[Magdalen] I need some new music

[Charles Wohlers]

I've been acquiring vinyl LP's (probably far too many) of late. Just 
listened to one by Koko Taylor (Chicago blues) and one by Duke Ellington. 
Both excellent, although Koko Taylor is probably not what you're looking 
for. OTOH, anything by Duke Ellington is likely better than 90% of what's 
out there.

But - other recent acquisitions along the lines of what you posted:
The original Christmas Revels LP - there are a bunch of them, most available 
on CD. All folky - some Olde English, one Appalachian, all excellent.
"All Shall Be Well Again" by Gordon Bok, Ann Mayo Muir & Ed Trickett. Title 
song based on Julian of Norwich (but you knew that, right?). Hopefully 
available on CD.
"Wayfaring Stranger", 10" LP by Burl Ives. His older stuff like this (early 
50's) is much more authentically folky than his later output, and quite 
good.
Pretty much anything by Dave Van Ronk (one of the original Greenwich Village 
folkies) is highly recommended. My lastest one is "Songs for Ageing 
Children"
Also, pretty much anything by Doc Watson.
If you're in to Gregorian Chant, Deutsche Gramophone has a 4-CD set of most 
of what they've put out over the years, quite cheap.
I could go on but I probably should stop.
I might mention, however, that I've also acquired an LP of Leadbelly (Huddie 
Ledbetter) in concert, on Playboy Records - a label I never knew even 
existed. As one might expect from Playboy Records, there's a fold-out 
picture of Leadbelly accompanying the record. Fortunately, he's not naked.

Chad Wohlers
Woodbury, VT USA
chadwohl at satucket.com


On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 12:27 PM, Susan Hagen <susanvhagen at gmail.com> wrote:

> On my long car trip in July I realized that I haven't bought new CDs
> in a long time.  My car only has a CD player, not a plug in for MP3
> player or the like.  I like folk and acoustic, singer/songwriter
> stuff, sacred choral, some kinds of gospel.  What are people listening
> too these days that they might recommend?
>
> Susan
>
> --
> The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among
> you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the
> land of Egypt.
> Leviticus 19:34
>