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One Month Music Discoveries

In the month of March I bought 35-40 CDs. I think finding new artists, particularly those with a good body of work, is the most exciting aspect of being a music lover/audiophile. Well, in march I "discovered" Holly Cole, and I like parts of all her CDs, but the CD "temptation", 1995, stands out. It has some great songs that I even think are reference quality-- at least for me. The songs "Take Me Home", "Jersey Girl", "Frank's Theme", and "I Don't Wanna Grow Up" have spare accompaniement, H. Cole's voice is great-- kind of breathy or husky in places, and the recording is excellent. I like her other CDs also.

The other "find" is Eva Cassidy, who according to my main music dealer is now deceased-- she died of cancer in her early 30s-- tragic. But her CD "Live at Blues alley" 1996, has some jazz/pop ballads that have quickly grown on me and she left a great legacy of music. The tracks "Tall Trees in Georgia", "Fields of Gold", "Autumn Leaves", trk #11 "Take Me to the River" rocks, and finally, trk #12 "What a Wonderful World" is beautiful. This is also a great recording, IMO. I have two other of her CDs which are also good, and she may have others? I hope so.

Both are highly recommended. Happy Listening. Craig.
garfish
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dekay
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The Jazz Mandolin Project, "Xeno Blast" and J.J. Cale "Anyway the Wind Blows" anthology is great (two CD's and 50 songs). The last CD I picked up was Bach's "The Art of Fugue", Rinaldo Alessandrini on Opus 111, France.
cornfedboy
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i've bought and been given a whole buncha cd's in the last month, too. my new discoveries of note: dave carter (with tracy grammer), "when i go" - really great writing and very well recorded; eric taylor, "scuffeltown"- poetry bob dylan would be proud to pen.

BTW, garfish, eva cassidy is on 5 cd's, 3 of which were released posthumously. her first cd was recorded with chuck brown and is called "the other side." the latest cd is "time after time." all cd's were produced by chris biondo and are available on blixstreet records. they are all worth owning and enjoying.
garfish OP
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David; nope not familiar with "Days of the New"-- what kind of music is it? Dekay, I agree re JJ Cale-- "The Anthology" is great. I think I have all his CDs and especially can recommend "Guitar Man". Cornfed; glad to see that Eva Cassidy has more music-- a beautiful voice. Her CDs have been spending a lot of time in my transport. Thanks guys. Craig
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.....also thanks to Ikarus for Holly Cole suggestions.
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I would like to scratch the "Jazz Mandlin Project". I just finished listening to it again, and it could be my mood, but I felt there was a lot of fiddling going on when they should have been faddling.
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