The Music That Jonathan Listens To

There's no definitive thread that runs through the music I really like to listen to. At certain times, I'll listen to one set of music (with only a small bit of commonality), and in another mood I'll listen to something else completely.

My favourite artists

currently include the following, in no particular order:

• Wolfstone
• Silly Wizard
• Fleetwood Mac
• Grand Dérangement
• Trans-Akadi
• Zemfira
• Yat-Kha
• Gabriel Yacoub
• Urker
• The Grass Roots
• The Beatles
• Junoon
• The Red Hot Chili Peppers
• The Monkees
• CCR

What I'm listening to these days

Fall 2004

• Ricardo Arjona - Si el norte fuera el sur
• Laurence Reve - Preiere
• Laïs - (houd uw) Kanneke
• Marisa Monte - Já Sei Namorar
• Wolfstone - The Queen of Argyll
• Wolf Krakowski - various
• Gypsy Kings - various
• Luar na Lubre - Hai quen di
• Yat-Kha - various
• Urker - various

Summer 2004

• Lots of Kazakh stuff
• Lots of Russian stuff

February 2004

• Wolfstone - various stuff
• various Cajun stuff
• Silly Wizard - Donald McGillavry
• Yalla - Karavan

December 2003, January 2004

• various Cajun stuff
• various Russian stuff
• various Tejano stuff
• various other stuff in French
• various other stuff in Spanish
• Wolfstone - various stuff
• Great Big Sea - Mari Mac

November 2003

• Bruce Daigrepont - Laissez Faire, various
• Beausoleil - L'amour ou la folie, Colinda, Valse à Pop, various
• various other Cajun stuff
• Sezen Aksu - Yaz, Haydi gel benimle ol
• Grass Roots - various
• Bob Dylan - Hurricane
• Silly Wizard - Donald McGillavry
• Salamat Sadikova - various
• Junoon - Lal meri pat
• Waterboys - The Return of Pan

September, October 2003

• Juanes - various
• Zemfira - various
• La Bottine Souriante - various
• Silly Wizard - Donald McGillavry, Queen of Argyll, Ramblin' Rover, various
• Grass Roots - various
• Bruce Daigrepont - various
• various other Cajun stuff
• Sezen Aksu - Yaz, Haydi gel benim le ol, various

July, August 2003

• Bruce Daigrepont - Acadie a la Louisianne
• Patent Ochsner - Varazze, Autwybersummer, various
• Rim Xasanov - various
• La Bottine Souriante - various
• Ozoda Nursaidova - Sen Bolmasang
• Gabriel Yacoub - various
• Yat-kha - Oy Adym
• Uluğbek Otajonov - Bu keça
• Yalla - Karavan, Uç Kuduk
• Setora - Uç Kuduk, Neçun, various
• Dervish - Midsummer's Night
• Muzsikás & Márta Sebestyén - Madocsai szőlőőrző
• Before the Rain - Time Never Dies (Theme)
• Salamat Sadıkova - Qızıl Gül, Külgün Jaş, Qızdın Irı, various
• Pascal Obispo - Je suis tombé pour elle / L'île aux oiseaux

May, June 2003

• Mary Chapin Carpenter - Passionate Kisses
• Bangles - Eternal Flame
• Beatles - In My Life
• Bruce Daigrepont - Acadie à la Louisiane
• Trans-Akadi - La langue des rebelles, Pokeshaw, various
• Gabriel Yacoub - Ces dieux-là, various
• Cake - Shadow Stabbing
• Don McLean - If We Try
• Suroît - Le tour du monde
• La Bottine Souriante - En P'tit Boggie, Lune de Miel, Le Démon sort de l'enfer, Dans Paris y'a une brune, various
• Rim Xasanov - Sipkellär, Zägfran Çäçäkläre, various
• Yat-kha - Khozamyk

March, April 2003

• Trans Akadi - Over half of everything I have by them
• Carbonleaf - Desperation Song, Shine
• Hevia - various
• some oh-so-bad DDR stuff, back in March
• They Might Be Giants - Istanbul, Not Constantinople; Particle Man
• Hepatite B - Melanie est partie
• Sančuari - Vilba
• Hedningarna - Pornopolka, various
• Garmarna - various, intermittently
• Mary Chapin Carpenter - Passionate Kisses, Down at the Twist-and-Shout
• Frou Frou - various
• Cornershop - Brim Full of Asha

