Music in the Kitchen?

[cstout]

I don't know about you, but I like to listen to music sometime while I am puttering in the kitchen. I am getting kinda tired of the same old stuff though. What are you listening to or is music even important to you as you whip up a meal?

[Maggie19]

HDtracks or Pandora Hi Rez but vinyl still sounds the best -- Steely Dan - The Dead - Bruce - Little Feat - Warren Zevon - Jayhawks - Beatles - Stones - The Who.

[sunshine842]

I have a good Bluetooth speaker in the kitchen that I link to my laptop...Spotify then keeps the mood music running...

...if I access my library of tunes, I can range from Pavarotti to Peter, Paul, and Mary to the Talking Heads to Jimmy Buffett to Rush....and even I never know what's going to be playing until I click onto the computer to see what looks interesting.

[ChefJune]

I listen to Jazz while I cook, whether alone or teaching a class. Sometimes I just put on WBGO 88,3FM (wbgo.org) or favorite cd's. Joe Williams is my #1 to listen to, but there are others.

[Chinon00]

We have a little flat screen TV in the kitchen. Can't remember what it was like without it. I like watching my political shows and documentaries while cooking. Has a music stations too. I typically go to the jazz channel.

[BackBite]

Slacker Radio streaming, usually either Traditional Blues, 80's Alternatives, or One Hit Wonders/Songs You Forgot You Loved are my stations.

Was obsessed with the new Alabama Shakes CD that came out last week on iTunes and had that hooked into the stereo throu the iPad.

[cstout]

Slacker Radio streaming...hmm, have never heard of it...will google it right now. You mentioned my kind of music.

[elenacampana]

Depends on what I'm up to in the kitchen:

Chopping piles of vegies - Bach
Washing dishes - Motown, Ry Cooder,
Icing a cake or messing with fancy pastry - Mozart
Studying a difficult recipe - Brahms
Picking at leftovers late at night when no one's around - Bill Evans, or just humming
Cooking with friends - anything Jobim

But maybe the next week they all switch places!

[njmarshall55]

Eclectic mix...OLDIES (pre ww 2), jazz, classical, gregorian chants...just nothing too loud or assaulting.

[HillJ]

Lately, The Black Keys, Band of Skulls and the laundry list of clouds avail here:
http://soundcloud.com

[Terrie H.]

Serious music in the kitchen tonight. Or should that be Sirius?! Live Little Feat from the new Filmore in Silver Spring, MD. Since I couldn't be there, I was happy to be dancing while I cooked on the Jimmy Buffet Margaritaville channel. Feats don't fail me now....

[livetocook]

I always have the radio on in the kitchen. It's usually to a local modern rock station. It plays Foo Fighters, Black Keys, Cage the Elephant, Mumford and Sons, Tegan and Sarah, Rage against the Machine, Nirvana, etc. I love all sorts of music (except country and the really heavy gangster rap) and would probably try everything and anything while I cook. Bu,t for every day it's modern rock.

[beevod]

Bach, Mozart and Jussi Bjorling singing arias and songs.

[BIGGUNDOCTOR]

When I have the radio on it is booming hard rock - Metallica, AC/DC, Megadeath, Disturbed, Godsmack, Scorpions, etc..or it may be dance / house music. On rare occasions it may be on a classical station. Just depends on my mood.

[cstout]

You go for it...what in the world are you doing in there with all that stuff blaring is what I'd like to know?

[BIGGUNDOCTOR]

Some days I just need to let it all out. Some days the energy, and rhythm just help me get it done. It just helps me blank out everything else, so I can focus on what I am making.

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[Terrie H.]

Want to give another rec for Pandora. I've made my own mixes depending on what tickles my fanciy at the moment. I've just started to venture into Wolfgang's Vault.

[HillJ]

Terrie, my son is a huge fan of the Wolfgang's Vault inventory. As a collector, he's found the archives to be fascinating. The musical gems are a hoot...especially if you actually attended a few of those historical concerts (as my dh and I have). Enjoy the site!

[Terrie H.]

Just don't tell anyone that a few things have been too toasted because I was dancing around the kitchen... :))

[HillJ]

Oh that's funny!

[cstout]

Dancing 'round the kitchen adds so much more flavor to the food & no one will ever notice the "too toasted" problem.

[goodhealthgourmet]

being too toasted was often the *reason* i could be found dancing around the kitchen ;)

[Terrie H.]

That too... ;op

[cstout]

To toast or not to toast...that is the question??? Wait a minute...to toast or be toasted that is the real question.

[HillJ]

we have a laptop dedicated to menus/recipes/food articles in the kitchen and we stream Paradise Radio thru it for music mix or just run our iTunes collection.

[igorm]

I like to listen to classical country and western music while I cook.

[cstout]

igorm, I like the classical country & western when I am preparing something for a bar b que...just sorta sets the free spirit of the day.

[caseyjo]

I like to listen to All Songs Considered on NPR. Great interviews, plus you can find out about great new music (and new things about old music). Full disclosure, though, I really like the types of indie music often featured on NPR.

I also like to put on a Pandora station (works best if your computer or iPhone is connected to good speakers).

[iL Divo]

I got the Pandora app but have never tried it.

[iL Divo]

friend told me about iheartradio
really enjoy it plus got it figured out ;:-/

[letsindulge]

+1 on Pandora.

[iL Divo]

2 completely different types of music that liven me up a hundred fold in the kitchen.
cd: Phantom of the Opera
cd: Live at the Acropolis

[cstout]

Ah yes, I never get tired of the Phantom cd. Love it, love it.

[BlueMagic]

I always have music playing when I am cooking..or doing just about anything else around the house. Phantom is one of my favorites.
Also..listening to Jazz while putting together a romantic dinner for two is inspiring and really sets a mood.

[cstout]

BlueMagic, what a wonderful combination - jazz & romance in the kitchen!!!!!!!!!

[letsindulge]

The music I listen to in work kitchens are classic rock, or raggaeton. It's a know fact that the Latino culture is represented well in the food service biz therefore the reggaeton. At home it's classic rock, R & B, or alternative rock.

[cstout]

letsindulge, I enjoy R & B too, but then again, I like it all - well most of it...can't stand the Rap stuff, guess I am way too old for that stuff!!

[letsindulge]

+1 on Gangsta Rap. It irks me.

[OnkleWillie]

I try to have music on during all my waking hours although I am frequently over ruled. My tastes run to pretty much anything before Pearl Harbor plus dixieland.

[cstout]

Hi OnkleWille, do you have a particular CD that is special or a particular singer that you prefer?

[OnkleWillie]

The CDs I have listened to most lately are a couple I made up myself:

“The Best of the ‘30s” This is a mix of my favorites from the following outfits:
Artie Shaw
Casa Loma
McKinney’s Cotton Pickers
Bunny Berigan
Benny Goodman
Bob Crosby’s Bobcats
Benny Moton
Tommy Dorsey

The second is “The Best of McKinney’s Cotton Pickers”. Again, my favorites from their recordings.

I’ve also been playing some cuts from my Bunny Berigan collection. The frau is more tolerant of these.

[cstout]

OnkleWill, you tell Miss Frau, that she just does not have an ear for good music..so many vibrations & feelings when music is playing....even the pot plants seem to be more alive!!

I have copied your list & stored it on my computer in a document called "Tidbits & Treasures". Books, music , recipes, ideas, quotes, short stories, whatever. This evening I will go on Youtube & see if I can find some of these people to listen to...I am looking forward to a wonderful evening, thanks to you. Oh heck, things can wait, I will just take a peek & listen to a couple of them.....yeah right.

[njmarshall55]

Bravo!!! Bravo!!!