The Soundtrack to the Snow

In case you haven't heard, it's been snowing today, continuing from yesterday, here at our home base in Denver. Westword, the weekly free news, arts and entertainment paper here, has a blog about music for snow, specifically favoring Brian Eno. A good choice, for sure. Here are some others.

As the snow falls, I like to get into a trance, staring at the snow with some ambient music and space music to serve as a soundtrack for the snow.

One album that is fit for the snow is Michael Hoenig's 'From The Northern Wasteland.' It's a terrific spacey journey. Then, to regain some balance, guitarist Brian Keane's (not the other BK) album "Snowfalls." If you listen to the music as it opens on the Crystal Lake side of Klaus Schulze's album "Mirage," it sounds like twinkling snowflakes. If you can imagine snowflakes twinkling. I could also go for Tangerine Dream, maybe "Ricochet," and Pink Floyd's title track to "Atom Heart Mother."

The Westword blog talks about Brian Eno. For a Brian Eno selection, there are several good ones. In fact, all of them are good ones. One of my favorites is "Ambient 4: On Land." But since I listen to that one a lot, maybe today I'd go with "Fourth World Vol.1 Possible Musics" by Jon Hassell/Brian Eno.

For non-instrumentals, I'm sure there are a lot of songs suitable for the snowfall as well. I think of Al Stewart's song Roads To Moscow from "Past, Present and Future." You can just picture this soldier as he makes his way through the heavy snows wondering if he'll see home again. For a laugh, I might pick Greg Lake's Humbug, which was the flip side of the 45rpm I Believe In Father Christmas.

What music do you like to listen to when it snows?

Despite Snow, Steely Dan Is A 'Go'

*INCLEMENT WEATHER UPDATE: The show will still begin at 8pm. Doors at 7pm* - That's the word we get from the Wells Fargo Theater about tonight's Steely Dan concert. How many of you who have tickets are still going to go? Will you drive? Will you take RTD? Will you ski there? Send your comments about tonight's show, getting there, as well as reviews of the concert, to us right here, or you can email them to us, if you prefer, at kingsrecordshop@yahoo.com.