Alabama Shakes

Found a group called Alabama Shakes.

Listened to them on a Blues show on my local NPR station.

Kind of a gospel blues style is the best I can describe them.

http://alabamashakes.bandcamp.com/

I really like "Hold On".

The YouTube live version is spectacular.

Always good to find new music to start the new year.

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Rasputina and Madame K.

My radar seems like it reaches out and finds stuff... and then I find something I should have found a long time ago.










Like the group, Rasputina.

I found them by randomly looking at blogs this evening.

Madame K is a big fan of Rasputina. I can see why.

So a big thank you to all of you that share your passions with the rest of us and make our small worlds larger.


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Maria Doyle Kennedy

Found another singer who's a new favorite.

Maria Doyle Kennedy does a nice cover of a U2 song "How You Remind Me". And an Irish song, " Ag Criost An Siol".
You can listen to both songs at Grooveshark.com.
http://listen.grooveshark.com/

Maria was also in the 1991 film, The Commitments. And in the TV series The Tudors.

http://www.mariadk.com/home.html

http://www.myspace.com/mariadoylekennedy

Hope you get to listen.


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Swayzak and Isolee

I like techno.
And I just found Swayzak on youtube.
I like techno because the songs are long. None of this three-minute stuff. It's the real deal. Some songs are 5 minutes and some are close to 10 minutes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIShsZxbc3Y&feature=related

Another group I've just heard was Isolee.

Cool.

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U2 music

Hey, you can hear the new U2 single at U2.com.

(The link below takes a minute or so to load the song.)


http://goyb.u2.com/?fcsc=EML011809&utm_source=Publicaster&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EMLU2COS_20090119_single_annoumcement_GetOnYourBoots


"Get On Your Boots" is a revved-up song with a nice hook.


(Actually I don't know what I'm talking about in musical terms. I just like U2; anything they create I accept at face value. Their music is the soundtrack of my adult life.)


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Ghostland Observatory

We caught the last half hour of Austin City Limits the other night on PBS. "Ghostland Observatory" was on.

Wow.

So now I'm listening to a sample of their music on Rhapsody.

Wow.

Here's their web page on my space:
http://www.myspace.com/ghostlandobservatory

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