Craig Taubman made his "Jewels of Elul" album free from Amazon for now. Download and enjoy. Not all of it is to my taste, but track #8, "Shma Koleinu" by Saul Kaye is a steel guitar blues version of the prayer that simply SLAYS me. I should say that Craig is only on a couple of tracks - the rest, he gathered from friends and colleagues, including ( Read more... )

( A nice, quiet grown-up weekend )

Everyone and their mother has done a recording of "Arran Boat Song", but Johnny & Phil Cunningham's version will remain the Gold Standard for me. It is made all the more poignant by the fact that Johnny Cunningham died in 2003. The video isn't much here, just still shots of Scotland, but the music is fantastic. Enjoy, if you incline towards ( Read more... )

( ...and replaced them with lead-lined garments? )

( Uninteresting to any but me, really, but lots of music )

( Gakked from Rhi )