An operatic retelling of the life and death of the first openly gay elected official in the US. Honestly, you’d have to be a pretty big fan of opera to truly enjoy this, so it isn’t for everyone, but it’s still quite beautiful. Give it a try!
A wonderful collection of, as the title suggests, klezmer songs. The twist here is that all of the songs contained on this CD are derived / directly played from incredibly rare and antique player piano rolls by the one-and-only Bob Berkman, pianola wizzard extraordinaire. Truly unique stuff, and quite a joy to listen to.
Fantastic midwestern American folk, heavily influenced by various European traditions. Includes some killer synth on a few tracks as well (most notably Starshell).
A very odd combination of electroacoustic improv and jazz guitar by Tim Brady and Co.
Some of the sounds used are a bit dated, but this album is still an enjoyable, but challenging experience.
13 Songs from this ad hoc group of recovering/recovered addicts, with a slight christian influence. Full scans to come tomorrow.
Absolutely beautiful “Vocal-style” sitar music from this local musician, based in Westlake, Ohio. Shimmering is really the only word i can use to describe it.
She is an instructor of various types of North Indian music, and has also worked with Pauline Oliveros and countless other musicians.
For more info, visit her site:
One of, if not THE first odd tape I ever found (a good 5 years ago). Traditional christian kids songs sung in a very odd manner, with bad pause-editing that cuts off the beginning of each “track” (I kept the tape unedited to preserve this). Also includes some other, less recorded-in-one-take-on-a-Barbie-karaoke-machine type songs too.
An absolutely beautiful collection of songs from 12th-13th century Europe. Very sparsely orchestrated, with haunting vocals at the center of almost every song.
VERY highly recommended.
(Note: My LP copy of this, as you can see from the picture, is quite beat up. Luckily, however, I found an upload on this blog of the CD version, and I compiled the upload from there into one .rar file to make it a bit easier to download. A big thanks goes out to whoever runs that blog.)
