Monday, November 12, 2012

Music Director Note: CD Checkout Box

Hi, all!

Just a quick note that there is a new system for checking out CDs from the library.

On the desk upstairs, you will find an ugly green plastic box (I found it in some stuff that Mom gave me when she cleaned out her garage, and it's probably vintage 1976 or so...) On the box is a label that says "CD CHECKOUT".  Inside the box are some nice, big index cards (there will be more as I carve out time to make them).  Please fill out one of these cards with your name and contact information at the top, followed by the CDs you check out.  It's pretty easy to figure out.  There's an example card in the front.

Thanks for respecting the KRZA music library and taking good care of our CD collection.  I'll give you the lowdown on the latest releases when we're back from the big conference in Boulder this week.  Until then,  be nice to Laura and Gerald while we're gone.

Ciao!

Friday, November 2, 2012

Music Director Notes 11-2-12: Top Picks

Howdy, all!

First post-fund-drive post here.  Thought I'd take a break from catching up on the usual backlog of previewing and talk at ya for a few minutes.

MUSIC DIRECTORS PICKS

Jazz: 
Joe Gilman: Relativity
Jeff Holmes Quartet: Of One's Own

The Verge: Introducing The Verge
Diana Krall: Glad Rag Doll
Andrea Brachfeld: Lady of the Island (GREAT jazz flute--rare!)


Classical:
Pacific Mozart Ensemble: Brubeck & American Poets:  (yes the same Dave Brubeck of jazz piano fame)
Baton Rouge Symphony Chamber Players: Weill, Ibert, Berg

Folk/Acoustic/Singer-Songwriter:
Rodriguez: Searching for Sugar Man

World: 

Mary Jane Lamond, Wendy Macisac: Leinn (This CD seems to have already disappeared; whoever aired it last, please return it, pronto!)
Ya Amar: Egyptian Project

Hip-Hop: 
Background Noise Crew: Everybody Does This

Rock: 
Local H: Hallelujah!  I'm A Bum
R.E.M.: Document
Steve Harris (founder of Iron Maiden): British Lion
Mumford & Sons: Babel
Mark Mallman: Double Silhouette (quirky as hell)
David Cale: Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood
Paul Barrere and Roger Cole: Nova Train

Thanks, all!