A Musical Interlude
I go through these phases where I’m very into music and then not. I’m in one at the moment because two of my favorite artists have some new songs out and I discovered a great new singer!
First, let’s talk Steve Carlson. He’s a Los Angeles local and I’ve seen him play at the Hotel Cafe a few times and at Supernatural conventions. He’s got this bluesy, singer-songwriter kind of style but then not. . . he defies description really. What I can say for sure is that he has this deep, scratchy-sort of sound to his voice that’s just . . . just! (If you’ve been watching Casey James on American Idol, he reminds me of Steve.)
He’s got a new CD out and you can hear clips from it on his website. I feel like it’s a little more uptempo than his earlier stuff. My favorite CD of his is Spot in the Corner and the song Pinata Novia. You can buy that at CDBaby which is a marvelous place to buy CDs from Indie artists. You’ll laugh your head off when you get their confirmation email. It’s genius.
Next, there’s Christian Kane whom you may know as Eliot on Leverage but he’s also a terrific singer. He has this wild Southern rock style that makes me smile and sing along. He and Steve Carlson actually sing together sometimes and Steve wrote some of the songs for Chris’ new CD, so it’s all six degrees.
You can get a free download of House Rules on Chris’ website. Or you can spend $3.39 and get an Extended Preview download CD from Amazon.
Finally, the new singer I discovered is Imelda May. She’s like a female Brian Setzer singing these rockabilly tunes with kind of a torch song overtone. I love new CD Love Tattoo
Check out all three of my faves in the Music Widget in the sidebar. I hope they become your favorites, too.
