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Sunday, July 8, 2012

Goat Rodeo Sessionsgood

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The Goat Rodeo Sessions Live brings cellist Yo-Yo Ma, fiddler Stuart Duncan, bassist Edgar Meyer and mandolinist Chris Thile together for a one-night only concert filmed at the House Of Blues in Boston, MA.

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Goat Rodeo Sessions Live, April 25, 2012

Cookin' Dad - See all my reviews

This review is from: Goat Rodeo Sessions (DVD)

We saw the cinecast of this concert in a movie theater on January 31, 2012. It was extraordinary, and I couldn't be happier that it's finally being released on DVD. The individual artistry and the tight ensemble playing are second to none. You won't be disappointed.

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Brain Candy, May 27, 2012

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This review is from: Goat Rodeo Sessions (DVD)

Saw Goat Rodeo on PBS TV, 4 amazing virtuoso musicians having a great time, my review title is "Brain Candy" because I think just listening to this ensemble will make you smarter (at a minimum it will stimulate your brain in a good way), the sound is like nothing you have heard. If you enjoy super high quality creative music you will love this I think. My wife who is not a music person at all was saying what is this? My 17 year old boy on the other hand was saying, "Mom" this is really good, so musical quality and musicality can be appreciated across generations and by most everyone that appreciates great quality instrumental music.

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An unusual and entertaining concept of music making of high quality, July 6, 2012

I. Giles (Argyll, Scotland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Goat Rodeo Sessions [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

This recording of the `Goat Rodeo' sessions records the first public performance of this group of musicians who are a group of talented and technically skilful musicians from different genres who might never normally meet musically. This opening statement is to paraphrase the comment by Stuart Duncan made as his descriptor of the group. To paraphrase another group member, Yo Yo Ma adds that for some, this music is `outside the box' but for these musicians there is no box. It is normal and just what they do.

In struggling to describe the music contained in this recording I found myself outside the box but struggling to get in! This is not `cross-over' music but it is made up of an amalgamation of several contributing genres. These could loosely be described as containing elements of country & western, blues, a bit jazzy at times, elements of modern classical and all put together in a uniquely individual manner relying on individual talents blended to produce something... Read more

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Solo: Live in Marcevolbest

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French/Spanish virtuoso Renaud GarcÃa-Fons easily transgresses genres
like flamenco, jazz, and classical music in this incredible performance,
recorded and filmed live at the Marcevol Monastery in France before a
mesmerized audience.
In addition to his bass playing, he adds percussive sounds and electronic
loops to his instrumental sounds.
Universally accepted as about the finest double bass player today, playing
the major festivals on all continents.
DVD specs not provided.

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one for the ages, March 19, 2012

K. Knox (Boulder, CO USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Solo - The Marcevol Concert (MP3 Download)

For me the arrival of this album was an auspicious "full circle" in my exposure to this great musician, since the first thing I heard of his was his solo album "Légendes" many years ago. In the intervening years he's produced an incredible body of intricate compositions exploring and synthesizing music from all over the world into a unque and instantly-recognizable style. Check out "Oriental Bass" for one example of the kind of intricate world music he composes.

Without a doubt the world's greatest bass player and an amazing composer, on his new CD Garcia-Fons provides a concise sampling of most of the types of music he's immersed himself in over the years, from Middle Eastern to Flamenco to jazz, rock and classical. Every sound on this live recording is produced by his bass, albeit with some looping. Who needs an orchestra when you're your own orchestra?!

Garcia-Fons never seems to let his virtuosity get ahead of his heart and impeccable taste, and in... Read more

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Saturday, July 7, 2012

From the Lions Mouthsuper

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Vinyl LP pressing. Digitally remastered edition of the 1981 sophomore album from the British Post-Punk outfit. Produced by Hugh Jones, the album is more richly layered than their debut, fusing the band's atmospheric, affecting sound with a set of accessible yet invigorating songs. At the time, From The Lions Mouth gained great marks from the British music press, but did not break the band beyond its devoted cult of fans. Now it is considered a post-punk classic. A relatively restrained but vital follow-up to the charged and ragged Jeopardy, From The Lions Mouth proves that The Sound's critical stature among the post-punk elite was no fluke. A more robust recording budget allows them to explore a fuller, more cohesive sound, while Adrian Borland's lyrics are even more introspective (a jarring turn after the often political bent of Jeopardy). The bleak nature of the lyrics would be the first true displays of Borland's mercurial nature. While he waged a tragically losing battle with depression for the rest of his life, it's hard not to view this album as an enduring and fascinating document of the beginnings of madness.

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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful

Gone but very definitely not forgotten, February 8, 2003

Robert Moore (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: From the Lions Mouth (Audio CD)

Even during the eighties, few of my friends who were passionate music fans seemed to know this extraordinary band. Listening to this album today, it is inconceivable that these guys weren't huge in the US. They had it all: tremendous, tremendous songs, great vocals, a tight band with a great eighties sound. I truly feel that The Sound was as good as Wire, the Blue Aeroplanes, and the Cure at their best, and better than many other excellent bands like Joy Division, Gang of Four, and Echo and the Bunnymen. Anyone doubting me needs to hear these songs.

The album starts off with one of my favorite songs by the band, "Winning," which is unlike the suffering laments so popular with bands in the eighties (the chorus goes: "I was going to drown/Then I started swimming/I was going down/Then I started winning"--not exactly Morrissey). The way vocalist Adrian Borland punctuates the word "winning" indicates this isn't wishful thinking, but a resolution... Read more

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A forgotten post-punk masterpiece, April 2, 2002

Michael Paulsen (Rancho Santa Margarita, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: From the Lions Mouth (Audio CD)

FROM THE LION'S MOUTH should be one of the most important -- certainly alternative -- albums of the 80's. Unfortunately, The Sound never achieved a cult status on the level of Joy Division, The Smiths or The Pixies (and other "fathers" of alternative), and were therefore confined to obscurity. Of The Sound's early 3 albums, FROM THE LION'S MOUTH is the essential one to own -- a peak sophomore achievement. Their blend of angular guitars, throbbing bass and mimimalist keyboard fills, combined with the late Adrian Borland's intense, emotive vocals created a "sound" that was quite unorthodox yet exciting and intoxicating, particularly for the year 1981. A great album to point to whenever some misguided fool tries to dismiss all 80's music as slick, commercial trash. From the stunning opener "Winning" to the closing, anti-Thatcher-era rant "New Dark Age", this album is simply incredible for its time. Also added as a hidden bonus track: the 1981 non-album single "Hothouse".

It's good to... Read more

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this really is a 'lost classic'..., October 23, 2005

mARKst (Edinburgh) - See all my reviews

This review is from: From the Lions Mouth (Audio CD)

The period 1980 to about 1983 was when I really discovered music as a teenager, I listened to John Peel a lot and started buying all sorts of what was then fairly obscure music. But somehow, despite discovering everything from Joy Division to Gang of Four, Wire to Nick Cave and the of course the Velvet Underground, I never quite got into the Sound. I had one session on tape off John Peel from about 1982, and Annie Nightingale used to play the Sound alongside the Comsat Angels and Echo & the Bunnymen, their direct contemporaries. So now, having finally gotten hold of the newly re-issued LP 'From the Lions Mouth', I can confirm what I was always told - this is a true Lost Classic from the heyday of Post Punk. In terms of complexity, tension and sonic power, this is way ahead of the Bunnymen and U2, and is rivaled only by Joy Division in dark urban poetic savagery tinged with an epic melancholy. Or something like that. Overall, this LP hangs together as a whole, which was a trait... Read more

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