BE ESPECIALLY WARY OF DC = "DEFIES CATEGORY." These recordings could change your life!

Above all, we expect to have fun with this and encourage our friends to make suggestions and custom lists for future inclusion.

From the Chateau Garbee ©

Artist/Composer/Group Title Details

• Jeff Beck Truth Epic / CD
  **** Rock
• Peter Green Me and the Devil, the Blues of Robert Johnson Snapper / CD
  ***** Blues
• Black Box Recorder The Worst of Black Box Recorder Jetset / CD
  ***** Alternative-DC
• Calexico Feast of Wire Quarterstick / CD
  ***** Alternative
• Jeff Buckley Grace Columbia / CD
  ***** Alternative

Other Boulevard Audio Recommendations

Artist/Composer/Group Title Details

• The Be Good Tanyas Chinatown.
  2nd album, amazing vocals and arrangements. Nettwerk / CD
  ***** Folk
• Lampchop Is a Woman.
  Accomplished vocalist in lyrical arrangements. Merge / CD
  *****DC
• Richard Thompson Celtschmerz. RT concerts UK '98, FlyCD / CD
  **** Folk Acoustic
• Afro-Celt Sound System Volume 1 Sound Magic.
  Remarkably involving pairing of Celtic melodic lines and African rhythms. Real World / CD
  *****DC
• Charlie Haden Nocturne.
  Legendary bassist and friends Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Pat Metheny, and others. Verve / CD
  ***** Jazz
• Talk to Her Talk to Her.
  If you liked the movie, you'll love the soundtrack. Sony / CD
  *****DC
• Jean-Yves Thibaudet The Magic of Satie.
  Spectacular recording and interpretation. Decca / CD
  ***** Classical Piano
• Lux Aeterna Morten Lauridsen.
  The title work is sublime and hauntingly beautiful. RCM / CD
  ***** Choral
• Arthur Grumiaux, et al Debussy: 3 Sonatas, Syrinx.
  Check used resources. Philips / CD
  ***** Classical

Music Evenings

In England, virtually every small town has a high-end audio shop. Often, these shops double as gathering places for people keenly interested in, and open to the possibilities of, recorded music.

On this side of the pond, until every community has such a place, we encourage our friends to host music evenings yourself! Invite a small group of friends to bring a couple of favorite recordings, have dinner, drink , and listen to music! We have been doing this ourselves and it is a truly great time. And make sure you let us know about any new musical finds!