CD Logging
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the_rckBaker, Jesse. Yessir! - I rather liked this.
Berry, Hunter. Wow Baby - This was okay. I didn't dislike it in the least, but I also didn't fall in love with it. It was a good example of the style of music that I like without being enough of one to make me want to buy it.
Big Mon: The Songs of Bill Monroe - This is an anthology of performances of Monroe's songs by a wide variety of different artists. Over all, I liked it.
Carolina Road. Back to My Roots - Eh. Not so much for me.
Chapman, Tracy. Our Bright Future - I expected to be depressed by this because that's been my experience with Chapman, but I didn't end up feeling that way. I kind of enjoyed this. I like Chapman's voice.
The Chieftains. Chieftains 5 - I very much enjoyed this one.
The Chieftains. Film Cuts - This was okay.
The Chieftans. Live from Dublin: a Tribute to Derek Bell - This one wasn't really my sort of thing.
The Chieftains. Santiago - I quite liked this. It's albums like this that are the reason I keep trying the Chieftains' stuff.
Child's Celebration of Lullaby - This one didn't impress me. The songs were soothing, I suppose, but none of them felt familiar enough to be soothing.
Coal Mining Women - I liked this better than I expected to.
The Crowe Brothers. Bridging the Gap - Not for me.
Everly Brothers. The Golden Hits of the Everly Brothers - I expected to recognize more songs than I did. This is a style of music that I generally only like when I'm already familiar with it.
Feathers, Robert. Old Home Place -
Flesher, Bob. Minstrel Banjo - I liked this better than I expected to. It was cheerful, and I didn't expect that.
Generations of Bluegrass, vol. 1: Pickers & Fiddlers - This wasn't bad. I think I just wasn't in the right mood to appreciate this one. It was the sort of music I usually like, but I didn't care much.
Harris, Emmylou. Angel Band - I liked this one for the most part. My impression, based on a distracted listen, is that this is mostly religious music.
Harris, Emmylou. Spyboy -
Harris, Emmylou, Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton. Trio II - I didn't like this as well as I did Trio. I played it and did something else. Then I looked up, and it was almost over without me having registered any of the songs.
Holly, Buddy. Memorial Collection - I enjoyed this one. I think I knew about a third of the songs. My sister and I used to listen to Buddy Holly when we were teenagers. I think we had two albums inherited from our parents.
Hot Rize. Traditional Ties -
Joyful Noise - I really liked the first song on this album, but I didn't so much like the rest of it.
Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances, vol. 3: Country Gospel - This wasn't really my sort of thing. It wasn't bad, but I was looking for more energy than these performances had.
Krauss, Alison. I've Got That Old Feeling -
Krauss, Alison and Union Station. Two Highways -
Lewis, Little Roy, Earl Scruggs, and Lizzy Long. Lifetimes - I generally enjoyed this. I didn't love it, but it was a pleasant thing to listen to as I worked. I didn't bother with the DVD that came with it as I saw no indication that it would be different music.
McGarrigle, Kate and Anna. McGarrigle Hour - I didn't really enjoy this one. The vocals simply didn't work for me.
McKennitt, Loreena. Parallel Dreams - I put a hold on this before I decided to give up on McKennitt, and I didn't think to cancel the hold. Once I got it home, I decided to listen to it anyway. I'm not sure why.
Monroe, Bill and His Blue Grass Boys. All the Classic Releases, 1937-1949 - There are four CDs to this which was kind of overwhelming. I have the impression that Monroe was quite influential in bluegrass, so I suppose these were historically interesting, but I wasn't particularly taken with the vocals.
Moore, Daniel Martin. Stray Age - This one kind of irritated me. I wanted to tell Moore to assert himself instead of just floating along with the lyrics. The vocals always felt only partly there.
Mountain Heart. Wide Open - This was okay, I guess.
Mustard's Retreat. A Gathering of Moments - All three of the Mustard's Retreat albums I bought are solid. I haven't listened to them enough yet to have favorite songs, but I will.
Mustard's Retreat. A Good Place to Be -
Mustard's Retreat. With Relish -
Nickel Creek. Nickel Creek - Too mellow for me.
Parton, Dolly. Backwoods Barbie - Eh.
