Comments on: Summertime Sound

By: Don

Don — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Summer’s the season of the Chamber Music Festival in the Seattle area, so I associate the two and tend more toward classical tastes in the warmer months.

In no particular order, a few other types I prefer in summer:

Many artists I liked in the early ’90s, such as the fat lady sings and 10,000 Maniacs, because those were great summers and the music reminds me.

Folk, which I first encountered in summertime festivals in Salt Lake City and other places.

Live jazz — love the improvisational quality.

By: ignatz

ignatz — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Chamber music is so beautiful, and rare to see performed well. I grew up going to the Laguna Beach Chamber Music Society concerts which had topflight artists inexplicably playing in a high school auditorium. I still love quartet and trio music to this day.

By: Don

Don — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

The last trio I heard was Eroica Trio at Benaroya Hall… beautiful show, I was really impressed by them. They played with such passion, the three of them filling the hall with such intense full sound. Amazing how three instruments can produce such a feast for the ears.

By: Halfjack

Halfjack — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

So far it’s been non-stop White Stripes, mostly the first two albums. Something about that southern Blues sound with really noisy guitar suits the heat.

When it rains I go back to the Hives and the Repo Man soundtrack.

By: Frank Patton

Frank Patton — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

1. Billy Joel
2. Rock
3. Celtic (Yea, I like Enya and her ilk)
4. Classical – Mozart, Beethovan, Bach, Mendelson, Tchaichowski (sp?) Telemann
5. Kitka

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

1. Apocalyptica (Heavy Metal by 4 cellos)
2. Yoko Kano and the Seatbelts (Cowboy Bebop soundtracks)
3. Classical – Mozart, Saint Saens
4. Tool
5. Rondellus – Sabbatum (Renaissance style covers of Black Sabbath)
6. Harry Connick, Jr.
7. Yanni

And yes, I DO have weird tastes….