Thursday, November 17, 2016

Rediscovering Shoutcast

還記得多年前常常聽Shoutcast.com的不同音樂種類streaming,近幾年卻轉為從Podcast網評或雜誌認識新碟後再上Pandora,Rhapsody或Spotify聽,其實也有時覺得聽得太狹窄,上星期又想起Shoutcast這個source,除了近年聽得最多的爵士樂(包括smooth jazz),特地找點其他種類聽聽,例如Electric blues及Flamenco,以下幾個台值得推介:
今天認識了David Cobo, Eric Hansen幾位Flamenco樂手,待會上Spotify/Youtube再欣賞欣賞!

Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Not America

Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra has released 4 albums in the past, only when the republicans were in charge, as a form of protest. I wrote about their previous album, Not In Our Name, when Haden was still alive. And the band released a live album in 2016. That's one year too soon (in case you have been living in a bubble: the Republican nominee Donald Trump has won the US presidential election) It was my go-to album after finding out the result of the election. Awesome music, BTW.

And I was not alone! This DJ played LMO in his jazz radio program along with other tunes with a related theme. His podcast is titled "Not America." Check it out!