J.J. Cale - Stay Around (2-discs set 2019)
Posthomous discs are sa trange breed, folks: they can be awesome - thinking to Tim Buckley's live at Royal Albert Hall in 1969... They sort-of make resurrecting your fave, late musician...In J.J....
View ArticleJim Jarmusch's Dead Man OST by Neil Young
Bought this double-disc this morning after reading a review on MOJO June issue... the reviewer was hinting to most experimental Neil's disc, ever... suggesting a comparison with Paris, Texas by Ry...
View ArticleDisc of the Month - Sounds Harpy - featuring the David Snell Quintet
Disc of the Month!On DECCA, recorded in England in 1966...Superb recording of great music... cool, seldom heard arrangements and musical blend.Master quality!BTW: better Harpy than... Horny;-)
View ArticleSome 50 cents vinyl nuggets
Lovely vintage covers... and gorgeous sound from these flea-market finds.
View ArticleBeloved Leon Redbone passed away today!
I'm really, really sad... Mr. Leon Redbone, after health issues and retiring in 2015 from active music scene, passed away a few hours ago... I'm sincerely condolencing to his family and friends... he...
View ArticleWestern Electric 2A turntable
A marvelous vintage turntable built decades ago in the USA... brought to its shiny beauty with passion and untiring care and attention to details...Love the console...What an inspiration for a new...
View ArticleThe fire of 2008 - a disaster for music and movie industries!
It happened in 2008... a disaster for music and movie industries...The archive in Building 6197 was UMG’s main West Coast storehouse of masters, the original recordings from which all subsequent copies...
View ArticleMiles' Rubberband posthumous disc out on next Sept. 2019
A lost Miles Davis album named Rubberband is set to be released in September. The LP was recorded in 1985 in Los Angeles’ Ameraycan Studios and produced by Randy Hall and Zane Giles.After 30 years,...
View ArticleDarius Valiunas - cartridges builder and a new doctor for our beloved Neumann...
Darius Valiunas, a gentleman from Lithuania, owns the seldom found skill to properly maintain and service the idiosyncratic DST's design cartridges... and to build his very own interpretation,...
View ArticleJazz Images by Francis Wolff
This very (limited edition) book was the unexpected and gladly received gift from a friend... as he told me, he bought two at Mosaic in CT, USA: one for himself and another for someone able to...
View ArticleFado in Coimbra, Portugal
During my recent journey in Portugal, I had several very nice musical moments... but nothing compared to my Fado ao Centro in Coimbra evening... Coimbra's Fado is very different from its Lisbon's...
View ArticleThe Peak goes fancy
The Peak will be going to be brewed in fancy, summer-hinting colors, folks... it's only anodization, but I love the effect.There are only three still available, in all shown colors choices: red, orange...
View ArticleEmily Young (sculptress)
I loved a BBC documentary about Emily working at his monastery/home/workshop in Tuscany...Lovely, empathic artist, using stones and rocks and hating the soooo boring marble...I'm with her.
View ArticleSlaps Orchestra - Opera Omnia 2010-2016
Intriguing music... contemporary, classical, electronic, concrete, weird noise... dunno... I find it extremely suggestive, both easy to the ears and complex, music for mind and body.Enjoy... explore...
View ArticleSME 3012 II and R Universal knife: spot the difference
Have an extremely limited batch of Universal knives slightly modified - spot the difference among the five samplers showed in the pixies - to be also used in the SME 3012R instead of the well-made, BUT...
View ArticleBill Frisell goes Blue Note!
Beloved, esteemed musicians's musician re-joined the iconic label...Acclaimed guitarist Bill Frisell has signed with Blue Note Records and will release the first album under his own name for the...
View ArticleAn evening with John Renbourn and Jacqui McShee
Loved and still love John and everything Pentangle... BUT, I truly seldom saw such an ugly picture on a disk cover...... why not choosing a better one?Nonetheless, I will buy it, of course... out on...
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