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If youāre into Guitars this is fab.
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Loved piano music from my childhoodā¦even thought I might have inherited my great auntās exquisite playing DNA at one stageā¦I was wrong 
This along with Satieās other well known piece (Trois Gymnopedies) is wonderful at the end of a hectic dayā¦or a Saints loss.
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Iām with you 100% 'slowlane.
Iāve got to throw a few contemporary ones at you - Iām sure youyāll know most/all of them.
Firstly, Japanās hommage to Satie (Gynompedie II - I think), but I recognise thatSylvianās vocal isnāt everyoneās CoT:
Iām a massive fan of Ludovico Einaudi and have seen him perform live many times and also met him backstage in Brussels.
Most people wonāt be familiar with the name, but if you watch TV and film, his work has been used countless times. Heās not the most accomplished pianist Iām sure, but there is a simplicity to his work that a stressed and overwrought Bletch finds amazingly relaxing.
I would even go on to say that the last time I saw him was probably the most complete āgigā Iāve ever been to. i.e. Top. i.e. #1. i.e. The best. Really.
Some of his more well-known piecesā¦ (but not necessarily his best):
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Remeber, 'slowlane. You started this.
Yann Tiersen, doing a more than passable impression of Einaudi, taken from the wonderful soundtrack for AmƩlie.
This is probably a little out of character for Tiersen, but I also really enjoy his French peasant music stuff (accordion).
Ahhhā¦Iāve been soaking all of this up this morning, (wallowing really) Bletchā¦feeling down as Iāve just heard an old friend I worked with since 1967 was killed in a car smash on Friday.
Had heard David Sylvianās hommage before and liked it but Einaudi is new to meā¦very beautifulā¦I like it a lot. First heard of Satie on the first track of Blood Sweat & Tears eponymous first album in 1968. Found an early electronica album in 1970 called āThe Velvet Gentlemanā which featured his music in a mix of traditional and electronic instrumentation by The Camarata Chamber Groupā¦still have the vynal. My favourite Satie is interpreter is Pascal Roge.
Just to lift spirits a bit but still keeping emotions raw I thought in true āchain styleā Iād throw this piano and accordion (bandoneon) into the mixā¦featuring Pablo Ziegler on piano and the maestro himself on bandoneonā¦
Sorry to hear about your pal, 'slowlane. Thatās a shocker.
Wallow a while, but remember where you left the ladder.
That Chin Chin was mad. What is that syncopated-French-Jazz-folk???
Talented thatās for sure.
Youāve got a load of great stuff to choose from with Einaudi.
If youāre going to play some stuff, Iād recommend diving into the Divenire album, and then perhaps In a Time Lapse, then Nightbook.
So pour yourself something medicinal, put your feet up and give this a listenā¦
To absent friends.
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Einaudiās sublimely beautiful pieces feature prominently on this soundtrack
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I like the piano on this as well
ā¦ and this:
Originally posted by @saintbletch
That Chin Chin was mad. What is that syncopated-French-Jazz-folk???
Talented thatās for sure.
Youāve got a load of great stuff to choose from with Einaudi.
If youāre going to play some stuff, Iād recommend diving into the Divenire album, and then perhaps In a Time Lapse, then Nightbook.
So pour yourself something medicinal, put your feet up and give this a listenā¦
To absent friends.
Yep thanks Bletchā¦weeks away from his retirement tooā¦he introduced me to Prefab Sprout for which I will be ever grateful.
Chin Chin is pure Nuevo Tango from the maestro of modern Tango the late Astor Piazzollaā¦truely wonderful emotive musicā¦his best album Tango: Zero Hour
Matt Rollingsā¦one of the most beautiful, sympathetic piano accompanyists in the businessā¦
I love a good blubbā¦sniff
Prince manages to put so much feeling into his guitar playing. There is a longer version somewhere, I canāt find it on youtube.
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Good stuff, Ted. Quite reassuring to see how some seemingly sloppy playing can sound so good.
BB is dead right about Rickenbacker 12-strings. I had one (a 360/12) and couldnāt get rid of it fast enough. Horrible action, too narrow a neck and couldnāt be properly tuned.
God only knows how George Harrison got anything out of it, or how Tom Petty used it so regularly on stage.
This is for āKRGā in case heās missed this. I havenāt had time to listen to this yet but will give it a go after my Windows 10 upgradeā¦
ā¦I may be gone some time 
Iām really enjoying the stuff that NPR 'slowlane just posted, KRG, so perhaps it was just the song you chose. (Or my mood!)
Yesterdayās violence reminded me to dig into The Fall again.
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The Maccabees long awaited album - marks to prove it.
It is a bit of a grower.
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