At the mo..... Yahoo LaunchCast on-line radio....

Why, 'cos I'm back stuck off-shore for the next two weeks, pants!!

But hey, at least you can customize the station to play the tunes you like....

The Collection by Runrig.

I too was listening to my station on BT/Yahoo LaunchCast earlier. I have customised it but it stills sneaks "non" favourites in though.

Howard

Paolo Conte - Concerti
One of those live CD's where the mastering people make shameless use of changing / adding / combining / deleting things as they think appropriate. Yet - a nice collection of this charismatic Italian "Grand Senieur", and another proof that sonic excellence is not everthing that counts !

cheers
Stefan

"Best of the Beach Boys Volume 2" in the car. Perfect soundtrack to driving on the overcrowded roads of Southern England during the current spell of real summer weather. I think that "God Only Knows" is still one of the most sublime lovesongs ever recorded.

U2 HTDAAB.

H

Beethoven's late string quartets (starting with op. 127) - played by the Juilliard String Quartet (1982) in the Library Of Congress.

Lil' Ed And The Blues Imperials-What You See Is What You Get

Songs:Ohia - Didn't it Rain
Excellent advice, Rolf !

If you're into Cowboy Junkeys or the early Neill Young, you'll like this stuff. Comes out on the Secretely Canadian label.

cheers
Stefan

Earlier Kraftwerk Man Machine,just finished Jethro Tull - Crest of a Knave on now Ultravox - Lament. All vinyl.

Howard

BOY ROBOT - ROTTEN COCKTAILS

White Stripes set @ Glastonbury. I think I see what my boy sees in them now. They have just done an amazing version of Joliene.

Howard

Magic Numbers. Getting prepared for Brian Wilson in a couple of weeks.

Lizz Wright - Dreaming Wide Awake.

What a woman.
What a voice.
What a CD.

Currently Neill Young's "Old Man" (from "Harvest") is CELEBRATED by Lizz. I only hope that music industry doesn't destroy this beautiful talent, but continues to give her opportunies to grow. Even more.

If you like Cassandra Wilson and haven't heard Lizz Wright, buy both of her records. No regrets.

cheers
Stefan

Joshua Tree - U2, earlier, Sounds of Silence (RM) Simon @ Garfunkle.

Howard

Bob James : Lucky Seven

Focus, Focus 8; it's extremely rare that a band can emerge from a long (and likely permanent) layoff and make music as lovely, funny and rockin' as these guys. Thijs Van Leer and some other guys, all good musos, make an album that has all the great flavours from Focus circa-1973 plus some world-musick ones too. This stuff may sound dated to some, but to me, that unique in-fusion of Euro-classical and Rawk sounds great, mon.

I'm hoping to hear some of the new Van Der Graaf album soon, to see if that magic is still there...

Beastie Boys-To The Five Boroughs

This is one of those albums which for whatever reason is much better on vinyl than cd.

Sorry to be boring, but:

Joshua Redman - Momentum. What a groovy CD !

Stefan

NASN and the music of 5 litre V8s at Sonoma Ca, interspersed with Basement Jaxx at Glasto..

Howard

Zutons - a bonus CD that came with something. My lad has left no index in his Case Logic thingy. I was interested after catching a couple of numbers from Glastonbury. Further investigation is required.

Howard