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Broken Man 1999 wrote: Tue Mar 28, 2023 12:20 pm Bob Dylan's 30th Anniversary Concert

Best covers of Dylan's songs ever, IMHO.
That is a great concert - I say that as someone who loves Dylan's songs but is less keen on his voice (I know I know... I'll walk myself to the wood shed and someone will be along shortly to beat me :D ) . I love that Tracy Chapman version of times are changing...

Edit: Should have added one to roll the thread forward. Here is one that most here probably would not know - but one of the great singer/song writers IMO - Paul Kelly
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Grateful Dead. I need my daily tunes.
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Long overdue and a wonderful exploration of her music, Joni Mitchell: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize (PBS video).

Annie Lennox’s version of Both Sides Now is amazing.
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rob wrote: Wed Mar 29, 2023 10:26 pm
Broken Man 1999 wrote: Tue Mar 28, 2023 12:20 pm Bob Dylan's 30th Anniversary Concert

Best covers of Dylan's songs ever, IMHO.
That is a great concert - I say that as someone who loves Dylan's songs but is less keen on his voice (I know I know... I'll walk myself to the wood shed and someone will be along shortly to beat me :D ) . I love that Tracy Chapman version of times are changing...

Edit: Should have added one to roll the thread forward. Here is one that most here probably would not know - but one of the great singer/song writers IMO - Paul Kelly
As a song writer I believe Dylan has no equal. But his voice is better suited to a mime. :D

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Broken Man 1999 wrote: Sun Apr 02, 2023 10:52 am As a song writer I believe Dylan has no equal. But his voice is better suited to a mime. :D

Broken Man 1999
Broken Man, I was tempted to quip “I didn’t know you were a song writer” :D

But seriously his voice was never really good but it used to be better. Listen to his early albums. David Bowie compared his voice to “sand and glue” in his 1971 song Song For Bob Dylan. He even imitated him in the song.

But decades of tobacco use and age have taken their toll. I ran across this article What Happened to Bob Dylan’s Voice? A Doctor Explains. Here’s the link: https://www.vulture.com/2015/02/why-doe ... -that.html

Even so, it doesn’t diminish my affection for him.
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King Crimson - "Indiscipline"

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Random Musings wrote: Sun Apr 02, 2023 9:01 pm King Crimson - "Indiscipline"

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retireIn2020 wrote: Wed Apr 05, 2023 2:38 am Zombie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ejga4kJUts
Make sure you check out the Bad Wolves version if you have not already....
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JS Bach: Brandenburg Concertos: Isabelle Faust, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Antoine Tamestit https://youtu.be/cK5lXoOX4Qo
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Glen Campbell, Lineman for the county. I used to like this one when I was a young child.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjzTNWWO7U0
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retireIn2020 wrote: Wed Apr 05, 2023 2:28 am Crazy on You.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVcl0Iw3fs8
I like this one, too.
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https://youtu.be/4hjgkvuKES8

"Hallelujah - Lucy Thomas - (Official Music Video)"

From Timeless, her third album. When she recorded it she was 16 or 17.

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From https://americansongwriter.com/behind-t ... ard-cohen/

"Significant Covers

To date, there are more than 300 known versions of the song, with likely thousands more done by hobbyist musicians and local bands.

Bob Dylan was one of the first to perform Cohen’s song in concert. Since then, artists like Brandi Carlile, Regina Spektor, Willie Nelson, Pentatonix, Bono, Bon Jovi, and many more have performed the track. And Chester Bennington sang it for Chris Cornell’s funeral.

But the few that everyone knows are done by Wainwright, Cale, Buckley, and singer k.d. lang. Each performer puts their own spin on the tune, providing a sense of ultimate forlorn, hope, joy, or curiosity.

Cale was the first to record a cover version, doing so in 1991 on his album I’m Your Fan, a Cohen tribute album (check out his HERE). His rendition offers more melody and musicality than Cohen’s signature drier version does. It also gives off a rock and roll feel.

Cale’s 1991 version incorporated lyrics that Cohen had only performed live. Cale had seen Cohen sing the song live and asked him for examples of the original drafts. Cohen reportedly faxed Cale 15 pages of lyrics and Cale says that he “went through and just picked out the cheeky verses.”"
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andypanda wrote: Sat Apr 08, 2023 7:43 am https://youtu.be/4hjgkvuKES8

"Hallelujah - Lucy Thomas - (Official Music Video)"
Great voice but to me this is one of those songs that needs the gravel voice....
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Instant Karma! — John Ono Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band
https://youtu.be/xLy2SaSQAtA

Watch for Mal Evans on the tambourine! :D

“Instant Karma!" was conceived, written, recorded, and released within a period of ten days, making it one of the fastest-released songs in pop music history.
(Actually written and recorded on the same day, 27 January, 1970). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_Karma!
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Classical

Pauline Oliveros: Crone Music
John Luther Adams: Canticles of the Holy Wind
Helmut Lachenmann: Zwei Gefühle & Solo Works
J.S. Bach: Matthäus Passion (Furtwängler, cond.)
Nicolas de Grigny: Hymns (Marie-Claire Alain, organ)
François Couperin: Messe pour les couvents (Olivier Latry, organ)
Lv. Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Op., 109, 110, 111 (Yves Nat, pf)

Jazz

Black Salt: Lucien Ban and Abraham Burton
Gentle Rain: Marcus Printup, Riza Printup
The Epic: Kamasi Washington
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Renaissance albums. I miss Annie Haslams 5 octave singing.

