Nora Brown - traditional banjo & guitar
What were your top musical discoveries of 2024?
Looking for music that was new to you and your collection that lit you and your system up last year.
Here’s my list:
Vinyl -
UHQR version of Steely Dan “Asia”
Original Master Recording of Grateful Dead’s “Workingman’s Dead”
Digital files -
Mac Miller “Circles”
Iron & Wine “The Shepherds Dog”
Jacob Collier “Djesse Vol.2”
Mokave “Afrique”
Skrillex “Quest for Fire”
Beyonce “Cowboy Carter”
CD -
Sinead O’Conner “I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got”
This is at least what is top of mind.
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Devin, I looked back in my conversation history and I can't find the thread I was looking for, but there was a thread about "Jazz Music", and I suggested the OP listen to Bohren & der Club of Gore and another member contacted me raving about how much they enjoyed Bohren. Was that you? If so, I'm elated that they made such an impact on you that you listed them in this thread about favorite music discoveries of 2024. I feel like I did a good deed if it is you I spoke with earlier.
If you, what was your favorite album? Did you look up any of their live performances on YouTube? As far as full albums go, my favorites are 1997's "Midnight Radio" and 2000's "Sunset Mission". I was blown away when I first heard their cover of "Catch My Heart" with vocals by Mike Patton (lead singer of Faith No More) on the 2011 EP "Beileid" (it's also on 2016's "Bohren For Beginners". The first time I heard it, I did a quick head snap, because I couldn't believe I was hearing a remake of the 1985 song by the German Heavy Metal band, Warlock. Warlock was fronted by one of the earliest female smoke show vocalist, Doro Pesch, and were quite popular in Europe during the 1980's and early 1990's, touring with bands such as Dio, W.A.S.P., Megadeth, Judas Priest, and Scorpions.
On this song, Mike Patton shows why he is one of the most talented and versatile voices in rock and roll today. He does just an amazing job. While this Bohren project was being recorded, Patton learned Italian and released "Mondo Cane", an album of Italian Pop Songs backed by a forty-member orchestra and fifteen-piece backing band. People that only know him through Faith No More are missing A LOT.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxbwSCbSAsc
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Band-Maid. Listen to any of their official live recordings on Youtube. Good examples are "Domination". "Hate?" "Freedom", "Play" and "Thrill" (the studio version, their fist hit) and many, many more. These five Japanese women are the real deal, hard rockers, accomplished musicians, and have been around more than ten years.. They are the best rock group in the world now in my humble, but definitive opinion. I found them by accident while looking for clips of the TV series Shogun online and now have since acquired all but their first and new album. They are truly fabulous. Don’t miss out. |
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