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I’m really digging this cd right now. Of course, Babylon is one of those great songs that seems like it should be part of the soundtrack to everyone’s life at some point. It’s my latest purchase for my new iPod Touch. Actually, it’s the only music purchase I’ve made recently because I’ve been so enamored with all the apps that out there to download to my Touch. Really, I’m afraid that I’ve turned every little job, hobby, and chore into something that I can do with an Apple app. Christmas list app? Got it. Kitchen measurement conversion? Got that app, too. Currency conversions? Hold on…I’ve got it! I’m sure the novelty will wear off soon. But until then…”There’s an app for that.”

This was my gift to myself for giving a good presentation at a conference last week. I can’t wait to load it up with my old songs and a few cool apps I’ve heard about. Yeaaaaa!!!!! I’ll post any good new tunes I discover as I navigate through iTunes. I’d like to buy more music from Amazon, but I need to find out how to get it loaded onto my iPod. They haven’t different formats, so I think they must need to be converted to get them to load onto my iPod. Tricky tricksters at Apple aren’t making that so easy for me.

This is great music for studying or writing to. I mean, it’s great for listening to anytime, but it’s mostly instrumental, and that’s the only kind of music that I can listen to when I’m trying to write or study. PG is a modern American composer and has written lots of movie scores (The Hours is beautiful. I just downloaded it today), but his other work is really nice also – operas, symphonies, concertos, and movie soundtracks. He’s quite a force. I’ve recently downloaded his violin concerto and am listening to it right now. He has some pretty out-there stuff, also. Give his opera Einstein at the Beach a listen for some really fun, fascinating combinations.

In the past few months I’ve determined that Fargo has a severely impoverished local music scene. But there have been a few bands that I’ve seen that were worth going to see again. And I’m finding lots of new non-local music that I like. Just learned about Paolo Nutini. I listened to his cd three times today while cleaning the house. Love it!

Why’d it take me so long to look into him? I’ve been listening to Poses for the past 48 hours straight. Love it. Substantial and controlled and unexpected. There’s not a formulaic song on the entire album. Every song offers something to sink your teeth into and really savor. It’s funny to say, but I trust Rufus – I mean, I trust that he’s taking the song somewhere I will be delighted to go. I can’t say that for many artists. He’s both talented and competent. An artist I think will be in my iPod most listened to playlist for quite some time.

Lovin’ it! Kinda blues-y…and country…and a little bluegrass-y. I’ll try to find a better way to describe her music. It’s just good Texas music. If you like Emmylou Harris, there’s a good chance you’ll like Toni Price.

This album is growing on me. I wasn’t nuts about it at first, but after hearing it all the way through, I’ve decided it’s good for driving and summertime. Kinda bubble-gummy, but fun.

A friend let me listen to High Wire Live and I immediately went out and bought Available Light, his latest. What a helluva guitarist. And the range of styles and (for lack of a better word) moods is impressive also. I really recommend anyone who likes blues to check it out.

Great R&B – lovin’ it. Reviews are pretty spot-on.

I bought When the Sun Turns Black a few weeks ago. I love almost every song on the cd. His mellow, acoustic style is calming and some songs, like Barfly, are very poignant; they really cut a little close to the bone sometimes. The entire cd is a great representation of what the life of a musician is like. Or maybe it’s just a very apt characterization of the men in my life who have been musicians.