A Fistful of Music

Music Newsletter for the Hiram College Library Community

March 2007

Welcome back from Spring Break! It's always good to come back to some new music, and we've got another batch ready and waiting. This month, we've got singer-songwriters galore, another guy named Manson, guitarists of all sorts, and people playing weird instruments. We have lots of local music too. Any comments, questions or demands can be sent to Jeff Wanser, wanserjc@hiram.edu.

Pop/Rock:

Composer/Artist	Title	Call #	Comments
American Steal	Come to My Town	Pop Am35 C734	"My town" would seem to be Kent. Local rock band approaches middle age, and features Steve Urbon on drums.
American Steal	It's Hard to Hide the Heroes	Pop Am35 It6	Their 2001 effort. Links: American Steal
Alexis Antes	All Come Down	Pop An86 Al51	2003 release from this Cleveland singer-songwriter. Links: Antes \| MySpace
Birdhouse Gourds	Ohio	Pop B532 Oh3	This band from the Avon Lake vicinity plays straightahead rock, with influences ranging from R.E.M. to surf music. Links: Gourds
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony	E. 1999 Eternal	Pop B641 Ea77	If you can download ringtones by these guys, does that mean they've made it big, or lost all credibility? Their first and best release, from 1995. Links: Bone \| AllMusicGuide \| YouTube
Tracy Chapman	Where You Live	Pop C367 W574	She's not making as big a splash as she did previously, but she's still making solid music. Her latest. Links: Chapman \| AllMusicGuide \| YouTube
Dazz Band	The Best of Dazz Band	Pop D339 B464	80s funk from Cleveland. Links: Dazz \| AllMusicGuide \| YouTube
John Called Mark	Songs from the Basement	Pop J613 So58	Christian blues rock (is that a category?) from, you guessed it, Clevleand. Links: JCM \|
Gerald Levert & Eddie Levert, Sr.	Father & Son	Pop L577 F268	Team-up from 1995, of the late Gerald, and his dad, former O'Jay. Links: G. Levert \| AllMusicGuide \| YouTube
Lords of the Highway	Degreaser	Pop L884 D365	Honky-tonk punk rock (another unusual category!) also from Cleveland. Links: Lords \| MySpace \| YouTube
Dean Martin	The Capitol Years	Pop M363 C172	Not quite as cool as Tony Bennett, but he was born in Steubenville. Links: Martin \| AllMusicGuide \| YouTube
Josh Murphy	Makeshift	Pop M954 M289	Singer-songwriter from the Boardman area (but now in Arizona) put out this release in 2005.
Josh Murphy	My Dead Love	Pop M954 M990	This is an EP, but it's from 2006. Links: YouTube
Josh Murphy	Second Chance	Pop M954 Se24	Here's his oldest release, from 2004. Links: Murphy
The New Lou Reeds	Screwed	Pop N420 Scr29	We don't know why we need new Lou Reeds, since the old one isn't used up yet. Conservation, people! Eclectic Cleveland band. Links: NLR \| MySpace \| YouTube
Joshua Radin	We Were Here	Pop R118 W369	Latest release from yet another Cleveland singer songwriter. Does everybody have to have two web sites? Links: Radin \| MySpace \|AMG \| YouTube
Boz Scaggs	Boz Scaggs	Pop Sca32 B716	His second album, from way back in 1969, from this Canton boy. Links: Scaggs \| AllMusicGuide \| MySpace
Stereolab	Serene Velocity: A Stereolab Anthology	Pop St45 Se66	British art pop/rock, with an electronic twist. Interesting, until it becomes annoying. Links: Stereolab \| AllMusicGuide \| YouTube
Robin Stone	My Heart	Pop St72 M990	How can there be so many Cleveland singer songwriters? Is there a factory somewhere? Links: Stone \| MySpace

Folk/Country:

Composer/Artist	Title	Call #	Comments
Brady's Leap	Heart of the Stranger	Folk B729 H351	Youngstown area Celtic/folk band, but curiously named after a site & event in Portage County. Links: Brady's Leap \| The Event
David Allan Coe	Invictus (Means) Unconquered / Tennessee Whiskey	Country C650 In8	Two albums from the early 1980s re-released on CD. Real outlaw country music from an Akron boy.
David Allan Coe	Tattoo / Family Album	Country C650 T189	Two more, these from the late 1970s. Links: Coe \| AllMusicGuide \| YouTube
Joe Fedorchak Orchestra	The Best of the Joe Fedorchak Orchestra	Folk F319 B464	A fine best of set from this Cleveland polka master. Links: Fedorchak
The Hollisters	Sweet Inspiration	Country H727 Sw36	Only an Texas bar band could get away with a harpsichord on country music, but it's not on all their songs. Links: Hollisters \| AllMusicGuide
Rio Neon	Midnight Surprise	Folk R476 M584	An area group that does what they call "folkjazz," a combination of old-time music, swing, and anything else they like. Links: Rio
The Del Sinchak Band	Live! at Kuzmans	Folk Si61 L744	Another fine polka group, caught in concert at Kuzman's Lounge, in Girard, Ohio. Links: Sinchak

International:

Composer/Artist	Title	Call #	Comments
Koĉani Orkestar	Alone at My Wedding	Int K810 Al51	Cheery thoughts from this Macedonian wedding band. If you like brass, these folks rock. Links: Koĉani \| AllMusicGuide \| YouTube
Manco Capac	Ritual: Musique Rituelle Andine / Andean Ritual Music	Int M312 R518	This group, named after the Inca King, collected music from the region, and reproduced it using traditional instruments.
	Grece: Chansons et Danses Populaires / Greece: Folk Songs & Dances	Int G799	Recordings made 1930-1959 by Samuel Baud-Bovy in various parts of the country.
	The Music of Armenia, V.3: Duduk	Int M973a/3	A variety of works for duduk, or Armenian oboe, performed by Gevorg Dabaghyan. Links: Dabaghyan \| Duduk
	The Music of Armenia, V.4: Kanon / Traditional Zither Music	Int M973a/4	Another in this series, this one featuring the zither in all its glory. Links: Kanon
	Die Schönsten Heurigenmelodien	Int Sch63	The most beautiful vintage melodies (well, that's what it says), from Austria.
	Turquie: Cérémonie des Derviches Kadiri / Turkey: Ceremony of the Kadiri Dervishes	Int T865	Sufi music recorded in Istanbul in the 1980s. Not the same as surf music. Links: Sufi Music in Turkey \| YouTube

Blues/Gospel:

Composer/Artist	Title	Call #	Comments
Tab Benoit	Nice and Warm	Blues B440 N514	First release from 1992 by this Louisiana guitarist. More coming. Links: Benoit \| AllMusicGuide \| YouTube
Kelly Chapman	Real	Gospel C366 R229	Contemporary gospel from this singer and minister from Cleveland. Links: Chapman
Buddy Guy	Blues Singer	Blues G990 B625	Guy goes back to Delta roots with an acoustic guitar. Links: Guy \| AllMusicGuide \| YouTube
Little Milton	Welcome to the Club: The Essential Chess Recordings	Blues L725 W449	Best of set from this Chicago singer and guitarist on the soulful side. Links: Milton \| AllMusicGuide \| YouTube
Jimmy Rogers	Chicago's Jimmy Rogers Sings the Blues	Blues R632 C432	There were several guys running around with this name. This is the one with the electric guitar. Links: Rogers \| AllMusicGuide \| YouTube
Vaughan Brothers	Family Style	Blues V465 F210	Stevie Ray and Jimmie together, back in 1990. Links: Stevie Ray \| AMG \| Jimmie \| AMG \| YouTube

Musicals/Film Music:

Composer/Artist	Title	Call #	Comments
Henry Mancini	Breakfast at Tiffany's	FilmMus M312 B740	Music from the film. Did you know that Mancini is from Cleveland? We didn't either. Links: Mancini \| AllMusicGuide
Henry Mancini	Victor Victoria	FilmMus M312 V665	Original soundtrack, featuring Julie Andrews. Links: Andrews

Jazz:

