So this week I tweeted out a few songs that I was listening to non-stop...and it seems there is a lot of DMB, Adam Levine/Maroon 5 and Mumford & Sons fans out in Twitter world.
I love my music from across the pond I do…and here’s another UK musical find that I’ve been obsessing over and listening to non-stop for over a week. Their new album ‘Colours’ is brilliant (available on iTunes).
Back in 2008, singer/songwriter Jamie Scott (who has a crazy ressemblance to Nick Lachey) and Producer/Songwriter Tommy D started collaborating together in London…and eventually the two would become the pop/rock duo Graffiti6.
Singer Etta James has passed away at the age of 73 due to complications of her leukemia.
Etta James had one of those powerhouse voices that bridged the gap between so many musical genres—she was a part blues, rhythm and blues, part rock and roll, soul, part gospel and jazz.
I wasn't planning on making my summer music playlists until the middle of June but...
A. I am so very over winter already. I'm done with the snow, the cold, the windchill and the freezing rain.
B. I keep getting newsletters on the fabulous spring/summer 2012 shoe and fashion collections from various designers and stores and it makes my heart long for the days where the white stuff is non-existant.
Fevers are an Ottawa-based five-piece musical unit, who describe themselves as "purveyors of independent electronic pop."
Their music is a fresh take on the classic genre, combining indie rock and electronic music. They built on the work of M83, Passion Pit and The Postal Service and developed their own distinct modern sound...and they do it well.
"How do you expose your vulnerability without seeming like somebody who gets kicked around, and at the same time, describe your ability to get past something without sounding cocky. That’s always tricky, because you know you’re being judged on the lyrics and they’re all very personal." ~Gavin DeGraw
So I've been a huge fan of Gavin DeGraw for, like, forever.
When you stick to what you believe in, and with the roots of where you come from, things will always work out. ~Robert Randolph
Last week, a good friend of mine introduced me to this band and song.
For as long as our friendship has existed, we’ve always tried to one up each other on music finds. Needless to say, he won the latest round. But his find was so good that I didn’t care that I lost.
"I want to help people who think they are stuck in life and can't make it better, to keep it moving. I want to be someone's rock and safe place when everything falls apart." ~Rebecca Raabis
This up and coming independent singer/songwriter is about to prove that dreams really can come true.
Preparing for the end of the year for me usually means cleaning out my iPod (it's the only resolution I can keep) and making room for the new tracks that I'll obsess about in the upcoming year.
The process usually makes me curse when I realize how much money I have actually spent downloading music from iTunes—I figure if I'm constantly suggesting to people what music download, I should practice what I preach. (My VISA bill is RIDICULOUS).
You may think you've heard Wendy Lands. Maybe it was her vocal interpretations of Wladyslaw Szpilman's classics on the haunting CD companion to the Oscar winning film 'The Pianist'. It could have been on her JUNO nominated confessional hit CD 'Angels & Ordinary Men'. Or maybe you were in the audience for the original Canadian production of 'Les Miserables', where she starred as 'Eponine'.
