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reviewed Taylors of Harrogate Earl Grey Leaf Tea. November 14, 2010
posted in Tea Time
Taylors of Harrogate Earl Grey Leaf Tea
The English firm Taylors of Harrogate supplies many Great loose leaf Teas which you can purchase from their website - ( http://www.taylorsofharrogate.co.uk/ ).      I really love Earl …
reviewed Qin. November 07, 2010
posted in Chinese Traditional Music
Guqin
Qin or Guqin means ancient string instrument and is my favorite of all Chinese instruments and in fact one of my all time favorite instrument. It is also sometimes called Qixianqin or seven string Qin …
reviewed IQ Innovations Fine T Tea Machine. September 14, 2010
posted in Tea Time
IQ Innovations Fine T Tea Machine
The " IQ innovation Fine T Tea Machine" is as the name suggests a machine that makes Tea.      It´s quite easy to use, you simply pour water in the water heater on …
reviewed The Living Road. January 04, 2010
posted in Music Matters
The Living Road
 The Living Road is the second album by the American Mexican Singer Songwriter Lhasa de Sela who died of Breast Cancer january 1st  2010, only 37 years old.      She made …
reviewed The Walking Man. June 24, 2009
posted in Go Japan
Walking man
The Manga "The Walking Man" by Jiro Taniguchi is an unusual Manga to say the least.    There is no Story as such, no action or romance, no thrills or excitement, no sex and violence, …
reviewed Mushishi. June 23, 2009
posted in Go Japan
mushishi
Mushishi( 蟲師 ) is a Japanese Manga and Anime series created by Yuki Urushibara.The Manga won an Excellence price at the Japan media arts festival in 2003 and Kodansha Manga Award in 2006.  The …
reviewed J.S.Bach - Two and Three Part Inventions. June 20, 2009
posted in Music : Classical & Opera
bach 2 part
If you have ever learned to play the Piano you have undoubtably played some of Bach´s Two or Three Part Inventions.They are a part of the established canon of classical keyboard works and deservedly so …
reviewed Jean-Pierre Jeunet. June 16, 2009
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
The French Film Director Jean Pierre Jeunet was born in 1953, bought his first camera at the age of 17, started to make some short films and studied animation (he is a big Tex Avery fan) With his friend …
reviewed Fencing: Techniques of Foil, Epee and.... June 08, 2009
Fencing: Techniques of Foil, Epee and Sabre
This book on Modern fencing by Brian Pitman is an excellent, down to earth guide to Fencing. He cover the three weapons, Foil, Epee and Saber that are used in Modern Olympic style of fencing.The three …
reviewed Hilary Hahn - Bach - Concertos. June 06, 2009
posted in Inspirations
Hilary Hahn - Bach Concertos
Hilary Hahn is one of the most exiting young Classical Violinist playing today, she started playing about four years of age and graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music at the age of 17.  She …
reviewed Squarepusher. June 04, 2009
Squarepusher
Squarepusher is the pseudonym of Tom Jenkinson who is an English Electronic musician and a virtuoso Bass Player and is signed to the electronic music label Warp Records.  His music springs from …
reviewed Bosendorfer. June 02, 2009
Bosendorfer
If you ask most people to name a high quality piano, most would probably say Steinway, and rightly so because they certainly are one of the best pianos made. (http://www.steinway.com/)But there are a …
reviewed Les Gribouillis. June 02, 2009
Les Gribouillis
Pascal Ayerbe is a French sound enginer and self taught musician who creates one of the most funfilled and quirky music to be found anywhere.  Apart from traditional instrumensts like Guitar, …
reviewed Viva Vivaldi. June 01, 2009
posted in Music : Classical & Opera
Viva Vivaldi
In 1999 the Italian Opera singer Cecilia Bartoli published the CD the Vivaldi Album which contains arias from the operas of the Baroque composer Antonio Vivaldi ( 1678 - 1741) and that album is one of …
reviewed Yann Tiersen: Six Pieces - Volume 1. May 30, 2009
Yann Tiersen: Six Pieces - Volume 1
The French composer Yann Tiersen is probably most famous for his wonderful soundtrack for the Great Jean - Pierre Jeunet film,  Amelie.  In these two volumes of sheet music for solo piano we …
