#013 Map of a Blue City Listening Party

Map of a Blue City has become one of my all-time favorite albums.

サマリー

新しいアルバム『Map of a Blue City』のリスニングパーティーで、ギターヒーローのMark Riverさんとファンの皆さんが楽曲について楽しんでいます。エピソードでは、アルバムの到着を心待ちにしながら、マークさんの特別なボーカルの魅力について語られています。また、30年間にわたって記録されたアルバムとそのボーカルパフォーマンスが紹介されています。このエピソードでは、Listening Partyでの体験についても語られ、アルバムに収録された曲とのライブバージョンに興味を持つことの重要性が強調されています。『青い街の地図』のリスニングパーティーでは、音楽の魅力やアートの影響について語り合い、参加者の感想が共有されています。

リスニングパーティーの開催

Today at 2am, Japan Standard Time, I attended a listening party for my guitar hero Mark Ribot's new album Unbanked Camp.

The album is titled Map of a Blue City.

Mark Ribot himself, along with hundreds of fans from all over the world, enjoyed listening to and chatting about songs from the album.

I sent some messages too.

I was extremely happy to be able to express my feelings to him in real time, even though my English wasn't very good because I was busy listening.

I couldn't catch most of the lyrics, but there were a lot of messages praising them, so I'm really looking forward to the album arriving.

I ordered a special edition copy on opaque blue vinyl.

Mark is a guitarist and has only seldom sung on any of his recordings, but I've always loved his vocals.

Of course, I adore other skilled and talented singers' voices, but Mark's has a different charm.

Someone has described his vocals as plaintive and wise.

This album is his first to feature his vocals and was recorded over a span of 30 years, capturing moments from then until now.

I learned this from a New Musical Express article and was super excited.

My expectations were extremely high, but the album easily surpassed them.

Listening Partyの体験

Mark is basically a guitarist with strong originality, but on this album, his guitar playing is simpler than usual, perfectly matching his intimate and heartfelt vocals.

If you are interested, check out the live version of one of the songs from this album.

I couldn't sleep for a few hours after the listening party because I was too wound up.

So I've been pretty sleepy at work today.