Freegal finds
Freegal
All stars
Aretha Franklin:
“Sweet Bitter Love” from a Dutch re-issue (of all things) reminding us of
one of the greatest of American blues singers
Barbara Lea:
“Killing Time” just a starter song to meet the sadly under-sung
heart-breaking ballad mistress
Barry Goldberg:
“More Soul” Capturing the feel of a smoky 60’s room full of rocking
blues is the grooviest organist you never heard of…
Basil Rathbone:
“Masque of the Red Death” The greatest interpreter of Poe that ever lived.
Big Bill Broonzy:
“I Feel Good” An amazing celebratory blues song!
Chet Atkins
“Bouree” Chet Atkins could play the
theme of an ice cream truck and make it sound great.
Connie Francis
“Who’s Sorry Now” Once the brightest
star in America, her fame has faded somewhat but not the bittersweet cry
in her wonderful voice.
Darrell Scott
“Colorado” Folkies know him as a great songwriter and performer and it is
time normal people did too…
Dawes “A Little
Bit of Everything” One of the few contemporary bands that will make even old
hippies happy.
Etta James “My
Dearest Darling” A voice so full of power and conviction that she could
break your heart and be heard several counties away…
George Jones “My
Favorite Lies” IMHO the greatest living American singer, even with the
corniest of lyrics he makes it all work.
Hoagie Carmichael
“Memphis In June” a voice, a song and an arrangement so rich and sweet you
could pour it over a waffle.
John Hiatt
“Homeland” The more you listen to his high voltage vocals riding over actual
thought provoking lyrics the more you wonder why he is not on the currency or
something.
Jose Alfredo
Jiminez y Amalia Mendoza “Llego Borracho El Borracho” Two of Mexico’s
greatest singers tell a tale of terrible tragedy brought on by good liquor and
bad judgment.
Ahn Trio “ Magic
Hour” These ladies are adept at interpreting the most avant-garde of
classical compositions but they can also make a simple lullaby into something
remarkable.
Joshua Bell “the
Girl with the Flaxen Hair” The great violinist can sculpt even a warhorse
into a masterpiece with this silky touch.
Kris
Kristofferson: “From Here to Forever” If you have children and listen to this
without tearing up there is something very wrong with you.
Neko Case “Middle
Cyclone” Once in a while she writes a lyric you want memorize and quote in a
bar but you are always too drunk to remember it when the time comes.
Ricky Nelson
“Lonesome Town” A truly dreamy ballad singer who gets ignored by the critics
because he was Ozzie’s son.
Simone
Dinnerstein (Bach) Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in F minor BMV 1056 With unreal
expressiveness within her exquisitely disciplined approach Ms. Dinnerstein
makes you see Bach in a different way, even at half the speed of Glenn Gould.
Sviatoslav
Richter “Well Tempered Clavier” (Bach) the master…nuff said.
Thomas Newman
“Little Women” Probably the greatest film score composer in the world who
can do more in two minutes than some cannot in two hours.
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