Wake Up Everybody by johnlegend

When John Legend and The Roots came together to produce a soulful, bluesy cover album magic happened. Lots of magic. And lots of ear candy. This is one of my favorite tracks off of the album — the whole album deserves, actually requires, a listen.

(Today-only the album is $2 on amazon for black friday! You should definately pick it up!)

Wake Up Everybody by johnlegend

When John Legend and The Roots came together to produce a soulful, bluesy cover album magic happened. Lots of magic. And lots of ear candy. This is one of my favorite tracks off of the album — the whole album deserves, actually requires, a listen.

(Today-only the album is $2 on amazon for black friday! You should definately pick it up!)

Lupe, Common, Jennifer Hudson, No I.D. – We Can Do It Now by Young Tox

I love the intro to this song. This song is certainly better than a lot of the crappy hip hop on the radio today. High Five!

Airplanes & Passive Progressive – She’s Gone by passiveprog

This is an awesome blend of blues, pop, and house. High Five!

I’ll definately be making every effort to see this guy perform live in Berkeley in September. Love his folk-blues style. High Five!

I’ll definately be making every effort to see this guy perform live in Berkeley in September. Love his folk-blues style. High Five!

It’s Tuesday again! And, I have quite the quirky artist for you. His name is Gotye, or very oddly pronounced “Gore-Tee-Yeah” (Yeah, I wouldn’t have guessed that either). He is an international artist from Australia, but he is slowly making his impact in other countries with his song “Heart’s A Mess”.

What does Gotye sound like?
A quirky and fun melting pot of genres including, but not limited to, raggae, jazz, lounge, blues, and motown.

Why I recommend Gotye.
Many artists have tried to break the boundries of genres and experiment in blurring the lines that define them. Gotye is one of the few that do it amazingly well. His album “Like Drawing Blood” has an array of different genres on the album and each of the songs all have a mesh of several. Part of his success in building such great sounds is his ability to sample. He doesn’t do it in an offensive way like many of today’s popular chart-topping hits, but in a respectful way. Simply put, the results of Gotyes sounds are intoxicating. They pull you in, like it’s completely new, yet also familiar. I highly recommend his album — there is also a remix album out of his single “Heart’s A Mess” (I have mixed feelings on that album).

Gotye – Heart’s A Mess

Nice bluesy take on gospel inspired music. High Five! (Highly, highly recommend their new EP, check it out)

It’s rare you see blues music fused with electronic music. High Five!