Some Live Songs [CD-single] [Live] [Import]

Product Description
No Strangers to Working, Johnson, G Love and Donavon Frankenreiter Join Forces on this Special EP. 'some Live Songs' Includes Six Songs plus One "Ghost Track". Tracks 1-5 were Recorded on Kelly Slater's Radio Show K-os, While Track Six was Recorded During the Brushfire Tour, Boston, Ma, on September 15th 2004 with Zach Gill from Animal Liberation Orchestra.

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Some Live Songs [CD-single] [Live] [Import]

Average customer rating: Disappointed Awesome music Have to have it Jack's Worst Short and sweet

Some Live Songs Jack Johnson , G Love , and Donavon Frankenreiter Manufacturer: Umvd Import ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music Alternative Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Lemonade Donavon Frankenreiter Move by Yourself Thicker Than Water Sing-A-Longs & Lullabies for the Film Curious George (Jack Johnson) ASIN: B00076AGHO Release Date: 2005-06-13

Tracks:

1. Rodeo Clowns
2. Free
3. Sunshine
4. Heading Home
5. Mud Football
6. Girl I Wanna Lay You Down (Plus Bonus Hidden Track: Superhero Brother)

Product Description

WOW! Whotta groovy collection of live tracks by these fantastic musicians, put together on this limited edition EP -- which you will only find at select indie record stores nationwide! Also available: ON AND ON by Jack Johnson, THE HUSTLE by G Love, and Donovan Frankenreiters self-titled debut. 1) Rodeo Clowns - Performed by J Johnson, G. Love and D Frankenreiter 2) Free - Performed by D Frankenreiter, J Johnson and Zach Gill 3) Sunshine - Performed By G. Love, J Johnson and Zach Gill 4) Heading Home - Performed by D Frankenreiter, J Johnson, G. Love, Zach Gill 5) Mud Football - Performed by J Johnson, G. Love, D Frankenreiter and Zach Gill 6) Girl I Wanna Lay You Down - Performed by J Johnson and Zach Gill 7) Bonus Hidden Track: Superhero Brother ­ Performed by G. Love

Customer Reviews:

Disappointed.......2007-05-04

Somehow I hoped for more. I really like the Jack Johnson albumns I own, and had hoped that a live performance with these other two musicians would impress. It did not. Don't waste your money or time.

Awesome music.......2007-03-21

This CD is a great mix of music. Although a little short, the songs are great to jam to while riding in the car. I especially love the last track-the hidden one is so funny! Gotta check it out!

Have to have it.......2007-01-31

If you really enjoy Jack and friends for what they are, and the way the music makes you feel...this is a MUST have. If you play(even just a little bit) GREAT CD to jam along with. Nothing fancy, just the roots of all that is good. To call yourself a Jack fan and not enjoy this, I guess you just don't get it .

Jack's Worst.......2007-01-18

Being a fan of Jack Johnson, I thought this one would be as good as the others. I wasn't impressed at all. It sounds like a few guys pickin' around in the basement. The recording quality has very little production value. At best, these are okay live versions of usually great songs. This is an unnecessary piece for your Jack Johnson collection.

Short and sweet.......2007-01-10

Excellent selection of some of the best from these three friends (and a little Zach Gill, too!). Gives you the feeling you're sneaking into a weekend jam session at Jack's house. Fans of these guys will want to add this CD to their library. Seems to me, though, they could have easily added a few more songs and make this a full length effort.

