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French Country Style at Home

September 12th, 2010 | Author: gdurws

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French Country Style at Home For those of us who can’t get enough of french country style–and the volcanic ash in Iceland is keeping us from traveling to the french countryside–this book is a wonderfully economic avenue to soaking up some french country design and scenery. It’s a bit of a design travelogue, taking us into country residences whether they be french farmhouses, cottages or castles. You learn a bit about the owners and how they combine french antique country pieces sometimes with contemporary flair to create livable design. What I love about this book is the authenticity–it’s not a foreign take on french country design. It’s an illustration of how the design is used currently in authentic French homes owned by people who love design.

You’ll see inviting design vignettes and accessories to give you ideas on how to use this loved style in your own home. The book is a charming read, and you’ll feel like you traveled with the author to visit his favorite design friends in their original homes in the french countryside. It’s a fun book to just pick up, read and look at the pictures–you’ll feel like you visited rural France for an hour with a knowledgeable French design guide. Perfect for your design library, or a side table or guest room for a quick visual get-away to the homes in France’s rural countryside. : This enchanting volume unlocks the door of French homes tucked away in the country, from a farmhouse in the Cévennes to a castle lost in the heart of the Morvan mountains. The writer and photographer Sébastien Siraudeau has already uncovered home inspiration from France’s guesthouses, antique shops, and flea markets in his previous books Vintage French Interiors and French Style at Home. Now he turns his experienced eye to the hidden gems of interior design in the French countryside and unveils the wealth of decorative inspiration they have to offer. The vibrancy of these hidden retreats is demonstrated beautifully and, as the pages unfold, the reader is struck by a wealth of inspiration from the colors, seasons, and stories that have formed these subtly elegant creations. Siradeau has a rare talent for finding homes that combine gently aged vintage pieces in a contemporary and relaxed atmosphere. Siraudeau masterfully shows how true style can be discovered in the most unexpected destinations, his chapters ranging from seemingly humble hamlets or farmyards to the flickering of candlelight in the Château Jacquot. Inviting the reader in over the threshold of these inherently picturesque households is a temptation no design enthusiast could refuse. $34.95

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Down Home Style

July 14th, 2010 | Author: gdurws

Down Home Style Organ funk at it’s peak – Terje Biringvad – Oslo, Norway
“Down Home Style” was a party killer in the ’70 and I wored out 3 copies in competition with Chicago, Blood Sweat & Tears and Traffic (these groups are still great!). Still one the best of the late ’60′s jazz organ funk albums out there and McDuff greasy r&b grooves is at its peak. The slow blues “Memphis in June” is the highlight on the album with no elbass but pure organbass like the purists wants it. “Vibrator” and “Theme from electric surfboard” are McDuff funk trademarks on various albums, but this stands out! Even with some some ordinary and less memorable tunes, this album is still intoxicating Hammond organ playing from the Brother!

Born Eugene McDuffy in 1926 in Champaign, Illinois, Brother Jack got his start in 1946 with Schoolboy Porter and then, in 1958/59, he worked with Jimmy Coe and Willis Jackson.

His solo recording career began with the Prestige label in 1960, but it wasn’t until 1968, at the Cadet label, that he first tasted singles chart success when Let My People Go made it to # 42 R&B b/w Ain’t It that October. Both are missing here but are to be found in the equally fine CD Natural Thing [Original Recording Remastered], also available through Amazon.

In fact, if searching for Jack McDuff LPs/CDs, you’ll get different listings depending upon whether you search under “Jack McDuff” or “Brother Jack McDuff.” Amazon may wish to correct that.

In THIS great compilation you get both sides of his only other charted single, 1969′s Theme From Electric Surfboard, which hit # 48 R&B/# 95 Billboard Pop Hot 100 in early 1970 b/w Down Home Style for the Blue Note label.

Brother Jack fans will recognize these, but if you’ve never sampled his music, and you like the funky sound of R&B/jazz-styled organ, this is as good a place as any to start. : Limited Japanese 24-bit remastered reissue of 1969 album, recorded in Memphis, is packaged in a miniature LP gatefold sleeve, features eight tracks. Blue Note. 2004. Down Home Style

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