Songs From the Tin

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Chris Franck, the multi-instrumentalist behind Smoke City, and DJ Patrick Forge are the brains behind Da Lata, who really became known in 1998 with the single "Pra Manha," which made a big impact in dance clubs. Building on that success, the artists created a wild album whose textures reflect the light, subtle beats and accents of Brazil rather than the four-on-the-floor of dance music. Dierdre Dubois of Ekova helps out with vocals on the opening "Binti," but most of the singing comes from the smoky-voiced Lilliana Chachian. Strings and touches of brass help the arrangements soar, especially on "Rain Song" and the closer "The Tin Within." Like the late Suba, Da Lata came to Brazilian music from the outside without the restrictions of tradition, and they both impose their own ideas on the bossa nova and samba, letting the groove slide sexily around and allowing the hips to do the talking. Close to perfect. --Chris Nickson

Product Description
Latin House. Da Lata Are Christian Franck and Patrick Forge. The Duo Are Accompanied by Brazilian Vocalist Liliana Chachian and Portuguese Percussionist Oli Albergaria Savill.

Songs From the Tin,Da Lata,Palm Pictures (Audio,Brazilian,Club/Dance,Int'l & World Music,Pop,World Fusion,World Music

Average customer rating: Just for kids?? No way!! The best classical album for kids! Great for Preschool Children

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Tracks:

1. The Nutcracker Excerpts (Tchaikovsky)
2. The Nutcracker Excerpts (Tchaikovsky)
3. The Nutcracker Excerpts (Tchaikovsky)
4. Parade of The Wooden Soldiers (Jessel-MacDonald)
5. Carnival of The Animals Excerpts (Saint-Saens)
6. Carnival of The Animals Excerpts (Saint-Saens)
7. Carnival of The Animals Excerpts (Saint-Saens)
8. THe Girl With The Flaxen Hair (Debussy)
9. Hoedown from Rodeo (Copland)
10. Little Waltz from The Toy Box (Debussy)
11. Viennese Musical Clock from Hary Janos (Kodaly)
12. Mother Goose Suite Excerpts (Ravel)
13. Mother Goose Suite Excerpts (Ravel)
14. March of the Siamese Children from The King and I (Rogers)
15. Dreams frin Scenes From Childhood ( Schumann)
16. March of The Toys from Babes In Toyland (Herbert)
17. Childhood Games Excerpts (Bizet)
18. Childhood Games Excerpts (Bizet)
19. The Toy Trumpet Al Hirt, trumpet (Scott)
20. The Little Train of Caipira (Villa-Lobos)
21. The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Dukas)
22. Waltz from The Sleeping Beauty (Tchaikovsky)
23. Lullaby (Brahms)

Customer Reviews:

Just for kids?? No way!!.......2005-04-08

This is wonderful classical music. If the kids like it, great! But, make no mistake about it, this is good for anyone. This is wonderful study music, reading music, or just plain relaxing music. Highlights include "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers"; "March of the Toys" (from BABES IN TOYLAND -- the reason I bought this CD); "The Sorcerer's Apprentice"; "The Little Train of Caipira" (no longer little when the music is over); and the audience favorite "Hoedown" (i.e. "Beef, it's what's for dinner!").

If you're into that whole thing of classical music sharpening a youngster's intellect, then this won't disappoint. If you're just into good old fashioned classical music in general, it won't disappoint you either. Also, I highly recommend to both groups the classical CD BUILD YOUR BABY'S BRAIN.

The best classical album for kids!.......2002-12-12

This is a wonderful album. Very high quality, and every selection is beautiful. My daughter (who usually asks me to turn my classical music off) loves to pretend to gallop like a horse during "Rodeo" and march like a soldier during "Parade of the wooden soldiers". This is a pleasure for the whole family!

Great for Preschool Children.......2000-10-12

I use this CD with my preschool music group. The kids love it! This CD enables children learn about classical music without over extending their attention spans.

Average customer rating: Fresh www.glasswerk.co.uk review Hasn't left my CD player in 4 months distilled! What more can you say?

Distillation Erin McKeown Manufacturer: Signature Sounds ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Contemporary Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Alternative Folk | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Singer Songwriters | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Grand We Will Become Like Birds Monday Morning Cold Sing You Sinners Voices on the Verge: Live in Philadelphia ASIN: B00004YBYQ Release Date: 2000-10-10

Tracks:

1. Queen Of Quiet
2. Blackbirds
3. Didn't They?
4. La Petite Mort
5. The Little Cowboy
6. Daisy And Prudence
7. Fast As I Can
8. You Mustn't Kick It Around
9. How To Open My Heart In 4 Easy Steps
10. Dirt Gardener
11. Love In 2 Parts

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Erin McKeown's quirky, folksy music weds the intimacy of the coffeehouse circuit with the braininess of her daytime gig as an ethnomusicology student at Brown University. Accompanying herself on guitar, piano, banjo, and the odd sampler, this precocious Virginia native has crafted a winning album of original songs that range from the coy minimalism of "Queen of Quiet" to the genuine beauty of "How to Open My Heart in 4 Easy Steps." McKeown infuses her songs with a droll wit and a keen awareness of jazz, blues, and Tin Pan Alley traditions (how many 23-year-olds cover Rodgers and Hart's "You Mustn't Kick It Around"?). With its echoes of Gillian Welch, k.d. lang, Suzanne Vega, and the Handsome Family, Distillation is an eclectic collection of mostly upbeat tunes that play nicely while the barn is burning. --Bill Forman