Average customer rating: It's Dreamy My Favorite Composer of all time An American classic from Hampson that brings smiles and tears OMG!!! More than 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 stars, one of the best album in the world!!! It's simply lovely

American Dreamer: Songs of Stephen Foster; Thomas Hampson; Jay Unger; Molly Mason Thomas Hampson , Jay Ungar , Molly Mason , Garrison Keillor , David Alpher , Mark Rust , Michael Parloff , Peter Ecklund , John Kirk , Arnold Kinsella , and Stephen Foster Manufacturer: Angel Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Foster, Stephen | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Hampson, Thomas | ( H ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Tin Pan Alley | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music $9.99 and Under | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Foster, Stephen | ( F ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Hampson, Thomas | ( H ) | Performers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Similar Items: Song of Home Song of America Harvest Home Civil War Classics Stephen Foster Song Book ASIN: B000002SK7 Release Date: 1992-10-20

Tracks:

1. Opening Solo Violin
2. Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair
3. Hard Times Come Again No More
4. The Voice Of Bygone Days
5. Foster Favorites Medley (Ring, Ring The Banjo (1851) Oh! Susanna (1848) Camptown Races (1850)
6. Open Thy Lattice, Love (1844)
7. Beautiful Dreamer (1864)
8. That's What's The Matter
9. Old Home Medley (Old Folks at Home (1851) My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night (1853)
10. Molly! Do You Love Me? (1850)
11. Sweetly She Sleeps, My Alice Fair (1851)
12. Comrades, Fill No Glass For Me (1855)
13. Dancing On The River (Nelly Bly (1850) The Glendy Burk (1860) Angelina Baker (1850)
14. My Wife Is A Most Knowing Woman (1863)
15. Gentle Annie (1856)
16. Linger In Blissful Repose (1858)
17. Ah! May The Red Rose Live Alway (1850)

Customer Reviews:

It's Dreamy.......2007-01-10

This is a very wonderful recording of Stephen Foster by a master singer.
Foster's songs are of a more innocent and naive time in the American psyche, a time that it would not hurt us to remember, given the wretched brutality of American culture today (something you'll appreciate after listening to this recording).

The songs are beautifully sung by Mr. Hamspon, and the musical accompaniment with piano, mandolin, tuba, banjo, etc. seems a perfect setting for this period music. I enjoyed the musical interludes of Foster songs (not sung by Mr. Hampson), such as "Oh, Suzanna", "My Old Kentucky Home", and "Camptown Races." They are foot-stompin' and finger-snappin' good in a non-syncopated way.

Mr. Hampson's voice is so beautiful, and he has done such a wonderful job with these song's you'll just have to hear it, and when you do, tell me that you're not dreaming.

I remember reading a quote by John Phillip Sousa that decried the use of syncopation in American popular music. I never understood it until listening to this recording. The richness and intensity of American popular music (as experienced in the work of Stephen Foster) has been lost.
Everything has to be so cool today, thanks to syncopation, and "cool" really means no emotion.

If emotion is what you want, emotion is what you'll get with Stephen Foster's songs. It was a time when the death of loved ones (especially those who died in their youth) was experienced more often (see "I Dream of Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair" and "Gentle Annie"). And we were not protected from the vicissitudes of fate by myriad government programs, modern medicine and universal prosperity (see "Hard Times").
Husbands and wives had their differences then, as today, (see the amusing song "My Wife is a Most Knowin' Woman") The passion of the Civil War (Foster was a Unionist),is reflected in a wonderful, fun song, "That's What's the Matter."

If you love good music, and you have heart which can be stirred, and you love your country, this is for you.

I love this recording. It has opened up the door to my "beautiful dreams," dreams of bygone days, lost love, and whatever else we pine for.

I wanted to buy several copies for my friends, but somehow I felt that the impact of this recording was so personal, that it could not be shared with others. Not that they couldn't enjoy it, but that I could not begin to share the intense emotion and reverie stirred in my heart by these beautiful songs.

My Favorite Composer of all time.......2006-08-20

Growing up playing his stuff on piano, I love the instrumentality of this CD..the violins give off that wail that he speaks of..I am not sure what it is about Stephen Foster but these verses..grab me like no other..there is so much sensitivity to it..

