Music while building

[AlanG]

Steve, Tim. If you like folk music then if you could stretch your taste out to some non-English music, i can highly recommend Skald, Eivor, Garmarna, Heilung and Wardruna

[Tim Marlow]

Something to look out for….got to be better than some of the dross my pub band plays….

[Airborne01]

Bit newer, Bella Hardy, songs lost and stolen….another excellent album! Oh, while I’m at it, anything by the Carolina Chocolate Drops or Rihannon Giddens. Anything you can recommend?

None of the above - not seen ... will check though. thanks

Steve, Tim. If you like folk music then if you could stretch your taste out to some non-English music, i can highly recommend Skald, Eivor, Garmarna, Heilung and Wardruna

Alan, thanks for that - I will definitely check these bands out; I can definitely pass some alternatives to you once the effect of a day on the p--s with some ex-squaddy mates has worn off! World folk music has been my comfort zone for many a year - and may it remain so I hope!

[Airborne01]

…and John Martyn, Joan Baez, The men they couldn’t hang, Lindesfarne, Chas and Dave (superb live), Martin Carthy…… the list was pretty much endless! Always someone superb that you hadn’t heard of before…..

The Albion Band - in all its iterations - superb sweep of themes!

[Tim Marlow]

Saw Ashley Hutchins both with them and his own band , I’ve also got half a dozen of his albums, including the Morris on stuff……saw a great Easter song set in Salisbury art centre about thirty five years ago….I do need to get out more LOL…..
Check Rhiannan Giddens, seriously! Probably the best around at the moment. She’s replaced Sandy Denny (not Joni though) in my affections !

[Airborne01]

Saw Ashley Hutchins both with them and his own band , I’ve also got half a dozen of his albums, including the Morris on stuff……saw a great Easter song set in Salisbury art centre about thirty five years ago….I do need to get out more LOL…..
Check Rhiannan Giddens, seriously! Probably the best around at the moment. She’s replaced Sandy Denny (not Joni though) in my affections !

Morris On, Son of Morris, and others of that Ilk - I have them and listen to them regularly! superb themes of love, loss, social deprivation and (occasionally) seduction and 'love' ... Sandy Denny =yum, yum, yum! Rhiannan is a singer I will definitely research based on your recommendations, What about the Black family...?

[dalej2014]

Streaming via Spotify. All kinds of ambient and laid back tunes while modelling. For the audiophiles among you - Arcam AVR600, Monitor audio gold speakers (5.0) and streamed digitally (optical) from a Sony Bravia TV. When I'm listening to music purely it varies from Hawkwind to Lee Perry, and the Blues to Ghost, with anything in between. A wide and eclectic taste in music., honed over many years, and some funny smokes! (Now long a thing of the past).

[AlanG]

Alan, thanks for that - I will definitely check these bands out; I can definitely pass some alternatives to you once the effect of a day on the p--s with some ex-squaddy mates has worn off! World folk music has been my comfort zone for many a year - and may it remain so I hope!

Whilst i like British folk music, these last few years i've gotten into Nordic folk music. Viking chant music is a biggie for me. I also listen to a few Nordic rock/metal bands such as Merta etc.
I'm finding as i get older my world journey in the quest for music is becoming more passionate. I feel we on this tiny island are musically far to insular at times.

[tr1ckey66]

Nothing zones me out like building a model and listening to Test Match Special - bliss!
As for music - Des O’Connor’s ’Dick-a-Dum-Dum’ on loop
Paul

[rtfoe]

I'm now listening to A. Vivaldi: RV 118 / Concerto for strings & b.c. in C minor / Budapest Strings while I surf the net and typing on this forum.

I was listening to Eva Cassidy a while back. Discovered her back in 2012 while re-watching the movie Love Actually and one of the songs "Songbird" from Fleetwood Mac was covered by her and liked her covers of other songs since.

Cheers,
Richard

[Dave Ward]

I'm now listening to A. Vivaldi: RV 118 / Concerto for strings & b.c. in C minor / Budapest Strings while I surf the net and typing on this forum.

I was listening to Eva Cassidy a while back. Discovered her back in 2012 while re-watching the movie Love Actually and one of the songs "Songbird" from Fleetwood Mac was covered by her and liked her covers of other songs since.

Cheers,
Richard

Richard,
One of the 'what ifs' of music. Her early death cut short what would have been an influential career. Her version of 'Fields of Gold' still brings a tear to my eye ( it was played at a funeral of a very good friend of mine ).
I believe there's only one video of her performing live, in some basement club
Dave

[Tim Marlow]

Not wanting to pour cold water over this, but Cassidy’s version of “over the Rainbow” is as awful as the original is sublime. Mind you, I think Lennon’s “Imagine“ is a terrible dirge as well, so what do I know :tongue-out3:

[wotan]

For all the folkies here if you can find them check out Vishten from Prince Edward Island, or le vent du nord from Quebec.

John

[rtfoe]

Richard,
One of the 'what ifs' of music. Her early death cut short what would have been an influential career. Her version of 'Fields of Gold' still brings a tear to my eye ( it was played at a funeral of a very good friend of mine ).
I believe there's only one video of her performing live, in some basement club
Dave

Yup missed talent.

Not wanting to pour cold water over this, but Cassidy’s version of “over the Rainbow” is as awful as the original is sublime. Mind you, I think Lennon’s “Imagine“ is a terrible dirge as well, so what do I know :tongue-out3:

Tim, no her rendition of OTR is the one that's so personal and arranged so differently that it becomes timeless. The original needs the movie or play to back it up. Lennon of course does "Imagine" better.

Cheers,
Richard

[Tim Marlow]

Yup missed talent.


Tim, no her rendition of OTR is the one that's so personal and arranged so differently that it becomes timeless. The original needs the movie or play to back it up. Lennon of course does "Imagine" better.

Cheers,
Richard

Funny how we all hear things differently Richard. To me her version has suspect timing, poorly altered melody, and is overblown and histrionic to the extreme. Judy’s version is just purity personified. Utterly perfect.
Imagine is a dirge whoever sings it though……