So, what have you been listening to lately?

[uwe]

Yes and there is nothing wrong with that, but this sounds incredibly forced - to the point of appearing as a pastiche - and dated.

I'm happy that Frontiers Music exists as a last home for AOR music, but the incestuous atmosphere there breeds some low quality stuff. They throw a lot of stuff at the wall just to see what sticks.

[uwe]

These three young sibling lasses with a fresh recording contract from Warner will no doubt go somewhere - with that look and how their voices gel. Sort of Athens', Georgia, answer to the Irish family band The Corrs, albeit 20 years later:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8P47jEW4DXw

They describe their music as "neo-traditional country", uhum, I would assume that our resident C&W expert would have to say something scathing about that, but let's just settle for "folky country pop", ok? Pleasant.

[patman]

I liked that.  A nice relaxed feel to it.

[westen44]

Besides having bands that have been around for a while that maybe have lost a lot of their audience through the years, Frontiers also has some fringe bands that can get my attention.  One good example would be Edge of Paradise.  They don't sound great live--too much of a muddled sound.  But I like some of their albums.  Their most recent one is "Hologram."  I'm still checking it out, but so far like it better than I was expecting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTucKQp4rKE

https://themetalpit.org/edgeofparadise/

[godofthunder]

  Ian Hunter's Defiance part 1 is getting quite a bit of spin time. The man can still rock and has more to say than most. Here's Bed of Roses with Ringo and Mike Campbell.  https://open.spotify.com/track/0SJ7QoDB8Y1xGZ8BfICMtb?si=ZiLdjgEURmeIR0Ewssag6Q

[Dave W]

Amber Digby's birthday today. Here with husband Randy Lindley doing a Jack Clement tune.

https://youtu.be/Zv7GLwAeuJw

Jack himself

https://youtu.be/UiTqMKepkT0

[westen44]

The Patty Loveless version.

https://youtu.be/XPe1Ek72HNU

[Dave W]

And it was also Suzy's birthday on the 30th.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce9kGLhAee0

[westen44]

I think Suzy does one of the best covers of this song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3O0TP03KIE

[Dave W]

That is a great cover version.

Today I'm listening to Mr. Moore.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJa1B89Z3bk

[patman]

Nice.

Made my day.

[uwe]

That is a great cover version.

Today I'm listening to Mr. Moore.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJa1B89Z3bk

This is excellent.

[wellREDman]

This is excellent.

I love playing for change.
as a cover aficionado, (with no hint of hyperbole) I think they are the best source of cover versions there is,

My all time favourite cover version (stretching the definition) is their version of Biko.
what's not to love, Angelique Kudjo and Yoyo Mas' strings, taiko drums and bagpipes!
and the singer is no  stranger to the material

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWNEr4eHL18

The definitive version of this one too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hGSqqhhokE

[Basvarken]

Today it is 38 years ago the son went down.
RIP Philip Parris Lynott

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2srQ9lq5GWM

[uwe]

Best Lizzy song ever. Highly atmospheric bass line.