Our friend Carl Olsen has an amusingly pointed and insightful piece on recent music, at his home at the Ignatius Press website. I particularly like Carl’s recommendations of Dream Theater, Kevin Max, Muse, and Frank Sinatra. Bach’s Concerti is a fine choice in the classical section, and the mentions of Kate Bush, Charlie Peacock, and Keith Jarrett are downright laudable.
The one thing I disagree with his awarding of Best Prog Rock Album to Porcupine Tree for Deadwing—it’s not a bad album at all, but there were several other much better ones released in the prog realm in the last year, in my view. See the article directly above for a list of some worthy recent releases.
All in all, however, it’s a very interesting list, with some likeably eccentric categories such as Best Nordic Jazz Album. Read Carl’s article here.
Thanks, Carl. I’m humbled and grateful for your comments. I’ll try to post more thoughts about music in coming weeks, especially prog bands. So much to write about, so little time….
Thanks, Sam! I appreciate the link and kind remarks. May I be the first (but not the last, I’m certain) to say that your knowledge of music, especially prog rock, is far greater than mine, and that you have introduced to me to many excellent bands and albums. So I really owe you!