New Music Monday
To start the week, I thought I’d share a sample from the long tail of my music favorites, and possibly open your ears to something new. Here are a few selections you might not be familiar with – along with a recommendation. Leave a comment with your own musical suggestions.
Martin Sexton (Contemporary Folk) – Check out the albums Black Sheep, The American and Live Wide Open
Goldfrapp (Electronica) – Check out the songs Ooh La La and Strict Machine
Mika (Pop) – Check out the songs Grace Kelly and Love Today
Pink Martini (World) – Check out the entire album Sympathique
Morcheeba (Electronica, Downtempo, Etc.) – Check out the albums Big Calm, Fragments of Freedom and Who Can You Trust?
Amy Winehouse (Soul, R&B) – Check out Stronger Than Me and I’m No Good
Hooverphonic (Rock, Pop, Trip Hop) – Check out the songs Mad About You and 2 Wicky
Massive Attack (Trip Hop) – Check out the albums Blue Lines, Protection and Mezzanine
Finley Quaye (R&B, Rock, Reggae) – Check out the song Dice and the entire album Maverick a Strike
Juliet (Electronica, Trip Hop) – Check out one song: Avalon
Sneaker Pimps (Electronica, Trip Hop, Pop) – Check out the album Becoming X and the songs 6 Underground and Spin Spin Sugar
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (World – Pakistani) – Check out the Mustt Mustt album and song
Bloc Party (Alternative, Pop) – Check out the album Silent Alarm and start with the song Banquet
Faithless (Electronica, Dance) – Check out their greatest hits or the albums Reverence and Sunday8pm
Portishead (Electronica) – Check out the Dummy and Roseland, NYC Live albums
Here is Morcheeba’s video of the song World Looking In (Fragments of Freedom album):
And here is Portishead’s amazing live performance of the song Strangers (Roseland NYC Live album):