Customer Reviews:

Fresh.......2007-03-25

She's different than the rest -- some old fashioned sounds with an entirely unique style -- entirely McKeown.

www.glasswerk.co.uk review.......2003-04-09

The topics of uncertainty and love has never been so subtly expressed as Erin McKeown has managed to do so, and in her debut proper 'Distillation' she explores swing, folk and Tin Pan Alley jazz with beguiling consequences. Acoustic guitar number 'Queen of Quiet' is the first and the shortest song, with McKeown's Deep South drawl adding to the uplifting mood set by this opener. 'Blackbirds' develops with a more of a jazz/blues style, delivered with a great deal of swagger, and she manages to do that to more or a lesser degree in every song.

It is with lyrics that the 24 year old excels in the most. Subjects of death among others are dealt with humour and sensitivity, "....we both found heaven right then, you just chose not to come back...." in 'La Petite Mort' a country number with bluegrass roots, and touches on the topics of cocaine and roses in the poignant 'The Little Cowboy' where McKeown reaches Joni Mitchell levels of diva dizziness. The slim production of the record successfully brings out McKeown's ability to use an instrument both rhythmically and sonically. As a result of this the songs sound resolute and bright, with the result that the quieter moments on this record are at times the memorable and striking moments, especially on the quieter times on 'Daisy and Prudence' and the yearning 'Love In 2 Parts' which shows her songwriting to be strong and her delivery impeccable. Swing is also an obvious influence, and provides the jollier moments with a cover of Rodger and Hart's 'You mustn't kick it around' and the quirky 'Didn't They?'. Each song is intricate despite its simplicity, overflowing with invention and sentiment, and is sure to win the hearts of those who cross her path. With 'Distillation' Erin McKeown has proved that less is indeed much, much more.

Ricky

Hasn't left my CD player in 4 months.......2003-02-26

Wow, what can I say, the lady is the complete package, an intersting voice, the most original lyrics and the coolest guitar playing I've heard since Richard Thompson. Hearing blackbird once propelled me to buy Distillation and have not been dissapointed. It has occupied my #1 slot in my 6 disc changer for 4 months, obsessed? I guess!

distilled!.......2003-02-19

She's the queen of quiet and soon the UK is going to see what the US has been keeping from them when her debut album "Distillation" gets a UK release in February. Already very popular and well known among the folk community of the states, this is the 24 year old Erin McKeown's first major release after her two successful 2,500 cassette only releases, a self-titled debut and "Monday Morning Cold" (1998) and. One of America's best-kept secrets and well worth the wait.

Mrs McKeown in her songs achieves the goal of both being distinctly modern, living up to her post-Bjork and Moby comparisons and at the same time old fashioned brining swinging 1920's jazz onto such songs as "Blackbirds". Erin grew up in Virginia and it was at Brown University that she found her unique gift for combining music old and new into her own hybrid style. Very difficult to pigeonhole in one genre toying with everything from modern pop, swing jazz and cabaret. She showcases here all her past influences and love of music and movies. While it's easy to get caught up with the comparisons it must also be said that this is unlike anything else before it, Erin is the first of her kind and it's easier to imagine that in the future people will compare artists to her, instead of visa versa which is a view shared by many writers like Dar Williams, "Don't let anybody tell you that Erin McKeown is the 'next' anyone. She's the very first Erin McKeown, and she's great."

Another extraordinary thing is the production, or lack of it. All of this record is self financed and instead of confining her sound to a soulless generic recording studio Erin and producer David Chalfant relocated to a farmhouse out in Massachusetts. All of the tracks were recorded here and very few have any processed electronic tinkering on them .The songs are refreshingly real sounding and gritty without the usual re-mastering that occurs. What you get is what happened and this, for use of a better word makes it sound real and fresh. The whole thing from the recording to promotion (self promoted from word of mouth and her website) is all very down to earth and grassroots.

Plucky guitar opener "Queen of Quiet" the shortest of the songs offered here, introduces unusual and enchanting vocal stylings not to dissimilar to US singers Kd Lang, but more energetic and uplifting. It also showcases her brilliant song writing with lyrics confessing her to be "The kind of lover that won't run for cover, what kind of lover am I?". Then "Blackbirds", a jazzy, blues style number is so catchy and infectious with it's danceable blues guitar sounds and lovable lyrics harking back in many ways to the children's rhyme with the birds of the same name. If you don't get the urge to dance to this, then check for a pulse. All the songs have smart lyrics from an artist who is offering us everything she is and while some of the best are partly collages of other influences as used on "Blackbirds" she really comes into herself with the more coherent songs like "The Little Cowboy" with the haunting images of roses and cocaine. While we've had ladies giving us distinct and original vocals before, Alanis Morrisette or Ani Difranco for instance, it's the combination her of striking singing and skilful playing of whatever instrument she picks up be it a banjo or a guitar. Smart and very cool.

