One of my all time favorites, Cape Verdean singer Césaria Evora died yesterday. Her voice is beautiful and often meet people at events who share the love of her music. There's really nothing else like it. Favorite album is Cafe Atlantico, amazing from start to finish, can pick out any track they are all great.
October 25, 2011
Filmmaker Ward Serril created a short mini doc on Seattle, Kexp and Sub Records called Something in the Water. I first checked out Sub Pop in college (join the club) listening to bands like the Afghan Whigs and Jesus & Mary Chain and they are one of the few record labels that has consistenly signed top notch bands in the past 20 years.
A quick check of my ipod and so many of the artists are from Sub Pop, Band of Horses, Constantines, Fleet Foxes, Red House Painters, Beach House, Rapture, Shins, Washed Out, etc. Like any music fan I wish it was a little longer and dove a little deeper but it was a nice overview of the Seattle music scene. If you are interested in checking out some of the other recommended record labels please check the posts on the Trojan Box Set Nyahbinghi and Crate Digging in NYC.
December 18, 2011
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