Composer/Artist	Title	Call #	Comments
Tadd Dameron	Mating Call	Jazz D182 M427	Dameron, composer, arranger, pianist, and Clevelander, teams up with John Coltrane in 1956. Links: Dameron \| AllMusicGuide
Kenny Garrett	Beyond the Wall	Jazz G192 B468	The latest from this sax player, this one's been nominated for awards. Links: Garrett \| AMG \| YouTube
Holly Hofmann	Take Note!	Jazz H677 T139	Painesville's finest flute player's first album, from 1989. Links: Hofmann \| AMG
Lost Tribe	Many Lifetimes	Jazz L899 M319	Late 1990s fusion band that throws in a bit of everything to the mix. Links: AllMusicGuide
Bevan Manson	Rhythm Chowder	Jazz M318 R349	First release from this progressive pianist. Probably no relation to Marilyn or Charles. Links: Manson
Morris Code	Nothin' but a Daydream	Jazz M831 N844	Smooth jazz ensemble from the Cleveland area, featuring Peggy Morris. Seems their website doesn't work anymore.
Horace Silver Quintet	Finger Poppin'	Jazz Si39 F494	1959 set from this hard bop pianist and his group. Links: Silver \| AMG \| YouTube
Paul Stranahan Trio	Climbing Somewhere	Jazz St81 C613	Jazz/fusion from Cleveland. Links: Stranahan

Classical:

Composer	Title	Call #	Comments
Bèla Bartòk	Gyorgy Sandor Plays Bartòk	Clas B285 G998	Piano concertos and other works for orchestra. Links: Bartòk \| YouTube
Bèla Bartòk	A Sonata Recital by Bèla Bartòk and Joseph Szigeti	Clas B285 So57	Since Bartòk was playing, we could put this down in the artists section, but two of the four pieces are also his. BB on piano, Szigeti on violin, recorded in 1940 at the Library of Congress. Links: Bartòk \| Szigeti
Herbert Baumann	Kammermusik für Bläser / Chamber Music for Clarinet	Clas B327 C355	Six works performed by the Residenz-Quintett, München.
Herbert Baumann	Musik für Streicher / Music for Strings	Clas B327 M973	Five more pieces, performed by several different ensembles. Links: Baumann (in German)
Ludwig van Beethoven	Complete Chamber Music for Flute	Clas B393 C738	Featuring Jean-Pierre Rampal and various other artists. Links: Beethoven \| Rampal
Ludwig van Beethoven	Symphony No. 6; Egmont Overture	Clas B393 Sy68-6	Played by our old friends, the Hungarian State Orchestra, conducted by János Ferencsik. Links: Beethoven \| Ferencsik
William Bolcom & Samuel Adler	Music for Piano & Flute	Clas B637 M973	Two works by each composer, including piano concertos and instrumental pieces, Performed by the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, and other folks. Links: Bolcom \| Adler \| Rochester PO
Ronald Corp	Forever Child & Other Choral Music	Igou C817 F762	Contemporary British works, performed by Voces Cantabiles, conducted by the composer. Links: Corp \| Voces
Peter Maxwell Davies	Naxos Quartets Nos. 3 & 4	Clas D288 N231	Recently composed works, performed by the Maggini Quartet Links: Davies \| Maggini Q
Ernö Dohnányi	Instrumental Works	Clas D682 In7	Pieces for both orchestra and string trio, including the Budapest Symphony Orchestra, conducted by György Lehel. Links: Dohnányi \| Budapest SO \| Lehel
Ulvі Cemâl Erkіn	Complete Works for Piano Solo	Clas Er48 C738	Four works by this 20th century Turkish composer, performed by Verda Erman. Links: Erkin \| Erman
Carlisle Floyd	The Sojourner and Mollie Sinclair	Clas F669 So38	One act comic opera recorded in 1963 by the Orchestra & Chorus of the East Carolina College School of Music, conducted by Julius Rudel. Links: Floyd \| Rudel
Martin Gotfrit	On the Air: Narrative Electroacoustic Music	Clas G711 On1	Musique concrète from this contemporary Canadian composer. Links: Gotfrit
Percy Grainger	Salute to Percy Grainger	Clas G761 Sa38	A program of 19 pieces, performed by Peter Pears, the English Chamber Orchestra, the Ambrosian Singers, and other folks, conducted by Benjamin Britten & Steuart Bedford. Links: Grainger \| Britten \| Bedford
Johann Adolf Hasse / Johann Michael Haydn	Miserere; Missa Sancti Aloysii	Clas H276 M687	Two sacred works from the 18th century, performed by the Mädchenchor Hannover, directed by Ludwig Rutt & Gudrun Schröfel, and the Kammerakedemie Hannover, conducted by Krzysztof Wegrzyn. Links: Hasse \| Haydn
Michael Haydn	Serenade; Symphony in D Major	Clas H324 Se66	Performed by the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by János Sándor. Links: Haydn \| Sàndor
Franz Lehár	Gold & Silver	Clas L527 G563	Various overtures and waltzes, with a few pieces by other composers tacked on. Performed by the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by János Sándor, & the Hungarian State Orchestra, conducted by János Ferencsik. Links: Lehár \| YouTube
Peter Lieberson	Rilke Songs; Six Realms; Horn Concerto	Igou L621 R457	Recent works, featuring Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, mezzo-soprano, Peter Serkin, piano, Michaela Fukacova, cello, William Purvis, horn, and the Odense Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Justin Brown & Donald Palma. Links: Peter L. \| Lorraine Hunt L. \| Brown \| Palma \| Odense SO
Leevi Madetoja	Intimate Garden: Complete Piano Works	Clas M264 In8	Early-mid 20th century works, performed by Hiljainen Tarha. Links: Madetoja
Olivier Messiaen	Angela Hewitt Plays Messiaen	Igou M563 An43	Piano works from the 1920s to 1950. Links: Messiaen \| Hewitt \|YouTube
Claudio Monteverdi	Opera's First Master: The Musical Dramas of Claudio Monteverdi	Clas M765 Op2	CD to accompany the book by Mark Ringer. Links: Monteverdi \| YouTube
Harry Partch	The Wayward	Clas P257 W368	A set of pieces based on the words of hobos and other folks. Performed by Stephen Kalm, baritone, Robert Osborne, bass-baritone, and Newband, directed by Dean Drummond. Links: Partch \| Newband \| YouTube
Steve Reich	You Are (Variations)	Igou R271 Y83	Recent works, performed by the Los Angeles Master Chorale, conducted by Grant Gershon, and Maya Beiser, cello. Links: Reich \| LA Master Chor. \| Beiser \| YouTube