To the slow emotional "How to open my heart in 4 easy steps". Erin flexing her songwritting muscles again and asking kindly to "Untie these strings, from around my heart" and sadly confessing herself as "undone". That description is appropriate for this and many songs that are so open and overflowing with ideas and emotion. The perfect almost-a-love songs to complete the amazingly eclectic collection of songs.

So cheerful and instantly likable, so diverse that everyone will find something here to there taste. Fans of eclectic musicians like Badly Drawn Boy and the increasingly famous Polyphonic Spree will embrace this album openly. Buy this and then buy her previous albums on re-release soon.

What more can you say?.......2002-04-30

For those of you who feel you've out grown Ani Difranco because you don't like the way she's heading, give this lil gal a try. It's not all political riot grrl angst here. This 5 foot spit fire delivers prose like a emerson on benzedrine. Her Alternate tunings on her guitar change from song to song and give each one a distinctive feel that connects with each word that pours from her mouth. Her Songs move from theme to theme and genre to genre, never lulling in expectation. "Queen of Quiet" breaks it down in an almost contradictory spoken word speech. I've never heard a hop-along country song like "little cowboy" mosey along as if Roy Rogers and Jack kerouac collaborated On The "dusty" Road. Watch this one. She's gonna have more tricks up her sleeve.

Average customer rating: CLASSIC RHYTHMIC AND INSPIRING Wondrous! do yourself a favor Surpringsingly Brazilian

Songs From the Tin Da Lata Manufacturer: Palm Pictures (Audio ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Brazil | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Fusion & World Fusion | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Serious Flying Away Heroes of Nature São Paulo Confessions Time Out of Mind ASIN: B00004UCF3 Release Date: 2000-08-01

Tracks:

1. Binti
2. Cores
3. Rain Song
4. Borboleta
5. Pra Manha
6. Tregua
7. Inae
8. Indo
9. Rio Vida
10. The Tin Within

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Chris Franck, the multi-instrumentalist behind Smoke City, and DJ Patrick Forge are the brains behind Da Lata, who really became known in 1998 with the single "Pra Manha," which made a big impact in dance clubs. Building on that success, the artists created a wild album whose textures reflect the light, subtle beats and accents of Brazil rather than the four-on-the-floor of dance music. Dierdre Dubois of Ekova helps out with vocals on the opening "Binti," but most of the singing comes from the smoky-voiced Lilliana Chachian. Strings and touches of brass help the arrangements soar, especially on "Rain Song" and the closer "The Tin Within." Like the late Suba, Da Lata came to Brazilian music from the outside without the restrictions of tradition, and they both impose their own ideas on the bossa nova and samba, letting the groove slide sexily around and allowing the hips to do the talking. Close to perfect. --Chris Nickson

Album Details

Latin House. Da Lata Are Christian Franck and Patrick Forge. The Duo Are Accompanied by Brazilian Vocalist Liliana Chachian and Portuguese Percussionist Oli Albergaria Savill.

Customer Reviews:

CLASSIC .......2006-10-31

This is not strictly a "Brazilian" CD in that it wasn't made in Brazil. But it may as well have been. "Songs from the Tin" is an instant classic. It has a trance-like, beautiful sound to it...almost Suba-like but more upbeat than "Sao Paulo Confessions". There is almost nothing like "Songs from the Tin" in the entire panorama of "Brazilian" music - "Songs from the Tin" breaks new ground. Indeed, Da Lata have yet to repeat these heights (or indeed have anyone else) - a delight from start to finish.

RHYTHMIC AND INSPIRING.......2006-05-11

"Songs from the Tin" is an explosion of colors, sexy voices, melodic rhythms and eclecticism. Nowadays, it seems difficult to find and album that could both inspire your soul and wake your feet up. Nonetheless, with their very first album, Da lata could not only reinvent Brazilian traditional styles, but also create a breathtaking and sensual collage with no intention but to seduce the listener. An assault on the senses.

A mesmerizing and captivating atmosphere opens the album: whispering, drums, moans; thirty seconds, and you are already intrigued. And suddenly, like a brilliant aurora, the magnificent voice of Dierdre transports you to another world of fantasy and delight. That is "Binti". "Cores" establishes the drums' reign; it is a song to dance while the sun sets. There is a warm delicacy about a song like "The Rain Song", a deep melancholy, a true feeling. Maybe it is Lilliana Chachian's husky voice, maybe it is the sultry guitar. You cannot help but adore it.

"Borboleta" always draws a smile on my face. It starts as a terribly simple composition, stripped down, almost acoustic. Then the violin crying, then the delicate drums, then the guitars murmuring. Seductive. "Pra manha" is a samba I cannot resist. It tempts you, it lures you. You either dance or dance. "Tregua" is exactly that: a moment of rest and relax.

Nevertheless, soon you are impelled to dance again, although this time to a darker, more serious song. It is "Inae". "Indo" is a charming bossa nova, with its exquisite rhythm and its seductive trumpet. Pure bliss. "Rio Vida" is a sun-drenched walk around Brazilian beaches, an impetus, a self-content laughter.

The album closes with a rather haunting, elegant instrumental composition. There is a certain sadness about it, like the lonely coldness of a night that is about to end. It is simply moving.

"Songs from the Tin" is definitely one of my favourite albums: a mixture of passion, sensuality and rhythm. It is a celebration of music, a moment of warmth, a catharsis. It is the album that you will love.