I dream of Jeannie with the light brown hair
Born like a vapor on the summer air
I see her tripping where the bright streams play
Happy as the daisies that dance on her way
Many were the wild notes her merry voice would pour

but the violins in this CD make this CD the best out there..
FYI should you be into astrology Stephen Foster is definition of Cancer...Sun and Moon conjunct in Cancer with mars in Scorpio..i love his lyrics..almost to the point of obsession..

An American classic from Hampson that brings smiles and tears.......2006-07-17

Stephen Foster was the greatest American composer of sentimental parlor ballads--he so perfectly imitated folk songs that his music wound up turning into them. In an age of home music-making and later of families sitting around the radio, Foster's songs were a staple, often performed by crossover artists from opera like Lawrence Tibbett. Those were plump, ripe styles of singing, highly flavored by church hymns.

In this 1992 collection of 17 Foster favorites, plus a few rareties, Hampson drops the platform manner and goes straight for heartfelt sincerity. His tone is plain yet sweet, his expression intimate. He is accompanied by instruments redolent of the Victorian drawing room (guitar, fiddle, upright piano), and the mood they create brings tears and smiles of remembrance. This music is embedded in America's genes, and it's wonderful to realize that every note is still alive and throbbing with feeling.

OMG!!! More than 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 stars, one of the best album in the world!!!.......2005-11-25

Simply one word, WOW!!!
Thomas Hampson's voice is simply fantasic. His voice is very different from regular operatic baritone voice, very sweet, and rich. I really cant believe an operatic baritone can sing folk song like THIS good, in my opinion he sounds even better than his opera works in this album. His voice and the background music matches perfectly, the outcome would move u to tears, and u can feel the origin of MUSIC. This album really shows what the word MUSIC means, and the songs simply just ALL beautiful. I like his "beautiful dreamer", "my life is well knowing woman", and "jeanie with the light brown hair" the most. When I listen the songs I would just imagine that I am in the world of past USA, and I can feel the life of the ppl in the past USA~ just like watching an old classic movie, it would touch ur heart and fall in love with this album.

It's simply lovely.......2004-12-14

I didn't know Stephen Foster (I thought): wrong: Oh Susanna, etc, I knew, but had no idea who the composer was.

This CD is a revelation. The melodies are so beautiful, as are the poems, and Thomas Hampson just brings them to life as wonderfully as ever. I especially love "Beautiful Dreamer" - it gives me butterflies - and "My wife is a most knowing woman" - the way he makes the voices and the indignation is just brilliant. If one needed reminding what a brilliant singer Mr Hampson is - this disk does it.

Average customer rating: Time Capsule Unexpected An album to treasure A classic recording of American songs The sessions of sweet silent thought stirred

Songs by Stephen Foster, Vol. 1-2 Manufacturer: Nonesuch ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Polkas | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Foster, Stephen | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Stephen Foster Songs: Parlor & Minstrel Songs, Dance Tunes & Instrumentals Stephen Foster Song Book American Dreamer: Songs of Stephen Foster; Thomas Hampson; Jay Unger; Molly Mason Swanee: The Music of Stephen Foster DOO-DAH: Stephen Foster and the Rise of American Popular Culture ASIN: B000005IYE Release Date: 1992-05-28

Tracks:

1. Songs By Stephen Foster: Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair
2. Songs By Stephen Foster: There's A Good Time Coming
3. Songs By Stephen Foster: Was My Brother In The Battle?
4. Songs By Stephen Foster: Sweetly She Sleeps, My Alice Fair
5. Songs By Stephen Foster: If You've Only Got A Moustache
6. Songs By Stephen Foster: Gentle Annie
7. Songs By Stephen Foster: Wilt Thou Be Gone, Love?
8. Songs By Stephen Foster: That's What's The Matter
9. Songs By Stephen Foster: Ah! May The Red Rose Live Alway
10. Songs By Stephen Foster: I'm Nothing But A Plain Old Soldier
11. Songs By Stephen Foster: Beautiful Dreamer
12. Songs By Stephen Foster: Mr. & Mrs. Brown
13. Songs By Stephen Foster: Slumber My Darling
14. Songs By Stephen Foster: Some Folks
15. Songs By Stephen Foster: We Are Coming, Father Abraam, 300,000 More
16. Songs By Stephen Foster: Linger In Blissful Repose
17. Songs By Stephen Foster: There Are Plenty Of Fish In The Sea
18. Songs By Stephen Foster: Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming
19. Songs By Stephen Foster: The Soiree Polka
20. Songs By Stephen Foster: Better Times Are Coming
21. Songs By Stephen Foster: Katy Bell
22. Songs By Stephen Foster: The Hour For Thee And Me
23. Songs By Stephen Foster: Summer Longings