reviewed Jeff Beck Live at Ronnie Scott´s. May 27, 2009
Jeff Beck Live at Ronnie Scott´s
The legendary British Guitarist Jeff Beck has made many wonderful CD´s over the years and I have always been most fascinated by the Jazz Rock disks he made in the early 70´s and on this DVD he is focusing …
reviewed Philip Glass. The Piano Collection.. May 25, 2009
posted in Music : Classical & Opera
Glass
Here is a Great collection of some of the Piano works by the American Minimalist composer Philip Glass, some were written specially for the Piano but others were originally written for other instruments …
reviewed Rhythm & Meter Patterns. June 13, 2000
posted in Cafe Libri: Reviewing Books & More
Rhythm & Meter Patterns
Gary Chaffee's books are excellent and as a Teacher he has tought some Incredible players. The stuff in this book is from basic to quite advanced and what I found to be Very useful was the material …
reviewed Richard Hittleman's Yoga: 28 Day Exer.... June 13, 2000
posted in Cafe Libri: Reviewing Books & More
Richard Hittleman's Yoga: 28 Day Exercise Plan
I have many Yoga books and videos and I think this book is by far the best book to start with if you want to learn Yoga. The instructions and the pictures are clear and easy to follow and the book is …
reviewed J. S. Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier: I.... June 13, 2000
posted in Cafe Libri: Reviewing Books & More
J. S. Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier: In-Depth
If you are interested in playing or studying this Masterpiece By Johann Sebastian Bach this book is a Great help. The book starts with a brief introduction to the WTC then the book asks questions which …
reviewed Rhythmic Illusions. June 10, 2000
posted in Cafe Libri: Reviewing Books & More
Rhythmic Illusions
WOW! Now here is a Great book, I've often been Puzzled by some of the Rhythms I've heard in either Modern Music or some of the Jazz or Fusion Music I've been listening to and I've not been able to figure …
reviewed Odd Time Reading Text: For All Instru.... June 10, 2000
posted in Cafe Libri: Reviewing Books & More
Odd Time Reading Text: For All Instruments :
This book is from 1968 but it's still a very good book to start your Odd Time studies with. You have to know how to read music to use it (if dont know how to do that you could check out the books by Robert …
reviewed On God. June 10, 2000
posted in Cafe Libri: Reviewing Books & More
On God
When reading Krishnamurti it's Important not to Jump to Conclusions, Spiritual Philosophy is Subtle, we're not dealing with Gross matter here, Sometimes Krishnamurti uses words in their traditional …
reviewed A Vision of the Sacred: My Personal J.... June 10, 2000
posted in Cafe Libri: Reviewing Books & More
A Vision of the Sacred: My Personal Journey with
One gets the impression from reading this Wonderfull book that Sunanda was a warm hearted, sincere and intelligent seeker of spiritual truth.Since her first meeting with Krishnamurti in 1947 to her death …
reviewed Posture of Meditation: A Practical Ma.... June 09, 2000
posted in Cafe Libri: Reviewing Books & More
Posture of Meditation
For those of us who are interested in Meditation we have to face the difficult problem of Queting the Mind, which of course brings up the question who is Queting who or what. But we also face the problem …
reviewed The Concise Encyclopedia of Western P.... June 09, 2000
posted in Cafe Libri: Reviewing Books & More
The Concise Encyclopedia of Western Philosophy and
This book was first published in 1960 and later completely revised in 1989, my version is a reprint from 1992. As the title says it's a Concise Encyclopedia, it is about 330 pages so the entries …
reviewed Gyorgy Ligeti: Contemporary Composer. June 08, 2000
posted in Cafe Libri: Reviewing Books & More
Gyorgy Ligeti: Contemporary Composer
In my opinion Gyorgi Ligeti is one of the Greatest composers of the 20th century and this book is a fine introduction on him, it was first published in 1983 but was updated in 1997.After a short introduction …
reviewed Brazilian Rhythms for Drumset (Book &.... June 08, 2000
posted in Cafe Libri: Reviewing Books & More
Brazilian Rhythms for Drumset (Book & CD)
