Right now I am listening to ...

BackstreetBoys-We've Got It Goin' On

Does anytone listen to boybands any more?! Was cleaning my rack and stumbled on this one, plus few CDs of Boyzone

Gosh, I have become so boring - aging I guess!

Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die

Abida Parveen sings Amir Khusrau. On my drive to work I didn't even frown at anyone, forget swearing. She is simple heavenly.

@Unleash_me : Yup boybands are a fun listen sometimes on drive, I just luv the boyish display of love, desperation n all that vanity associated with preteens.

I prefer boyzone, BB (Street boyz not da King) , MLTR.

@prabuddhag: Thanks a tonne for discovering chet atkins, no one mentioned the genius around here. After your post I cudn't help but dig out his (almost) solo album aptly titled "Almost Alone" 11 of these tracks feature him alone. A listening pleasure for sure.

Happy listening
-Sarang

A colleague gave me a very unusual CD. Its a set of compilations of the Buddha Bar series. I am a complete new comer to this kind of music- I played the music just as an experiment. If you are doing something and the music is playing in the background, you think, that's some nice music playing. But when you start actually paying attention, it sounds boring and repetitive. I think it requires a certain talent to create just that kind of music.

mind elaborating the track list?

Track list? Its huge! This is an mp3 CD. Even the names of the individual albums are like "Dream", "Dinner", "Drink" and "Joy". About 120+ tracks. Quite a mind numbing experience, with some pieces that sound like what is supposedly called Trance. A flowing set of notes that should bring up a blissful feeling, except that someone else is banging the life out of the electronic drums.

I did like even some of the trance pieces.

@ruenigma: Now that you're 'into' Chet..

I also recommend Chester and Lester/ Guitar Monsters, two LPs now released on one CD. The first of the two is a collaboration with another guitar legend, Les Paul.

Does Lester stand for Les Paul? I didn't know they had recorded together. I have not heard anything by Les Paul before. What is the album like? Country? or something else?

Yes, Lester is Les Paul. Not too much country in here, 'cept the odd Trad. Arr. ("Give My Love to Nell"). Mostly improvisations on big band standards - "It Don't Mean a Thing", "Brazil"..

Yes, the last named is indeed the same melody that Vengaboys recycled to good effect for their pop single.. used to be a party-starter on campus in the late 90s.