Classy? Romantic?
This is all you need….a fab CD that sounds like it is something you would hear in a Wurlitzer in the 50’s at a dive where slow-dancing is the only thing allowed.
“Cole’s Corner” CD by Richard Hawley (UK)...you may have to get it from amazon.co.uk
The title track “Cole’s Corner” is lush and sensual and filled with yearning.
Not all the songs are ballads….but there is a haunting simplicity in his baritone that echoes the greats of times past. This is just a retro sound…can’t call it anything else…nouveau retro (there I just coined a new phrase.)
Don’t miss it….honestly.
http://www.amazon.com/Coles-Corner-Richard-Hawley/dp/B000AA4LN2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1262237538&sr=8-1
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For an amazingly evocative,hauntingly sensual CD…music only…I highly recommend:
The Yearning: Romances for Alto Flute
by Michael Hoppe and Tim Wheater
I have had this CD for ages since I first heard it playing in a bookshop in Philadelphia in the 1990’s. It is still one that is a favorite.
Unbelievably beautiful…can’t recommend it enough. This is perfect music for lovemaking…there, I said it. It’s sublime.
Bonus? The CD comes with a booklet filled with gorgeous photographs of famous women of the 1920’s….taken by Hoppe’s grandfather…so each of the tracks is dedicated to one of these famous women. I seem to recall that one of them was Anais Nin.
Date or no date….this is another one not to miss.
http://www.amazon.com/Yearning-Romances-Alto-Flute/dp/B000000S9K/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1262238347&sr=1-1