What the family is listening to

My father has been a passenger on a lot of airplane flights. in addition to more frequent flier miles than 99% of the world, he likes to listen to in-flight radio programs and tell me all about the cool new artists that he “discovered.” The last batch of them included: Ray LaMontagne, Joseph Arthur, Mary Gauthier, Keaton Simons, and Griffin House. Not a bad selection at all.

As I may have mentioned before (or may have not) my brother is getting married next year. His finacee Kelly recently told me about a new CD she got and is enjoying. It is Back To Bedlam by James Blunt. You might like it if you like David Gray or Damien Rice. For a good laugh, read this review of the record from Cokemachineglow.

Kurteaux informed me that his next music purchase will indeed be the new Neil Diamond record. WTF??? Rick Rubin (allegedly) has worked his magic yet again and made another pretty killer album.

My daughter can’t make choices yet. She (being 3 weeks old) is forced to listen to whatever mommy or daddy decides. Lately (because my mother-in-law is staying with us) that has been Elizabeth Mitchell, some relaxing piano music from George Winston, DVD’s from Baby Einstein, and some Cocteau Twins courtesy of Kristi.

My wife (after being on bed rest for 3 weeks, giving birth, and having her mother and mother-in-law staying with us for extended periods of time) hasn’t really been listening to a whole lot of music lately. She has managed to listen to a little Gratitude but not much more. Upon her “return to the real world” she will probably be listening to the newest records by such bands as Allister, Matt Pond PA, AAR, Denison Witmer, Panic! At The Disco and more.

Below are a few tunes from some of those aforementioned groups that will take you high and higher. The song from Soft is pretty good. They emailed me and wanted me to check it out. Pretty good stuff from their EP (which I heard is a top seller over at Insound).

MP3 | James Blunt – High Back To Bedlam
MP3 | Soft – Higher New Soft