Eva Cassidy: Simply Eva
Simply Eva is the first album of 2011 that I expect to see on my best of the year list. Set for release on January 25th by Blix Street Records, the album features previously unreleased material by the...
View ArticleMuruch Classic Albums Appreciation Club: Week 13
Last week’s pick, Radiohead’s The Bends, was even better than I remembered. It’s not an album I’ve listened to much in recent years, simply because it’s tied to some intense memories and emotions that...
View ArticleMuruch Classic Albums Appreciation Club: Week 14
Last week’s selection, Cyndi Lauper’s She’s So Unusual, was mostly as fun and upbeat as I’d hoped, but it also reminded me how strong and unusual Cyndi Lauper’s voice has always been. As alluded to in...
View ArticleThe Voice: Michelle Chamuel’s Cover of “True Colors”
I don’t think I’ve posted about my affection for NBC’s The Voice before, but there ya go. Any show on which Alexis Marceaux was a contestant and that features the music of everyone from The Lumineers...
View ArticleCyndi Lauper: The Body Acoustic
Cyndi Lauper’s The Body Acoustic features new acoustic arrangements of 12 of her songs, with several being transformed into duets with Ani DiFranco, Sarah McLachlan, Shaggy, Jeff Beck, and Vivian Green...
View ArticleSarah McLachlan: Rarities, B-Sides, and Other Stuff 2
I’ve been a fan of Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan since long before her Lilith Fair days, stumbling upon her second album Solace in the early 1990s and shortly after devouring 1993’s...
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