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Santa Fe, NM USA 1982.
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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.
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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.
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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. 🥹
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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.
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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.
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Paul Simon - Seven Psalms (2023)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiDc...
From its opening bars, this acoustic guitar dominated album is supported with occasional strings, woodwinds & subtle, varied & unusual percussion. Unlike anything else he’s done, & quite sublime.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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Tori Amos - Precious Things (1992)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6z2...
The lyrics are among her most direct & devastating, but musically & sonically it’s amazing too, & when the drums enter they’re bass heavy & so powerful - an integral part of the fury of the song.
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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!”
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Joaquín Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez (2. Adagio) (1939)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEfJ...
Miles Davis did something special with this famous slow movement, but Rodrigo’s original, with its powerful cadenza & climax, is unmatched in melancholy & intensity.
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Joni Mitchell - Night Ride Home (1991)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf3M...
Her singing, songwriting & pianism are incredible, of course. But her guitar playing is also wonderful & distinctive.
Back in 1991, this song & album were my entry point to her world.
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Martin Carthy - The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll (1998)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6z4...
Both his singing & his stunning guitar playing are full of expression & character. I can’t imagine Dylan’s early masterpiece covered more brilliantly than this.
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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.
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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!
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Bach - Guitar Suite in E major (1. Prelude)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUky...
Written for violin, transcribed by Bach for lute, & here played on a modern guitar. The beauty & sanity of Bach’s music is such a balm in crazy times!
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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.
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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.
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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!
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Kate Bush - Moments of Pleasure (1993)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGGG...
One of the greatest piano & orchestra ballads in pop music. The extended coda, with the “hills of time” like waves of memories, is sublime.
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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.
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