What are you listening to right now?

[TheVat]

Be seeing you.

I loved that Lotus 7.  

[TheVat]

Stirring performance, lovely performer, and I loved the top comment which concerns coughing during a performance.  (clicking on comments should show it first)

I can play Asturias on piano, but on acoustic guitar it sounds

so.

much.

better.

[exchemist]

Continuing the guitar theme, time for a bit more Bach: Prelude from 1st Cello Suite played on the guitar by the lovely and talented Julia Lange:

 

What I like about this performance is that, unlike some guitar performers of this piece on YouTube (there are quite a few) she doesn't try to make it all about herself by messing about with the tempo and inserting dynamic contrasts all the time, as if it were a Romantic piece. It's Baroque. She allows Bach's pulse (always very strong) to carry it forward and lets his cascades of notes do the expressive work, with just a little inflexion here and there to stress key moments. Very classy interpretation, I thought. And she looks as if she in a sort of calm and peaceful ecstasy throughout, which is rather delightful.   

[TheVat]

Brava.  I like musicians who get to that sort of communion with the piece and invite you in (vs showoffy "look at me play, Ma!" stuff).

If you like "ecstasy throughout," also may be seen in many BB King solos.  

[Ken Fabian]

I've been revisiting some of the music I liked when (much) younger. Not much of it still has appeal. Even going back over Beatles albums there were a lot that just don't do it for me, but still leaving some that really, really do. The hard rock likes of Led Zep, Deep Purple, I liked then, not much now.

One band - at least some of their catalogue - has managed to impress me more than I expected going back around; I was a fan of Yes in 70's and 80's and much taken back then with Steve Howe's guitar and Rick Wakemen's keyboards especially. Still am but this time around I am floored by Chris Squire's bass playing.

Not necessarily has wide appeal but since people seem to be including linked examples.

(People who make videos of live performances suck at showing what anyone apart from lead singer and lead guitar are doing but this one segue's into Squire's signature solo piece - him showing off, and a bit indulgently; the basslines across so many songs are awesome, better than that imo, as often the lead instrument as not but so few videos show what he is doing (and how any video people who were AT a Yes concert failed to pay notice to him has me scratching my head)) -

"Long Distance Runaround/The Fish" -

 

Edited December 12 by Ken Fabian