Santa Fe, NM USA 1982.
Kodachrome 25🎞️ Olympus OM-1📷
#gold #EastCoastKin #filmphotography🎞️ #itsinstrumental
#drums #photographersunited #photography #stilllife
Santa Fe, NM USA 1982.
Kodachrome 25🎞️ Olympus OM-1📷
#gold #EastCoastKin #filmphotography🎞️ #itsinstrumental
#drums #photographersunited #photography #stilllife
Kodachrome 25🎞️ Olympus OM-1📷
#acoloradAypril #gold #filmphotography🎞️ #EastCoastKin
#photography #abstract #photographersunited
#itsinstrumental
Kodachrome 25🎞️ Olympus OM-1📷
#acoloradAypril #gold #filmphotography🎞️ #EastCoastKin
#photography #abstract #photographersunited
#itsinstrumental
Santa Fe, NM USA 1982.
Kodachrome 25🎞️ Olympus OM-1📷
#EastCoastKin #BlySkyArt #BlueSkyPhotographers
#photographersunited #abstracrphoto #itsinstrumental
#filmphotography🎞️
Santa Fe, NM USA 1982.
Kodachrome 25🎞️ Olympus OM-1📷
#EastCoastKin #BlySkyArt #BlueSkyPhotographers
#photographersunited #abstracrphoto #itsinstrumental
#filmphotography🎞️
#MusicChallenge
Genesis - Firth of Fifth (1973)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5ZJ...
This inconsequential little ditty opens with an absolutely incredible, tumbling piano tune (excitingly recapitulated later on synth), while the song flows through a strange & wonderful landscape.
#MusicChallenge
Genesis - Firth of Fifth (1973)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5ZJ...
This inconsequential little ditty opens with an absolutely incredible, tumbling piano tune (excitingly recapitulated later on synth), while the song flows through a strange & wonderful landscape.
#MusicChallenge
The Beatles - Something (1969)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNav...
George Harrison’s unforgettable, wonderfully expressive guitar is an integral part of the song’s soul. What a masterpiece!
#MusicChallenge
The Beatles - Something (1969)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNav...
George Harrison’s unforgettable, wonderfully expressive guitar is an integral part of the song’s soul. What a masterpiece!
#MusicChallenge
Natalie Merchant - It Makes a Change (2010)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=25p8...
An almost unclassifiable album, setting poems relating to childhood by a mix of different writers, to wonderfully diverse music. This charmingly nonsense one is by Mervyn Peake.
#MusicChallenge
Natalie Merchant - It Makes a Change (2010)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=25p8...
An almost unclassifiable album, setting poems relating to childhood by a mix of different writers, to wonderfully diverse music. This charmingly nonsense one is by Mervyn Peake.
#MusicChallenge
Joni Mitchell - Let the Wind Carry Me (1972) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe2x...
I heard Joni describe her music as “art songs” rather than rock or folk, & this song exemplifies that. Her pianism, as always, is idiosyncratic but stunning, & perfectly natural.
#MusicChallenge
Joni Mitchell - Let the Wind Carry Me (1972) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe2x...
I heard Joni describe her music as “art songs” rather than rock or folk, & this song exemplifies that. Her pianism, as always, is idiosyncratic but stunning, & perfectly natural.
#MusicChallenge
Kate Bush - Rocket’s Tail (1989)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tyc1...
Everything about this is amazing (the drums! the bass! the Bulgarian folk singers!), but David Gilmour’s guitar is a thrilling part of the mix.
#MusicChallenge
Kate Bush - Rocket’s Tail (1989)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tyc1...
Everything about this is amazing (the drums! the bass! the Bulgarian folk singers!), but David Gilmour’s guitar is a thrilling part of the mix.
#MusicChallenge
Tori Amos - Bells for Her (1994)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cu7...
Tori’s incredible pianism is full of dynamic & tonal contrasts, but her use here of a prepared piano (still acoustic!) creates a suppressed, haunted & deeply sad quality unique in her work.