Customer Reviews:

Time Capsule.......2006-11-30

The voices and instruments, like the songs, are straight from the mid-19th century. If you want to be transported back in time 150 years to a wonderful parlor performance of Foster's songs, this is the album to do it. The voices are marvelous and trained, and one must imagine that the strict phrasing and style are what one would have expected at the time. The cheap upright piano is perfect.

But the one perfect moment for me is the ONLY good extant rendition of "Was My Brother in the Battle?". Accompanied on a harmonium or pump reed organ, if this song doesn't tempt a tear, you simply aren't a romantic.

Very highly recommended.

Unexpected.......2005-11-26

Quality of this recording is fantastic! Performances are superb! However, they don't fit being an example of Foster's music and times. I was expecting banjos and a Mississippi Sound - therfore, very, very disappointed in this CD and consider and a waste of money. Be sure to LISTEN to a few examples to match what you are looking for and what the CD offers. I, unfortunately did not listen before I bought. I rate this low only because my expectations were shattered. This IS a fine CD if opera styles are ok for an example of this southern, 1800's composer's work.

An album to treasure.......2004-09-23

The landmark Library of Congress album, now on enhanced CD. Years
ago, I went on a six-months field assignment to a remote area of
Africa, where I could take only what music I could carry in a vest
pocket. I chose a tape player and two albums: a recital by Perlman
and this album on tape, and was content. If you love American
music, sung poetry, beautiful singing and deeply moving musicality,
this is an album you will treasure for a lifetime.

A classic recording of American songs.......2004-08-22

What can I say that hasn't already been said below? I only wanted to reiterate how wonderful this album is and assure the reader the sound is spectacular on CD. This is a live recording, and intentionally so, as the idea was to create a "parlor" experience as these were parlor songs to be sung by family and friends around the old upright piano. I especially liked the comment about the upright piano which, indeed, does croak and clank throughout the performance adding a note of "authenticity" without becoming obtrusive.

If only Ms. DeGaetani had graced my parlor...

The sessions of sweet silent thought stirred.......2003-11-22

I have never heard such unadulterated extraworldy sound emanate from two human voices and what would otherwise be firewood (the period instruments played by Gilbert Kalish). It stirs profound patriotism and a deep sentimentality for our early days when a civilized people pined to find virtue by examining its own body-- the north and the south, the small town, the simple flag, and the beauty of gentile manly and womanly love expressed through equisite song. There is no other music I would rather hear 'when summoning up the remembrance of things past.' The ghost of the early American parlor will prick your skin through these simple hymns and you may escape for a moment our troubled and busy times.

Average customer rating: Unique and enjoyable recording Hey! This has been done before! Worst live album I've ever heard I love Rasputina!!!! An old man who had a cow....