February 2003

• Trans Akadi - everything I have by them (they really are that good)
• Bulanova Tatjjana i DJ Cvjetkov - Snjezhinka
• Setora - various stuff
• Chayanne - Salomé
• Khaled, Taha, Faudel - Baida
• Patent Ochsner - Umlaufbahn
• Sančuari - Vilba
• Orbina - Ale spiehkas, Gáisi, Vuoján

December 2002 and January 2003 (Winter Break)

• Setora - various stuff
• Yulduz Usmanova - Karavan, Munojat
• other uzbek stuff
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - various stuff
• Shakira - various stuff
• One Handed Molly - various stuff
• Aqua - various stuff
• Army of Lovers - La Plage de Saint Tropez

November 2002

• Junoon - various stuff
• Shakira - Te Dejo Madrid, Estoy Aquí, Si Te Vas
• Paulina Rubio - Si Tú Te Vas
• Juanes - A Dios Le Pido
• Setora - Sewgi Qaydasan, Sen Bolmasang, Yonma
• Rolling Stones - Start me up
• 10'000 Maniacs - various stuff
• Gary Jules - Mad World
• Tears for Fears - Head over Heels

September, October 2002

• Juanes - A Dios le pido
• Alsu - Poslednij Zvonok
• Tatu - Ja Soshla s Uma
• Akula - Malo
• Enya - Storms in Africa II; Book of Days
• Shakira - Ojos Así
• Zemfira - Iskala
• Madonna - Like a Prayer
• Trans Siberian Orchestra - various stuff
• Yulduz Usmanova - Caravan (remix of Munojat)
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Cabron; By the Way; Soul to Squeeze
• Smashing Pumpkins - The World is a Vampire; Zero
• Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
• Junoon - Ronde Maina, Dosti, Khudi, Sayyonee, Azadi, Bulliya, Jazba-e-Junoon
• Roy Orbisson - Anything you want
• DJ Sammy - Heaven
• Aqua - Turn back time (I'm so ashamed of liking this song!)

Later Summer 2002

• Renni Flores - Som de Verao
• Impala Lounge - Fatala yekeke
• Kaoma - Lambada
• Madonna - Spanish Lullaby
• CCR - Fortunate Son
• Monkees - Pleasant Valley Sunday
• Van Morrison - Moondance
• Association - Windy
• The Kinks - Louie Louie
• The Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup
• Three Dog Night - Joy to the World
• Lovin' Spoonful - Summer in the City
• Petula Clark - Downtown
• 38 Special - Hold on Loosely
• Grass Roots - Temptation Eyes
• The Byrds - Turn, Turn, Turn
• Prata Vetra - Issavienojums
• 10'000 Maniacs - These are the Days
• Cranberries - Free to Decide
• Van Halen - Right Now
• Counting Crows - Mr. Jones
• Cream - White Room
• Blondie - Sunday Girl (French and English versions)
• Joni Mitchell - Chelsea Morning
• Seals & Crofts - Summer Breeze
• Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
• Maria Muldaur - Midnight at the Oasis

Early Summer 2002

• Samotsvjety - various
• Petula Clark - various
• Anssi Kela - Mila
• Yulduz Usmanova - various
• Bi-2 - Polkovnik
• Akula - Malo
• Enya - Book of Days
• Strjelki International - Ja budu zhitj

Spring 2002

• 10,000 Maniacs - Because the Night
• Alannah Myles - Black Velvet
• Bangles - A Hazy Shade of Winter
• Barenaked Ladies - Brian Wilson
• Better Than Ezra - At the stars
• Blues Traveler - Hook
• Cyndi Lauper - All through the night
• Dido - Hunter
• Elvis Presley - Kentucky Rain
• Grass Roots - Temptation Eyes
• Groove Lily - Little Light
• Jewel - Standing Still
• Juanes - A Dios Le Pido
• Loreena McKennit - Night Ride across the Caucasus
• Mark Cohn - Walking in Memphis
• Savage Garden - To the Moon and back
• Simon & Garfunkel - A Hazy Shade of Winter
• Simon & Garfunkel - The Sounds of Silence
• The Mamas and the Papas - California Dreamin'
• Tonic - If You Could Only See
• Toto - Africa
• Vanessa-Mae - Contradanza

Early Spring 2002

• Some Bhajans
• Junoon - Ronde Maina
• Dingo - Levoton Tuhkimo
• Suroît - Beau Robert
• Maija Vilkkumaa - Auringonpimennys
• Neljä Ruusua - Popmuseo

Fall 2000 to Spring 2001

• Goldfinger - 99 Red Balloons
• Trans-Akadi - Casse-Gueule
• Lots of Garmarna

Summer 2000

• Grand Dérangement
• Suroît
• REM - Losing My Religion