Marisol Martinez [et al] :: La Auténtica Milonguera

It looks like Marisol Martinez (formerly the singer with Romantica Milonguera) has joined up with a group of musicians and formed a Nuevo orquesta by the name of "La Auténtica Milonguera". It also looks like they are just getting started with recording and setting tour dates. Although they do show four gig dates coming up at milongas in Buenos Aires.

Keep your eyes peeled for them. And your ears open, too, I suppose. Her voice is unmistakable. As I am oft to say, "she's got a set of pipes on'er".

Congrats to Marisol and the other members of the qroup. It looks like Sebastian Castro Mendoza is their arranger or manager or both. I couldn't find any info on the other musicians...

Will You Love Me Tomorrow

Draft from 07/23/13 - I have 112 draft posts that never got posted for some reason...all the way back to March of 2008...

Originally written by Carole King & Gerry Goffin...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_You_Love_Me_Tomorrow

Ran across this on Facebook today...from "The Other Side of Amy Winehouse"...no longer available...




Originally by The Shirelles...

The Thing About the Grammys - There's better music out there in the world - much better

I've never been much of one for awards and awards shows, especially in the skewed and twisted world of the American music industry and film industry. Mainstream I ain't. I'm not going to elaborate on the skewed/twisted part because I'm not in an expounding mood. Let's just suffice it to say that there are literally millions, okay, maybe hundreds of thousands, nah...make that tens of thousands...or at least 10,000 amazing, world class musicians and singers that you will never hear or see. They are out there, practicing their craft in the privacy of their own home, perhaps meeting up with other musicians to rehearse, going out and doing small intimate gigs in various venues. Coffee shops, house concerts, hotel lobby bars, etc. I didn't mention bars/nightclubs because that can be loud/raucous not-so-good stuff, but hey - there are good'uns doing that good work as well - that is your taste.

I'm blessed to live in Austin, Texas, "The Live Music Capital of the World", so I'm exposed to a lot of opportunities to listen/see/hear/experience. We have a fair number of house concerts around Austin, with the most notable by far being the one called Blue Rock. It's out in Wimberley, held at the home of Billy and Dodee Crockett, in their gigantic great room, adjacent to their commercial recording studio. Adjacent meaning in the next room. A house concert is a somewhat casual gathering of folks to listen to a musician or two. Usually traveling/touring troubadours in the singer-songwriter folk/Americana genres. Mostly acoustic, mostly small "walls of sound" - although in the case of Blue Rock and the Cactus Cafe at the University of Texas, there is a great deal of investment in a high-fidelity listening experience. The first time I heard Richard Thompson at the Cactus Cafe (who happens to be my sister-in-law's brother-in-law) - I was dumbfounded as to the extremely high fidelity/sound quality. "Am I hearing what I think I'm hearing?" was going through my head. The cover can range from $10 to $30, depending on the artist - and the thing about house concerts is that 100% of the door goes to the artist/s. They also sell CD's and T-shirts and crap during the break and after the show.

The point is to support the artists we love - not by buying a $0.99 song on iTunes - but by truly *supporting them. Show up when they're in your town, buy their CD (preferably from the artist's website, where they get the biggest cut), go to their house concerts...you get the picture. Also, buy the entire CD if you only want one song - like in the old days.

I've only recently really started listening to the words - like really listening to what they say. I have to thank my singer-songwriter most recent ex for that. I call them "poets who sing".

Here's a favorite of mine Sam Beam/Iron & Wine, with Resurrection Fern:

Live version




Studio version





Sorry for the mish-mash/poorly organized post...maybe I'll come back and clean it up...




Local Austin Musicians/Groups:
Minor Mishap Marching Band (my internist plays clarinet)
Austin Piazzolla Quartet (I heard the founding member moved to east Texas)
Glover Gill & The Tosca String Quartet (yes, we have our very own Tango composer)
Iron & Wine/Sam Beam
Sarah Jarosz
Band of Heathens

House Concerts:
Blue Rock Texas (the Blue Rock website is a great way to discover new artists...they also now offer live streaming of their concerts...)
Uncle Calvin's (in a church in Dallas)
There's one in a church in the Woodlands
Several in Austin proper
Google and ask around - you will find them

"Listening Rooms" is what you are looking for...imagine a concert where everyone is absolutely quiet during the performance - no talking, no getting up and going to the bathroom, etc. - just applause at the end of a song...you are there to listen and let the entire experience wash over you...

Here in Austin it's:
Blue Rock
The Cactus Cafe
The Continental Club Upstairs - The Gallery (downstairs is good too, but noisy bar with dancing)
Strange Brew - Lounge Side

Other Spots (here in Austin):
The Lobby Bar at the Driskill Hotel on 6th
The Townsend on Congress
The Elephant Room (for Jazz)
Antone's on 5th (famous venue - more rock genre)
Carousel Lounge

Cheatham Street (San Marcos)

Best to check out the Austin Chronicle Music Calendar for everything...http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/music/



Here are my preferred avenues for listening and discovering new music:

Radio station websites (live streaming and other content -KUT, Sun Radio, KEXP are good ones)

YouTube (subscribe to your favorite channels for updates)

Spotify (I prefer over Pandora because I pick what I listen to, subscribe to or follow compilation playlists and then drill down into the various artists, follow your friends - check out the music they are listening to - that's the point)

NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert



There is an amazing and plentiful amount of good music out there - a veritable smorgasbord/plethora - oodles gobs superabundance. You just have to be aware, listen, and look for it. I count myself lucky to be "into" music. I listen to it every day. Music completes me.