Parton, Dolly. Better Day - I liked this one.
Parton, Dolly. Halos and Horns - I liked this one.
Parton, Dolly. Something Special - I didn't really enjoy this one. Parton seems to be hit or miss for me.
Rave On Buddy Holly - This is a Buddy Holly tribute album with various artists performing covers of Buddy Holly songs. I got it under the mistaken impression that it was actually a Buddy Holly album. It was okay, but most of the covers weren't in styles that I really enjoy.
Reno, Don, Red Smiley and the Tennessee Cut-ups. Reno & Smiley and the Tennessee Cut-ups 1951/1959 - This four CD set went on too long (I only ended up listening to two of the four CDs). I like Reno and Smiley, but this was just more than I wanted. The sound quality was also only middling.
Ronstadt, Linda. Feels Like Home - I quite liked this. I think I want to listen to it again.
Ronstadt, Linda. Greatest Hits CD 1 - I knew most of these songs. I regret that the library doesn't have the second (or subsequent if such exist) CD because I expect that I'd enjoy that. It was good to hear "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" again. I wasn't sure I knew all the words, and this confirms that I do.
Ronstadt, Linda and Ann Savoy. Adieu False Heart - The library classifies all Ronstadt as 'pop,' but most of what I've gotten there hasn't really fit that category. I'm not convinced that this one does either. I don't know enough about music to classify this, but it felt foreign to me, like it was influenced by a style of music with which I wasn't very familiar. It wasn't bad. Just different.
Rounder Records' 40th Anniversary Concert - I mostly didn't enjoy this one. I liked the two songs Steve Martin did, but I was, at best, indifferent to everything else. I almost stopped the CD more than once.
Scruggs, Earl, Doc Watson, and Ricky Skaggs. Three Pickers - I enjoyed this one quite a lot.
Seldom Scene. Scene 20 - I considered not bothering with the second CD of this album because the first one made so little impact on me, but I'm a completist on such things, and I had the forty or so minutes required.
Slone, Josh. Josh Slone and Coal Town - I'm not sure what the line is between country and bluegrass, but this was on the wrong side of the line for me. Not that I object to country, really, but this wasn't much fun.
Smeck, Roy. Roy Smeck Plays Hawaiian Guitar, Banjo, Ukulele, and Guitar: 1926-1940 - Cordelia demanded to know why on earth I was listening to this. She didn't like it one bit. I thought it was interesting. It's not really a style of music that I'm into, but I'm not sorry to have listened to it.
Sutton, Bryan. Not Too Far from the Tree - This was all instrumentals and didn't really catch me. It was by no means bad. It just wasn't what I was looking for.
Uglum, Eric. Shenandoah Wind - I liked this. Unfortunately, the library doesn't have any other Uglum. I shall have to look around online to see if there's more I can try. I'm unwilling to buy without hearing first.
Ultimate 80's vol 2 - I picked up this three CD set because it was cheap and because the 80s (at least the first half of the 80s) were when I actually listened to top 40 radio. I figured that a fair number of the songs would be things I remembered. I was right. Unfortunately, the cheapness is reflected in the quality of the recording. For a lot of the songs, it sounds like they deliberately sought out the worst version of the song. I'm pretty sure it's not simply nostalgia insisting that the songs were better when I heard them on the radio thirty years ago.
Vincent, Rhonda. The Storm Still Rages - This was okay. I'm willing to try more Vincent. It just wasn't enough to make me want to buy it.
Vincent, Rhonda and the Rage. Ragin' Live - This wasn't bad. It didn't hook me, but it also didn't irritate me.
Voce: Music from Women of the World - Not really my thing. It was interesting to hear music from different cultures, but for all that the music seemed to come from different places, it sounded a lot the same.
Wakefield, Frank. A Tribute to Bill Monroe - Not really my thing.
Berry, Hunter. Wow Baby - This was okay. I didn't dislike it in the least, but I also didn't fall in love with it. It was a good example of the style of music that I like without being enough of one to make me want to buy it.
Big Mon: The Songs of Bill Monroe - This is an anthology of performances of Monroe's songs by a wide variety of different artists. Over all, I liked it.
Carolina Road. Back to My Roots - Eh. Not so much for me.
