What Are You Listening To?

[CRAZY-HORSE]

BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS  "burnin' "  cd,  1973

from the "island records box set"...
their sixth, second on Island Records label...
still struggling to make waves in the charts...
does contain the two known songs "i shot the sheriff" and "get up, stand up"...
nothing not to like on here and three or four i love,
again, the problem i have with it is the fact its reggae and reggae is reggae, period...
I LIKE THIS ALBUM

an all time fave of his for me:

[Ruby]

Gustaf Ljunggren with Skúli Sverrisson – Floreana

Probably best described as ambient jazz with moments of (almost) modern classical! I dunno tbh - one of those that defies precise definition. It was a good listen IMHO - instrumental with plenty of air and interest - melodic, minimal to a degree, calm and unhurried without being boring. It's a funny thing - there is a such a fine line between pedestrian and not, and now that I think of it, between meditative and just plain banal. 

Ljunggren is a multi-instrumentalist and Sverrisson is a much lauded Icelandic bassist who's played with some notables - Laurie Andersen, Lou Reed, Bill Frisell and Ryuichi Sakamoto to name a few. The album was released in May 2022. I'm sure this is one of those that you can get to know properly in time, and enjoy the process (in the same way as I am now thoroughly acquainted with Roger Eno's The Turning Year - this album is kinda in that category, to me). On my wishlist! 

A few tracks:

"Leading Somewhere" (or not!) ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFfmGtyeQ-I

"Codimar" ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10MsF_-omSs

"Vestegnsromantik" ... guest violin by Cæcilie Balling ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvTeFiBgoGE

"Vi Overlever" ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUCQHFpVmHY

"Olive" ...  

[Ruby]

The majesty of strings - gosh - what a magnificent piece of music ...