Since you are interested in Old Ideas (Gold Series), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
Bob Dylan
Tempest [ Columbia Records / CD - released 7/Sep/2012 ] Bob Dylan's new album arrives and - as has become traditional - you can hardly hear the old boy for the clank of five-star reviews hitting the table. Connoisseurs of the latterday Dylan review will be pleased to learn that 2012 brings a fine vintage,... |
Bruce Springsteen
Magic [ Columbia Records / CD - released 29/Jan/2008 ] 'Magic' is Springsteen's new studio recording in 2007 and his first with the E Street Band in 5 years. Produced and mixed by Brendan O'Brien, the album features 12 songs, including a bonus track. |
Bruce Springsteen
Wrecking Ball [ Sony Music / CD - released 12/Mar/2012 ] Bruce has dug down as deep as he can to come up with this vision of modern life. The lyrics tell a story you can't hear anywhere else and the music is his most innovative of recent years. |
Leonard Cohen
Ten New Songs [ Columbia / CD - released 17/Oct/2001 ] Cohen's first studio release for nine years is as brilliant and poetic as ever. |
Leonard Cohen
You Want It Darker [ Sony Music / CD - released 21/Oct/2016 ] Leonard Cohen, acclaimed composer of 'Hallelujah', has released an album of haunting new songs at the age of 82. This great artist continues to astonish us. Uncompromising and urgent, "You Want It Darker" is the latest chapter in Leonard's... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Christmas a Cappella II Musica Sacra conducted by Indra Hughes [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 20/Nov/2007 ] This is the second programme of unaccompanied Christmas choral music performed by one of New Zealand's most successful choirs and includes a wide variety of pieces: the well known and the unfamiliar. |
Pixie Williams
For the Record - The Pixie Williams Collection [ Blue Smoke Records New Zealand / CD - released 11/Jul/2011 ] A stunning new digitally re-mastered collection of Pixie Williams' songs. Recorded 60+ years ago, these songs have never sounded so good. In 1949, Pixie Williams gave voice to one of the most enduring popular melodies of the 20th century: Blue... |
Various Artists
The Great New Zealand Songbook (Premium Edition - 2CDs + 100-Page Book) [ Thom Marketing Limited NZ / 2 CD/Book - released 30/Apr/2009 ] This deluxe set includes a 100-page journal of handwritten lyrics, photos and memorabilia, contributed by the artists themselves - the coolest Kiwi music coffee table book ever, and the music that goes with it! |
Whirimako Black
The Late Night Plays [ Ode Records / CD - released 29/Sep/2011 ] With staggering, emotive deliveries, Whirimako covers songs made popular by; Nancy Wilson, Billie Holiday, Etta James, Erykah Badu, Leonard Cohen, U2, Joni Mitchell, Al Green, Sting, Frank Sinatra, Miles Davis and Stevie Wonder. |
Adele
21 [ XL Recordings / CD - released 24/Jan/2011 ] U.K. singer/songwriter Adele presents '21' - the follow-up to her 2008 breakthrough debut, '19'. The album features the singles, "Rolling in the Deep" and "Someone Like You". |
Alison Krauss & Union Station
Paper Airplane [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 14/Apr/2011 ] A truly breathtaking collection of 11 exquisite songs, 'Paper Airplane' is Krauss' first release since her 2007 multi-Grammy winning, internationally acclaimed collaboration with Robert Plant, 'Raising Sand'. |
Bon Iver
For Emma, Forever Ago [ Jagjaguwar Music / CD - released 17/Mar/2008 ] "Hearing his muted strums and granular falsetto's like seeing the Grand Canyon for the first time".-Village Voice. "His stunning breakthrough."-Paste. "One of the year's strongest indie folk records."-Now. |
Leonard Cohen
Live at the Isle of Wight, 1970 (CD/DVD) [ Columbia / Legacy Records / 2 DVD/CD - released 27/Oct/2009 ] Nearly 40 summers ago on August 31, 1970, 35-year-old Leonard Cohen was awakened at 2 a.m. from a nap in his trailer and brought onstage to perform with his band at the third annual Isle of Wight music festival. The audience of 600,000 was in a... |
Fat Freddy's Drop
