what are you currently listening too

[Timbofood]

Good for you big sky girl! I love Larry's Christmas tunes! His White Christmas is pretty cool.
I've been listening to "bluegrass country.org" while baking Christmas cookies and other such holiday goodies!

[bigskygirl]

Hey Tim, I like that whole album, it's fun to listen to Christmas tunes set to a BG beat..I also listen to a bit of Homer and Jethro...Santa Baby...now that's some good stuff!

[dtb]

Wow folks, sorry, but I'm digging Classic Rock radio and drinking beer.

Dan

[Richard J]

New Son from Trampled by Turtles.

[Timbofood]

Big sky girl,
I have had a Jones for Larry and Lonesome Ramblers since 75! That was one great band, Art Wydner was such a solid old school bass player, Mike Lilly, powerhouse banjo player, Wendy Miller...hands down one of the nicest guys a kid JUST starting could ever have met.
He took me on the bus and spent time showing me the "Windy Chimes" tuning and how to play it. A forty minute lesson to a real newbie. I will carry that memory to my death! Check out the "Footsteps of Tradition" album, my band did almost that whole album back then.

[bigskygirl]

Big sky girl,
I have had a Jones for Larry and Lonesome Ramblers since 75! That was one great band, Art Wydner was such a solid old school bass player, Mike Lilly, powerhouse banjo player, Wendy Miller...hands down one of the nicest guys a kid JUST starting could ever have met.
He took me on the bus and spent time showing me the "Windy Chimes" tuning and how to play it. A forty minute lesson to a real newbie. I will carry that memory to my death! Check out the "Footsteps of Tradition" album, my band did almost that whole album back then.

Super cool, it's nice when artists treat the fans well, I've run across some who don't...

I really like this rendition of Natural Thing to Do by Eli West and Cahalen Morrison. Eli showed us the guitar chord melody at Targhee camp a few years ago.

[Ken Waltham]

E Street Radio, every day!

[mandroid]

BBC world service over the web <no Music content>..

[colorado_al]

The Jon Stickley Trio - Flight of the Durban into Blackberry Blossom
AMAZING!

[colorado_al]

Oh and this:
SICK!

[JeffD]

Mandolin recordings are a small part of all that I listen to. I used to religiously not listen to mandolin recordings, getting my inspiration from other instruments. (And as a result my chops are not very bluegrassy - or you could say, I have a different style).

Avi Avital is one mandolinner I listen to a lot, probably more than any other mandolin player. I think part of it is I love that music, but another part is that I have no chance of emulating his way of playing, he is so good. If I do pick up anything, it will help my playing, but not really influence my style. Its "safe" in that way.

[Relio]

I picked up a banjo a few days ago, so a lot of Flatt & Scruggs.

[Petrus]

I generally like slow, hypnotic jazzy stuff. Stumbled across these guys called Timber Timbre recently and find them intriguing. No mando, unfortunately. Their lead guy has a nice Jazzmaster guitar though (also the Les Paul seen in the still below.) And, fwiw, if they're looking for a mandolinist I can strum a few chords in the background. (I'm not being modest; I can literally only strum a few chords.)

[Petrus]

And "Father John Misty" (Josh Tillman) is interesting. Channeling a bit of Gram Parsons in his previous album (Fear Fun.) Sadly also mandoless (what is it with these mandoless bands?)

Here, a paean or maybe rather an ironic lament of sorts to the music industry.

[soliver]

I first heard of The Punch Brothers about a month or 2 back (Here on the Cafe) so I have Pandora set on a Punch Bros station and just let it ride.... Liking most of what I hear

[Nick Gellie]

Chris Henry and the Hardcore Grass - Water Song. Amazing versatility and talent displayed on the album. Play it all the time while travelling and at home.

[Lord of the Badgers]

The Unthanks (With the Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band) - Diversions vol2
Cardiacs - A Little Man & A House & The Whole World Window
William D Drake - The Rising of The Lights
Miranda Sykes & Rex Preston - self titled
Transatlantic Sessions vol6

Half folk, half whole-tone medieval punk prog mash up...

[BrianWilliam]

Tony Rice Unit > Joao Gilberto

[Tom Wright]

John Hiatt's "Crossing Muddy Waters", which we are adding to our set list---already doing his "Gone". Both from the CD that has plenty of acoustic playing and the mandolin is an important contributor. David Immergluck plays fine melodies and accompaniment figures on what looks to be a Gibson A.

[Bigtuna]

Duane Allman box set, Jerry Garcia Almost Acoustic, Dawg Grass, Jimmy Smith Christmas Cookin'

[kenny boy]

SULLIVAN FAMILY , MAC WISEMAN, MICKI MUSTER , EVERLY brothers.Always JLL & LGL.

[mandocrucian]

The most frequently played disc in the house.....



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flook_(band)

[SincereCorgi]

Today's Christmas kick: Nick Lowe's "Quality Street", My Morning Jacket's Christmas EP, SNZ's "Christmas Caravan", interrupted by the first Velvet Underground album, Television's "Adventure" and a Roger Miller golden hits collection. There's one track with nice mandolin on that Zippers' album.

[bbaker2050]

Kenny Baker plays Bill Monroe, John Reischman albums, Thile/Punch Brothers, Butch Baldassari to name a few.....oh and Don Edwards "Last of the Troubadours" album.

[Larry S Sherman]

Still listening to U Srinivas daily. Here's a beautiful piece that I've been really into lately featuring Ustad Sultan Khan. Haunting and beautiful.



Larry