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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.
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Prfont; No, I didn't know the "Temptation" CD songs were written by Tom Waits-- Thanks, they are great. Of all my Holly Cole CDs, that is the best, and because of the nature of the recording, I could use several tracks as a reference for judging equipment, wires, etc. That voice, that incredible voice pulls me into music every time. Craig.
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Todays find is: "Sisters of Freedom", Harlem Spiritual Ensemble, recorded at North Presbyterian Church, Harlem, NY. The recording level is a tad low (similar to some of my MFSL discs) but it is a very nice recording and the performances are super. The first 40 minutes is called a "Cantata" in 11 parts, I think that may mean opera as that is what it sounds like to me. It is from Arts Crossing Audiophile series and is labeled as 24/96. Second mention is "The Stars of the Buena Vista (BV Social Club) - 21st Century: when life begins...". Not as polished as RY Cooder's vehicles and might even be better. The recording is on the bright side.
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Today's finds: Juanjo Dominguez (guitarist) "From Manhattan to Buenos Aires, Vol 1". Not a clue but it's damm good. The second one is "Table Songs, Georgian Folk Songs", Rustavi Choir. It's on so so Sony Clasical label. I live in a small Russian area in West Hollywood and have heard some of this music first hand coming from near by parties (the performers were exceedingly tight by the way:-)
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Today's find: Last Forever "Trainfair Home". Not a clue but it is a folksy, instrumental, chick singing group of musicians that do an exceedingly haunting version of "Duke of Earl" as the last song on the CD. It is worth keeping for this song alone.
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"Trainfare Home"
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