Wondrous!.......2005-12-10

I don't know much about this group, but this is a great album! Brazilian trance-pop with lots of native instruments, including guitars and deep bass drums. Recording is very clean.

Highly recommended.

do yourself a favor.......2005-06-04

turn off your radio that plays all that preprogrammed garbage and listen to this. Da Lata I came across doing the dirty deed of downloading, but now own both their albums...I am not crazy about Serious, as it lacks the easy sensuality of this album. Songs from the Tin explores samba and bossa nova beats where Serious explores more pop and r and b. songs of the tin is a music that puts you in a place and time that you want to be, usually near the ocean in warm weather and in the southern hemisphere. The vocals are smooth and inviting, the rhythms ones you cant forget and altogether the sound is exotic and pleasurable.

Surpringsingly Brazilian.......2003-11-29

As a Brazilian, used to MPB ("Musica Popular Brasileira") and Bossa Nova, I was very surprised by this CD. It represents the continuous evolution and experimentation that defines modern Brazilian music. Like the Brazilian culture, its music is always evolving, providing new interpretations of our memories and opening our eyes to a world of creativity. Some folks might complain about a track or two, but innovation has its risks. This is Brazil.

Average customer rating: A heartwarming and inspiring piece of Irish music history

Ireland's Whistling Ambassador: Tin Whistle Music and Songs from Doolin, County Clare Manufacturer: The Pennywhistler's Press ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD International Folk | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Feadoga Stain Feadoga Stain 2 Heathery Breeze The Irish Low Whistle Mel Bay The Clarke Tin Whistle: Deluxe Edition (Book & CD) ASIN: B00005B5Y8 Release Date: 1995-10-15

Tracks:

1. The Rising Sun, reel
2. The Mason's Apron, Gan Ainm, reels
3. Winnie Hayes's Jig
4. A Song on the Galway and Cliffs of Moher Races
5. The Retreat, set dance
6. The Four Posts of the Bed, single jig
7. The Flip-Flop Song
8. Johnny Sally's Reel
9. The Steamroller MacTeigue's Polka
10. The Milliner's Daughter, reel
11. When Mursheen Went To Bunnan, song
12. Come Into The Town My Fair Lady, single jig
13. The Road To Galway, Gan Ainm, polkas
14. Napoleon Crossing The Rhine, song air
15. Cloich Beaga na Farraige, reel
16. The Boys of Bluehill, hornpipe
17. Boil the Breakfast Early, reel
18. I Saw a Hawk in Dundalk, double jig
19. Sesa Cheo, The Boy in the Gap, reels
20. ThhabhairBhugam, children's song
21. Christmas Day in the Morning, single jig
22. Amazing Grace, St. Anne's Reel, Sporting Nellie, hymn and reels

Album Description

Micho Russell (1915-1994) of Doolin, County Clare was an Irish national treasure. A farmer who became a performer during the folk music revival of the 1960s, Micho was as at home on stage as he was in front of his own turf fire. His vast repertoire of beautiful old tunes, personal warmth and utterly unique approach to playing the tin whistle won him a loyal and enthusiastic following wherever he went.

Ireland's Whistling Ambassador captures the magic of Micho Russell's music and takes the listener on a journey to the very roots of Irish music. The CD features studio, concert and field recordings made by Edward Haber and Bill Ochs between 1990 and 1993. Ireland's Whistling Ambassador was nominated for Best Celtic Album of the Year in the 1995 NAIRD Indie Awards and was included on the "Best of 1995 Lists" of both The Irish Times and Irish Echo newspapers.

The album's running time is 49 minutes. A half-hour companion video, also titled Ireland's Whistling Ambassador, is available. Aside from five minutes of shared material, the audio and video formats are completely different from each other.

Customer Reviews:

A heartwarming and inspiring piece of Irish music history.......2006-11-03

Micho's style is unmistakably his. Having learned to play by ear under the influence of the concertina certainly shaped his playing in a way that it is completely distinguishable from any other whistle player I've ever heard. He is one of the few musicians who I've heard that can effectively use the space between the notes in a musical way. His stories and the history of the tunes that he offers are all part of the show and just as touching as the music. After hearing this album it is easy to see why this man was loved by his audiences across the world and all who knew him personally. From his whistling to the stomping of his foot in the background to his stories and songs, this album captures the essence of one of Ireland's greatest musicians.

Average customer rating: Now Heavenly Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops at its best Nice, Nice, Nice!

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Music | Formats | Music Similar Items: Pops Roundup Fiedler Greatest Hits Arthur Fiedler & The Boston Pops Play the Beatles Pops Stoppers Sixties Classics: The Encore Collection ASIN: B000003FRA Release Date: 1994-10-11

Tracks:

1. Light Cavalry Overture
2. Little Fugue In G Minor
3. Hora Staccato
4. The Love For Three Oranges: March from The Love For Three Oranges
5. Tambourin chinois
6. Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
7. Peer Gynt Suite No. 1: Morning from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
8. Die Walkure: Ride of the Valkyries
9. In the Steppes of Central Asia
10. Oberon: Overture
11. Rodeo: Hoedown from Rodeo
12. Goyescas: Intermezzo from Goyescas
13. William Tell: William Tell : Overture

Tracks:

1. Poet And Peasant Overture
2. The Merry Wives Of Windsor: Overture
3. Lohengrin: Prelude To Act III
4. Hungarian Dance No. 6
5. Peer Gynt Suite No. 2: Solvejg's Song
6. Der Freischutz: Overture
7. Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances
8. Sleigh Ride
9. Mlada: Procession Of The Nobles
10. Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers
11. Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1
12. Gayne: Sabre Dance

Tracks:

1. Reverie
2. Jewels Of The Madonna: Dance Of The Cammoristi
3. Suite No. 3: Air On The G-String
4. Cradle Song
5. Xerxes: Largo
6. Serenade
7. Sadko: Song Of India
8. Gayne Suite No. 1: Lullaby
9. Serenade
10. Spring Song
11. Serenade
12. Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo
13. Quintet No. 11: Minuet
14. Liebestraum
15. None But The Lonely Heart
16. Madama Butterfly: Humming Chorus
17. Hansel And Gretel: Dream Pantomime

Tracks:

1. Tales From The Vienna Woods
2. The Skaters' Waltz
3. Pizzicato Polka
4. Wine, Women And Song
5. Thunder And Lightning Polka
6. Roses From The South
7. The Count Of Luxemburg: Waltzes
8. Music Of The Spheres
9. Acceleration Waltz
10. On The Beautiful Blue Danube

Tracks:

1. Aida: Grand March
2. Babes In Toyland: March Of TheToys
3. Semper Fidelis
4. Suite No. 1: Marche Miniature
5. Yankee Doodle
6. Up The Street
7. The Damnation of Faust: Rakoczy March
8. March Of The Siamese Children
9. Caucasian Sketches: Procession Of The Sardar
10. Sambre et Meuse
11. The Ruins Of Athens: Turkish March
12. Colonel Bogey
13. Dixie
14. American Salute
15. Strike Up The Band
16. Athalie: War March Of The Priests
17. Karelia: Alla marcia
18. Funeral March Of A Marionette
19. Pomp And Circumstance March No. 1
20. Valdres March
21. National Emblem March
22. The Stars And Stripes Forever

Tracks:

1. Cuban Overture
2. Rhapsody In Blue
3. El Salon Mexico
4. Interplay: Gavotte
5. Interplay: Blues
6. Slaughter On Tenth Avenue
7. The Typewriter
8. George M. Cohan Medley: George M. Cohan Medley: Give My Regards To Broadway, Mary's A Grand Old Name, Little Nelly Kelly, You're A Grand Old Flag, You Remind Me Of My Mother, Harrigan, Yankee Doodle Dandy

Tracks:

1. In The Mood
2. Eleanor Rigby
3. Stardust
4. The Three-Penny Opera: Mack The Knife
5. Love Is Blue
6. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
7. Love Me Tender
8. The Syncopated Clock
9. Laura
10. A Man And A Woman
11. Moonlight Serenade
12. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
13. The Brave Bulls: La Virgen De La Macarena
14. Moon River
15. Days Of Wine And Roses
16. Mame
17. I Left My Heart In San Francisco
18. You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
19. Jalousie

Amazon.com

Perhaps I should start by admitting a bias: Many years ago, lying on Boston's grassy Esplanade by the Charles River on warm summer nights, I learned what a symphony orchestra should sound like, with Arthur Fiedler conducting the Boston Pops Orchestra. Those concerts were free; these seven compact discs are not--not quite. But for any lover of light classical music, they are certainly one of the best buys available. The orchestra (essentially the Boston Symphony) is one of the world's greatest; the music, from Smoke Gets in Your Eyes to the Goyescas Intermezzo and Ride of the Valkyries is instantly enjoyable and permanently valuable; the conductor is at the same time genial and exacting, convinced that any music you play, no matter how frivolous, deserves the best you can give it. --Joe McLellan

Customer Reviews:

Now.......2006-11-03

Now, if you are a music-lover, and you like The Boston Pops & Arthur Fiedler. You should get it as soon as posible.
I cannot find any reasonable objection to this product.

Heavenly.......2003-02-02

Highly Pleasing. If you're a Fiedler fan this is a must have one. It encompasses his entire wealth of perception, understanding, knowledge, vision and talent. Buy it now.

Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops at its best.......2000-06-23

Anyone in Love with the Boston Pops during its great Fiedler years should have this set in their CD collection. Hours and hours of all our favorite Pops tunes. Enjoy!

Nice, Nice, Nice!.......1999-11-18

Definitly one of my favorite classical CD's....has a bit of everything, and it's all extremely well played and recognizable. I never go on car trips without it with me. If you buy only one classic CD (set), THIS IS IT!

Average customer rating: old time greatness Kick bum songwriting and singing!

