A Fistful of Music

Music Newsletter for the Hiram College Library Community

September 2008

Welcome to the new year, and the first new issue of Fistful since the spring. You might suspect we've been busy, with this issue listing more than 150 recordings added during the summer. We hope you'll find something you like, and if you don't, please suggest what you'd like to hear. This summer, our little newsletter won an award from OhioLINK, so we guess we're doing something right. We have changed things a bit, with the old Web Sites section replaced with The Vinyl Corner, a selection of some of our recent LP additions to the collection. More are on the way. Any comments, questions or demands can be sent to Jeff Wanser, wanserjc@hiram.edu.

Pop/Rock:

Composer/Artist	Title	Call #	Comments
Anthrax	Among the Living	Pop An86 Am67	What a way to start off! Classic metal from 1987. Ah, the good old days! Links: Anthrax \| AllMusicGuide \| YouTube
The Apples in Stereo	New Magnetic Wonder	Pop Ap57 N420	Neo-psychedelic indie power pop from Denver. Links: Apples \| MySpace \| AMG \| YouTube
Bat for Lashes	Fur and Gold	Pop B310 F965	Brooding indie rock from England. Links: Bat \| MySpace \| AMG \| YouTube
Bizzy Bone	Evolution of Elevation	Pop B554 Ev64	We don't think he's talking about geology. Recent release from this prolific Cleveland rapper. Links: MySpace \| AMG \| YouTube
Björk	Volta	Pop B556 V889	Her latest. Links: Björk \| MySpace \| AllMusicGuide \| YouTube
Broken Social Scene	Broken Social Scene	Pop B787 B787	Unfortunately, the latest from this Canadian band is from 2005. Enjoy anyway. Links: MySpace \| AMG \| YouTube
Pieta Brown	Remember the Sun	Pop B814 R282	Singer/songwriter with a country streak. Links: Brown \| MySpace \| AMG \| YouTube
Burning River Band	1000 Miles	Pop B935 On2	Jam/blues band from Akron, although they claim to be from Columbus. Links: MySpace \| YouTube
Collideascope	The Colors Inside	Pop C690 C719	Power pop band from Akron. Links: Collideascope \| YouTube
Death Cab for Cutie	Narrow Stairs	Pop D349 N168	The latest from this Northwest Coast indie band. Links: Death Cab \| MySpace \| AMG \| YouTube
The Frames	The Cost	Pop F843 C823	Also the latest, from this Irish indi group. Links: Frames \| MySpace \| AMG \| YouTube
Half Japanese	Greatest Hits	Pop H138 G798	Oddly enough, they're not from Japan. Best of set from a bunch of punks. Links: MySpace \| AMG \| YouTube
The Hold Steady	Stay Positive	Pop H710 St29	The new one from this Brooklyn band. Links: Steady \| MySpace \| AMG \| YouTube
The Lake Effects	It's About Time	Pop L148 It6	Indie rock band from Cleveland and Kent. Links: MySpace
Gerald Levert	The G Spot	Pop L577 G110	2002 outing by this Cleveland soul singer. Links: Levert \| AMG \| YouTube
The Lodger	Grown-Ups	Pop L821 G919	2007 outing by this Britpop band. Links: MySpace \| AMG \| YouTube
Louis XIV	The Best Little Secrets Are Kept	Pop L929 B464	2005 effort from these San Diego post-punks. Links: MySpace \| AMG \| YouTube
Of Montreal	Satanic Panic in the Attic	Pop Of5 Sa82	Lo-fi post-rock, from Georgia no less. Links: MySpace \| AMG \| YouTube
Alexander O'Neal	Love Makes No Sense	Pop On2 L941	Early 90s release by this smooth R&B man. Links: MySpace \| AMG \| YouTube
Portishead	Third	Pop P836 T348	This is not the third release by this British trip-hop group, but maybe the live one doesn't count. Links: MySpace \| AMG \| YouTube
The Rails	Life's a Lonely Ride	Pop R132 L626	Cynical outlook, but they are a Cleveland band. Links: MySpace
The Roots	Rising Down	Pop R679 R494	The latest from these Philadelphia alternative rappers. Links: Roots \| MySpace \| AMG \| YouTube
Sputnik	I, Cosmonaut	Pop Sp97 Ic7	Quartet from the Cleveland area, featuring Alan Grandy. Links: MySpace
Barbra Streisand	The Third Album	Pop St83 T348	Like budda. Something for everyone, is our motto. Links: Streisand \| AMG \| YouTube
13 Faces	These Bloody Hands	Pop T349 T343	Hardcore metal from Cleveland. Links: 13 Faces
Vampire Weekend	Vampire Weekend	Pop V257 V257	Debut release by this New York group. Hope they don't attend Weekend College. Links: Weekend \| MySpace \| AMG \| YouTube
Nick Wolff	The Truth...Told Through a Series of Lies	Pop W832 T777	Punk rocker from Cleveland. Links: Wolff \| MySpace \| YouTube
Zach	Face with a View	Pop Z11 F118	Singer/songwriter from Cleveland, and the opposite of Nick Wolff. Links: Zach \| MySpace
	Field Day	Pop F454	A compilation of Northeast Ohio bands, including Jehovah Waitresses, Coltrane Wreck, the Waynes, & Alan Grandy. Thanks Alan. Links: Grandy \| Waitresses on YouTube

