Sometimes I just put my entire iTunes library on shuffle when I’m driving home, which is hit or miss as far as a song coming on that actually matches your current mood (that’s huge for me). One day, it was on shuffle, and this song by Tristan Prettyman came on and struck a chord [...]
Thursday, October 25, 2007
We saw Emily open up for Floetry at the HOB San Diego a couple months ago. She’s a funky mix of acoustic and r&b, and I love it. The first time I heard her, it reminded me of the first time I heard Alicia Keys on BET’s “Midnight Love” singing Fallin’. It’s that [...]
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
I really liked Ne-Yo’s last CD. We have a few songs on rotation here at the office. Then I listened to Maxwell’s snippet of Pretty Wings, and realized how absolutely trivial R&B music is right now. I listened to this 1 minute and 36 second snippet on repeat all the way to work [...]
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
So, maybe I’m a little late jumping on to the Amy Winehouse bandwagon, but I’m jumpin’ on anyway. I love her voice. The lyrics are poignant (i’ve always wanted to use that word in a sentence that was actually logical… poignant), and she sounds like an old black lady at church… and we [...]
Thursday, December 28, 2006
Credit to Emma for this find. She went to their show and bought their CD. My favorite tracks are Mama’s Room and Lay Me Down.
They’re cute punky lil’ white boys. Usually not my style, but good music is good music is good music.
Jonathan gets full credit for this find. He heard it and actually bought a physical CD - something neither of us have done since iTunes launched their music store and we discovered bit torrents. That alone speaks volumes.
This is John West. Listen to Masquerade. He’s like… a breath of fresh air. [...]
Gabe has been raving about The Imperial House FOREVER. It’s his cool ass old folks meditation spot. So, Saturday night I finally fulfilled my promise to check it out.
Holy crap.
The Imperial House is… an experience, to say the least. My favorite part is Rick Lyon, the resident lounge singer at [...]
I’ve liked Nikka Costa for a while now. She came out with a track a few years back called Like A Feather - I still bump it. She has a new album out - Can’tneverdidnothin.
My two favorite tracks so far:
Til I Get To You - sweet and funky. the lyrics [...]
.noone., being the musical snob that he is, has been tippin’ me off on some really good music lately… particularly Gilles Peterson. I was listening to his radio show, and found Steve Spacek, who is the featured Good Music You Didn’t Know artist.
Check out Dollar. Then listen to Gilles Peterson [...]
I vow to revive the Friday Four. I’m also introducing a new installment called Good Music You Didn’t Know About.
The first featured artist on Good Music You Didn’t Know About is Corinne Bailey Rae.
Listen to Like A Star here.
She has a very unique voice. Very soft and comforting. Whatcha think?
