Randomness in the Bleak Midwinter
Well, it's flippin cold in the Czech Republic. Days this cold require good music.
CDs I'm listening to:
1. Patty Griffin - Impossible Dream
Patty Griffin is like Vicks VapoRub for the soul. For real. The woman is incapable of writing a bad song.
2. Ray LaMontagne - Trouble
My recently engaged friend Joe Haack has been a recommender of good music for as long as I have known him. (Is recommender a real word? I'm an English teacher, I should know this...) Occasionally he stumbles into ruts with artists like Joseph Arthur and Belle and Sebastian, but I won't hold those against him. Two weeks ago, Joe shoots me an email and tells me about brother Ray. The guy sounds like a 50 year old black woman... but he's really good. Thanks Joe.
3. Eggnoise - What a World
They're a Czech band I had the privelege of opening for a few weeks back. Lots of fun. Mostly in English. Oh, and there's like 12 guys in the band. Think Harry Connick meets Billy Joel and Brian Setzer... and then they all start speaking Czech.
My mailbox has been empty lately. Feel free to fill it with good new music from home. iTunes Music Store is only great if you know what you're looking for... and most Czech radio consists of American hits from the 1980's. No seriously, you'd think Tiffany and Genesis were making a comeback. Feel free to post comments. Miss you guys.
posted by Michael H @ 10:20 PM
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3 Comments:
hey man. good tunes, eh? some of my recent favs: --soundtrack to napoleon dynamite -- soundtrack to eternal sunshine of the spotless mind -- good jazz: roman pokorny trio -- herbie hancock's fat albert rotunda. hezky den, jakers
you should check out jamie cullum if you haven't heard him already. guarantee you'll like it.
To all who are paying attention, take this advice. Jamie Cullum is incredible. I started diggin on this guy last summer, and he's got talent coming out of his ears. Thanks for the post, anonymous.
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