Camille Saint-Saëns	Camille Saint-Saëns	Clas Sa25 C146	Saint-Saëns plays his own works, via piano rolls made in the early 20th century. Links: Saint-Saëns
Igor Stravinsky	L'Histoire du Soldat, and other works	Clas St82 H629	Title work and three others performed by the Soloists Ensemble of the Bolshoi Theatre, conducted by Alexander Lazarev. Links: Igor \| Lazarev
Artist	Title	Call #	Comments
Choir of the Collegiate Church of St. Mary, Warwick	How Lovely Are Thy Dwellings	Clas C452 H830	Program of 13 works by Britten and others, conducted by Mark Shepherd, with Kevin Bowyer on the organ. Links: Choir \| Bowyer
Tuija Hakkila	The Lithander Brothers: Finnish Early Music	Clas H127 L713	Piano works by four brothers from the early 1800s. Links: Lithanders
Kohon Quartet	The Early String Quartet in the U.S.A.	Clas K827 Ea76	Reissue of an old LP set, featuring works by Chadwick, Loeffler, Griffes, Mason, and others.
Robert Mandel	Hurdy-Gurdy Collection	Clas M312 H936	Medieval dances, folk tunes, and Baroque pieces arranged for this strange bowed string instrument. Links: Hurdy-gurdy \| Mandel
Philharmonia Hornquartett Wien	Quartet for Vienna Horns	Clas P536 Q28	Varied program of short horn pieces, from Offenbach to Wagner.
Luc Ponet	J.S. Bach and Contemporaries	Clas P773 J110	Works by J.S., as well as Krieger, Kuhnau, and Fasch, played on the Thomas organ of the Abbey Church in Leffe, Belgium. Links: The Abbey \| Ponet
Aladár Rácz	The Classic of the Cimbalom	Clas R115 C569	Pieces by Couperin, Scarlatti, and others, played on the cimbalom, Hungary's version of the hammered dulcimer. Links: Cimbalom \| Rácz
Alan Stringer & Noel Rawsthorne	Trumpet & Organ at Liverpool Cathedral	Clas St86 T773	Includes works by Charpentier, Purcell, Boyce, Clarke, and others. Links: Rawsthorne
Lásló Szendrey-Karper	Guitar Recital	Clas Sz26 G949	A program of pieces by Bach, Tárrega, Schubert, and others.
Liuwe Tamminga	The Organs of Willem Hermans in Pistoia & Collescipoli	Clas T152 Or3	One hopes these are musical organs. Lots of early works performed on two Italian church organs. Links: Tamminga
Todd Wilson	Todd Wilson Plays Great French Virtuosic Organ Music	Clas W698 T566	Works by Jongen, Langlais, Widor, and others, by the organist at the Church of the Covenant, Cleveland. Links: Wilson
	The Art of the Piano	Clas D851 Ar75	CD to accompany the Book by David Dubal.
	The Berlin Project	Clas B455	Works by Kurt Weill, Max von Schillings, and Franz Schreker, performed by various orchestras. Links: Weill \| Schillings \| Schrecker
	Sir George Grove and the Crystal Palace	Clas Si76	Release of historic recordings to mark the sesquicentennial of the Crystal Palace in 1936. Includes recordings of the Handel Festival, 1926. Links: Grove \| Crystal Palace \| Handel Festival
	The Spanish Guitar: Joaquin Rodrigo, Francisco Tarrega	Clas Sp24/1	Performed by various artists, including Georgi Moravsky, Jürgen Rost, David Lorenz, Rita Honti, and Simeon Simov. Links: Rodrigo \| Tarrega \| YouTube
	The Spanish Guitar: Fernando Sor	Clas Sp24/2	The same artists here. Links: Sor \| YouTube
	The Spanish Guitar: Issac Albéniz, Manuel María Ponce	Clas Sp24/3	Ditto. Links: Albéniz \| Ponce \| YouTube \| More YouTube
	The Spanish Guitar: Heitor Villa-Lobos, Antonio Lauro, Jorge Cardoso, Astor Piazzolla	Clas Sp24/4	This is getting monotonous. Links: Villa-Lobos \| Lauro \| Cardoso \| Piazzolla \| YouTube \| More YouTube
	The Spanish Guitar: [A whole lot of other people]	Clas Sp24/5	Last one. Seven composers are represented on the last disc.
	War and Faith	Igou W195	A variety of pieces on the topic by various 16th century composers. Performed by Il Terzo Suono, Daltrocanto, Chorus Beatorum, La Fenice, & Il Suonar Parlante, conducted by Gian Paolo Fagotto.

Miscellaneous:

Artist/Performer	Title	Call No.	Comments
Hall of Fame Chorus	Celebrate the Sounds	Misc H145 C330	Barbershop chorus from Canton. Links: HOF Chorus

Web Sites to Watch:

G.F. Handel	Everything you wanted to know about George Frederic.
fRoots	Site of a monthly magazine devoted to world, folk, & roots music.
Latin Jazz Network	News, reviews, interviews.
Live Music Blog	Lists music festivals and concerts everywhere, and supplies podcasts.
New Musical Express	If you need to keep up on the British rock scene, this is the place to do it.
Robert Christgau's Site	Rock critic with caustic commentary.

The Obits:

Braguinha (1907-2006)	Brazilian songwriter.
Peggy Gilbert (1905-2007)	Saxophonist and leader of an all-female band.
Leroy Jenkins (1932-2007)	Free jazz violinist.
Frankie Laine (1913-2007)	Pop and Country singer.
Siegfried Landau (1921-2007)	C