Folk/Country:

Composer/Artist	Title	Call #	Comments
Norman & Nancy Blake	Back Home in Sulphur Springs	Country B581 B126	The Blakes' usual mix of old-time country, blues, and 19th century parlor songs. Links: Norman/AMG \| Nancy/AMG \| YouTube
Patty Loveless	The Trouble with the Truth	Country L943 T756	A dozen years old, but it still sounds good. Links: Loveless \| MySpace \| AMG \| YouTube
Shelby Lynne	I Am Shelby Lynne	Country L993 I6	Who else would she be? Her debut album from 1999. Links: Lynne \| MySpace \| AMG \| YouTube
Allison Moorer	Mockingbird	Country M788 M717	Shelby's sister seems to know who she is in her latest. Here she sings songs by other female songwriters. Links: Moorer \| MySpace \| AMG \| YouTube
Carrie Newcomer	The Geography of Light	Folk N439 G292	Latest release from this excellent singer/songwriter. Links: Newcomer \| MySpace \| AMG \| YouTube
Ottawa County Bluegrass Band	Bluegrass State of Mind	Country Ot8 B625	Some fine folks in Port Clinton have been making some bluegrass. Here it is. Links: MySpace
Travis Tritt	Greatest Hits: From the Beginning	Country T739 G798	Fifteen of his earlier hits in one convenient place. Links: Tritt \| AMG \| YouTube
Townes Van Zandt	High, Low, and In Between	Country V395 H537	Reissue of two of his 1970s albums, in one convenient place. Links: Van Zandt \| AMG \| YouTube
Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys	Radio Days	Country W685 R118	Taken from Tulsa radio broadcasts in the 1930s. Links: Wills \| AMG \| YouTube

International:

Composer/Artist	Title	Call #	Comments
Camilo Azuquita y los Jubilatos	Cuba Son	Int Az87 C891	Panamanian salsa and son from 2001. Links: Azuquita \| YouTube
Bohola	Bohola	Int B635 B635	Irish trio that happens to be in Chicago. Links: Bohola \| AMG
Ernö Kállai Kiss	Gipsy Music from Hungary	Int K125 G440	Senior leads on tarogat & clarinet, while Junior leads the band. Links: YouTube
Orquesta Maravilla de Florida	El Agua Coge Su Nivel	Int M327 Ag91	Cuban salsa. Links: Maravilla \| YouTube
Misia	Paixões Diagonais	Int M687 P167	Portuguese Fado from this popular singer. Links: Misia \| MySpace \| AMG \| YouTube
Nikola & His Friends	Musique Traditionnelle des Balkans/Traditional Music from the Balkans	Int N588 M974	Mr. Parov prefers to go by his first name. Traditional instruments and tunes from Greece, Bulgaria, and other places. Links: Nikola \| YouTube
Téada	Give Us a Penny and Let Us Be Gone	Int T221 G449	Traditional Irish band. Links: Téada \| MySpace \| AMG \| YouTube
Rié Yanagisawa	Kurokami	Int Y15 K966	A mix of traditional and newly composed works, played on traditional instruments.
	The Music of Armenia, Vol. 1: Sacred Choral Music	Int M973a/1	Performed by the Haissmavourk Choir, directed by Mirhran Ghazelian.

Blues/Gospel:

Composer/Artist	Title	Call #	Comments
Butterfield Blues Band	The Ressurection of Pigboy Crabshaw	Blues B982 R312	Classic blues rock from the late 1960s, featuring Elvin Bishop on guitar. Links: Butterfield \| AMG \| YouTube \| Bishop \| AMG
Johnny Copeland	Jungle Swing	Blues C692 J954	1995 recording from the late guitarist. Links: Copeland \| AMG \| YouTube
Alvin Youngblood Hart	Territory	Blues H251 T278	1998 release from this contemporary blues guitarist. Links: Hart \| MySpace \| AMG \| YouTube
Johnnie Johnson	Johnnie B. Bad	Blues J633 J619	Longtime piano player for Chuck Berry put out his own CD in 1990. Links: Johnson \| MySpace \| AMG \| YouTube
Otis Taylor	Recapturing the Banjo	Blues T216 R243	Some African Americans think that there's too much negative history associated with this particular instrument, but Taylor and friends want to revive interest. Links: Taylor \| MySpace \| AMG \| YouTube

