Absolutely The Best of the 1970's - Various Artists
Acoustic Africa - Putamayo Presents... Various Artists
Acoustic Soul - India.Arie
African Groove - Putamayo Presents... Various Artists
AfroFlow - Mike E.
Ah Via Musicom - Eric Johnson
Akoustic Band - Chick Corea Akoustic Band
These albums have been listened to yours truly this week so far... I really enjoyed most of them, and they somehow fit my mood pretty well in the order when I listened to them. I am sure this will not be the case throughout the year, but it was a pretty neat coincidence.
Absolutely from Sister Hazel was very interesting and the songs are very catchy. They are fun when you want them to be and they have a couple of really heartfelt ballads thrown in there as well. I think I like this album a little better than some of their others, but I will definitely get back to you with that answer when I re-listen to the other S.H. records a little later in the year. Thumbs up!
Absolutely the best of the 1970's was a nice description of this compilation hits album. Most of the diddies made me either want to dance or love.. if you catch my drift. Good stuff, definitely a keeper.
Putamayo Presents is a really neat series of compilations that presents worldly music to the ignorant music appreciators such as myself in a very accessible medium. I really enjoy these two editions (Acoustic Africa and African Groove) and I found myself very connected to a completely different people, culture, and continent. When I feel my world is too small around me, I will just put one of these on and "take a trip" to remind myself the vastness of this globe.
Acoustic Soul.. Damn, I felt like I was just in the presence of a completely stripped and naked and exposed artist here in the form of India.Arie. I do not have much experience with her music, but I really dig her vocals, her voice, and quite literally her soul. Further investigating into her music will be on a list of things to do!
I saw AfroFlow at the CU Relay for Life last spring and picked up there CD after really enjoying their set. They made me move in ways I didn't think a white boy could. And their rhymes are tight as hell, not to mention really meaningful and unlike most of the raps I hear on the tube or radio. I think the hip hop world could grow immensely with more artists like Mike-E. Props man.
Cliffs of Dover was featured on one of the Guitar Hero games, and it is also featured on Ah Via Musicom, a nice collection of shredding, funky riffs, and mindblowing solos. The skill level that Eric plays with truly inspires and the genres he plays are generally enjoyed by many people. Hard to describe his sound, because he kind of plays whatever is on his mind, at least that is the way it sounds. Very groovy though... I liked.
Akoustic Band would have probably enjoyed more by me if I was listening more intently because I was busy doing some skoolwork when I gave it a listen, and I didn't catch all of Chick's intricasies. Nonetheless, I enjoyed the jazziness.
And so ends this posting. First day of classes was today,... I liked them so far! Only had two, but they seem to be interesting. I have never taken a Psych. course and now I have two in one day (3 times a week). My mom thinks I might get psyched out... <<
Listening to some splendid P>Groove right now and I will comment on it for my next post... I hope my audience has read long enough to read this, and I will say THANK YOU for reading :)
Until next time...
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