The Highwomen: “Crowded Table” (2019)
Thanksgiving Day, a time for full hearts, reflection, and of course crowded tables, seems an appropriate time to serve up this 2019 offering from Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby, Maren Morris and Amanda Shires.
There's a time in life for Hoagy Carmichael. There's a time in life for Claude Debussy. There's a time in life for Jerry Lee Lewis. There's a time in life for Destiny's Child. All these things have their moment. ~Elvis Costello
23 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: crowded table, the highwomen
The Highwomen: “Crowded Table” (2019)
Thanksgiving Day, a time for full hearts, reflection, and of course crowded tables, seems an appropriate time to serve up this 2019 offering from Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby, Maren Morris and Amanda Shires.
11 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
in General Posts Tags: celine dion, siren battles
By José Rodríguez Jr. via Jalopnik
Residents of a small city in New Zealand are beset by drivers blasting Celine Dion songs late into the night. The loud music comes from cars that have been modified by local enthusiasts who participate in “siren battles” that run on any given day of the week from 07:00 PM to 02:00 AM, according to the AFP.
The siren battles are part of the car culture in Porirua, where enthusiasts gather to compete and drivers win by playing music at ear-splitting levels that can drown out rivals. A “siren king” is crowned at the end of the battles, but the object is not to outdo opponents simply by outputting the most sound…
Read more: https://jalopnik.com/celine-dion-songs-are-keeping-new-zealand-city-awake-1850962798
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When Jethro Tull released The Broadsword And The Beast in 1982, many of their fans breathed a sigh of relief: it seemed their favourite band had returned to their more traditional folk rock roots. Ian Anderson reveals the story behind the recently reissued and expanded album that he reckons contains some of Tull’s best music.
If ever Ian Anderson were to doubt the enduring popularity of Jethro Tull’s 1982 album The Broadsword And The Beast, he gets regular reminders of it when he meets long-time fans of the band. Perhaps not actually written all over their faces, but close enough.
“I’ve been asked to sign many an album-sized tattoo of the album cover on somebody’s back,” he says, “which is embarrassing, but I’ve seen very good likenesses of the album cover in glorious colour on the flesh of human beings. It’s beyond me why people do that sort of thing, but perhaps that’s a reflection of the affinity some fans feel to it.”
They can immerse themselves even more fully in it as the 40th anniversary edition (slightly delayed thanks to that pesky pandemic) has been released, offering an 81-track expanded version of the album replete with Steven Wilson remixes, live renditions, and a handful of previously unreleased tracks…