Recommended acoustic recordings

Hi Fromunda. I'm a big ECM fan from way back. I once saw CL in Big Sur. I like his Voice in the Night CD. IMO Manfred Eicher is a visionary and ECM's repertoire of artists cover the range of meditative, melancholic, reflective, and life-affirming emotions about as well as any genre outside of classical music/voice. There are very active ECM forums, but I'm guessing you know that already.

Hi Lokie. Not much for pop/rock music at all but do like some of the black blues. Agree, Alone & Acoustic is a good choice. When I was a youngster I had JW's It's My Life Baby LP and played it often to the dislike of my parents/neighbors. I enjoy intimate live club recordings with the sound of cash registers, doors closing and glasses tinkling in the background be they Bill Evans at the Vanguard or JW's at Pepper's Lounge. Love chamber music in intimate spaces, but of course outside of the occasional coughing, no disturbances permitted. I suppose you've heard JW's Hoodoo Man Blues re-release by Analogue Productions? It was good before, now it's great.

Ditto on Phil Keaggy. Incredible. Also Chet Atkins. John Fahey. Leo Kotte.

Po'Girl, "Home to You"

Crooked Still, "Shaken By a Low Sound"

Clarke, Van Zandt and others, "Heartworn Highways"

Cowboy Junkies, "Acoustic Junk"

For the first two, recordings better than adequate, for the second two, recordings very nice. All performances memorable.

John

Ed Gerhard - The Live Album