I am not a drumset player (Yet !) but I'm interested in the rhythms of the world and Brazilian Rhythms are Fantastic, this book is quite good, it has sections on Samba, Bossa Nova, Baiao, Maracatu, …
reviewed Rhythmic Training (Instructional). June 08, 2000
posted in Cafe Libri: Reviewing Books & More
Rhythmic Training (Instructional)
If you know nothing about Rhythmic notation I would suggest that you start with his other book, Basic Rhythmic training and then go on to this book, but if you already know how to read music and feel …
reviewed Basic Rhythmic Training (Instructional). June 08, 2000
posted in Cafe Libri: Reviewing Books & More
Basic Rhythmic Training (Instructional)
If you want to learn to read rhythm notation this is a very good book to start with, you don't have to know anything about notation to use this book it teaches that from scratch.The book starts with the …
reviewed The Joy of Drumming: Drums & Percussi.... June 07, 2000
posted in Cafe Libri: Reviewing Books & More
The Joy of Drumming: Drums & Percussion
This book is a fine introduction to the world of drums and Rhythms. Part one deals in general with drums and rhythms and how they affect us in many ways, part two is a small encyclopedia of drums and …
reviewed Ancient Traditions Future Possibiliti.... June 07, 2000
posted in Cafe Libri: Reviewing Books & More
Ancient Traditions Future Possibilities: Rhythmic
This is a very good book for those who are interested in World music and/or Fusion music and want to be able to play all those beautiful and often complex rhythms that one hears in that type of music. …
reviewed Modern Music: A Concise History (Worl.... June 07, 2000
posted in Cafe Libri: Reviewing Books & More
Modern Music: A Concise History (World of Art)
Griffiths book Modern Music clearly shows the main styles and trends af 20th century Music, he starts with the late Romantics and the Impressionists like Strauss,Mahler and Debussy and then devotes chapters …
reviewed Spiritual Bonding. June 06, 2000
posted in Music Matters
Spiritual Bonding
The Belgian Synthesist Vidna Obmana has relesed many CD's with music I like to call Spiritual Ambient, his music is slow moving and flowing, thick Synthesized sound move slowly like clouds or slow …
reviewed Bach: The Well Tempered Clavier Book II. June 05, 2000
Bach: The Well Tempered Clavier Book II
I have already reviewed Andras Schiff recording of Johann Sebastian Bachs The Well Tempered Clavier Book one and would just like to add that book two of the WTC is the same masterpiece as book one and …
reviewed Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1. June 05, 2000
posted in Music Matters
Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1
I think the Well Tempered Clavier by Johann Sebastian Bach is THE best music ever written by anyone ever! It's just perfect, I've been listening to and playing some of this music for about 15 …
reviewed All about fencing;: An introduction t.... September 30, 1999
posted in Cafe Libri: Reviewing Books & More
All about fencing;: An introduction to the foil
This book is from 1970, so of course it is a bit dated but this is a book about the fundamentals of foil fencing and that has hardly changed for a very long time, we still use the same basic parry's and …
reviewed Drumming. September 30, 1999
posted in Music Matters
Drumming
Evelyn Glennie is one of the greatest, if not THE greatest percussionist alive today and this CD is my favorite of her works. Most percussionists specialise in certain instruments but Glennie seems to …
reviewed My Music, My Life: Complete Manual on.... September 29, 1999
posted in Cafe Libri: Reviewing Books & More
My Music, My Life: Complete Manual on How to Play
Ravi Shankars book "My music My life" from 1969 is a great introduction to Indian music and how it is to grow up in India as a music student. In chapter one "My Heritage" Shankar …
reviewed Touchstone. September 29, 1999
posted in Music Matters
Touchstone
Chick Corea has made many Brilliant recordings, and Touchstone is one of his better one's.   Corea plays his own compositions on Piano and Electric Keyboards with his usual virtuosic mastery.  &nb …
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