Dr Boondigga & The Big BW [ The Drop / CD - released 26/May/2009 ] The follow-up to Freddy's hugely popular debut album is another amazing, hi-tek dub-soul boil up! |
Gillian Welch
The Harrow & The Harvest [ Acony Records / CD - released 4/Sep/2015 ] Uncut Magazine's 'Album of the Month' review calls 'The Harrow & The Harvest' a "timeless country classic, this is Welch's most ruggedly traditional work yet." |
FREDERIC CHOPIN / FRANZ LISZT / MAURICE RAVEL
Benjamin Grosvenor - Chopin Liszt Ravel (Recital) Benjamin Grosvenor (piano) [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 19/Jan/2012 ] "evidence of an awesome talent, a pianist with fantastic natural reflexes in the Cziffra class and, more excitingly, a musician with purpose and imagination, whose playing transcends the sterile confines of the studio" Gramophone Award WINNER 2012:... |
Keith Jarrett / Charlie Haden
Jasmine [ ECM / CD - released 24/May/2010 ] 31 years after the break-up of Keith Jarrett's great 'American quartet', the pianist and bassist Charlie Haden are reunited for an album of standards, played with deep feeling. |
Diana Krall
Glad Rag Doll [ Island UK / CD - released 4/Oct/2012 ] Diana Krall's extraordinary album, 'Glad Rag Doll', is an exhilarating and adventurous exploration of new sounds, new instrumentation and new musicians. |
Leonard Cohen
I'm Your Man - Leonard Cohen (DVD) (Region 2 Only) [ Reel / DVD - released 2/Mar/2009 ] **PLEASE NOTE: This is a UK import so you will need a multi-zone DVD player capable of playing import DVDs** Legendary poet, singer / songwriter and alleged ladies man Leonard Cohen is interviewed in his L.A. home about his extraordinary life and... |
Leonard Cohen
Ladies and Gentlemen... Mr Leonard Cohen [ Umbrella / DVD - released 11/Dec/2005 ] G :- Runtime: 82mins Leonard Cohen remains one of the great bards of the modern era, a poet, novelist and singer-songwriter whose dark, lyrical mediations on love, loss and death made him the defining voice of his generation. This classic... |
Leonard Cohen
Live in London [ Columbia Records / DVD - released 26/Mar/2009 ] For over four decades, Leonard Cohen has been one of the most important and influential songwriters of our time, a figure whose body of work achieves greater depths of mystery and meaning as time goes on. His songs have set a virtually unmatched... |
Leonard Cohen
Popular Problems [ Columbia CD / CD - released 26/Sep/2014 ] Leonard Cohen is a master songwriter, musician, poet, novelist and visual artist whose stunning body of original work has touched the lives of millions with a career spanning six decades. On Popular Problems, his thrilling new studio album,... |
Paul Simon
So Beautiful or So What [ Hear Music / Concord Music Group / CD - released 14/Apr/2011 ] On Paul Simon's eagerly anticipated 12th solo studio record, he crafts his songs around harmony and song structure... |
Robert Plant / Alison Krauss
Raising Sand [ Decca Records / CD - released 25/Oct/2007 ] Two of the most distinctive vocalists in modern music, present their astonishing new collaborative album. The pair create an amazing, unexpected, and entirely new sound when they sing together. |
Rufus Wainwright
Out of the Game [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 3/May/2012 ] Produced by Mark Ronson, 'Out of the Game' is the seventh studio album from one of the greatest contemporary songwriters, Rufus Wainwright. |
Soundtrack / Various
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man [ Verve Records CD / CD - released 22/Aug/2006 ] Lian Lunson's film celebrates the legacy of one of music's most celebrated and influential troubadours. This soundtrack features powerful performances of Cohen masterpieces by top singer / songwriters - including Martha & Rufus Wainwright, Teddy... |
The Eastern
Hope and Wire [ Rough Peel Records / 2 CD - released 5/Mar/2012 ] A string band that roars like a punk band, swings like a gospel band, drinks like a country band, works like a bar band, opes like folk singers, sings love songs like union songs, and writes union songs like love songs... |
Leonard Cohen
