Skip James - Complete Recorded Format:CD to the style of the

to the style of the seconda prattica of Monteverdi and his successors with solo singers and virtuoso string accompaniment

A gorgeous vinyl box set featuring the early recordings of reggae legend Bob Marley performing with the group that launched not only his own career but also put the Jamaican music scene on the world stage

Leading off the program

Chabrier/ Matsuev/ Jansons - Rhapsody

Skip James - Complete Recorded Format:CD to the style of theWith his high, eerie falsetto and haunting guitar tunings, Skip James sounds like no other country blues player. Although his lyrics were generally drawn from the floating bag of clichs that showed up in countless blues songs, his atmospheric recordings, made in 1931 for Paramount, gave James' songs the appearance of poignancy, and his sad, lonely vocal style made them all seem heartfelt. When he was rediscovered in the mid '60s, his skills were still