If you need a little lift for your spirits and your feet…
"Superbloom" / MisterWives (2020)
| And continuing in the vein of my previous recommendation… Here’s another one that makes the body want to move. |
"Mouth Music" / Rhiannon Giddens (2015)
| I dare you to keep your body still while listening to this. It’s a cross between jazz scat and mouth music in the Gaellic tradition. |
Peter Gabriel / So (1986)
Recommendation… Every once in a while, we should all be reminded how talented Peter Gabriel is. While “Sledgehammer” was the biggest hit off So, I don’t recall being that impressed with THAT song. I do remember getting sick of the over-played claymation video. “Big Time,” another hit, seems designed to show off the funky rhythm line rather than the intelligent lyrics. (I wonder if anyone has covered that song in a different style…) Anyway, my 2020 opinion of this 1986 album is Peter Gabriel’s best stuff here is not what became big hits. “Mercy Street” is beautiful musically and meaningful lyrically. “We Do What We’re Told” is haunting. Check out some of the other lesser known tracks as well.
I do have to admit that one of the popular songs from this album deserves to be called a classic. John Cusack holding the boom box above his head with “In Your Eyes” playing and winning back Ionye Skye’s heart… well, it won my heart too.
Elgar: Nursery Suite, Serenade, Dream Children & Other Works | Edward Elgar
| Best known for “Pomp and Circumstance” played at almost every graduation ceremony in America, Edward Elgar was a fantastic English composer. I may have grown sick of “Pomp and Circumstance” over the years, but his other works are well worth a listen. |
"Hate" / Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara (1967)
Last week, comedian and actor Jerry Stiller passed away. Many know him as George's father on Seinfeld, but long before, he and his wife of over 60 years, Anne Meara, were a successful comedy team. Today's listening recommendation:
"Hate" / Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara (recorded in 1967)
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White Morning / Fumio Miyashita
My album recommendation for you today is background for meditation, yoga, or just to remind you what it's like to go to a spa.
Do you have an album recommendation for me?
Voz D' Amor / Cesária Evora
This album was recommended to me. I love the variety of her music: one minute a heartbreaker, the next a lounging on the beach feel. Check out some music from the island of Cape Verde
The Quintet: Jazz At Massey Hall
Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Max Roach, and Charles Mingus... that is "The Quintet: Jazz at Massey Hall." Imagine having tickets to that concert!