Sunday, April 27, 2008

Top 8 Songs: Week Ending April 26, 2008

1. "Digital Ghost," Tori Amos (from American Doll Posse)
2. "Punches," Collin Herring (from Past Life Crashing)
3. "Worrisome Heart," Melody Gardot (from Worrisome Heart)
4. "Old Song," AM (from Soul Variations)
5. "Dig, Lazarus, Dig!," Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (from Dig, Lazarus, Dig!)
6. "Code Red," Tori Amos (from American Doll Posse)
7. "Another Grey Morning," James Taylor (from JT)
8. "Mon Vieux Lucien," Jil Aigrot (from Words of Love)

Sunday, April 20, 2008

Top 8 Songs: Week Ending April 19, 2008

1. "One Flight Down," Norah Jones (from Come Away with Me)
2. "Dig, Lazarus, Dig!," Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (from Dig, Lazarus, Dig!)
3. "Run, Baby, Run," Sheryl Crow (Tuesday Night Music Club)
4. "Punches," Collin Herring (from Past Life Crashing)
5. "Speakerphone," Kylie Minogue (from X)
6. "Old Song," AM (from Soul Variations)
7. "Digital Ghost," Tori Amos (from American Doll Posse)
8. "It's All A Swindle," Ute Lemper (from Berlin Cabaret Songs)

Sunday, April 13, 2008

Top 8 Songs: Week Ending April 12, 2008

1. "You Sent Me Flying/Cherry," Amy Winehouse (from Frank)*
2. "One Flight Down," Norah Jones (from Come Away with Me)
3. "Dig, Lazarus, Dig!," Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (from Dig, Lazarus, Dig!)
4. "Speakerphone," Kylie Minogue (from X)
5. "Ignoreland," R.E.M. (from Automatic for the People)
6. "Cheap and Cheerful," The Kills (from Midnight Boom)
7. "Mountains O'Things," Tracy Chapman (from Tracy Chapman)
8. "Punches," Collin Herring (from Past Life Crashing)

* Songs fused on European version

Saturday, April 5, 2008

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

And While You're at It, Find Me One, Too: "American Boy"

How can you not love Estelle?


The British phenom is hot stuff! I got drawn in by her when I came across "Dance Bitch," from The 18th Day, when it was released in late 2004, before I was doing Top-8 lists. I also related to her mixed cultural heritage (mother: Senegal; father: Grenada).

So when she came back toting her "American Boy (featuring Kanye West),"(*) I was hooked. Now if she could only help me find and AB--or rather, an American man...