Lockdown In Music
Being in lockdown has given us an opportunity to explore the arts more and there has been a variety of things available for discernible listeners in music. We've had the One World: Together At Home concert, new album releases, new documentaries, various musicians playing online and #timstwitterlisteningparties.
The Charlatans' lead singer Tim Burgess started hosting listening parties on Twitter whilst in self-isolation and they caught on:every day he picks an album and everyone listens together, with commentary from the chosen artist. What seems like quite a geeky exercise comes into its own in this current climate of self-isolation. So last Thursday I earmarked Oasis' third album Be Here Now as an ideal place to join in; how would it play 20 years later?
As an event, it was really good fun and felt like a moment as thousands of people joined in. It reminds you of what listening to a whole album is like and also brings with it a sense of nostalgia, all great feelings to have in these times when we can feel lonely and bored. The album itself played better than i remember but its pitfalls - namely the song lengths and overproduction still hold true.
We've also had a phlethora of new music released recently, including Fiona Apple's Fetch the Bolt Cutters, The Weeknd's After Hours, The Strokes' The New Abnormal and Pearl Jam's Gigaton. I'll be reviewing these in the next few weeks..
There are also lots of cool documentaries on a number of various artists:
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Mark Ronson: From the Heart
Sounding Out - BB King
Stewart Copeland's Adventures In Music [all above on BBC iPlayer]
Oasis: Supersonic
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese [both on Netflix]
Suede - The Insatiable Ones
The Art of Drumming [both on Sky Arts]
And finally, there have been musical oddities where musicians have been showing a glimpse into their lives including Jools Holland's daily piano lessons and Andrew Lloyd Webber's brief recount of some of his favourite musicals along with their famous songs.
The Charlatans' lead singer Tim Burgess started hosting listening parties on Twitter whilst in self-isolation and they caught on:every day he picks an album and everyone listens together, with commentary from the chosen artist. What seems like quite a geeky exercise comes into its own in this current climate of self-isolation. So last Thursday I earmarked Oasis' third album Be Here Now as an ideal place to join in; how would it play 20 years later?
As an event, it was really good fun and felt like a moment as thousands of people joined in. It reminds you of what listening to a whole album is like and also brings with it a sense of nostalgia, all great feelings to have in these times when we can feel lonely and bored. The album itself played better than i remember but its pitfalls - namely the song lengths and overproduction still hold true.
We've also had a phlethora of new music released recently, including Fiona Apple's Fetch the Bolt Cutters, The Weeknd's After Hours, The Strokes' The New Abnormal and Pearl Jam's Gigaton. I'll be reviewing these in the next few weeks..
There are also lots of cool documentaries on a number of various artists:
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Mark Ronson: From the Heart
Sounding Out - BB King
Stewart Copeland's Adventures In Music [all above on BBC iPlayer]
Oasis: Supersonic
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese [both on Netflix]
Suede - The Insatiable Ones
The Art of Drumming [both on Sky Arts]
And finally, there have been musical oddities where musicians have been showing a glimpse into their lives including Jools Holland's daily piano lessons and Andrew Lloyd Webber's brief recount of some of his favourite musicals along with their famous songs.
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