Songs from the Tin Shed Jeff Austin , and Chris Castino Manufacturer: Sci-Fidelity / Mri ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Yonder Mountain String Band Mountain Tracks, Vol. 3 Mountain Tracks, Vol. 4 Town By Town Big Iron World ASIN: B0001IXTOK Release Date: 2004-03-16

Tracks:

1. No Place Like A Road
2. Different Day
3. My Baby's Gone
4. Back Of My Mind
5. Last Day Waltz
6. Steep Grade, Sharp Curves
7. Latent Love
8. Flatiron Suite
9. Sunday Afternoon
10. Paul & Silas
11. Lonley Yukon Stars

Album Description

Yonder Mountain Sting Band's own Jeff Austin and Chris Castino of The Big Wu first met four years and recently came together to record their debut album, Songs from the Tin Shed(Frog Pad Records). Nick Forster of Hot Rize fame plays on the majority of the album and other featured guests include; Sally VanMeter, Darol Anger, Noam Pickelny (Leftover Salmon), and all of Jeff's Yonder Mountain band mates; Ben Kaufmann, Adam Aijala, and Dave Johnston. The album consists primarily of original songs by Austin and Castino, with a few seamless covers thrown in the mix. Grasping a strong hold on the sound of Americana music this talented duo creates a raw, roots blend of folk, country, and bluegrass with a distinctive contemporary edge. Songs from the Tin Shed is sure to please long time YMSB and Big Wu fans alike, along with a wealth of others.

Customer Reviews:

old time greatness.......2004-03-25

This album is one of the best albums released that I can remember. The music provides strong melodies in the fashion of old fiddle tunes, yet has a contemporary feel. Fans of Hot Rize, YMSB and the Big Wu will certainly enjoy this great album.

Kick bum songwriting and singing!.......2004-03-17

I think this CD is totally one of the best things that has ever come out of either of these musicians. Jeff's singing and songwriting is top notch as ever as is Chris's. Chris vocal's are reminicent of an old country style somewhere where Hank Williams Jr. meets Jimmy Rodgers meets Willie Nelson. I highly recommend this to anybody who digs Folk Music, Old Time County, Yonder and The Big Wu.

Average customer rating: Great for home and classroom

Keep On Smiling: Songs By Irving Berlin, 1915 - 1918 Benjamin Sears , and Bradford Connor Manufacturer: Original Cast Record ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Tin Pan Alley | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Traditional & Vocal Pop | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Easy Listening | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000004CRG Release Date: 1996-09-17

Tracks:

1. The Circus Is Coming to Town
2. Araby
3. I've Got a Sweet Tooth Bothering Me
4. Until I Fell in Love With You
5. Cohen Owes Me Ninety Seven Dollars
6. When I Leave The World Behind
7. Down Where The Jack O'Lanterns Grow
8. Polly Pretty Polly (Polly With A Past)
9. The Eyes Of Youth See The Truth
10. The Sterling Silver Moon
11. While The Band Played An American Rag
12. The Voice Of Belgium
13. The Devil Has Bought Up All The Coal
14. They Were All Out Of Step But Jim
15. Smile And Show Your Dimple
16. Dream On Little Soldier Boy
17. When I Get Back To The U.S.A.
18. I'm Gonna Pin My Medal On The Girl I Left Behind
19. Yip-Yip-Yaphank Medley: Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning/Kitchen Police (Poor Little Me)...
20. We're On Our Way To France

Customer Reviews:

Great for home and classroom.......1999-03-21

No other composer so closely kept his fingers on the pulse of American thinking and gave the country so much of what it thought it wanted. "Yiddle on Your Fiddle" tells us more of the second-generation immigrants' desire to become Americanized than all the history and sociology books can ever do. So it is a double pleasure to announce the appearance of "Come on and Hear!: Early Songs by Irving Berlin, 1909-1915" and "Keep on Smiling: Songs by Irving Berlin, 1915-1918," two fantastic CDs or tapes on Oaktown label and released through a friendly little Connecticut company calling itself Original Cast Records. Between the two sets, you have 41 tracks of the Berlin output from "Everybody's Doing It Now" to "We're on Our Way to France." The soloist is Benjamin Sears, who with pianist Bradford Conner has something of a reputation around the Boston area. Now some of this material is duplicated by the more widely known Joan Morrison on two RCA Victor releases, possibly out of print by now; and like those discs could use another voice now and then. (Conner does join in where a duet is called for, but my point remains.) Sears is a capable if not an outstanding baritone, who does justice to these historic expressions of Americana. So not only do I recommend both of these sets for their enjoyment value, but I wish to continue to point out to Social Studies teachers how valuable sets like this would be to classes who have no concept of how people really felt (as opposed to what they merely said and did) "way back when." And I might even stick out my neck so far as to offer to come to any school (in reasonable distance of where I live) to give a sample lesson on how these sets can be used.

Average customer rating: WALLOWITCH & ROSS are Great!

Wallowitch and Ross John Wallowitch & Bertram Ross Manufacturer: Original Cast Record ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000DEOIR Release Date: 2005-04-12

Tracks:

1. Cup of Coffee, A Sandwich and You
2. Turn on the Heat
3. You Stepped out of a Dream
4. Panamania
5. On the Swing Shift
6. I Wish I Had Died at the Alter
7. Who Are You?
8. Too Good for the Average Man
9. Holiday for Strings
10. Pussycat Song
11. Egyptian Ella
12. Tokio Blues
13. Cohen Owes Me Ninety-Seven Dollars
14. Monkey Doodle-Doo
15. I Can Always Find a Little Sunshine in the YMCA
16. I'll Take You Back to Italy
17. Orange Grove in California
18. In My Harem
19. Did Anyone Ever Really Know Joan?
20. Red Rose Rag
21. Bend Down, Sister
22. Up Yours
23. I'm Only Happy, That's All
24. Some Little Bug Is Going to Find You Someday
25. You Must Remember to Forget

Customer Reviews:

WALLOWITCH & ROSS are Great!.......2007-04-06

It helps if you're musical- to appreciate this CD. It also helps if you know the songs and composers. John can take a very early Irving Berlin song, sing it straight (more or less) and it becomes very funny. The two of them are wonderful together. I don't know if i can explain why- but they just are. Listen for yourself and tell ME! (Katie- from Boca).