A Radical Recital Rasputina Manufacturer: Filthy Bonnet ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Goth | Goth & Industrial | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Alternative Dance | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Similar Items: Frustration Plantation Cabin Fever Thanks for the Ether The Lost & Found My Fever Broke ASIN: B000ARG2K0 Release Date: 2005-09-13

Tracks:

1. Saline The Salt Lake Queen
2. Rats
3. Howard Hughes
4. Signs Of The Zodiac
5. Secret Message
6. Watch T.V.
7. Hunter's Kiss
8. Things I'm Going To Do
9. If Your Kisses Can't Hold...
10. Any Old Actress
11. Rose K.
12. The Mayor
13. Momma Was An Opium-Smoker
14. Wicked Dickie
15. When I Was A Young Girl
16. Barracuda
17. Rock & Roll
18. A Quitter
19. High On Life/Strange & Amazing Comments

Customer Reviews:

Unique and enjoyable recording.......2006-08-16

This is one of my favorite Rasputina albums. The recording quality is top notch and it's not just the band playing the same songs that you hear on the studio albums. They've got some very amusing exchanges with the crowd and intro to most of the songs.

I cannot stress enough that the live editions of these songs are different than the ones on the studio albums. "Hunter's Kiss" and "If Your Kisses Can't Hold", in my opinion, are much better in the live renditions than the studio versions from other albums.

All in all, I am quite pleased with this purchase as it is a very nice complement to the rest of the Rasputina catalog.

Hey! This has been done before!.......2005-12-31

Rasputina is great and unique; being a cellist myself they really mean a lot to me. I am also a music lover and really like 'gothic' stuff(gothic cello music ~perfect~)... but I have been getting into psychedelic/acid folk rock too...Well what does that have to do with anything? I just listened to 'Blind Man' by Curved Air from their album Air Conditioning and I really thought it was Rasputina! The exact same vocal style, strings, and very similar melodies! I can't believe this was done 35 years ago! ... Rasputina kinda had problems in their career trying to find a place to 'fit in' and decided to go with the gothy thing touring with Marilyn Manson. Now their fans are also listening to music like Marilyn Manson, Switchblade Symphony and other Cleopatra Records stuff(based on Amazon.com similar searches)...It just makes me wonder if they toured under a more relevant folk-rock outfit(maybe with Coldplay or Lucinda Williams instead of Manson) would they still have fans that listen to gothic music? Heck No! Would they be more popular? Yes!...So back to what I was gonna say. If you find that Rasputina's music really stands out and you want something more similar in sound do a search for acid/psychedelic folk rock bands of the 60's 70's...stuff like Comus and Curved Air. Similarities will blow you away.

Worst live album I've ever heard.......2005-11-16

Sorry I don't mean to belittle their work but it really is the worst live album by a band I have ever heard.

I love Rasputina!!!!.......2005-10-20

Love the remakes of Barracuda and Been a Long Time. No one believes me when I say that it is a Cello instead of guitars.
Love Wicked Dickie and When I was a Young Girl as well. Buy it. This CD is better, in my opion, than the studio CD's.

An old man who had a cow...........2005-10-18

I love this CD, plain and simple. I had only ever heard a few songs off of 'Thanks for the Ether' and was impressed but not immensely. With this CD, I am impressed...immensely.
First off, it sounds better than any live CD I have ever heard. I usually avoid live recordings like the plague but this one brings me new hope for live stuff.
Second, and most importantly, the music is inspired and practically brilliant (Not Hyperbole). Every song stands on its own and is shockingly eclectic in its own right. From their "Cow Punk" to their "Classical" to songs like "The Mayor" (which is gorgeous, for lack of better word).
If you have heard any of Rasputina's music and even kinda liked it I recommend this CD. If you listen to it and don't find yourself singing "Wicked Dickie" throughout the day, I will give you a nice shiney quarter.

Average customer rating: Amid fine work, a new star! Stephen Foster Would Be Proud Foster at his simple best Well-rounded and convincing

Stephen Foster Songs: Parlor & Minstrel Songs, Dance Tunes & Instrumentals Manufacturer: Albany Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Polkas | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Foster, Stephen | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Songs by Stephen Foster, Vol. 1-2 American Dreamer: Songs of Stephen Foster; Thomas Hampson; Jay Unger; Molly Mason Stephen Foster's America Swanee: The Music of Stephen Foster Stephen Foster Song Book ASIN: B0000049NP Release Date: 1995-07-28

Tracks:

