Your favorite recent discovery

Jane Birkin, Rendez-Vous -

BBC - "The queen of sophisticated grown-up Gallic pop returns with an album of collaborations that are as timeless as they are contemporary..."

Pollywog - I too discovered Lhasa a few weeks ago at BBC (my favorite music website) world music reviews -- the sexiest female voice to come out since Chavella Vergas. A very good find...

This CD was released back in sept/oct 2003 so perhaps not so new to many here, however, I only came upon it last week - Joshua Bell's "Romance of the Violin".

PS: I also liked Jond and Tracer's picks above, just based on clips at amazon.

Jax2 - I'm familiar with Madredeus. I have their Antologia CD. Another artist alone these lines is Emma Shapplin. I like her "Carmine Meo" CD.

Jax2,

Thanks for the recommendation. Qalan Kar - I found a used, pricey copy ($21.95) at amazon. Wonderful stuff but I think, for me at least, this one might fall into the "very specific mood" category as it is almost all percussion. But yes I agree, it's a great find. I also noticed that you recommended Lhasa in another thread I had I. It is always a treat to find people with similar taste especially here, among the purists.

Regards
Jewel

Marco, Yes Lhasa's "Living Road" CD it still listed as an import but available at Amazon for a hefty $26. Although I saw an used copy for $15 at the same site. Another CD I just re-discovered (at a friends hoouse) last week. It is the sound track from "In The Mood For Love" movie. I don't know if you saw the movie, it is one of these movies that even if it were a silent movie, one could not help but like it. You can listen to sound clips at amazon. I'm about order it.

Jewel