What I'm Listening To

I like to share good artists that people may not know of.  Check out Joe Purdy, his music gives me chills, man's got soul.  (Ode To Sad Clown is amazing)  Also, Ray Lamontagne is another gem, his music goes straight to your bones.  Damien Rice is a favorite of mine, (there is so much good music in Ireland it makes me want to hop on a plane and see what it's all about) he writes the most emotionally powerful songs i have ever heard, literally.  Snow Patrol is a great band from Ireland, their leadman and songwriter Gary Lightbody is another writer who is so good sometimes it hurts.  Their instrumental passages are also beautiful and progressive, colorful, and relaxing, always a good listen, those guys are excellent musicians.  Let's see Jon Foreman's solo material is fantastic, very raw, acoustic stuff that is very mellow and at times emotionally poignant.  Foreman is the lead singer of Switchfoot, a very good band from San Diego, they're pretty big though so you may not have needed that information.  Dustin Kensrue has a solo album that has some great tracks, pure American folk, think Springsteen without the E street band.  Anything by Mason Jennings is worth your money, (or the time it takes to download) I recommend his new album In The Ever, very spiritual, very good folk music.  And of course, anyone who knows me knows I am a huge John Mayer fan, his songwriting is perhaps as good as his virtuosic guitar playing, which is absolutely jaw dropping.  He is reviving the blues for a lot of people, and I am stoked because the blues is pure.  John Mayer Trio's Live Album Try! is the best contemporary blues album in years.  Don't write him off as some celebrity-dating pretty boy, he is a great musician.  "Continuum" has a track called "Stop This Train" that when i first heard it, actually drew some eye 'sweat' .  Lisa Hannigan, an Irish singer who sings with Damien Rice and Gary Lightbody, has a gorgeous voice, and one day she is going to marry me.  I have an enormous crush on her, she's amazing.