Average customer rating: Possibly the best Kern collection so far

Silver Linings: Songs by Jerome Kern Manufacturer: Arabesque Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD 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 | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Nostalgia | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Tin Pan Alley | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Ragtime | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000000T5V Release Date: 1992-10-26

Tracks:

1. SILVER LININGS: The Siren's Song
2. SILVER LININGS: Cleopatterer
3. SILVER LININGS: Look For The Silver Lining
4. SILVER LININGS: Rolled Into One
5. SILVER LININGS: Go Little Boat
6. SILVER LININGS: Bungalow In Quogue
7. SILVER LININGS: Bill
8. SILVER LININGS: Lonesome Walls
9. SILVER LININGS: Poor Pierrot
10. SILVER LININGS: Long Ago And Far Away
11. SILVER LININGS: You Couldn't Be Cuter
12. SILVER LININGS: Don't Ever Leave Me
13. SILVER LININGS: I've Told Ev'ry Little Star
14. SILVER LININGS: All The Things You Are

Customer Reviews:

Possibly the best Kern collection so far.......1999-11-17

This album brings you as close to Kern's intentions as you will probably ever get. A rival set on EMI with Kiri Te Kanawa uses full orchestra and her delivery of the nearly operatic numbers do indeed rival Morris's. On the other hand, Morris's mezzo, I believe, does fuller justice to the all of the songs; and as for the use of piano vs. full orchestra, well less is more in this case.

More to the point, Morris sings (as she always does) as if she means every single word. So Kiri's rendition (say) of "Look for the silver lining" is perhaps better sung but that of Morris is more believable. Frankly I would recommend both albums, but this would be the one of choice.

Average customer rating: Stunning debut Don't even think of not buying this album... jangly indie pop From Pop Matters From Glorious Noise, March 2005

Morning Kills The Dark Biirdie Manufacturer: Pop Up Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Rock | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B0007U3JRE Release Date: 2005-03-15

Tracks:

1. Open Letter To Jenny
2. You've Got Darkness
3. The Other Side Of Sunset
4. Kala Lynne
5. Hotel Piano
6. I Got You (On My Mind)
7. To Know That You Need Me
8. Pacifica
9. I'm Going To Tell You Something
10. California Is Waiting

Album Description

This new combo from Los Angles, California writes songs that run the gamut... from Brill Building pop to Tin Pan Alley; roots music to indie pop. It's a hodgepodge of styles that collectively make up what is Biirdie.

Customer Reviews:

Stunning debut.......2006-04-26

Once upon a time, your parents were young and they liked music. They bought albums by people like Billy Joel and Elton John, not because it was hip or cool, but because they liked the songs.

With that said, trying to describe Biirdie's MKTD is almost pointless. One can toss out phrases like "chamber pop" and drop the dreaded Brian Wilson influence and be completely accurate, but in the end this album is about the songs, not the sound. It's extremely refreshing to hear a simple pop album that doesn't try to evoke the classic pop of the Beatles or the Beach Boys or Big Star, nor does it tread in the indie cesspool of new bands trying to ape the Strokes or the Shins (whom I both love).

Completely free of ironic posturing, Biirdie has produced a magnificent debut full of memorable melodies and homespun TLC that deserves a wider audience. One of the top 10 releases of 2005.

Don't even think of not buying this album..........2006-04-06

If you are fortunate enough to have found it... just buy it. It has quickly become one of my favorite albums. This is some of the best music your ears will have the pleasure of hearing. Period.

jangly indie pop.......2005-05-27

a mix between belle and sebastian and the anniversary. very lush sound for such a small operation. really good stuff here.

From Pop Matters.......2005-05-10

Biirdie is a new trio specializing in a slightly trippy brand of chamber pop. On the group's debut CD, Morning Kills the Dark, leader Jared Flamm displays some classy song writing coupled with a strong Phil Spector/Brian Wilson-like production, and the end result is an emotionally powerful and musically diverse effort that will certainly have people taking notice.

You can really feel the love that has gone into the making of this album, which was recorded in Flamm's native Florida, in and around his new home of L.A. and quite a few points in between. It's as honest a record as you're going to hear, as it documents Flamm's travels across the country, touching on universal themes such as love (or more importantly, the loss of love), regret, the restlessness that comes with losing one's direction, and ultimately a glimpse at arriving at some sort of personal realization and redemption. It's one of the few albums that gives a voice to all the little in-between stuff that occupies our lives most of the time; the grey that divides the black and white, or the things that we just can't seem to put our finger on, much less verbally explain to each other. Biirdie are adept at occupying this ground and giving it a definitive shape, all the while delivering music that is constantly fresh yet still somewhat familiar sounding.

