“Close Up,” volumes 1 through 4 (!) grin1 month ago

“Charmer”

- the new album is in the player now, my copy having just arrived today! The new videos (both available on YouTube) for “Charmer” & “Labrador” are a lot of fun – in their different ways – too. smile6 months ago

is one of the wonderful talents on the Leonard Cohen band … & this is one of her wonderful songs (she’s a songwriter as well as an amazing singer in her own right):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSC7ujqZlEM&feature=autoplay&list=UUcxPYeMaQrnPNoYm8Yl-VqQ&playnext=5

smile12 months ago

I’ve had Leonard Cohen’s “Old Ideas” in the player a lot lately, & am becoming more familiar with the new album by Feist as well, in order that I’ll know the tunes when I get to see & hear both artists in concert later on this year! smile13 months ago

Leonard Cohen fairly frequently (here & on other goals), but here’s another—for how he introduces the members of his band rather than for his music per se.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXCk7kI-NPw#t=03m08s

This is great stuff—I’ll bet you’ll be LOL along with me!

grin14 months ago

I’ve been cranking “Hadestown,” again, pretty much whenever I’m not car-pooling, lately—it’s great stuff! grin15 months ago

- the new Leonard Cohen album – is on the player now, my pre-ordered holiday gift copy having just arrived today! smile15 months ago

myself a (used) copy of the album Hadestown & am enjoying it (ex-library & in fine shape) every bit as much as I’d anticipated! smile16 months ago

I received a copy of Feist’s new album as a holiday gift—& cannot wait to listen to it. “First thing tomorrow” (as it’s already gotten late tonight), I’m promising myself! smile17 months ago

As I browse through this selection of his songs, I’m noting a few of my new favorites here:

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9e5erbiCAg [“Treat Each Other Right”]
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPso8I_jZXU [“Spring Wind”]
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mg-fF-eDyO8 [“Think About You”]
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFcIExPvPWs [“The Marriage Chant”]

smile17 months ago

I can say with a high degree of certainty that I would never have stumbled upon the terrific concept album by Anaïs Mitchell, called “Hadestown,” if it weren’t for the Internet (check out these songs by Ani DiFranco & Greg Brown)!

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAgiK07Py9M [“Why Do We Build The Wall?”]
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWoOfk3UX6w [“How Long?”]

Happy Ears! grin

For more about “Hadestown,” see:

http://www.amazon.com/Hadestown-Anais-Mitchell/dp/B0034JIOWK/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1323930043&sr=1-1

“Based upon the ancient Greek myth of the poet Orpheus and his doomed quest to rescue his wife Eurydice from the underworld, Anaïs Mitchell’s new album Hadestown evokes our Depression-era past, the current financial disaster (though it was written before the stock market collapse), and a post-apocalyptic future.

Anaïs, who sings the part of Eurydice, the character whose (metaphoric) death propels Orpheus into “Hadestown” is joined by a veritable Who’s Who of modern indie folk/rock on the release. Justin Vernon of Bon Iver plays Orpheus; Greg Brown is Hades, Lord of the Underworld (“king of the kingdom of dirt”); Ani DiFranco plays Hades’ strong-willed, subversive wife, Persephone; the Haden Triplets (Petra, Rachel, and Tanya) are the Greek chorus-like Fates and Ben Knox Miller of The Low Anthem is the messenger Hermes. Together, they create a world where people hide behind walls in a misguided attempt to preserve their “freedom” and protect their riches.

Hadestown began its existence in 2006 as a live “folk opera” that Mitchell created in collaboration with director Ben t. Matchstick (Bread & Puppet Theater) and arranger/orchestrator Michael Chorney. After loading the sets and the 22-member cast of Vermont performers into a former circus bus and touring New England during “full-on winter,” it was time to rework a few songs. Next, Mitchell called upon a few fellow musicians to lend their voices to a recorded version—not a cast album, but a stand-alone, self-contained song cycle.” 17 months ago