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10.09.2012
What I’m listening to this week: Angus & Julia Stone, A Book Like This (2007). Man, how I love this folksy brother/sister Australian duo. Simple melodies, acoustic guitar, the occasional harmonica. Right up my alley, especially for a sleepy morning.
No favorites on this album, I love them all. (Plus, they kinda all sound the same so its hard to pick favorites…)
09.17.2012
What I’m listening to this week: Dave Matthews Band, Away from the World (2012).
Because no matter what my age, I always love DMB. My first concert was at 13. My most recent, 26. And since Under the Table and Dreaming was my first CD, I maintain my love for DMB is most definitely not mainstream.
But I digress. The latest release has bits and pieces of a new sound (e.g., funky jazz rifts on the opening Broken Things), but all in all will be familiar to an old Dave fan. There’s the sad and sweet poignancy of nothing more than Dave’s voice and a guitar on Sweet and Belly Full. There’s the politically messaged Gaucho that should be a contender for Obama’s 2012 campaign song (an evolution from “Change you can believe in” to “we gotta do much more than believe if we really wanna change things…”, complete with an a capella bridge of children’s’ voices and references to American’s greatness in the 1960s in landing a man on the moon). And then there’s Drunken Soldier, a perfect DMB jam from a perfect jam band.
03.09.2012
What I’m listening to this week: Flight of the Conchords, self-titled (2008).
un baguette, jacques cousteau, foux du fafa…
I’m starting a new series of posts, as a way to share my musical leanings: what I’m listening to this week. I hope you will be reminded of some old favorites, find a few new and interesting tunes to check out and maybe share a little of what you’re listening to.
I’ll aim to post every Monday, so here’s a back-dated one for this week.
20.08.2012
What I’m listening to this week: Birdy, self-title album (2011). Lots of piano, sweet and soulful female vocals and a sprinkling of unique covers.
Fav songs on the album: 1901; Shelter and Skinny Love.
An American in Australia 