Furry Lewis - Furry's Blues 1927-1929 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Walter E. InchFurryInch Lewis (1893-1981), was a Mississippi-born, Memphis-bred guitarist and singer whose early fame was based on his 1927 recordings for the Victor tag. When the Depression ended most of the recording in the South, Furry took a job as a laborer for the city of Memphis. He lived in musical obscurity until he was Inchre-discoveredInch by producer Sam Charters in the late 1950s. Lewis's version of InchJohn HenryInch is a powerful example of early southern blues. This collection also includes Lewis's oral history of his early days as a bluesman, as well as the story of his musical education in several styles of blues guitar. The liner notes include a discography of Lewis's early recordings.

If one tries to characterize Russian music, then one almost involuntarily finds descriptions such as InchsoulfulInch, InchmelancholicInch or even Inchemotionally chargedInch, attributes that could also apply to the sphere of sound of the violoncello. Benjamin Kruithof and the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie conducted by Conrad van Alphen play Tchaikovsky's short tasteful salon piece Pezzo Capriccioso, the cheerful, elegant and witty Rococo Variations, the Nocturne in C-sharp minor from his piano cycle Opus 19 and the slow movement (Andante cantabile) from his String Quartet No. 1 op. 11 - plus Glazunov's Chant du Ménestrel op. 71 and Dawidov's peacefully flowing Sunday Morning op. 20. Popper's Fantasy on Little Russian Songs op. 43 combines the lyrical mellifluousness and sheer unfailing bravura that also distinguished Popper's own cello playing. Rachmaninov's Vocalise Op. 34, No. 14 completes RUSSIAN MOOD.

That principle is the guiding light behind Field Medic's hypnotically beautiful and fearlessly honest new record, 'fade into the dawn.' Sullivan's first proper full-length for Run For Cover and his first since making the leap to full-time musician, the collection features ten sparse, acoustic tracks that reckon with our perceptions of success and self as they face down the inevitable complications that arise from realizing any hard-won dream. Sullivan has always written candidly about doubt and darkness and anxiety, but he digs deeper than ever before here, blending black humor and bold introspection as he weighs fantasy against reality and searches for meaning in the mundane. InchI used to be a romantic / Now I'm a dude in a laminate,Inch he sings of life on perpetual tour, encapsulating at once both the tantalizing allure and endless tedium of the road.