Analog Impressions

Awesome Trombone Shorty mini-gig on NPR Music Tiny Desk. 

The superlative Billie Holiday, a unique voice in more ways than one.

Virtuosity, musicality and humor. What more can you want?

I discovered Hindi Zahra on Google + and purchased a cheapo acoustic EP on download to explore further. This song is on it. Love her delicate voice, very unusual in jazzy vocals. 

Really need to check out 24 Pesos’ records…

WOW! I saw Julian of 24pesos live 15 years ago and was blown away then. This is just stunningly cool! 

I must have seen this a number of times, and of course this interpretation of the song has been used in countless documentaries, movies, etc. So much that I guess i must have become jaded. And yet when I watch it now, I’m struck again at how powerful, the song and the interpretation are… 

Wow.

Good ole greasy soul music…

Yup, that’s my kinda funk! 

Kashmir is one of the most interesting shifts in rock music, I think. This is a live version from 1975.

Damn, but I’ll never tire of hearing the Wood Brothers. 

I just LOVE the sound of that old piano. I need to delve deeper into the New Mastersounds…

Old School funk as delivered by Fred Wesley and the New JBs may not be hugely inventive, but who cares ? It just grooves to high heaven. 

Mediterranean Sundance from Friday Night in San Francisco, one of my favourite albums of all time…