New Music I like Aug 09

Here’s some chilled listening for those of you who do such things as relax and listen to music.  In no particular order:
1. Her Morning Elegance – Oren Lavie

Her Morning Elegance
Directed by: Oren Lavie, Yuval & Merav Nathan
Featuring: Shir Shomron
Photography: Eyal Landesman
Color: Todd Iorio at Resolution
© 2009 A Quarter Past Wonderful
“Her Morning [...]

New Music I like – July 09

Some of our more observant readers might wonder why we have not published anything about the sad passing of Micheal Jackson, no doubt a welcome addition to our ‘Great Gig in the Sky’ nextworld band.
Well, we may in time, but for now so much has already been said and done that our voice is hardly [...]

newton faulkner can play a bit

If you like noodling a bit on your acoustic, abandon all hope of EVER being this good.  Got his album last weekend in a Golden Disks sale (eh…) and haven’t looked back.
Newton Faulkner is billed as a ‘British Jack Johnson’ by the Evening Standard, and this review made me buy it, but the Evening Standard [...]

Nyle “Let the Beat Build”

Holy God.
The last time I remember hearing music this fresh was the first time I heard Jamiroquai singing “We’re too young to Die” and I knew a star had been born.  Not everybody’s cup of tea, but he remains the sole survivor of the Acid Jazz movement as far as I can tell.
From New York, [...]