I've started posting some jazz vocals on Buffistarawk for Fay, but you're all welcome to sample them. These aren't ooo bop scoodly wop scat songs, but jazzed up standards, or songs written by jazz singers and lyricists. They're all very cool and groovy - mostly 50s, though some 40s and early 60s too.

Look for Jazzy Fay posts in the inbox and you'll find my favorite version of "Skylark" and the deep groove of "See Line Woman" and the heplitude of "Jumpin' With Symphony Sid." All guaranteed to freshen your breath and set your soul right.

Can anyone recommend their favorite sitar albums

I've never heard this, but it's got to be great! -- [link]

There's this, which is certainly good for a laugh, if nothing else.

I've got one of the tracks, which I could upload to buffistarawk, if someone were to give me the password.

Kate, the sean nós stuff is up. Sorry for taking so long, I couldn't use my own computer.

No problem! Thanks so much. I'm excited to get home and download them.

This book looks interesting: [link]

And supposedly, it gets the "Good Vibrations" story correct. i.e. It ain't a theremin.

This week's music obsession: Songs used in Sopranos episodes.

I have been Netflixing the Sopranos for the past few weeks and last night I started downloading my favorite songs from the show (so.many.) and thinking about a mix.

I MUST have the track that closes episode 7 from Season 3, Second Opinion, and the interbunny tells me it's a song called "Soleil" from a jazzy/prog-rock instrumentalist named Greg Wells.

Here is his site as far as I can tell: [link]

And I've looked EVERYWHERE for this song. They have all his albums on iTunes but not this song. Grrr.

I know it's a longshot - but - anybody? Any tips on how to find it?

Is it not on one of those Music From The Sopranos compilations?

On the CD Baby site, there's a link in the left column to email Greg Wells: [link]

coffee and sesame sticks (what? that was my breakfast)

I listened to the Devin Davis CD that Jon pimped last week about four kajillion times in the car while driving to and fro Omaha last weekend. I love it so (minus the one song about boy bands which I skip because it seems pointlessly humorless about the subject). But I forgot about his live performance on Breakfast of Champions last Friday and am just listening to it now. "Turtle and the Flightless Bird" is my favorite song from the album and I just saw that it's one of the songs he performs on the show. Yay.