Musicals/Film Music:

Composer/Artist	Title	Call #	Comments
	Curtains	Musical K131 C940	Original Broadway cast recording, with music by John Kander, and starring David Hyde Pierce. Links: Kander \| AMG \| Songwriters Hall \| Curtains
	That Thing You Do	FilmMus W845 T329	Original motion picture soundtrack, featuring that great make-believe band, the Wonders. Links: That

Jazz:

Composer/Artist	Title	Call #	Comments
Stanley Clarke	Children of Forever	Jazz C556 C437	The bassist's debut album from 1972. Links: Clarke \| AMG \| YouTube
Gill Evans Orchestra	Out of the Cool	Jazz Ev15 Ou8	1960 release by this postbop pianist & bandleader. Links: Evans \| AMG \| YouTube
Floratone	Floratone	Jazz F661 F661	The big name in this group is Bill Frisell, on guitar, with Matt Chamberlain on percussion, and some guests. Links: Floratone \| MySpace \| AMG/Frisell \| YouTube
Hans Glawischnig	Panorama	Jazz G469 P194	Austrian-American bass player who works in Latin realms. Links: Glawischnig \| MySpace \| AMG
Bill Holman Band	Hommage	Jazz H731 H753	The tribute is to Woody Herman, but the arrangements are all by Holman. Links: Holman \| AMG \| YouTube
D. D. Jackson	Anthem	Jazz J133 An86	2000 release by this contemporary pianist & friends. Links: Jackson \| MySpace \| AMG \| YouTube
Leroy Jenkins	Space Minds, New Worlds, Survival of America	Jazz J417 Sp11	Far out free jazz violin from the 1970s. Links: AMG \| YouTube
Norah Jones	Feels Like Home	Jazz J722 F321	She's a little bit jazz, a little bit country, and a little bit rock. Links: Jones \| MySpace \| AMG \| YouTube
Darrell Katz	The Death of Simone Weil	Jazz K159 D349	On the avant-garde side, with the Jazz Composers Alliance Orchestra, conducted by Rebecca Shrimpton. Links: Katz \| JCA \| Shrimpton
Marian McPartland	Twilight World	Jazz M240 T922	Gorgeous piano by this elder stateswoman of jazz. Links: McPartland \| NPR \| AMG \| YouTube
Hendrik Meurkens	Sambatropolis	Jazz M571 Sa44	Latin jazz played on the harmonica. Seems unlikely, but give it a try. Links: Meurkens \| AMG \| YouTube
Charles Mingus Sextet	Cornell 1964	Jazz M663 C815	Featuring Eric Dolphy. Links: Mingus \| AMG \| YouTube \| Dolphy \| AMG \| YouTube
Paris Combo	Motifs	Jazz P218 M857	2005 release by this group that's part jazz, part pop. And they sing in French. Links: Combo \| MySpace \| AMG \| YouTube
Jimmy Scott	Dream	Jazz Sco84 D810	Scott's 1994 release, featuring his unusual vocal style. Links: Scott \| Another One \| AMG \| YouTube
Temple University Jazz Ensemble	Room 323	Jazz T247 R674	Eight tunes done by this college group, directed by Terrell Stafford, and recorded in 2004. Links: Temple U. \| YouTube
Western Michigan University Jazz Orchestra	Spritely Overdue	Jazz W525 Sp85	This one's from 1994, and features a batch of standards. Directed by Trent Kynaston. Links: WMU Jazz \| YouTube
	Grey Gull Rarities	Jazz G869	Releases from the 1920s on the Grey Gull label, recorded in New York, and featuring groups such as Leroy Smith's Dance Orchestra, the Memphis Jazzers, and the Levee Syncopators.
	The Jubilee Shows, Nos. 21 & 22	Jazz J874 21/22	Radio show transcriptions from World War II, featuring Louis Armstrong, Henry "Red" Allen, and Barney Bigard. Links: Armstrong \| Bigard

Classical:

