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Thirdinline Tue 31-Oct-17 20:47:07

BBC6 Music on the radio most of the time, they play a wide variety of music, particularly indie. I like Sleaford Mods, Shame and Idles at the moment, having heard them on there. I like Sounds of the Sixties on Radio 2, but not the new 6am start time on a Saturday! Also listen to Classic FM occasionally.

vampirequeen Tue 31-Oct-17 20:32:26

DH has over 13000 tracks on his IPod. If it's on shuffle I never know what I'll be listening to next.

Grannyknot Tue 31-Oct-17 19:44:02

I'm mostly a "passenger" when it comes to music listening, I'm too lazy to find my own. My husband's Christmas gift last year was a subscription to Spotify and he chooses the music and it plays all over the house. Spotify then suggests play lists for him, and our grown-up children do too. So we are always listening to music that is new and/or new to us.

When I'm on my own and therefore no Spotify and I want music to work to, I go to last.fm (an online radio station) and I ask for country and western music ... www.last.fm/home

We haven't had CDs in ages, gave them all away.

grannyactivist Tue 31-Oct-17 19:32:14

Ooops - sorry for the bad grammar - oh for an edit button. blush

grannyactivist Tue 31-Oct-17 19:30:51

matson thanks for that - I would never have thought of listening to Robert Plant, but I actually like it the two or three songs from his new album that I've just listened to. smile

BBbevan Tue 31-Oct-17 18:51:55

At the moment I like the Unthanks and Bellowhead

matson Tue 31-Oct-17 18:49:09

Listening to the new Robert Plant cd "Carry Fire"

Greyduster Tue 31-Oct-17 18:11:51

Sadly, my Hi fi player has just given up the ghost so I can’t play my CDs on it, but was listening yesterday on my Walkman to Jacques Loussier’s ‘The Bach Book’. I am hoping that someone, in the face of heavy hints, will buy me Benny Anderson’s new album ‘Piano’ for my birthday. I have completely lost touch with post eighties modern music, I’m afraid. I couldn’t tell you what DS and DD are into these days.

Luckygirl Tue 31-Oct-17 18:00:27

How many "on its" does one woman need? grin

Luckygirl Tue 31-Oct-17 17:59:49

I have an iPod nano and on it is all my favourite music on it from my CD collection, which is large and wonderful.

I lie in bed with earphones (the flat ones in a stretchy hair band that you can lie on comfortably) and float away on this world of exquisite music. I put it on All Songs - Shuffle; and I get an assortment of the music reflecting my very wide taste in music.

I would not even begin to try and pick the one I like the best!

grannyactivist Tue 31-Oct-17 17:54:51

When the children were at home there was always live music on the go; sons and husband between them play piano, flute, violin, bass guitar, acoustic guitar and drums, and my son's band and my husband's band both practiced at my home. A couple of Christmases ago The Wonderful Man bought me a music system so I could play CD's and I realised I'd never really explored my own taste in music. So I have finally, in my 60's, begun to buy music I like to listen to and I've sort of surprised myself. It got me wondering what others listen to.
My last five CD purchases are:

Happy Accidents - Jamie Lawson
25 - Adele
Symphonic Adiemus - Karl Jenkins
Oh Wonder - Oh Wonder
The Rose in the Middle of Winter - Bob Chilcott

What are you listening to?