What country still has music?

"At this moment I'm listening to "Santana". Am I listening to music?"

Absolutely!! (sorry shakey, I just can't help it.)

Santana will always have a special place with me. Reminds me of the good times at places like the MEXICANA bar in Frankfurt, Germany, back in the late 60's. Those were the days, great music, great women, great cars, great era.
Cheers

Rok, yes it was, even better in Weisbaden where I was.
Some music appeals to the mind and soul, some to regions bit further down the torso.

Schubert:
I purchased my first real audio system from the audio club in Weisbaden. Sansui,PE,Wharfedale. You were surrounded by great audio clubs. Mainz and Rhein-Main etc.. I was stationed in Hanau and had to travel to see all the audio goodies.
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A lot of good jazz out there. A lot of great musicians who are not popular because they don't sound like the "Giants" we grew up with. The music scene will be very good once the large group of boomers, which I am part of, are gone, and they stop dictating what is good music. People will be saying, where was I while Mathew Shipp was playing in his prime, and who is this William Parker. The young players I hear on my local college station, KNTU, are good to exceptional.

Support local young musicians, and let them grow into the next Giants! Don't blow them off because they might use sounds and styles from their generations.

Acman3, you speak a great deal of wisdom. My local college has a jazz studies program that has been rated #1 in US several times by Downbeat magazine.The talent of these young musicans is amazing, the few concerts I've been to were outstanding.
If I were younger, I'd pay more attention to jazz but as a classical fan I've yet to probe all there is to Bach, Mozart, Schubert et al. If only I had another 60 years of serious listening !