1. The Glendy Burke
2. Nelly Was A Lady
3. Melinda May
4. The Soree Polka
5. The Moustache Song
6. O Willie, Is It You, Dear?
7. Mr. & Mrs. Brown
8. Gem From Lucia No.1
9. Wilt Thou Be Gone?
10. The Voices That Are Gone
11. Ole Black Joe
12. Maggie By My Side
13. Camptown Ladies
14. Hard Times
15. Gems From Lucia No.2, No.3
16. The Shanghai Chicken
17. Beautiful Dreamer
18. Ah! May The Red Rose Live Away
19. Nelly Bly
20. I Dream Of Jeannie
21. O Susannah & Some Folks

Customer Reviews:

Amid fine work, a new star!.......2004-09-28

Baird, Russell and Van Buskirk give fine performances in a splendid
program, but tenor Frederick Urrey [his Foster recording debut?] is a sensation! A glorious voice, with a perfect command of style in
operatic, ballad, ensemble and even comic scenes, his Melinda May is breathtaking, his Beautiful Dreamer is the best on records, his
duets charm and his drunken husband is a gas! He has it all!! In my 25 years of total immersion in Foster and his era, I have never
even dreamt of hearing an artist of such stature. Foster was said to have a fine voice and to sing his music better than any other.
I pray we now hear more of SF's songs as he must have sung them!

Stephen Foster Would Be Proud.......2004-02-26

Linda Russell is a remarkable woman. I have every CD she has done and I've never been disappointed in the high quality recordings she releases. I consider her every bit of an historian as the authors of history books.
This collection of Stephen Foster tunes, one of two that Russell has partaken in, is a rousing collection of the musical sounds of the mid-19th century. Soprano Julianne Baird and tenor Frederick Urrey join in with Ms. Russell's alto vocals to make a truly remarkable ensemble (including the musicians playing the mountain dulcimer, fortepiano, fiddle, hammered dulcimer, recorder, and accordion - all on authentic antique instruments). All combined show off the genius that Stephen Foster was - the 19th century's top songwriter who wrote music for ALL time, not just his time.
But if it wasn't for the musical reenactors (on CD at least) of Russell and company many of these long lost gems might have stayed hidden, sadly unheard. Some choral music, a feel of opera, a bit of traditional folk all mixed together to make what I feel is an authentic piece of musical history.
Here's hoping that Linda Russell and friends continue in the making of traditional music - Christmas and popular.
Ms. Russell, do you ever tour? We'd love to see you here in Michigan!

Foster at his simple best.......2002-01-22

What a delicious surprise this little album is, and from the ..... date, it appears to have been around for a few seasons, but is utterly new to me. I am a Julianne Baird fan from the get-go, but was pleasantly taken aback at her appearance on an album of American songs with folk balladeer Linda Russell (who plays dulcimers, mountain fiddles and all manner of country instruments and sings with the earthy texture of Judy Collins). But as usual Baird finds a way to integrate her own exquisite sensibilities and artistry into the assignment and makes a touching case for the simple and heart-rending Foster tunes--this is, after all, "early music" in which she excels--American "Early Music." Tenor Fred Urrey is another find and he likewise blends wonderfully into the surroundings. In fact, the three diverse artists hit their stride in a haunting trio rendition of Old Black Joe. Keyboard and string instruments have a ghostly and authentic ring to them as well. indeed, after the pompous and overblown Foster CDs of better-known opera singers in the bins today, this is so welcome. A treasure!
Get it today.

Well-rounded and convincing.......2000-10-27

This is an excellent rendition of Stephen Foster's songs, capitalizing on the duality inherent in the repertoire: the beautiful parlor ballads and the rowdy folk-inspired tunes. Especially remarkable is the fact that the performers bring to the music the "early music" sensibility (Julianne Baird is renowned as a performer of Elizabethan lutesongs)--this sensibility urges the performers to be as historically accurate as possible, performing on original/reproduction instruments. Also of note is the fact that it is a collaboration between classical and folk musicians: soprano, alto, tenor, fortepiano, fiddle, mountain and hammered dulcimers, harmonica, recorder, and accordian. Linda Russell (alto, mountain dulcimer) is lyrical and moving with her "folkie" voice, perfectly complementing the other "cultivated" voices and grounding them on the occasions they come together in poignant harmony.

