Spalding is great stuff, I feel totally chagrined that I had managed to not know of her until she was nominated which is odd since she's from Portland and I do try to stay on top of these things. It was a pleasant surprise.
I've been grooving on the new Decemberists album. The album has been described as "the best REM album in years" and "a Decemberists album for people who have always wanted to like them but just haven't been able to" and both descriptions are apt. Peter Buck helped produce the album and played on it some (which helps the REM sound to be sure) and Gillian Welch sings back up on a number of tracks. It is much more accessible than a lot of their earlier work and a really solid album through and through. My other new find, yesterday, is Lissie. Powerful voice, solid guitar work and she knows how to rock a bottle of tequila. Judah On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 1:16 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Great stuff indeed. I haven't stopped listening to Esperanza Spalding > since she won the Grammy last week. Her Bass playing is amazing. > > http://www.esperanzaspalding.com/cms/ > > On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 7:10 AM, Jerry Milo Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> His tribute album to his dad, House of the Rising Son (from 1996) is >> brilliant. >> >> Great stuff. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:334597 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
