Pandora , from the Music Genome Project, is an interesting concept; type in a an artist or song you like and up comes an assortment of tunes that are mysteriously related. I put in Holy Modal Rounders , a favourite of mine, and I got some Woody Guthrie, Camper Van Beethoven (an excellent version of Pictures of Matchstick Men), a great acoustic guitar instrumental by Norman Blake (Jerusalem Ridge) and also the Rounders themselves (Cinch Mountain Backstep).
I think this element of surprise, introducing tracks I'd not heard before but somehow in the vein of my original request, is quite captivating. There seems to be a method of 'fine tuning' what comes next by flagging those that I particularly liked. There's certainly some good music out there that I may never have heard otherwise. Has anyone heard of Norman & Nancy Blake? Me neither but I'm glad I did. And now Train Tune from the wonderful John Renbourn.
Thursday, April 06, 2006
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