What are You Listening to Now?

[evil_physics_witchcraft]

I didn't see a music thread, so I figured I'd start one.

Current song on the radio: People are Strange

[Larimar]

I've had Matthew West's "Quarantine Life" running through my head for days.

[AmLitHist]

Fibber McGee and Molly.

My lockdown has been spent with the Sirius Radio Classics channel, when the CNN feed becomes too much.

(I also love Jack Benny and Edgar Bergen, and I've become a big fan of Phil Harris and Alice Faye.)

[mamselle]

More "What's my Line?" reruns (with all the folks you've mentioned, ALH, as mystery guests) and a film noir series...some fairly 《noir-profund》; others more 《gris-legere》...

And, contrapuntally, going over now to listen to the 11 AM online church service.

M.

[hmaria1609]

There was a "Crazy Rhythms" thread and another for classical music awhile back.  I found both on page 3 of this forum section.

[mahagonny]

This: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Web007rzSOI

[mamselle]

Just because it was there.

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er1xUCElhMI

It was nice enough. It just didn't seem to go anywhere.

If I hadn't put it on to wind down and go to sleep with, I'd have to listen to at least three more to figure out if that's how it should be played or if the interpretation was off. The player was good, the small orchestra was fine, so I'm thinking it's the composer, but I don't like to decide that without checking things out further.

'Nother day, 'nother task.

'night...

M.

[mahagonny]

'Strong Man' written by Oscar Jackson and sung by Abbey Lincoln. This was 1957. How far have we come?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWNxmxBdngw

[Hegemony]

My household loves "What's My Line?", and we're also big fans of "I've Got A Secret."  There are some incredible people on there, including a man who as a child was present at Lincoln's assassination. 

As for what music I'm listening to — Georgian polyphony.

[mamselle]

Oooh---do you mean like this?

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rg8xrdbnH8E

I was about to ask if you had mis-spellled "Gregorian" then thought the better of it and looked it up.

Thanks for this lovely addition to my playlist!

M.

[Parasaurolophus]

I just discovered the band Aephanemer, and they're fantastic (if melodic death metal is your jam). So they've been on hard rotation.

[mamselle]

Oooh---do you mean like this?

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rg8xrdbnH8E

I was about to ask if you had mis-spellled "Gregorian" then thought the better of it and looked it up.

Thanks for this lovely addition to my playlist!

M.

And this longer-playing (45 min.) one (by the Basiani Ensemble) is good for listening to as I work....

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhzoDhePPNU

M.

[nescafe]

This playlist, starting with Lido Pimienta's "Nada," which I'm currently obsessed with: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSBy608ONmQ&list=RDEM-k-3nCp7SdPYJwRPkFTF0Q&start_radio=1

[ab_grp]

I just discovered the band Aephanemer, and they're fantastic (if melodic death metal is your jam). So they've been on hard rotation.

I had never heard of this band and think of myself as more of a thrash fan (though I guess one could debate where the line is drawn in some cases), but I listened to a couple songs and really like the music.  I just looked for top-rated songs (Unstoppable, Memento Mori, and Bloodline, according to one site), so if you have any particular recommendations, I'd like to check them out.

[Hegemony]

Mamselle (and all), that Georgian selection is a bit lukewarm. Check out these two that may knock your socks off:

The incomparable "Tsinskaro": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-q6DUbuAY3A

And the absorbing lockdown version of "Heyamoli": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrUtE9GMeAI

Georgians sit around after meals and sing ("table music"), with the most mind-blowing harmonies. YouTube has lots of informal videos of them doing this. New videos go up often, so from time to time I just cruise YouTube and see what's been put up recently.  E.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRcg_jwup5s&list=PL-YSOZcVi8oUUADoE2sCVnNhFeaVKIiPS

Or okay, one more table song, "Chela": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiJFOeh0Ovc

Georgian polyphony was one of the pieces of music sent out to the far reaches of the galaxy on the Voyager.