Messiaen's "Quartet for the End of Time", as performed by Tashi (Peter Serkin, Ida Kavafian, Fred Sherry and Richard Stoltzman).

"Solitude" by Ryuichi Sakamoto, from the Tony Takitani OST.

"A Song for Starlit Beaches" by Yndi Halda.

"Nightmare" by Artie Shaw.

 

"Screamin' Eagle" from The Desert Sessions.

 

"She Needs Me" by Fyfe Dangerfield.

"Drinking Song" by Rob Dougan.

"Paru River" by Uakti and Philip Glass.

 

"Babe, I'm On Fire" by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.

A live performance of "Better Things" by Massive Attack, featuring Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt, otherwise known as Everything But The Girl.

 

"Apocalypse Please" by Muse.

"The Dead Flag Blues" by Godspeed You! Black Emperor.

 

"John Barleycorn (Must Die)" by Traffic.

 

More nostalgia...

"The Chemicals Between Us" by Bush.

"Toxicity" by System Of A Down.

 

"Esmerelda" by Ben Howard.

 

Pete Roe's "The Devil's Dancefloor" performed live.

"Seeing Abi" by Stephen McKeon, from the soundtrack to Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror.

"Seven Hundred Birds" by Quickbeam.

 

"God From The Machine" by Santigold.

 

The death of the great Ravi Shankar was announced today. This is Mishra Piloo in Thumbri Style, and the extraordinary tabla performance is courtesy of Chatur Lal.

"Katy Song" by Red House Painters.

 

"Sprawl I (Flatland) by Arcade Fire.

In a Zombies mood today...


"The Way I Feel Inside".

"Time Of The Season".

"Harvest Time" by Herbie Hancock.

"Tangled Up In Plaid" by Queens Of The Stone Age.

"Truly Madly Deeply" by Day One.

 

The death of Dave Brubeck was announced today. Here is his quartet performing "Take The 'A' Train". The late, great Joe Morello features on drums...

...and here's Morello's brilliant live solo from Brubeck's most famous composition, "Take Five":

"Blowing Down" by Digable Planets.

"Jasper Country Man" by Bobbi Humphrey.

"Sitting on Top of the World" by Cream. A live version taken from their Goodbye album.

"The Weight" by The Band.

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli's studio recording of Ferruccio Busoni's piano transcription of Bach's Chaconne. One of the more incredible piano recordings I've ever heard.