Your favorite recent discovery

Lemon Jelly

I discovered Magma at the end of last year at Knittingfactory NY. I was amazed how come I didn't know it before as were founded in the mid 70-s...

How about:

Anything Box. Favorite so far is "Worth." Talk about that synthpop sound from the 80s - this is all that plus terrific vocals. Hard to believe it's actually from the 90s..

Stacey Kent. Everything, especially "Let Yourself Go: Celebrating Fred Astaire". What can I say? She is the sexiest vocalist I've ever heard. I guarantee that this CD will make you melt.

Dave's True Story. This one is in a category all by itself. I guess I'd call it adult contemporary lounge lizard jazz. Great vocals, intelligent and somewhat adult lyrics, catchy music and is much more polished than you would expect. Very easy to listen to, but it's not until you actually concentrate on the lyrics that everything clicks. They've all got a twist.

"Latin Project" Very untraditional treatment of Latin Music.(Reminds me of Ozomatl a hair.)
"Les Nubians" (Both 2003 releases.)Female "COOL JAZZ" interpretation of "Rap" from France.
Tracer

How about (legal) free music - all ya gotta do is download it!

I've been on a tear over at db.etree.org - they have hundreds (maybe even thousands) of live shows available for free download. I'm particularly enamored of the Steve Kimock Band and a group called New Monsoon. All the music is CD quality and most of the tapers do a very good job, sounds better than many commercial efforts. Check it out!

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