What are you listening to right now?

found an amazing FB group - Arabic Music Retreat
discovering all kinds of wonderful music through the folks in the group



this is an example of Andalusian music

Shazam girl! That's-a nice

It always amazes how much this style resembles parts of Flamenco. Not that I should be surprised - I think the Gypsies came from India via the middle east and in Spain their musical traditions hybridized to form flamenco

See what I mean:

I always felt the Arabic influence was noticeable; especially in the minor scales that form the basis of the music.

Something I hadn't heard before

There is a local early music group here whose concerts I've been attending for decades - The Toronto Consort. One season they prepared a concert program which reflected the music Cervantes would have heard over his life.

First - the music of Spain of the late 16th century
Next - the music he would have heard as a prisoner of war in Algeria
Finally - the music of Spain which had changed while he was in prison - it now held a strong Moorish/North African influence

I'm fascinated by how music changes as it travels. Toronto Consort indulges that part of my brain.

I cant live without music ....

i am listening pop songs

Toto - Africa

Neil Diamond on radio.

This one from Metallica. Surprisingly mellow.

What I was listening to on the local radio station in 1971. Eclectic mix sadly missing from today's radio.

That brings back a few memories - good ones! Surprising how many of the people named are still around.

Herb Alpert - Tijuana Brass Medley

Evil Ways - Santana. I've started to go through Panzade's list!

Peggy Lee (don't ask)

I'm listening and watching Brief Encounter, an adaptation of a Noel Coward play, made in 1946.

Lovely old classic - it was one of my mother's favourites!