Chapman, Tracy. Our Bright Future - I expected to be depressed by this because that's been my experience with Chapman, but I didn't end up feeling that way. I kind of enjoyed this. I like Chapman's voice.
The Chieftains. Chieftains 5 - I very much enjoyed this one.
The Chieftains. Film Cuts - This was okay.
The Chieftans. Live from Dublin: a Tribute to Derek Bell - This one wasn't really my sort of thing.
The Chieftains. Santiago - I quite liked this. It's albums like this that are the reason I keep trying the Chieftains' stuff.
Child's Celebration of Lullaby - This one didn't impress me. The songs were soothing, I suppose, but none of them felt familiar enough to be soothing.
Coal Mining Women - I liked this better than I expected to.
The Crowe Brothers. Bridging the Gap - Not for me.
Everly Brothers. The Golden Hits of the Everly Brothers - I expected to recognize more songs than I did. This is a style of music that I generally only like when I'm already familiar with it.
Feathers, Robert. Old Home Place -
Flesher, Bob. Minstrel Banjo - I liked this better than I expected to. It was cheerful, and I didn't expect that.
Generations of Bluegrass, vol. 1: Pickers & Fiddlers - This wasn't bad. I think I just wasn't in the right mood to appreciate this one. It was the sort of music I usually like, but I didn't care much.
Harris, Emmylou. Angel Band - I liked this one for the most part. My impression, based on a distracted listen, is that this is mostly religious music.
Harris, Emmylou. Spyboy -
Harris, Emmylou, Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton. Trio II - I didn't like this as well as I did Trio. I played it and did something else. Then I looked up, and it was almost over without me having registered any of the songs.
Holly, Buddy. Memorial Collection - I enjoyed this one. I think I knew about a third of the songs. My sister and I used to listen to Buddy Holly when we were teenagers. I think we had two albums inherited from our parents.
Hot Rize. Traditional Ties -
Joyful Noise - I really liked the first song on this album, but I didn't so much like the rest of it.
Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances, vol. 3: Country Gospel - This wasn't really my sort of thing. It wasn't bad, but I was looking for more energy than these performances had.
Krauss, Alison. I've Got That Old Feeling -
Krauss, Alison and Union Station. Two Highways -
Lewis, Little Roy, Earl Scruggs, and Lizzy Long. Lifetimes - I generally enjoyed this. I didn't love it, but it was a pleasant thing to listen to as I worked. I didn't bother with the DVD that came with it as I saw no indication that it would be different music.
McGarrigle, Kate and Anna. McGarrigle Hour - I didn't really enjoy this one. The vocals simply didn't work for me.
McKennitt, Loreena. Parallel Dreams - I put a hold on this before I decided to give up on McKennitt, and I didn't think to cancel the hold. Once I got it home, I decided to listen to it anyway. I'm not sure why.
Monroe, Bill and His Blue Grass Boys. All the Classic Releases, 1937-1949 - There are four CDs to this which was kind of overwhelming. I have the impression that Monroe was quite influential in bluegrass, so I suppose these were historically interesting, but I wasn't particularly taken with the vocals.
Moore, Daniel Martin. Stray Age - This one kind of irritated me. I wanted to tell Moore to assert himself instead of just floating along with the lyrics. The vocals always felt only partly there.
Mountain Heart. Wide Open - This was okay, I guess.
Mustard's Retreat. A Gathering of Moments - All three of the Mustard's Retreat albums I bought are solid. I haven't listened to them enough yet to have favorite songs, but I will.
Mustard's Retreat. A Good Place to Be -
Mustard's Retreat. With Relish -
Nickel Creek. Nickel Creek - Too mellow for me.
Parton, Dolly. Backwoods Barbie - Eh.
Parton, Dolly. Better Day - I liked this one.
Parton, Dolly. Halos and Horns - I liked this one.
Parton, Dolly. Something Special - I didn't really enjoy this one. Parton seems to be hit or miss for me.
Rave On Buddy Holly - This is a Buddy Holly tribute album with various artists performing covers of Buddy Holly songs. I got it under the mistaken impression that it was actually a Buddy Holly album. It was okay, but most of the covers weren't in styles that I really enjoy.
