Let's talk music, no genre boundaries


This is an offshoot of the jazz thread. I and others found that we could not talk about jazz without discussing other musical genres, as well as the philosophy of music. So, this is a thread in which people can suggest good music of all genres, and spout off your feelings about music itself.

 

audio-b-dog

@stuartk 

"Season of Lights" will probably go to the top of my long list. Although I did hear her live, but that was late in her life. And many years ago in my life. Madonna and Warren Beaty were together and they were there with Sandra Bernhard. Probably in the mid- late-eighties.

@stuartk 

Mary Coughlan is considered a "jazz singer." (Not by me, but online.) Her best album is probably "Love for Sale." If you can find it, you might listen. She's damn good.

@audio-b-dog 

I will give her a listen.

BTW, Season of Lights was available in several versions as physical media.

One disc added a bunch of tracks left off the original vinyl due to space constraints. I hope you can stream the extended version. I'd be comfortable describing this album as "jazzy". 

One of my favorite female singer in one of my best album  of songs...

 

«Persian Love Songs & Mystic Chants" is a collection of traditional Persian music, primarily featuring the vocals of Shusha Guppy. The album, released in 1973, includes songs that blend romantic themes with mystical and spiritual elements. This video presents a collection of traditional Iranian folk music, which is related to the topic of Persian love songs and mystic chants:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eS065XPSCFc&list=RDeS065XPSCFc&start_radio=1&t=67s

it is worth reading the wiki entry about her : 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shusha_Guppy

 The clear and pure voice catch something very grounded in the earth but very spiritual in Farsi a language i recognized as one in my past life so to speak.

The feminine embodied a part of the soul in each one of us, because as the farther past which is always "an ever present origin" , the farther future prepare us  making a balance between the feminine and masculine polarities in us, for the need of the present era.

History spoke with a voice which cannot be muted...

 

Idk if I would peg Mary Coughlan as a jazz singer, or even that jazzy really. She kind of reminds me of a category that would encompass Mary Black, Kirsty McCall, Shawn Colvin, for example. Non-traditional singer-songwriters whose lyrics place them out of the mainstream but not into the jazz standards classifications; e.g. Julie London, Diana Krall, or Nina Simone. 

@mahgister - I’m always impressed by how eclectic your music taste is!