#MusicChallenge
Tori Amos - Bells for Her (1994)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cu7...
Tori’s incredible pianism is full of dynamic & tonal contrasts, but her use here of a prepared piano (still acoustic!) creates a suppressed, haunted & deeply sad quality unique in her work.
#MusicChallenge
Daniel Lanois - Carla (2005)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=41i2...
I think I once heard Lanois describe his pedal steel guitar as his “church”, connecting him to the spiritual, & this little instrumental piece is a haunting example of his playing.
#MusicChallenge
Daniel Lanois - Carla (2005)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=41i2...
I think I once heard Lanois describe his pedal steel guitar as his “church”, connecting him to the spiritual, & this little instrumental piece is a haunting example of his playing.
#MusicChallenge
Joanna Newsom - ‘81 (2015)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AHo...
A very great songwriter (imagine a triple album where every song is a delight!), & the only one I know whose main instrument is the harp. Here she is in a lovely live performance, professionally filmed.
#MusicChallenge
Joanna Newsom - ‘81 (2015)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AHo...
A very great songwriter (imagine a triple album where every song is a delight!), & the only one I know whose main instrument is the harp. Here she is in a lovely live performance, professionally filmed.
#MusicChallenge
Tori Amos - Winter (1991)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWmE...
An electric piano may be all she had available on the night, & it slightly hampers her dynamic range. Still my fave performance of this great song. She seems completely at one with it. It’s overwhelming.
#MusicChallenge
Tori Amos - Winter (1991)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWmE...
An electric piano may be all she had available on the night, & it slightly hampers her dynamic range. Still my fave performance of this great song. She seems completely at one with it. It’s overwhelming.
#MusicChallenge
Roxy Music - A Song for Europe (1973)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qOc...
This may not be most people’s favourite Roxy Music song, but it’s mine! And Andrew Mackay’s saxophone is, as usual, wonderful.
#MusicChallenge
Roxy Music - A Song for Europe (1973)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qOc...
This may not be most people’s favourite Roxy Music song, but it’s mine! And Andrew Mackay’s saxophone is, as usual, wonderful.
#MusicChallenge
David Bowie - Sound and Vision (1977)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV_U...
How could I not share an example of Dennis Davis’ amazing drumming on this album? Such a fresh new sound, even now.
#MusicChallenge
David Bowie - Sound and Vision (1977)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV_U...
How could I not share an example of Dennis Davis’ amazing drumming on this album? Such a fresh new sound, even now.
#MusicChallenge
Richard Thompson - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0kJ...
In the 1990s I stood ten feet from him in an HMV store as he played this song. I was the first for the signing & he smiled at me behind the desk & said, “I feel like a bank manager!”
#MusicChallenge
Richard Thompson - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0kJ...
In the 1990s I stood ten feet from him in an HMV store as he played this song. I was the first for the signing & he smiled at me behind the desk & said, “I feel like a bank manager!”
#MusicChallenge
The Beatles - Martha My Dear (1968)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXaw...
An irresistible musical masterpiece (those modulations!), based on the wonderfully infectious piano tune played by McCartney at the beginning. An inspiration for Oh, You Pretty Things, maybe?
#MusicChallenge
The Beatles - Martha My Dear (1968)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXaw...
An irresistible musical masterpiece (those modulations!), based on the wonderfully infectious piano tune played by McCartney at the beginning. An inspiration for Oh, You Pretty Things, maybe?
#MusicChallenge
Paul Simon - The Obvious Child (1990)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=io_p...
Featuring Brazilian drumming collective Olodum, it effortlessly fuses percussive joy with Simon’s bittersweet lyricism. The lyrics affect me far more now than they ever could when I was 24.
#MusicChallenge
Paul Simon - The Obvious Child (1990)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=io_p...
Featuring Brazilian drumming collective Olodum, it effortlessly fuses percussive joy with Simon’s bittersweet lyricism. The lyrics affect me far more now than they ever could when I was 24.
