• Hi all and welcome to TheWoodHaven2 brought into the 21st Century, kicking and screaming! We all have Alasdair to thank for the vast bulk of the heavy lifting to get us here, no more so than me because he's taken away a huge burden of responsibility from my shoulders and brought us to this new shiny home, with all your previous content (hopefully) still intact! Please peruse and feed back. There is still plenty to do, like changing the colour scheme, adding the banner graphic, tweaking the odd setting here and there so I have added a new thread in the 'Technical Issues, Bugs and Feature Requests' forum for you to add any issues you find, any missing settings or just anything you'd like to see added/removed from the feature set that Xenforo offers. We will get to everything over the coming weeks so please be patient, but add anything at all to the thread I mention above and we promise to get to them over the next few days/weeks/months. In the meantime, please enjoy!

Your favourite listenings......

I was listening to a lot of English Medieval music last night on YT including this very nice version of Handel's 'Did You Not Hear My Lady' sung by Aled Jones - although Handel's music was predominantly baroque with hints of medieval. I used to hear this a lot in the old workshop with Classic FM softly playing in the background. Just the job for a Sunday morning. 8-)

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This is for you, Pinch.

Switch off the lights. Kill all extraeous sound. Close your eyes, breathe deeply, still your soul and hit Play...

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Thanks Roger!

I shall listen to that a bit later when I'm chilling out with a jug of ale. 8-)

:obscene-drinkingcheers:
 
RogerS":1rlwbyqx said:
This is for you, Pinch.

Switch off the lights. Kill all extraeous sound. Close your eyes, breathe deeply, still your soul and hit Play...

[youtube]GFoT6UUNLZc[/youtube]
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Thanks again Roger- loved it! I listened to it a few times last night with a beer and candles burning - perfect! 8-)

That was a good discovery. I've now put it in one of my YT playlists. I'm familiar with some of Vivaldi's work and I know he was a prolific composer. I shall go in search of more of his work.

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Great choice Phil. Love Mozart's Requiem. I'm fortunate to have seen it performed live twice. Brilliant. 8-)
 
Very nice. I've saved into my playlist. 8-)

Strange, but I could actually smell the stick burning... it must have been my own box of Nag Champa the other side of the room wafting over to me, which I don't often smell unless I light one - spooky. 8-)
 
Pinch - another way to search is via the artist rather than the composer - for the Vivaldi, try searching for Andreas Scholl for similar pieces. As you say, Vivaldi was very prolific and you will receive a diverse range of hits if you search for him.

The other composer that is quite good for 'chilled' music is Max Richter - 'On the Nature of Daylight' is my current favourite:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_YHE4S ... Zc&index=3

There are several 'loops' of his music up to 2hrs long on YT as well
 
StevieB":208fejz1 said:
Pinch - another way to search is via the artist rather than the composer - for the Vivaldi, try searching for Andreas Scholl for similar pieces. As you say, Vivaldi was very prolific and you will receive a diverse range of hits if you search for him.

The other composer that is quite good for 'chilled' music is Max Richter - 'On the Nature of Daylight' is my current favourite:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_YHE4S ... Zc&index=3

There are several 'loops' of his music up to 2hrs long on YT as well
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Thanks Stevie, and apologies for the very delayed acknowledgement. I haven't been on here for ages.

Thanks also for the link. I've just listened to it and it's now in my Playlists - beautiful. 8-)
 
One to listen to.

Thanks again for sharing this one StevieB.

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Beautiful. 8-)

:text-bravo:
 
A classic epic from the world of heavy rock.

The fabulous Iron Maiden.

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An element I miss about these graceful machines is...
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...the awesome sound system.

Driving empty on an open motorway in the early hours with the sound system set just right, is pretty darn good. 8-)
 
Pinch":18pzyka9 said:
A classic epic from the world of heavy rock.

The fabulous Iron Maiden.
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I don't like to say it, but nothing they've done since has come close to Seventh Son. There have been flashes of the old brilliance here and there, but nothing sustained.

Still, their best work was 30+ years ago and they're still going. Impressive longevity by any account.
 
So pleased to see Max Richter getting praise and becoming more widely known. He was my lecturer at uni for my Music For Film composition class, he's a lovely man.

I've been listening to lots of Richard Dawson (Nothing Important & 2020 mostly) and JJ Cale.

https://youtu.be/GQVlNt6DAxY
 
spb":2nz20vcg said:
Pinch":2nz20vcg said:
A classic epic from the world of heavy rock.

The fabulous Iron Maiden.
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I don't like to say it, but nothing they've done since has come close to Seventh Son. There have been flashes of the old brilliance here and there, but nothing sustained.

Still, their best work was 30+ years ago and they're still going. Impressive longevity by any account.
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Haha... there was me thinking I'm the only Maiden fan in here.
:obscene-drinkingcheers:

Yes, you could be right. My intro to Iron Maiden was on the release of album The Number of the Beast back in the early 80s during the wonderful biking days - the leather, the doss rag and patchouli oil - they were the days. I bought the album and loved it - still do. In fact, one of my favourite tracks of their complete collection is Hallowed Be Thy Name from The Number of the Beast album.

