Rock - what are you listening to?

[cybot]

After Gráinne Duffy's inspired two and a half hour set last night at the Spirit Store (my first ever visit!) I'm in a bit of an old-fashioned good time mood....especially touched by the massive Peter Green vibe in her wonderfully controlled guitar playing...Oh, and what a voice too!

[JAW]

After Gráinne Duffy's inspired two and a half hour set last night at the Spirit Store (my first ever visit!) I'm in a bit of an old-fashioned good time mood....especially touched by the massive Peter Green vibe in her wonderfully controlled guitar playing...Oh, and what a voice too!

Wow! She must have been good! Some cracking albums there Dermot. Has she anything on release herself?

[cybot]

She has only the one album out Johnny and is currently working on her second...I was that excited I forgot to enquire about buying the CD at the gig :-) I haven't heard it yet but I'd say she's better in a live environment....

Oh, I forgot to say that her backing band are really,really top notch too especially the keyboard guy and the second guitarist who goes into amazing flights of soloing just like the old days :-)
Ah happy days are here again! I really have forgotten about my home town of Dundalk. A little place called Dublin got in the way ;-)



A review:

Out of the Dark is an excellent debut album highlighting the wonderful talents of Ms Duffy, first and foremost, in terms of her own songwriting abilities but also her interpretation of some standard classics such as 'I'd Rather Go Blind' and the 'Thrill is Gone'. All the other songs on the album are Gráinne's own compositions encompassing pure ('Bad To Worse' & 'Good Love Had to Die') and country ('Drivin Me Crazy' & 'Bring It All Together')blues. Other highlights are the wonderful instrumental title track and the all too short, but beautiful, soft ballad 'Waiting for You' which closes the album. All tracks are enhanced by Gráinne's slightly gravel-edged vocals. In the strong opening track 'Each & Every Time', she sings 'I'm going to change the blues', and if she doesn't actually change them she certainly stamps her unique take on them. Gráinne, with her experienced & talented backing band are also an excellent live outfit. While, it is likely that she will experiment with, and develop her sound over future albums there will be one constant - that is whatever she does it will be done exceptionally well. This, her first offering, is highly recommended.





http://www.grainneduffy.com/store.html


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hEfSqXo ... ata_player - I mean WOW!

[JAW]

She has only the one album out Johnny and is currently working on her second...I was that excited I forgot to enquire about buying the CD at the gig :-) I haven't heard it yet but I'd say she's better in a live environment....

Oh, I forgot to say that her backing band are really,really top notch too especially the keyboard guy and the second guitarist who goes into amazing flights of soloing just like the old days :-)
Ah happy days are here again! I really have forgotten about my home town of Dundalk. A little place called Dublin got in the way ;-)



A review:

Out of the Dark is an excellent debut album highlighting the wonderful talents of Ms Duffy, first and foremost, in terms of her own songwriting abilities but also her interpretation of some standard classics such as 'I'd Rather Go Blind' and the 'Thrill is Gone'. All the other songs on the album are Gráinne's own compositions encompassing pure ('Bad To Worse' & 'Good Love Had to Die') and country ('Drivin Me Crazy' & 'Bring It All Together')blues. Other highlights are the wonderful instrumental title track and the all too short, but beautiful, soft ballad 'Waiting for You' which closes the album. All tracks are enhanced by Gráinne's slightly gravel-edged vocals. In the strong opening track 'Each & Every Time', she sings 'I'm going to change the blues', and if she doesn't actually change them she certainly stamps her unique take on them. Gráinne, with her experienced & talented backing band are also an excellent live outfit. While, it is likely that she will experiment with, and develop her sound over future albums there will be one constant - that is whatever she does it will be done exceptionally well. This, her first offering, is highly recommended.


Thanks for that Dermot, I must keep an eye out for any gigs locally. BTW, did you see this interview in the Irish Times today with your old mucker Thomas Walsh?

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/mag ... 19449.html




http://www.grainneduffy.com/store.html


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hEfSqXo ... ata_player - I mean WOW!

[cybot]

Johnny,

Thanks for the Thomas Walsh interview! He's as acerbic as ever but 'nice' with it ;-) Sincerely hope his new collaboration goes well for him too... Would you believe I sent Glenn (Croft) his cricket album. He's a massive cricket nut!

[Sloop John B]

Eilen rose - Come the storm


she supported Ron Sexsmith a few years ago now and I've bought all her output since, she's criminally unknown


SJB

[cybot]

On the tt,
Time to get back to 'ol Nick....

[cybot]

On the tt something I stumbled across a while ago on triple vinyl!?!?








A review:

The second and third Lp is almost lazily dismissed as "Outtakes" but this does the music on it a great disservice. The improvisations by Jerry Garcia are beautifully constructed and played, each a little masterpiece on its own, they are, I feel, pieces that, were they by a contemporary artist (and they are timeless) would receive much critical acclaim. Listen to them and (in the case of "Love Improvisations version 3" weep at the sheer guitar playing genius of the man.

Equally, the Floyd tracks. They feel almost casually put together, yet the preciseness of their compositions suggest that the band put rather a lot more effort into them than their ultimate fate suggests. All are collaborations of the entire band, so lack either the dark and depressing sounds of the Waters-led era, or the grand pomp and cirumstance of Gilmour. Indeed, you could say they are a band finding themselves again, following the loss, both musically and personnel-wise, of Syd Barret.

I think this is a magnificent album. It has occasional weaknesses on the actual soundtrack, but, more in terms of how the tracks follow one another, something you wouldn't notice so much during a film. However, the atmosphere, the mood, and, again, for these almost casually dismissed "Outtakes", the opportunity to listen to, what will be to many, fresh and new pieces of work, notably the Garcia tracks, is incomparable and well worth immersing yourself into.

[mcq]

Listening tonight to one of my favourite Peter Hammill recordings, the quite fabulous live set, Room Temperature: Live. I vividly remember buying this as an expensive import CD in Virgin back in 1991 and many late nights were spent listening to this stark, intense, impassioned music. My God, it still sounds so good. A wonderful introduction to the great man's post-Van der Graaf Generator output.

Here are some highlights:

Cat's Eye/Yellow Fever: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzC3ksy9g6I
The Future Now: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6EHFnhYeGw
Modern: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sQSiASWZ-w

[cybot]

On the tt, this is a real blast from the archives of oblivion! The side long Albion Fair is a particular favourite....




Original Pye pressing - NSPH 18593 - 1979