Bess Dove 2007

My list? Well, I concur on at least some of the above, those that I’ve heard. I loved the Wilco album and I figure Amy Winehouse’s killer song “Rehab” has a lock on “Song of the Year” at the Grammys. Amy is backed by a solid retro-soul band, The Dap-Kings, borrowed fromSharon Jones, another supremely soulful vocalist. The Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings album, 100 Days, 100 Nights, came out winter ‘06, but I’m putting it on my 2007 list.

What else? Radiohead gets props for trusting music fans to download In Rainbows, and use a virtual tip jar for payment, plus it’s a really good record. Neon Bible by The Arcade Fire grabbed me, especially “Antichrist Television Blues,” which reminded me of early Springsteen. I liked Feist‘s The Reminder, particularly the ubiquitous single “1234.” It’s one of many songs I discovered via the ever-expanding world of music blogs, a subject for another day. I will close with a useful URL, however. Mike D. turned me on to the mp3-blog aggregator The Hype Machine (hypem.com); now I’m a regular. In fact I just used it to find five songs by Laura Veirs, who I’d never heard before. Cool! Thanks Mike. And a merry whatever to all!

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