#MusicChallenge
Julia Holter - Feel You (2015)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2Jg...
I love Julia Holter’s subtle way with drums (played by Corey Fogel). Understated, playful, tricksy rhythms (weird time signatures? - wish I was a musician!), but still sunny, charming & catchy pop!
#MusicChallenge
Julia Holter - Feel You (2015)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2Jg...
I love Julia Holter’s subtle way with drums (played by Corey Fogel). Understated, playful, tricksy rhythms (weird time signatures? - wish I was a musician!), but still sunny, charming & catchy pop!
#MusicChallenge
Peter Gabriel - Running to the Rain (2002)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHDn...
Sometimes when drums are used sparingly they can be all the more powerful. This wonderful piece includes a bodhrán, an Irish drum often used in Celtic folk music.
#MusicChallenge
Peter Gabriel - Running to the Rain (2002)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHDn...
Sometimes when drums are used sparingly they can be all the more powerful. This wonderful piece includes a bodhrán, an Irish drum often used in Celtic folk music.
#MusicChallenge
David Bowie - The Motel (1995)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc4b...
As an example of Mike Garson’s astonishing piano playing for David Bowie, Aladdin Sane feels too obvious! This one has a true ensemble feel, but Garson’s distinctive sound is wonderful throughout.
#MusicChallenge
David Bowie - The Motel (1995)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc4b...
As an example of Mike Garson’s astonishing piano playing for David Bowie, Aladdin Sane feels too obvious! This one has a true ensemble feel, but Garson’s distinctive sound is wonderful throughout.
#MusicChallenge
Beethoven - Piano Sonata No 30 in E major (3. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo) www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4q7...
Beethoven’s last three sonatas were written when he could no longer hear a sound. They’re utterly sublime, & I’ve loved them for nearly 40 years.
#MusicChallenge
Beethoven - Piano Sonata No 30 in E major (3. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo) www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4q7...
Beethoven’s last three sonatas were written when he could no longer hear a sound. They’re utterly sublime, & I’ve loved them for nearly 40 years.
#MusicChallenge
Kate Bush - Sat in Your Lap (1982)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY17...
A wonderfully mad, inventive & very percussive song (piano included!), set in motion by the fantastic, clattering drums. Kate’s voice is the star here, though - the sheer power and range she has!
#MusicChallenge
Kate Bush - Sat in Your Lap (1982)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY17...
A wonderfully mad, inventive & very percussive song (piano included!), set in motion by the fantastic, clattering drums. Kate’s voice is the star here, though - the sheer power and range she has!
#MusicChallenge
Fiona Apple - Limp (1999)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ofv5...
Another song of hurt & fury, from an album I still associate with a painful life experience 25 years ago. The starkness of the drums & even the piano add to the snarling ferocity of Apple’s singing.
#MusicChallenge
Fiona Apple - Limp (1999)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ofv5...
Another song of hurt & fury, from an album I still associate with a painful life experience 25 years ago. The starkness of the drums & even the piano add to the snarling ferocity of Apple’s singing.
#MusicChallenge
Cat Power - She Belongs to Me (2023) www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUqp...
There’s something moving about this quiet, intimate performance of a song Ive known for decades, in a big, beautiful hall that I’ve sat, stood & even lain down in countless times. 🥹
#MusicChallenge
Cat Power - She Belongs to Me (2023) www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUqp...
There’s something moving about this quiet, intimate performance of a song Ive known for decades, in a big, beautiful hall that I’ve sat, stood & even lain down in countless times. 🥹
#MusicChallenge
Peter Gabriel - Playing for Time (2023)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6swO...
I love i/o so much! I think it’s my favourite of all PG’s albums; different in that it’s the work of an older man, yet reassuringly “him” in every note. It has a lot of piano on it too!
#MusicChallenge
Peter Gabriel - Playing for Time (2023)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6swO...
I love i/o so much! I think it’s my favourite of all PG’s albums; different in that it’s the work of an older man, yet reassuringly “him” in every note. It has a lot of piano on it too!