Saturday, January 15, 2005

las musicas en la casa de zippy:

Rachael Yamagata - Happenstance (think Fiona Apple, Norah Jones and Joan Osbourne... sort of) - really diggin' it!

Por Vida (a tribute to Alejandro Escovedo) - BRILLIANT!!! FRELLING BRILLIANT!!!!!!

kd lang - Hymns of the 49th Parallel - (no oleo here - this woman's voice is pure buttah!!)

Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose - BRILLIANT!! (although less enjoyable than Por Vida)

Michelle Shocked - Mercury Poise: 1988-1995 (an excellent 'best of'- but I HEART Michelle Shocked, as should you!)

Los Lonely Boys - REALLY REALLY makes me want to move back to Austin!! (hope the accusations against the drummer aren't true).

The Chieftains - Wide World Over (what can I say? It's the Chieftains. always good).

Nancy Wilson - RSVP (lovely)

San Ilya - They Died for Beauty (LOVE.THIS.CD.!!!! always in rotation.)

Dido - Life For Rent (very enjoyable)

and of course, Miles Davis -- Sketches of Spain y Kind of Blue.

;-)