracted my attention.I never, ever listened to KOSMA or heard about...
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Hoax or truth? The crickets chorus
A mystic hoax or... ... just a poetic interpretation of truth?
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The Art Ensemble of Chicago - Urban Bushmen (ECM 1211/12 - 1982 - 2 LPS)
It's a beloved group of mine since early '80s... own several discs, all cherished and listened quite often...For some obscure reason I never bought this double record-set and only recently I Ebayed and...
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Lost & Found Dept. - Robbie Basho - two hand-written tablature
Thanking Maurizio Angeletti and his seminal "American Guitars", a book which, eons ago, changed my own and several others musical lives.Also thanking my best friend Loris Crivellaro for the GREAT...
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Winter music - Ice drumming on Lake Baikal
Brrrrrrrrrrrrrr...Lake BAIKAL ICE live sound. Unbeliveable!Real video from IRKUTSK ethnik percussion group «ETHNOBEAT». We playing on frozen water of deepest and oldest Lake Baikal with pleasure and...
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The Art of Viola da Gamba dueting - Bettina Hoffmann & Sofia Ruffino playing...
It was many years ago I attended to a Jordi Savall's superb concert of viola da gamba... he was playing his XVth Century viola da gamba playing in Padua... it was a musical blast for yours truly... I...
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The Audio Grim Reaper
Massimo is no more... like the late Gregory Corso would have dedicated to him a tombeau - i.e. one of his "contemporary haikus" - which would sound more or less like: "When an audiophile and...
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Perspectives - Nelson Mandela, Egyptians, ants and The Art Ensemble of Chicago
Nelson Mandela passed away...He was a giant... he's Soweto and whole world hero...What could I do to honor his memory?I played The art Ensemble of Chicago's "Urban Bushmen"... it's Mama Africa, more...
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Lady PJ
PJ Harvey knighted by H.M. The Queen...... that's England.Lady Polly... Let England Shake!
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The most ancient musical instrument on earth
Music... always been in our hearts, since humankind childhood
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RetroFret News from Brooklyn, NY - Swing In the Holidays with Bill Kirchen...
“An Evening with The Titan of the Telecaster – Mr. Bill Kirchen”Swing In the holidays with hot Licks, cold steel, and tales of the Tele.“Bill has been a friend of Retrofret for many years now. We never...
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