Reno, Don, Red Smiley and the Tennessee Cut-ups. Reno & Smiley and the Tennessee Cut-ups 1951/1959 - This four CD set went on too long (I only ended up listening to two of the four CDs). I like Reno and Smiley, but this was just more than I wanted. The sound quality was also only middling.
Ronstadt, Linda. Feels Like Home - I quite liked this. I think I want to listen to it again.
Ronstadt, Linda. Greatest Hits CD 1 - I knew most of these songs. I regret that the library doesn't have the second (or subsequent if such exist) CD because I expect that I'd enjoy that. It was good to hear "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" again. I wasn't sure I knew all the words, and this confirms that I do.
Ronstadt, Linda and Ann Savoy. Adieu False Heart - The library classifies all Ronstadt as 'pop,' but most of what I've gotten there hasn't really fit that category. I'm not convinced that this one does either. I don't know enough about music to classify this, but it felt foreign to me, like it was influenced by a style of music with which I wasn't very familiar. It wasn't bad. Just different.
Rounder Records' 40th Anniversary Concert - I mostly didn't enjoy this one. I liked the two songs Steve Martin did, but I was, at best, indifferent to everything else. I almost stopped the CD more than once.
Scruggs, Earl, Doc Watson, and Ricky Skaggs. Three Pickers - I enjoyed this one quite a lot.
Seldom Scene. Scene 20 - I considered not bothering with the second CD of this album because the first one made so little impact on me, but I'm a completist on such things, and I had the forty or so minutes required.
Slone, Josh. Josh Slone and Coal Town - I'm not sure what the line is between country and bluegrass, but this was on the wrong side of the line for me. Not that I object to country, really, but this wasn't much fun.
Smeck, Roy. Roy Smeck Plays Hawaiian Guitar, Banjo, Ukulele, and Guitar: 1926-1940 - Cordelia demanded to know why on earth I was listening to this. She didn't like it one bit. I thought it was interesting. It's not really a style of music that I'm into, but I'm not sorry to have listened to it.
Sutton, Bryan. Not Too Far from the Tree - This was all instrumentals and didn't really catch me. It was by no means bad. It just wasn't what I was looking for.
Uglum, Eric. Shenandoah Wind - I liked this. Unfortunately, the library doesn't have any other Uglum. I shall have to look around online to see if there's more I can try. I'm unwilling to buy without hearing first.
Ultimate 80's vol 2 - I picked up this three CD set because it was cheap and because the 80s (at least the first half of the 80s) were when I actually listened to top 40 radio. I figured that a fair number of the songs would be things I remembered. I was right. Unfortunately, the cheapness is reflected in the quality of the recording. For a lot of the songs, it sounds like they deliberately sought out the worst version of the song. I'm pretty sure it's not simply nostalgia insisting that the songs were better when I heard them on the radio thirty years ago.
Vincent, Rhonda. The Storm Still Rages - This was okay. I'm willing to try more Vincent. It just wasn't enough to make me want to buy it.
Vincent, Rhonda and the Rage. Ragin' Live - This wasn't bad. It didn't hook me, but it also didn't irritate me.
Voce: Music from Women of the World - Not really my thing. It was interesting to hear music from different cultures, but for all that the music seemed to come from different places, it sounded a lot the same.
Wakefield, Frank. A Tribute to Bill Monroe - Not really my thing.
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Date: 2014-08-18 12:51 pm (UTC)Linda Ronstadt & Ann Savoy: Ann Savoy and her husband Marc are big names in Cajun music, so perhaps that was the style you were unfamiliar with? Seems like I should own this CD, but I can't remember for sure if I do, or any details about it. Ann Savoy has a recent quartet of women called The Magnolia Sisters.
Other bluegrass note: at the Great Lakes Folk Festival last weekend, the best band I heard was Detour, a Michigan-based bluegrass band. I don't know if the library has any of their albums; I bought one but haven't gotten to it yet. (I've been buried in a classical music festival on the internet radio which runs until mid-September.)
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Date: 2014-08-19 03:30 pm (UTC)I don't know Cajun music particularly, so it might well be that. I liked the Savoy and Ronstadt CD. It just wasn't what I was expecting. The library puts all Ronstadt CDs in 'pop,' but most of them, in my opinion, don't fit there. I'm never sure what to expect.