A Lark Ascending Posted April 2, 2003 Report Posted April 2, 2003 ...well, a middle aged man... Though I listen to most music throughout the year, certain musics have a seasonal feel for me. Spring always sees the British folk and folk rock stuff hit the CD player/turntable (see other threads); early 20th C English classical music - Vaughan Williams, Delius, Holst, Moeran, Butterworth et al; and, for some reason I can't quite fathom, the music of XTC. With the British spring being very early and quite glorious this year - nearly a month of sunshine until yesterday's downpour (God's idea of an April Fool) - these have all been spinning of late. Anyone else got any spring favourites? Quote
jazzbo Posted April 2, 2003 Report Posted April 2, 2003 This spring for me it's bossa nova. One year, about three back it was Bud Powell: I played Bud Powell a LOT til summer hit. The year after that it was Duke Ellington, session after session. Generally speaking, in the spring some genre or artist takes hold and I dive in deeply. Quote
chris olivarez Posted April 3, 2003 Report Posted April 3, 2003 Claus Ogerman arrangements and Bossa Nova are hitting the spot right now. Quote
Joe G Posted April 3, 2003 Report Posted April 3, 2003 Pat Metheny, Bob Marley, Edgar Meyer, and on the first really warm summerlike day, Iron Maiden. Really, anything with an energetic and joyful sound. Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted April 3, 2003 Author Report Posted April 3, 2003 I missed bluegrass for spring too! Bossa and Cuban tends to take hold as things hot up in June and July. Quote
Jad Posted April 3, 2003 Report Posted April 3, 2003 Music from tropical regions always hit the spot once the sun's out. Every year about this time sees me dusting off my roots and dub collection. Lots of Lee Perry and the Upsetters, Ethiopians, Ken Boothe, King Tubby et al. Creedence Clearwater Revival always works too, and I'll probably be listening to a lot of The Band this summer. "Music From the Big Pink" has been on my listening platter quite a bit lately. Fela. Definately listening to more Fela this summer. B) Quote
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted April 3, 2003 Report Posted April 3, 2003 Nice to sip a cool one at dusk on the back porch with Bill Charlap. Quote
king ubu Posted April 3, 2003 Report Posted April 3, 2003 Just got the new one from Manuel Galban & Ry Cooder. This seems likely to be around some time... ubu Quote
Noj Posted April 3, 2003 Report Posted April 3, 2003 There aren't discernable seasons in Los Angeles, so listen to what I feel is appropriate on a day to day basis. :rsmile: Quote
tonym Posted April 3, 2003 Report Posted April 3, 2003 funny you should have brought this up because last week i was cleaning (yes, cleaning) and i regressed several years (in terms of what was on heavy rotation then). tumbling from the speakers were Soundgarden - Superunknown, Veruca Salt - American Thighs & The Amps - Pacer. Fantastic stuff. The Soundgarden album must surely be one of my all time favourites, putting me in the mood for anything that requires raising my pulse 40 or so beats. Quote
RonF Posted April 4, 2003 Report Posted April 4, 2003 Nice to sip a cool one at dusk on the back porch with Bill Charlap. Weiz, We have more in common than I thought. Not the avatar. Quote
RonF Posted April 4, 2003 Report Posted April 4, 2003 Just got the new one from Manuel Galban & Ry Cooder. This seems likely to be around some time... ubu Very nice CD!! Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted April 4, 2003 Author Report Posted April 4, 2003 There aren't discernable seasons in Los Angeles, so listen to what I feel is appropriate on a day to day basis. :rsmile: Gosh! I can't imagine a year without seasons! Quote
AfricaBrass Posted April 4, 2003 Report Posted April 4, 2003 Just got the new one from Manuel Galban & Ry Cooder. This seems likely to be around some time... ubu Very nice CD!! I'll second that! Quote
Noj Posted April 4, 2003 Report Posted April 4, 2003 There aren't discernable seasons in Los Angeles, so listen to what I feel is appropriate on a day to day basis. :rsmile:Â Â Â Gosh! I can't imagine a year without seasons! Once it was 100 degrees on Christmas Day. True Story. :rsmile: Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted April 4, 2003 Author Report Posted April 4, 2003 I have to admit that although we have pretty defined seasons in the UK at times the weather gets very confused! It's been convinced its May for the last few weeks! I'm expecting blizzards in a couple of weeks. Quote
AfricaBrass Posted April 4, 2003 Report Posted April 4, 2003 I'm in California too, so I miss out on the seasons. When I listen to Delius or Vaughan Williams, I do get the feeling of how an English spring might feel. I really enjoy that music. Speaking of seasonal music: Is anyone a fan of Vaughan Williams "Hodie"? I love listening to that at Christmas. :rsmile: Quote
chris olivarez Posted April 6, 2003 Report Posted April 6, 2003 There aren't discernable seasons in Los Angeles, so listen to what I feel is appropriate on a day to day basis. :rsmile:Â Â Â Gosh! I can't imagine a year without seasons! You should have lived in the Imperial Valley in California.It's one of the many reasons I'm glad that I don't live there anymore. Quote
chris olivarez Posted April 6, 2003 Report Posted April 6, 2003 Here's another vote for Ry Cooder and Manual Galban.That's one that will never wear out with continued listening. Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted April 6, 2003 Author Report Posted April 6, 2003 I'm in California too, so I miss out on the seasons. When I listen to Delius or Vaughan Williams, I do get the feeling of how an English spring might feel. I really enjoy that music. Speaking of seasonal music: Is anyone a fan of Vaughan Williams "Hodie"? I love listening to that at Christmas. :rsmile: I play 'Hodie' at Christmas - its a bit gallumphing VW! I dearly love the man's music but some of his choral pieces in particular do tend to sound like Falstaff trying to dance the cygnets in Swan Lake! I'd heartily recommend some of the less well know early 20th C English composers for that 'spring feeling.' In particular try and get a recording of George Butterworth's short orchestral pieces - 'The Banks of Green Willow', 'Two English Idyll's' and, best of all, the magisterial 'A Shropshire Lad' (be careful, there is also a very nice song cycle with the same name by Butterworth). Butterworth's music is especially poignant because he'd only composed a small number of pieces before he was killed on the Somme in 1916. Delius is interesting - I too find him quintessentially English. Yet he grew up in industrial Yorkshire, an area with its own beautiful countryside but much more rugged than the usual depictions of England. He also spent most of his life and wrote most of his best known music in France. In some ways he ought to be bracketed with Ravel and Debussy. Talking of which I also like the Ravel/Debussy Quartets as Spring music. *********** I'll also vote for Ry Cooder and Manual Galban - heard it in a record shop and it made me think of Mark Ribot. I think this could become one of my summer records!!! Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted April 24, 2004 Author Report Posted April 24, 2004 Thought this one might deserve a return a year on. Favourite spring music anyone? Quote
GregK Posted April 24, 2004 Report Posted April 24, 2004 Spring always means two things: start of baseball season and the NHL PLAYOFFS!! Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted April 24, 2004 Author Report Posted April 24, 2004 "Joy Spring" There's a very nice vocal version by Norma Winstone! Quote
chris olivarez Posted April 24, 2004 Report Posted April 24, 2004 "Joy Spring" There's a very nice vocal version by Norma Winstone! I remember her from an Eberhard Weber album but really nothing else. Any recommendations? Quote
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