Composer	Title	Call #	Comments
Eyvind Alnæs	Songs	Clas Al69 So58	Early 20th century Norwegian songs performed by Bodil Arnesen, soprano, and Erling Ragnar Eriksen, piano. Links: Alnæs \| Arnesen
Richard Arnell	Symphony No. 3; The New Age--Overture	Igou Ar62 Sy68-3	Mid-20th century works, performed by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, conducted by Martin Yates. Links: Arnell \| RSNO
Sir Malcolm Arnold	Dances	Clas Ar65 D195	English, Scottish, Cornish, Irish, and Welsh dances, played by the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Andrew Penny. Links: Arnold \| QSO \| Penny
Ludwig van Beethoven	Fantasia for Piano, Chorus, & Orchestra; Christus am Ölberg	Clas B393 F217	Performed by Alfred Brendel, piano, & the Stuttgarter Lehrergesangverein, conducted by Wilfried Böttcher; and the Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, conducted by Josef Bloser. Links: Beethoven \| Brendel
Ludwig van Beethoven	Concertos No. 1 Through 5 for Piano & Orchestra	Clas B393 P573c	Performed by Felicja Blumental, piano, with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Robert Wagner. Links: Beethoven \| Blumental \| Vienna SO
Ernest Bloch	Sacred Service / Avodath Hakodesh	Clas B620 Sa14	Performed by Marko Rothmüller, Cantor, and the London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir, conducted by the composer. Links: Bloch \| Rothmüller
William Bolcom	Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3; Seattle Slew Orchestral Suite	Clas B637 Sy68	Performed by the Louisville Orchestra, conducted by Lawrence Leighton Smith. Links: Bolcom \| Louisville Orch. \| Smith
York Bowen	Violin Concerto; Piano Concerto No. 1	Igou B675 C744	Early 20th century works, performed by Michael Dussek, piano, Lorraine McAslan, violin, and the BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by Vernon Handley. Links: Bowen \| Dussek \| McAslan \| Handley
Johannes Brahms	A German Requiem	Clas B730 D489	Featuring Kathleen Battle, the Chicago Symphony Chorus, directed by Margaret Hillis, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conducted by James Levine. Links: Brahms \| Battle
Johannes Brahms	Piano Concerto No. 1	Clas B730 P573c-1	Performed by Emanuel Ax and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conducted by James Levine. Links: Brahms \| Ax \| Chicago SO \| Levine
Johannes Brahms	Symphony No. 3	Clas B730 Sy69-3	Comes with the Suite from Le Bourgeois Gentilehomme, by Strauss. Performed by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Clemens Krauss. Links: Brahms \| Krauss
François Devienne	Six Sonatas for Bassoon & Basso Continuo	Clas D495 So57b	Performed by Klaus Thunemann, bassoon, Klaus Stoll, violin, & Jörg Ewald Dähler, fortepiano. Links: Devienne \| Thunemann \| Stoll \| Dähler
Antonin Dvořák	Mass in D Major	Clas D959 M562	Performed by the Motettenchor Stuttgart, directed by Günter Graulich. Links: Dvořák \| Graulich
Antonin Dvořák	Slavonic Dances	Clas D959 Sl16	We can always use another version of this. This one's done by the Houston Symphony, conducted by Sergiu Comissiona. Links: Dvořák \| Houston Sym. \| Comissiona
Antonin Dvořák	Symphony No. 8	Clas D959 Sy68-8	Performed by the Houston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sergiu Comissiona. Links: Dvořák \|
Pere José Maurício Nunes Garcia	Missa de Nossa Senhora do Carmel	Clas G165 M691	Brazilian mass, performed by the Associação de Canto Coral & the Camerata Rio de Janeiro, conducted by Henrique Morelenbaum. Links: Garcia
Aleksandr Glazunov	Raymonda	Clas G469 R133	Complete ballet music performed by the Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, conducted by Algis Zhuraitis. Links: Glazunov \| Bolshoi
Leopold Godowsky	Romantic Transcriptions & Arrangements	Clas G547 R662	Works by Chopin, Schubert, Schumann, & others, arranged by L.G., and played by Carlo Grante, piano. Links: Godowsky \| Grante \| YouTube
Christoph Graupner	Orchestral Works, Vol. 1	Clas G778 Or1/1	A mix of sinfonias, concertos, and overtures, performed by Nova Stravaganza, directed from the harpsichord by Siegbert Rampe.
Christoph Graupner	Orchestral Works, Vol. 2	Clas G778 Or1/2	More by the same folks. Links: Graupner \| Nova \| Rampe
Edvard Grieg	Music for Choir	Clas G871 C456	Performed by the Malmø Chamber Choir, conducted by Dan-Olof Stenlund. Links: Grieg \| MCC
Joseph Haydn	Streichtrios/ String Trios	Clas H324 St86t	Five trios in all, performed by the Deutsches Streichtrio. Links: Haydn
Vagn Holmboe	String Quartets, Vol. 7	Clas H732 St86/7	What may be the last in this series includes Quartets 16, 18, and a couple of cleanup pieces, performed by the Kontra Quartet. Links: Holmboe \| Kontra Q
Joseph Jongen	Symphonie Contertante for Organ & Orchestra	Clas J732 Sy68	Also includes two works by Franck. Performed by Michael Murray, organ, and the San Francisco Symphony, conducted by Edo De Waart. Links: Jongen \| Murray \| SF Sym. \|