Nostradamus's Cool Music Page
Here is a list of some of my favorite albums. Feel free to drop me a note with your opinions. Also check out my Connoisseur Collection, my polka album reviews at the Polka Page, and my musings about music.
| Date added | Artist | Album | Referred by |
| 11/17/02 | Jews Brothers Band | My Yiddish Swing | Warren Wolfsohn |
| Currently one of my favorite albums. I think they're channeling Mickey Katz. | |||
| 6/17/02 | Kazzi Shae | Swing | Found on the web |
| Kazzi has a great country voice and her "Swiss, Cowboy and Country" is one of the truly great cowboy yodeling songs. | |||
| 1/14/02 | Jelani Eddington and David Harris | Fascinating Rhythms! | Found on the web |
| Wonderful! I got it by
mistake -- the publisher sent me the wrong CD and I fell in love. It's a
piano-organ duet, played by two excellent musicians, who are clearly
having a ball. I like the performance, the selection of tunes, the
arrangements, even the engineering. JDW515326.
5/8/02 Rec'd an email from Jelani Eddington: |
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| Before 5/29/01 | Austin Klezmorim | Texas Klez | Lori Kopp |
| Before 5/29/01 | Brave Combo | Humansville | Lori Kopp |
| Before 5/29/01 | Solomon Burke | Soul Alive (Rounder) | Wendy Wolf |
| Let the Rev. Solomon Burke cure what ails you. Burke, no longer at the height of his popularity, is nonetheless at the height of his powers. Finest secular gospel I know of. Thanks to Wendy Wolf for turning me on to this. | |||
| Before 5/29/01 | Cachao | Master Sessions, Vol.1 | Bill Wollheim |
| Thanks to Bill Wollheim for recommending this album. Top-notch musicians playing Cuban tunes -- and they really swing out. One of the best albums I own. | |||
| Before 5/29/01 | The Chieftains | Another Country | Cheryl Waldman |
| Before 5/29/01 | Cicio’r Nenbren | Dawnsfeydd Gwerin | Doug Gordun |
| Before 5/29/01 | Gipsy Kings | The Best of the Gipsy Kings | |
| Before 5/29/01 | Salif Keita | Folon . . . The Past | HMV |
| Before 5/29/01 | Khaled | Khaled | Found at Rashid Sales |
| Before 5/29/01 | Mambo Inn (Various artists) | Big Noise from Mambo Inn | Deven Black |
| Before 5/29/01 | Craig Ruble | Scandinavian Fiddle, Vol. 1 | Iris Korman |
| Before 5/29/01 | Bally Sagoo | Bollywood Flashback | |
| Before 5/29/01 | Stormy Weather | Doo Wop & Lillipops | Heard on WCBS |
| Before 5/29/01 | Those Darn Accordions | Squeeze This | Jay Korman |
| Before 5/29/01 | Various artists | Festival of Light | |
| I was in a deli and heard what I thought was Neil Diamond singing "Rock of Ages." I went to West Side Judaica and said, "Do you have 'Rock of Ages' by Neil Diamond?" They said, "No, but maybe you'd like this 'Festival of Light' CD." I bought the CD and found the song I was looking for. It's not Neil Diamond but Marc Cohn. The CD is a compilation of material from various artists, and I recommend it highly. | |||
| Before 5/29/01 | Carlos Vives | Clasicos de la Provincia | HMV |
| Before 5/29/01 | Stavros Xarchakos | Stavros Xarchakos in Concert | Rabbi Jan Kauman |
Some albums cannot be recommended in their entirety, but there's a really good track that makes it pay to buy the whole thing anyway.
| Artist | Album | The good track | Referred by | |
| 6-14-02 | Hazzan Aaron Bensoussan | The Spirit of Shabbat | L'cha Dodi | USCJ |
| Before 5/29/01 | Rednex | Sex and Violins | Cotton Eye Joe | Will Lewis |
| Before 5/29/01 | Marc Anthony | Todo a Su Tiempo | Hasta Ayer | Thanks to Wendy Wolf for giving me the CD |
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