Readings.com.au: Top 10 CDs

Gurrumul

Blind from birth, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu is a powerhouse of musical creativity. Geoffrey, or Gudjuk as he is also called, is from the Gumatj nation, his mother from the Galpu nation both from North East Arnhemland. A former member of Yothu Yindi, now with Saltwater Band, Gurrumul's solo excursions highlight his amazing talent as a singer/songwriter/musician, his beautiful voice singing the songs of his Gumatj country will never leave you.

Mahler: Complete Symphonies and Songs

14 CD Set.

This fantastic collection is conducted by arguably the greatest conductor of recent times. Symphonies 5 and 10 are with the Berlin Philharmonic, No. 9 is with the Vienna Philharmonic and the remaining seven (including his legendary performance of No. 2) are with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.

Day After Tomorrow

Recorded in Nashville and produced by Steve Earle, this 10-track album features an all-star acoustic band consisting of Tim O'Brien, Darrell Scott, Viktor Krauss, Kenny Malone and Steve Earle. This is Joan's first studio album in 5years and follows her acclaimed 2005 live album Bowery Songs. It continues her role as a musical curator and interpreter of songs and includes material by Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Patty Griffin and Earle himself.

Tribute To John Cargher

For over 40 years, listeners around Australia (and lately, throughout the world) have tuned in week after week to the sheer audio pleasure of John Cargher’s Singers of Renown. The finest voices, the soaring melodies, plus Cargher’s unique insights into the lives of the great performers all combined to create one of the most popular Australian radio programs of all time.

To honour the passing of this remarkable personality, ABC Classics is proud to present a special 3CD set with two complete programs of Singers of Renown – including John Cargher’s distinctive commentary – and a disc of musical highlights from his other long-running program, Music for Pleasure.

Little Honey

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Jungle Blues

C.W. Stoneking - guitar & tenor banjo player, singer/songwriter and raconteur - returns with a new collection of original tunes, Jungle Blues. Inspired in part by his amazing experiences as a survivor of a shipwreck off Africa's West Coast in 1998, it draws on the blues of the Southern U.S.A., calypso music of Trinidad, jungle jazz of the 1920s, and hillbilly music of the 1930s for a musical journey into a heart of darkness. It features C.W.'s live band the Primitive Horn Orchestra (featuring trumpet, trombone, clarinet, alto, tenor, and baritone saxophones, sousaphone, piano, harmonium, and double bass) and adds to the mix the unmistakable drumming of Jim White (Dirty Three, Cat Power), as well as traditional African percussion and touches of orchestral timpani drums. Jungle Blues sheds light on C.W.'s skills not only as musician, but as a lyricist / composer / arranger of the highest order. Ranging from full-blown jungle epics to desolate guitar and singing-country-blues, the album tells the Jungle Blues story from all sides. Opening with the title track, 'Jungle Blues' invokes the tale of a poor shipwrecked soul stranded in the jungles of darkest Africa. What follows are hair-raising stories that will haunt your dreams, and voodoo tunes evoking memorable scenes from the world of the jungle.

Songs From The South: Vol 1 & 2

This special double CD pack includes Paul Kelly’s original 7 times platinum Songs From The South and the brand new Songs From The South Vol. 2. 40 songs spanning his entire career From St. Kilda To Kings Cross to God Told Me To, all packaged beautifully in a double CD cardboard softpack and slipcase

Blackbird: The Music Of Lennon And McCartney

Multi award winning and multi platinum selling Australian songstress Katie Noonan returns with a stunning new album. 'Blackbird' was recorded in New York with the cream of veteran jazz players including Miles Davis' long-time double-bass player, Ron Carter, drummer Lewis Nash, saxophonist Joe Lovano, guitarist John Scofield and Melbourne-based keyboard player Sam Keevers.

And Winter Came

Twenty years after her landmark Watermark album, Enya's seventh studio disc, And Winter Came continues a phenomenally successful career that has included more than 70 million albums sold worldwide. And Winter Came is an enchanting evocation of the changing landscape of winter as well as the festive cheer of the holidays. One of the most successful female artists of all-time, and second only to U2 as the biggest selling Irish artist in history, Enya brings her beguiling and ethereal music to bear on the darkest and yet most hopeful season with And Winter Came.

Baroque Album

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