| If you like neo-soul, check out Erykah Badu's Live. If you liked Ella and Dusty and Rosemary, check out Carol Sloane's Sweet & Slow. If you like Carol, check out Madeleine Peyroux's Careless Love. If you liked Donny Hathaway, check out his daughter, Lalah Hathaway, with Joe Sample on The Song Lives On. If you like Ziggy Marley, check out Groundation's Upon the Bridge. If you like Ben Harper, check out Michael Franti's Songs from the Front Porch. If you like the Boss, check out Matthew Ryan's May Day. If you think you'd like a blend of Jimmy Buffett, Merle Haggard, and Waylon Jennings, buy Jerry Jeff Walker's A Man Must Carry On or the Ultimate Collection (for starters). If you like folksy, bluesy, rootsy, West African inspired music, check out the Palm Wine Boys' self-titled album. If you like the piano, classical/jazz improv, and a Coltrane/Miles mood, check out Keith Jarrett's epic The Koln Concert. If you liked Steve Goodman's classic Somebody's Else's Trouble (can anyone hold off a cry to Ballad of Penny Evans?), check out his old sidekick John Prine's Fair & Square. If you are like me and have to have anything Neil Young, buy Live at Massey Hall right now. If you adore Tom Waits like I do, definitely pick up his latest, Orphans, and check out all the Ballads and sift for some treasures in Bawlers and Bastards. |