Live in London [ Columbia Records / 2 CD - released 26/Mar/2009 ] For over four decades, Leonard Cohen has been one of the most important and influential songwriters of our time, a figure whose body of work achieves greater depths of mystery and meaning as time goes on. His songs have set a virtually unmatched... |
Ray LaMontagne
God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise [ Red Ink Records / CD - released 23/Aug/2010 ] Acclaimed recording artist Ray LaMontagne presents his fourth studio record, and the follow-up to his heralded 'Gossip in the Grain'. |
Various Artists
Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan (Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International) [ Universal Music U.K. / 4 CD - released 2/Feb/2012 ] The cream of the world's music talent cover 73 Bob Dylan songs over 4 CDs - featuring Adele, Patti Smith, Pete Townshend, Ke$ha, Sting, Jackson Browne, Elvis Costello, Sinéad O'Connor, Kris Kristofferson, Bad Religion, Marianne Faithfull, My... |
Amy Winehouse
Back to Black (Deluxe Jewel Case Edition) [ Universal Music / 2 CD - released 23/Nov/2006 ] All the best parts of her musical character - from jazz vocalist to soul siren. Contains an 8-track bonus disc, featuring live recordings and rarities. |
Beth Orton
Sugaring Season [ Epitaph / CD - released 8/Oct/2012 ] Beth's first album in six years bears the fruits of a period of introspection & renewal: deeply lyrical songwriting, a new-found expressiveness of voice, and a daring synthesis of her broad musical influences into a powerfully individual artistic vision. |
Bruce Springsteen
We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (Limited Edition) [ Columbia Records / 2 CD/DVD - released 24/Apr/2006 ] Bruce's personal interpretations of thirteen traditional songs, all of them associated with the legendary guiding light of American folk music, Pete Seeger, for whom the album is named. |
PHILIP GLASS
Book Of Longing: A Song Cycle based on the Poetry and Images of Leonard Cohen Leonard Cohen (spoken text) Dominique Plaisant (soprano) Tara Hugo (mezzo) Will Erat (tenor) Daniel Keeling (bass-baritone) Philip Glass (keyboard) [ Orange Mountain Music / 2 CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] "For me, this work is both a departure from past work and a fulfillment of an artistic dream." -Philip Glass |
PUCCINI / BIZET / DVORAK / OFFENBACH / DONIZETTI / VERDI / etc
40 Most Beautiful Arias Maria Callas, Placido Domingo, Cecilia Bartoli, Kiri te Kanawa, Jose Carreras, José Cura, Angela Gheorghiu, etc [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2009 ] Nothing stirs the soul and tugs at the heartstrings more than an inspired operatic aria. Warner Classics CD set 40 MOST BEAUTIFUL ARIAS collects forty of the most moving ones the world has known on this star-studded collection. |
Mark Knopfler
Privateering (2CD) [ Mercury Records U.K. / 2 CD - released 6/Sep/2012 ] Legendary guitarist / singer / songwriter, Mark Knopfler presents 'Privateering', the seventh album of his solo career. |
Melody Gardot
The Absence [ Universal Music / CD - released 31/May/2012 ] Steeped in Melody's global travels and worldly influences, encompassing the sound and feel of exotic places such as Morocco, Buenos Aires, Brazil, Lisbon and more. |
Robert Plant
Band of Joy [ Rounder Records / CD - released 16/Sep/2010 ] On 'Band of Joy' Robert Plant immerses himself in the heart of the Nashville scene, enlisting the help of some of the best players in the genre, including Buddy Miller and Patty Griffin. |
Rodrigo Y Gabriela and C.U.B.A.
Area 52 [ Warner Music Australia / 2 CD/DVD - released 30/Jan/2012 ] The Mexican acoustic rock duo present their first recorded collaboration with another group of musicians; a thirteen piece Cuban orchestra. Includes a 30-minute DVD documentary. |
Various Artists
The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams [ Columbia Records / CD - released 10/Oct/2011 ] The first first-ever performances of 12 previously unheard Hank Williams lyric compositions newly set to music by 13 artists whose own sensibilities have been profoundly shaped by Williams. |