Sample here:

https://youtu.be/c3kldrEx44s
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Freefun wrote: Sat Apr 08, 2023 7:48 pm Renaissance albums. I miss Annie Haslams 5 octave singing.

Sample here:

https://youtu.be/c3kldrEx44s
Live at Carnegie Hall was a masterpiece. Annie still tours around the northeast US occasionally. She can still hit those high notes!
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Moondance & Astral Weeks — Van Morrison
https://youtu.be/mEqHjgLKS9E
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5 ... QyYxvf-iQw

Leadbelly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5 ... 8SW4RbJQsA
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Truckin’ — Live cover by Bob Dylan, Tokyo, Japan, 12 April, 2023
https://www.jambase.com/article/bob-dyl ... over-tokyo
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Dido, Take my Hand
Dido, Thank You
Diana Krall, I’ve Got You Under My Skin
Lady Gaga, Alejandro
Frank Sinatra, All or Nothing at All
Seal, Kiss of the Rose
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Bob Weir's album, Ace
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New to me, I'm listening to Spotify DJ. Apparently an AI that plays music based on your past listening, using both songs you know and those it "thinks" you might like. Requires a premium subscription.

https://support.spotify.com/us/article/dj/

I've been listening for less than an hour, but it seems a better fit for me than other curated lists. It started with some hawaiian slack key; now it's playing an Ondara (Give Me a Moment) that I didn't know.

I can't find a way to see the list of what it will play next, or after that. Or how to shift styles and genres. But it's interesting.

I do sample many/most of the recommendations in this thread.
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Sat. night Philly blues show on WXPN. Featuring a blues artist I'm not familiar with:

Boo Boo Davis.

Lots of good harmonica tonight.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boo_Boo_Davis
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ReN - Holding Out For A Hero: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFBaG1m1u2A

One of the songs played in the movie Tetris.
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It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue — Cover of the Dylan song by Them.
https://youtu.be/jdb_3H-28dE

Gloria & Here Comes the Night — Them
https://youtu.be/VlWiQ69DGE0
https://youtu.be/zSzlqr_MyTc
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From my "Chill" playlist that I use when walking, etc.

Kanita - S'jemi ne (N.O.A.H Remix)
Kanita - Dont Let Me Go (Gon Haziri Remix)
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Ahmad Jamal, jazz piano with trio. "Poinciana".

RIP. Died at age 92.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0e2G32f3IU
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JAZZISCOOL wrote: Sun Apr 16, 2023 6:52 pm Ahmad Jamal, jazz piano with trio. "Poinciana".

RIP. Died at age 92.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0e2G32f3IU
Interesting. I hadn't realized Poinciana was a jazz standard. I had only heard these two versions:

The Manhattan Transfer - Poinciana

Cal Tjader & Eddie Palmieri - Poinciana
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roamingzebra wrote: Sun Apr 16, 2023 8:11 pm
JAZZISCOOL wrote: Sun Apr 16, 2023 6:52 pm Ahmad Jamal, jazz piano with trio. "Poinciana".

RIP. Died at age 92.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0e2G32f3IU
Interesting. I hadn't realized Poinciana was a jazz standard. I had only heard these two versions:

The Manhattan Transfer - Poinciana

Cal Tjader & Eddie Palmieri - Poinciana
Yes, it is Jamal's "signature song" and has been recorded by many others.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poinciana_(song)
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"A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore." Yogi Berra's financial wisdom.
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Logan Ledger I'm Gonna Get Over This https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6rIjmz ... rt_radio=1

I like the song and his voice. Reminds me of Buddy Holly.
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heartwood wrote: Mon Apr 17, 2023 10:37 am Logan Ledger I'm Gonna Get Over This https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6rIjmz ... rt_radio=1

I like the song and his voice. Reminds me of Buddy Holly.
Thumbs up to this ^^

I'm listening to his first album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znPIN-7 ... okSc96opMQ
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T.B. Sheets — Van Morrison
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JAZZISCOOL wrote: Sat Apr 15, 2023 9:40 pm Sat. night Philly blues show on WXPN. Featuring a blues artist I'm not familiar with:

Boo Boo Davis.

Lots of good harmonica tonight.

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

Checked my meager blues playlist (meager out of laziness, not that I don't like blues, which I do). Okay, got one harmonica (near the end) :

Paul Butterfield - New Walkin' Blues

And guitar blues...
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Pride And Joy (Live at Montreux 1982)
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The Cars, Dangerous Type and Candy-O
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Tiny Tim "Tip toe thru the tulips"

Patti Page "How much is that doggy in the window"
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