Opening my mailbox last night, I found a package from reader and tweeter @dhsmith. I love getting stuff in the mail that doesn’t say “overdue,” “final notice” or “eviction” on it, so thank you David!
There were two CDs in the package: Joanne Taylor Shaw’s White Sugar
Naturally I opened them up, ripped them to iTunes and had a listen. When you reach a certain age, and no longer listen to the radio (so. many. ads), you stop discovering music. I have neither TV nor radio in my home, so any music I hear about is purely by accident. Or in this case, by gift!
Shaw’s White Sugar is very evocative of Joss Stone, which is great. And Easterling’s BlackTop Road is kind of an old country style, before country became pop. I love it! Folksy (though with the inevitable modern tune about white guilt, which is annoying), kind of sad, it’s music I can really sink my fangs into.
Thanks David, for adding to my music collection!
WOW! Nice giftys. I listened to samples and like them. I don’t listen to radio except for the local “Right Wing” talk-show and the George Noory show just to make sure that I’m up to date on the latest reason why the Earth is doomed and we are all going to die whether it be from a natural cosmic event, alien conquest, or just human ignorance. TV is a whole other kind of addiction and I need to find a better use of my time and electricity usage.