I have never got bored with this amazing band. 8-)
 
droogs":bwpxabou said:
@pinch, one I'm gonna have one of these as my camper van

https://www.neoplan.com/global/en/neopl ... idual.html
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:D Now that would be something, and probably in the region of half a million squid.

The Neoplan is a wonderful coach too. I drove one on tour down to the West Country early this year before the first lockdown. Not as posh as the camper version, but a very comfortable touring coach.

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Nico Adie":3sw302qr said:
So pleased to see Max Richter getting praise and becoming more widely known. He was my lecturer at uni for my Music For Film composition class, he's a lovely man.

I've been listening to lots of Richard Dawson (Nothing Important & 2020 mostly) and JJ Cale.

https://youtu.be/GQVlNt6DAxY
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I've never heard of Max Richter until StevieB posted above - very glad he did.

Here's The Vile Stuff. Not sure what to make of this just yet - certainly very interesting and good to see the old Etch A Sketch still in use. 8-)

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This is Sunday morning listening ....................

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Not being religous or happy-clapper, I do however enjoy the music. 8-)
 
Guys you can get the youtube vids to display in the forum post if you click on the youtube button and insert the part of the URL to the right of = in between the two sets of brackets


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which will display like this

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Hi Andy, I’m not signed up to it but even so when I copy the link at the top when watching YouTube and paste it in messages (iPhone) it puts the full link as you showed, not sure why didn’t this time on here. Ian
 
Branson seems to be a hotbed of bluegrass, Checkout the Petersens.


(cheesey Christmas song, but checkout their other stuff, too)


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I don't normally comment on this as the music is often quite different from what I listen to! However seeing Max Richter mentioned, I knew the name but didn't know his music as classical isn't something I often listen too. But the other week I listened to his latest work on Radio 3 preceded by an earlier piece, both incredible pieces of music and well worth a listen;

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000q3bt
 
MattS":34ufdw2n said:
I don't normally comment on this as the music is often quite different from what I listen to! However seeing Max Richter mentioned, I knew the name but didn't know his music as classical isn't something I often li9sten too. But the other week I listened to his latest work on Radio 3 preceded by an earlier piece, both incredible pieces of music and well worth a listen;

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000q3bt
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I thought I'd have a quick listen to that - but no, you definitely need to set some time aside for that one ! Wikipedia mentions post-minimalism, and I'm definitely getting Philp Glass influences there. If that is your thing, how do you get on with Ludovico Einaudi - Seven days walking for example
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Someone has helpfully put an index in one of the top comments.
 
Einar "Kvitravn" Selvik performs at the Oslo viking ship museum. Plenty of wood to look at, including this weird and very basic looking instrument in the first piece - what is that ?

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Apt for this time of year

Song of Yesterday, Black Country Communion

(vocal/Bass Glenn Hughes, Vocal/Lead Joe Bonamassa, drummer Jason Bonham and keyboardist Derek Sherinian)


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Sheffield Tony":2k6aj41x said:
Plenty of wood to look at, including this weird and very basic looking instrument in the first piece - what is that ?
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That's a version of a Lyre called a Tagelharpa, very unique sound. We have a very similar Lyre in Wales called a Crwth.
 
How have I missed this thread! Look forward to finding some new music. I'm honestly never more content than a non work day tomorrow and the family is in bed and I've a good glass next to me and falling down musical rabbit holes on youtube. Rock and Roll lifestyle eh?
I like Lankum and a lot of the newer bands and singers that have energed over the last few years putting a new spin on the Irish traditional music. This might be overload for some but then again you don't have to listen do you.

I'd like to apologise to BillW . ;) Joking aside Bill, have a listen mate. Maybe you hate it maybe you don't.

Hunting the Wren. Well this has a bit of history so... it needs explaining. In the Irish Famine there was a selection of women who had no choice but to prostitute themselves and sleep in the open. Grim grim times that should really be better known. https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/book ... -1.3839341
Don't be put off by the nature of this song and it's a dirge so it's not exactly a clap along. But it's a moving piece of music that has a touching and painful history.
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There's a lass called Lisa O'Neil who I think is just amazing musically. A distinctive voice that won't be for all I suppose, to me it makes her unique. This song shows her talent as a writer. It took me 45 years and a bashed up boody grafting on the tools to have felt some of the emotions this girl wrote as a young lass.
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Not quite last is Liam O'Flynn. Not bad on the pipes. It's generally known.

Careful now. Uilleann pipes. Not Bagpipes.
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And one last one for BillW. ;)

Just to prove that the pop world and musicianship are not mutually exclusive. The Legend that it is Colin Hay.
Men At Work? Remember them right. Here's Colin Hay at the Santa Cruz Guitar 40th Anniversary Concert.

What an entertainer. :eusa-clap: There's a man I would like a pint or two with.

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