I only wish that they had incorporated a 19th c. parlor guitar to round out the ballads. Overall, however, one can well imagine that this is indeed the way the music sounded. As one of America's first "popular song" writers, the present performers succeed in doing him justice by incorporating many styles of 19th c. popular musics, avoiding the anachronistic "bluegrass" sound often used in performances of this repertoire, and never succumbing to waves of overly self-indulgent nostalgia.

Average customer rating: NOT BAD NOT BAD

The Greatest Love Songs From The Musicals (Musical Compilation) Manufacturer: Madacy Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Lehár, Franz | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Porter | Porter, Cole | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Soundtracks General | Soundtracks | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Soundtracks General | Soundtracks | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Broadway & Vocalists | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Soundtracks | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Broadway's Greatest Love Songs My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs More Broadway's Greatest Love Songs ASIN: B000000KAR Release Date: 1995-04-16

Tracks:

1. Aspects Of Love: Love Changes Everything - John Barrowman
2. The King And I: Hello Young Lovers - Valerie Masterson
3. My Fair Lady: On The Street Where You Live - Henry Wickham
4. Oliver!: As Long As He Needs Me - Josephine Barstow
5. The Phantom Of The Opera: All I Ask Of You - John Barrowman/Claire Moore
6. Once On This Island: The Human Heart - P.P. Arnold
7. Grease: Hopelessly Devoted To You - Shona Lindsay
8. Jesus Christ Superstar: I Don't Know How To Love Him - Maria Friedman
9. Camelot: If Ever I Would Leave You - Robert Meadmore
10. The Merry Widow: Words Forbidden (The Merry Widow Waltz) - Eiddwen Harrhy/Alan Oake
11. South Pacific: Some Enchanted Evening - Thomas Allen
12. Kiss Me Kate: So In Love - Diana Montague

Customer Reviews:

NOT BAD.......2001-05-06

OK MANY GREAT SONGS THOUGH SOME UNNECCARY AND MISSING SOME

NOT BAD.......2001-05-06

OK MANY GREAT SONGS THOUGH SOME UNNECCARY AND MISSING SOME

Average customer rating: Woman with Chutzpah Why was this album produced?

Beth Loves Bob: The Songs of Bob Dylan Beth Scalet Manufacturer: marais des cygnes music & recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Paupers, Peasants, Princes & Kings: The Songs of Bob Dylan Trouble: The Jamie Saft Trio Plays Bob Dylan It Ain't Me Babe Mostly Dylan Simple Twist of Fate ASIN: B000065ENU Release Date: 2001-12-01

Tracks:

1. The Times They Are A-Changing
2. Knockin' on Heaven's Door
3. Girl of the North Country
4. Blind Willie McTell
5. Corrina Corrina/Takes a Lot to Laugh (medley0
6. Down in the Flood
7. Like a Rolling Stone
8. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
9. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
10. Boots of Spanish Leather
11. All Along the Watchtower
12. Don't Think Twice/Just Like a Woman (medley)

Album Description

A fine collection of Bob Dylan songs recorded in an all-live, all-acoustic studio session with a very intimate feel. Includes the definitive version of the little-known gem "Blind Willie McTell" and a blistering acoustic roller-coaster ride version of "Like a Rolling Stone." Must have for serious Dylan fans.

Customer Reviews:

Woman with Chutzpah.......2005-10-01

Hearing Dylan's songs from a female perspective and voice is rather refreshing I think.

