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Tuesday, January 08, 2008

What music is in YOUR world?




MY FAVOURITE NON ROCK MUSIC CHOICES, so far

Country
>Dolly Parton - Little Sparrow, Grass is Blue
>Clint Black - Nothing but the Tail Lights
>Mavericks - Music for All Occasions
>Emmy Lou Harris - Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town

Folk
>Wailing Jennys - 40 Days
>David Sereda - The Blue Guide
>Laura Smith - any and all
>Nanci Griffith - any and all
>Eliza Gilkyson - any and all
>Saffire - Uppity Blues Women - Cleaning House

Jazz
>Rufus Wainwright - Rufus does Judy Garland at Carnegie Hall
>Nina Simone - any and all
>Madeleine Peyroux - any and all
>Ella Fitzgerald - any and all (I like the Ken Burns Jazz compilation as an overall but any Ella is great)
>Jennifer Warnes - Famous Blue Raincoat (singing Leonard Cohen)

Latin, Swing or Salsa
>Buena Vista Social Club

Classical
>Appalachian Spring - Aaron Copeland
>Carmina Burana - Orff
>Hildegarde VonBingen - Vision
>YoYo Ma, Bobby McFerrin - Hush
>Movies Go to the Opera

Musical Theatre & Soundtracks
>Cold Mountain
>Les Miserables
>Big Chill
>Hope Floats
>Mamma Mia

Whatever
Love the gospel sounds of
Linda Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Choir
Sweet Honey in the Rock
Blind Boys of Alabama
Ruthie Foster - Any and all
Billy Jonas - My Life So Far

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