Good luck and good listening...

Flower Duet from Lakmé

I coulda sworn I had posted something about this song in the past...Dame Joan Sutherland and I'm not sure who the other singer is...one of my favorite songs...

Here is the info from my iTunes...sounds like it is the same version...so it would be Jane Berbié...possibly...

Lakmé: Viens, Mallika, ... Dôme épais (Flower Duet)
Dame Joan Sutherland, Jane Berbié, Orchestre national de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo & Richard Bonynge

Camarón de La Isla - Nana del Caballo Grande

This is one of my favorite songs...

The Incomparable Junior Brown

Think of a used tractor salesman from Plainview, Texas, way out here, who works hard by day selling John Deere tractors, but by night, he teaches himself to play guitar and even figures out how to customize a GUIT-Steel. That's what Junior Brown reminds me of. Although I think he's from Lubbock, and he may have been an elementary or junior high school principal and coach. He has that look. [None of this is true...I made this stuff up...]

He's actually from Cottonwood, Arizona, and man can this guy play. Consummate professional performer. I first saw him at Antone's in Austin, standing dead center right in front of him during the entire show. I think he dripped sweat on me. He'll be at Gruene Hall in Gruene (pronounced 'green') tomorrow night, and the Continental Club on Sunday night.



My favorite song of his is "My Wife Thinks You're Dead", which you can dance tango to.

On Music :: Junior Brown

What a treat! Last night at Antone's...amazing artistry...entertainer by default...mind blowing technical ability as a guitarist...

The opening act was the Lucky Tomblin Band...to call these guys (and gal) 'musicians' is an understatement...almost an insult...I'm awed by the evolution of musical artists...from little kids...to absolute masters of their craft...



My wife thinks you're dead ::

Blue Sky

This still may be my all time favorite song. I've been listening to this one for about 36 years.





With Melissa still being a very close second.



Okay, that's enough. I'm done posting. Enjoy.

Oh well, then play on...

"Closing My Eyes" on Fleetwood Mac's Then Play On album is a favorite of mine. That's such a good album, from the days before Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie.

Onda

On the subject of Heaven...

Los Lonely Boys...live in Austin, Texas...Heaven...

Heavenly Day

Doin' my music thang...Patty Griffin..."Heavenly Day"...





Patty Griffin wrote this one..."Top of the World"...and she does a helluva job singing it...but this one is Natalie Maines...she's another woman with an amazing voice...

I wanna fall in love...

For some reason, I was just sitting here thinking about nothing, and thought of the time I saw Chris Isaak live at the Belly Up in Aspen. He's definitely a performer. As I recall, it was a great show.




And then I ran across this one, "Baby did a bad bad thing", which reminded me that my buddy is in Las Vegas right now having fun. This song/music video has a Vegas feel about it, but then again, so does Chris Isaak.



Oh, and I had completely forgotten about Laetitia Casta. Yowzuh.

Down the road in a cloud of smoke...

Jerry Jeff Walker singing "L.A. Freeway"...I saw Jerry Jeff in concert in Lafayette, Louisiana, when I was 16 or so...he was so drunk he couldn't even play one song...I think that was the last live (large venue) concert I ever went to...I decided then and there that my money was better spent on LP's...

Hey Joe

Audio only...

The Great Gig in the Sky

It took me a little bit to find this, to dredge up old, old memories and remember the band and the song. Something just triggered a memory of the woman's voice singing on this song. Clare Torry is her name I think. There is something very haunting to me about her voice. Some might think she sounds like a cat in heat in the beginning, but if you can stick with it, she calms down at the end.



Here's a cover singer who is not too too bad, either...oh duh, there are two singers at the end...

Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You

Well I had a dream I stood beneath an orange sky...

This is the best version of the song "Orange Sky" by Alexi Murdoch that I could find. The one I listen to, the KGSR Live version, is the best I think, but I couldn't find it anywhere. Oh well...here it is....hear it...and weep...




Here are the lyrics...

Well I had a dream
I stood beneath an orange sky
Yes I had a dream
I stood beneath an orange sky
With my brother standing by
With my brother standing by
I said Brother, you know you know
It's a long road we've been walking on
Brother you know it is you know it is
Such a long road we've been walking on

And I had a dream
I stood beneath an orange sky
With my sister standing by
With my sister standing by
I said Sister, here is what I know now
Here is what I know now
Goes like this..
In your love, my salvation lies
In your love, my salvation lies
In your love, my salvation lies
In your love, in your love, in your love

But sister you know I'm so weary
And you know sister
My hearts been broken
Sometimes, sometimes
My mind is too strong to carry on
Too strong to carry on

When I am alone
When I've thrown off the weight of this crazy stone
When I've lost all care for the things I own
That's when I miss you, that's when I miss you, that's when I miss you
You who are my home
You who are my home
And here is what I know now
Here is what I know now
Goes like this..
In your love, my salvation lies
In your love, my salvation lies
In your love, my salvation lies
In your love, my salvation lies
In your love, my salvation lies
In your love, my salvation lies
In your love, my salvation lies
In your love, in your love, in your love

Well I had a dream
I stood beneath an orange sky
Yes I had a dream
I stood beneath an orange sky
With my brother and my sister standing by
With my brother and my sister standing by
With my brother and my sister standing by

Fade Into You :: Mazzy Star

Treat :: A Treat

God, Santana was just so prolific, with so much good music. These guys could jam. I'm in a Santana mood...just sitting here listening to my iTunes...but it's 2am and I'm hungry...