Hey, Community gang, I’m working up a new Community-driven playlist for next month with a companion blog. I’m always so impressed with your passionate music posts, and I thought it’d be fun to share your thoughts on some of the prominent artists and selections I’ll feature. So then…drumroll
All submissions are welcomed: subjective soliloquies, impassioned impressions, obsessive odes, feverish free-form fusillades, scintillating scholarly shoutouts, academic asides, expert essays, first experiences from your personal music journeys — it’s your thing, do whatcha wanna do. I’ll run them; there are no wrong answers.
Post here in the thread, or feel free to message me at @jamie. Please note that sharing means you’re okay with us publishing your wonderful music comments on our blog, etc.
Never seen the appeal of her myself, for me far better Jazz singers out there. The standard Audiophile choices of artist and like most of these she’s all are a bit meh for me.
I listen to Diana Krall every time that I go to an audio store to listen to speakers. Rarely at home, though Live in Paris has some wonderful wonderful moments. I would definitely love to see her live, but sonic & technical qualities of recording aside, while her voice is splendiferous, she’s not my musical cup of tea. Though I like vocal jazz a great deal.
Have a listen to her singing Danny Boy with the Chieftains (on their Tears of Stone album). Surely a cringefest you’d think. Not a bit of it, haunting music, an absolutely beautiful interpretation. On YouTube here
I’m often intrigued at how our musical tastes diverge, even as a passionate group of aficionados. For my own part, I love the music of Diana Krall. We listen to her often. Indeed, according to Roon she’s places number 13th on my all time most played artists (to my shock she places after Melody Gardot who is also wonderful but much less consistent across albums IMO).
She (Krall) generally has interesting vocal articulation, a smooth pleasing voice, great song choices, and her old works have phenomenal piano. It’s like aural aloe Vera.
