What’s in your jukebox these days?
A few of my notable mentions:
Denali (Killer debut album. Maura Davis has a voice like gossamer. Selections: “Relief”, “You File”, “Prozac”, “Gunner”)
Goldfrapp (Selections: “Utopia”, “Pilots”, “Paper Bag” and “Lovely Head”)
Poe (“Hey Pretty”, “Control”, “Haunted” and “Wild”)
One Giant Leap (“My Culture” feat. Maxi Jazz & Robbie Williams; EXCELLENT song)
Chocolate Industries “7th Message”
Heather Headley “He Is”
Sarah Vaughn “Key Largo”
The Run Lola Run Soundtrack
The Umrao Jaan Soundtrack and a scattering of other Hindi songs (too many to list here and spell correctly)
Chopin’s “Nocturne for Violin & Piano in C sharp” (absolutely heart wrenching)
Portishead (“Mysterons” “Glory Box” and “Roads” from their Live in Roseland, NYC album)
J. Ralph “One Million Miles Away”
Pavarotti’s “Nessun Dorma”
Gabriel Rene “Absynthesis”
Ian Pooley’s “A Better Life” feat. Esthero
Esthero’s version of “Windmills of Your Mind”; “Orpheus”
Maria Callas “La Mamma Morta” (if this doesn’t rouse any emotion, you’re comatose)
Madama Butterfly “Un Bel Di Vedremo” (ditto)
Spooks “Sweet Revenge”; “Things I’ve Seen”
Frou Frou “Breathe In”, “The Dumbing Down of Love”, “Shhh”, “Hear Me Out”, “Let Go” (a real gem I stumbled upon; Imogen Heap is absolutely fantastic)
Alizee “Moi Lolita”, “L’alize”
Nick Drake “Pink Moon” (a perfect complement to balmy summer night drives)
Louis Armstrong’s “La Vie en Rose”
Broadcast “Papercuts”
Anything done by Coldplay (lately it’s been “Green Eyes”, “Trouble”, “Amsterdam”, “A Rush of Blood to the Head.”)