It's Big Band Week!

"The big band is a type of musical ensemble associated with jazz, a style of music which became popular during the Swing Era from the early 1930s until the late 1950s. Big Bands evolved with the times and continues to today. A big band typically consists of approximately 12 to 25 musicians and contains saxophones, trumpets, trombones, vibraphone, singers (or vocalists), and a rhythm section. The terms jazz band, jazz ensemble, stage band, jazz orchestra, society band and dance band may be used to describe a specific type of big band."

• http://www.musicbanter.com/jazz-blue...ml#post1096211

The Music Banter General Album Club

Has chosen Dalek's Absence for August's theme: Albums that Make You Feel Badass When You Listen To Them (what a mouthful)!

• http://www.musicbanter.com/general-m...ml#post1097162

Come join the fun.

The Club is now accepting theme nominations for September's club! Get your say in now! Open for one week.

^ After you`ve visited the Music Banter General Music Album Club, why not try

The Folk And International Roots Album Club

On this thread you can check us out or nominate an album for us to vote on:-

> http://www.musicbanter.com/country-folk-world-music/57617-folk-international-roots-album-club.html#post1086287

We have two albums up for discussion so far, so you could also post a comment about them on these threads :-

> http://www.musicbanter.com/country-f...-de-lucia.html
> http://www.musicbanter.com/country-f...hieftains.html

Or you can help choose our next album for discussion by voting in this poll :-

> http://www.musicbanter.com/country-f...gust-30-a.html

Time to get clicking; time to get voting ! :)

It's Instrumental Hip Hop Week!

"Instrumental hip hop is hip hop music without vocals. Hip hop as a general rule consists of two elements: an instrumental track (the "beat") and a vocal track (the "rap"). The artist who crafts the beat is the producer, and the one who crafts the rap is the MC. In this format, the rap is almost always the primary focus of the song, providing most of the complexity and variation over a more or less repetitive beat."

• http://www.musicbanter.com/rap-hip-h...ml#post1097492

This week

The Folk And International Roots Album Club

are voting on the next album up for discussion. Why not join in the vote here:
http://www.musicbanter.com/country-f...sept-14-a.html


Or you could post a comment about our latest pollwinner, here :-
http://www.musicbanter.com/country-f...bum-exuma.html

:)