Heavy? Well yeah, but Morning Kills the Dark manages to convey these sometimes awkward emotions in the most straightforward and personal way, avoiding the wallowing that too often accompanies this type of subject matter. Flamm, along with singer Kala Savage (sister of The Wonder Years' Fred Savage for all you music trivia buffs) and drummer Richard Gowen, have crafted some exquisite harmonic melodies to wrap around the visual lyrics, recalling everything from the Beach Boys to Brill Building pop to Ben Folds with a dash of The Velvet Underground and Burt Bacharach thrown in for good measure.

Morning Kills the Dark is divided into a "Morning Side" and a "Dark Side", with the more experimental fifth track, "Hotel Piano", (with its Pink Floyd-like elements) acting as a buffer between the two conflicting sides. Oddly enough it's the supposed "Dark Side" that is the poppier and more streamlined of the two, with its accessible melodies and simpler production style making it an increasingly satisfying listen to my ears. "I Got You (On My Mind)" cleverly evokes Burt Bacharach's "What the World Needs Now" with its "love, sweet love" line, and the blend of Framm's and Savage's voices is a little slice of pop heaven. Savage is a stronger presence on these later tunes, which shine brighter because of it. Her vocal on "I'm Going to Tell You Something" is especially sublime and sexy, and the natural interplay between her and Framm is again evident on the excellent "To Know That You Need Me".

The promise of great things to come is hard to ignore here, and Jared Flamm has been making music long enough to realize that he's onto something special with Biirdie. The three members seemingly blend effortlessly as they wind their way through the 10 tracks on Morning Kills the Dark, and while it's clear that this is essentially Flamm's vehicle right now, the others aren't there merely to serve his ideas. Savage and Gowen add their own distinctive stamp to the songs, and Flamm is smart enough to acknowledge this and just let the songs develop naturally.

This is a great album to curl up with on a rainy day, and it just seems to get stronger and deeper with every listen. While the earlier tracks tend to overreach a bit, with their ambitious arrangements sometimes falling just shy of the mark, Morning Kills the Dark is still a fine debut album from a band that will hopefully be laying down the soundtrack to our lives for many years to come.

- 6 April 2005

From Glorious Noise, March 2005.......2005-05-10

Biirdie, by most accounts an indie pop trio with a psychedelic slant, was formed in Daniel Lanois' Silverlake, CA home while he was out of town. On the day before Halloween, 2003, Jared Flamm was housesitting for the accomplished producer when he met Kala Savage (sister of Ben and Fred), who was working locally as an actress. Together, with Flamm's friend Richard Gowen, they jammed in Lanois' living room to songs like "Pale Blue Eyes" for forty minutes at a time. Included in that living room was Dylan's Time Out of Mind piano, which turned out to be magic once again.

The magnificent debut Morning Kills the Dark is divided into two five-track parts - the "Morning Side" and the "Dark Side." As one might expect, the "Morning Side" is exuberant and playful, holding promise and hope for the future in regards to things like friendship, love, and the places we call home. The "Dark Side," conversely, feels somber and melancholy, and dwells on the more trying realities of much of the same subject matter.

From the rise of dawn to the fall of dusk, Morning Kills the Dark features stunning vocal harmonies, lush melodies, and bright instrumentation. Its music fills the air like a warm haze, gently easing the listener down to rest in a fog of auditory anesthesia. But this calm is mated to exhilaration, as in a dreamt view from above. The album's most singular moments haunt like a new love: "To Know That You Need Me" - the first time that I heard it, I wrote down "Jesus this song is beautiful;" "The Other Side of Sunset" - opens with a spiritual high/low vocal harmony over patiently pacing piano chords; "I Got You (On My Mind)" - through creatively sparse guitar, synth, and drum fills, the up-and-down melody is never lonely, but never lost; "California is Waiting" - "I'm going to California from this little Florida town / From Hollywood to Silverlake, I'm Los Angeles bound / With tons of cars and five-pointed stars on every sidewalk street / What California doesn't have is you / You and me," Flamm sings with the weariness of two thousand miles in his voice.

Not since Pet Sounds have I heard a pop album with so much orchestrated gorgeousness, so much emotional and aural appeal, so much genuine sentiment. If that classic Beach Boys album is a symphony to God, Morning Kills the Dark is a symphony to life. And it's no less powerful to behold.

Rock Music:

1. Sou Ni Tile [Import]
2. Tales and Songs from Weddings and Funerals [Import]
3. The Best of Apache Indian [Import]
4. The Best of Los Van Van
5. The Best Of [Original recording remastered] [Import]
6. The Rough Guide to the Music of Balkan Gypsies
7. The Rough Guide to the Music of Venezuela
8. The Syliphone Years
9. The Ultimate Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Vol. 1
10. The Very Best of Amr Diab [Import]

Rock Music

rock music

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Orchestral Music of Meyer Kupferman, Vol. 5

Thinkin About You

Country Music Classics, Vol. 19 1970-1975

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Sagesses et chemins de fortune [Import]

Surrealistic Pillow [Gold CD]

Synthpop for a Darkened Room 3

Secular Music from Uganda

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Sissyneck [CD-single]

Singles 1958-60 [Import]

The Ghettos Tryin to Kill Me!

Barber: Canzonetta for Oboe and String Orchestra/Strauss: Concerto for Oboe and Small Orchestra/Wolf-Ferrari: Idillio

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