It still sounds cutting edge and experimental 45 years after release. Creative, nontraditional chords and instrumentation suggest a world so far removed from Top 40 that it would take a rocket ship to get there.
Dirty Projectors | Bitte Orca (2009)
I'm really pleased to be introduced to the Dirty Projectors and this album. The falsetto and guitar licks in the upper register often stylishly touch on an Eastern or Indian feel. Nice harmonies and female background vocals compliment Dave Longstreth's crooning male lead. Rhythms, melodies, and instrumentation are quirky but very successful.
I'm downloading more.
Graham Nash photography
Last weekend we saw a fantastic exhibition of photography by Graham Nash (Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young). The exhibition ends June 28 but I would love to see more of his work.
Graham Nash Self Portrait
Judy Collins and Stephen Stills
Neil Young
Graham Nash self portrait
Joni Mitchell
Neil Young
No coins for you!
To the vandal (and thief wannabe): they remove the money prior to using them for an art installation.
kool kountry krooning kombined with a kiss of blues kreated by kd lang in Shadowland (1988)
k.d. has a hauntingly beautiful voice quality and interpretative style.
This deserves multiple listens.
Multnomah Falls, WA (May 2015)
Happy Fathers' Day
The Kinks | Face to Face (1966)
It's always good to be remInded to listen to The Kinks. This will serve as that reminder.
Good stuff.
Elliott Smith | Figure 8 (2000)
Wonderful. Timeless.
I didn't know Elliott Smith's work before this 1001 Albums project but if his life had not been cut short, everyone would have known that name. The music is that good.
Steely Dan | Can't Buy a Thrill (1972)
Not surprisingly, there are some familiar, catchy tunes here which will get a daily play on a classic rock station, but as an album and as a musical group they fall short of classic in my book.