Why was this album produced?.......2005-06-06

As an avid Dylan fan, I'm always looking for great cover albums of his work to see how others rework and reinterpret his music. This album, recorded by folk veteran Beth Scalet, is virtually unlistenable. Scalet brings little in the way of interpretation, and her off-key voice waxes and wanes in strength throughout. This is like having to sit and listen to your elderly aunt perform all her favorite Dylan tunes while time stands still. Not recommended.

Average customer rating:

Songwriters On Beale St. Various Artists Manufacturer: Syren ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Country | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Revival | Folk | Styles | Music General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000028TYQ Release Date: 1999-11-02

Tracks:

1. Tulsa Time - Danny Flowers
2. Dreaming With My Eyes Open - Tony Arata
3. You Got Gold - Keith Sykes
4. Delta Dawn - Alex Harvey
5. Back In My Younger Days - Danny Flowers
6. A Lover Is Forever - Fred Knobloch
7. Hank Williams, You Wrote My Life - Paul Craft
8. Ballad Of A Teenage Queen - Jack Clement
9. Ruben James - Alex Harvey
10. The Dance - Tony Arata
11. Miller's Cave - Jack Clement
12. Brother Jukebox - Paul Craft
13. Volcano - Keith Sykes

Average customer rating: Great tribute!

Tribute to Joni Mitchell Manufacturer: Henning Olsen ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CA3OI8 Release Date: 2002-10-08

Tracks:

1. Free Man in Paris
2. Night Ride Home
3. Woodstock
4. Black Crow
5. Sunny Sunday
6. Help Me
7. Passion Play
8. Big Yellow Taxi
9. The Dawntreader
10. Chelsea Morning
11. Both Sides, Now
12. I Had a King

Customer Reviews:

Great tribute!.......2007-06-27

I love all of Joni's songs. Some of these songs are being played by other people for Jazz station play!. She is timeless. People used to call her a folk singer! I never believed that even back in the 70's! She's unique and these folks are giving her a good tribute. They are true to her vibe with good musicianship!
I wish they'd do more.

Average customer rating: Exotic Ambient

Ether Static Vol.2 Motive Manufacturer: Ten Dances Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music Jazz Fusion | Jazz | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B0001F0VG2 Release Date: 2004-01-27

Tracks:

1. Forgotten Dances
2. Unseen
3. Distant Frieght Train
4. Blured Light
5. Look of Her Eyes
6. Dark Ocean
7. Y.K.W.I.S.
8. Time Bender
9. 7Th Sister
10. I Lost My Logic
11. Ancient Static

Album Description

The music of Ether Static Vol.2 is Richard Ashes personal musical exploration into the Realm of exotic ambient music.On Vol.2 Richard plays many unusual hand made musical instruments such as Bowed psaltery,Koto,Hammered Dulcimer,Nigerian frame drums,Native American flutes,Talking drums,Wind tubes,Violins,Cello,Bass Clarinet,classical guitar,vocals,as well as some custom made electronics.Ether Static Vol.1 took off immediately on release in Canada.Vol.2 took years of work but is Richards personal favorite.Richard is mostly known for his group Ashe(also here on CDBaby).A vocal group successful on over 100 American and international radio stations.Ether Static is Richards Ear candy.Music made with out concern for commercial markets but rather just made simply for the love of music..The result is a rare and exotic musical experience.

Customer Reviews:

Exotic Ambient.......2004-02-12

I was familiar with the Vocal group Ashe and have always enjoyed Richards musical ideas.Ashe always seemed to me as the "thinking persons"pop group with a certain element of poetic license,both musically and lyricially.Richards "Ether Static" is a very different music all together.First it is almost all instrumental.Second the instruments are mostly acoustic and have a very ancient and visual quality.In some of the songs the instruments are almost all classical.I.E.Classical guitar,flute,violins,cellos,but somehow the music sounds as if it was played on completely different instruments..There is a timeless quality to this CD..Interesting and completely differnt.This is the only CD i have heard that I would call"Exotic Ambient".Excellent!

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