Music Monday: Lianne La Havas

With Tropical Storm Isaac moving his way away from us, I suppose I can stop my preparations for a hurricane party. Sad day. Anyway, in order to bring some calm to the non-existent-around-these-parts storm, I had to bring light to one of my absolute loves that I must see live.

That's all I have to say on that topic.

It's been over a year since I fell in love with Lianne La Havas because of one video. I've always adored voices like hers, it's a raspy, lovely find. As anyone who knows me knows, I am a slave to acoustic guitars and beautiful voices, so she was bound to cause my heart to leap. Aside from her precious accent while speaking, she seems to be a sweet humble woman with a powerful voice that she has great control over not to mention that she looks absolutely stunning.

Her CD, Is Your Love Big Enough, came out earlier this summer and LORD knows I've needed it. Needed it, loved it, wrote to it, mused over anything and everything over it.

So, for your enjoyment as I prepare for my last week of beef, here's Lianne La Havas.

P.S. If you want more, please buy the album, BUT if you can't get it, I implore you to listen to this…and then rethink not buying it--GO BUY IT.

Music Monday: Rilo Kiley

The past two months or so have been punctuated with beautiful sunshine, blue skies and torrential downpour almost every single day.

That is not an exaggeration.
At least once a day, we have ridiculous rain that leads to roads being flooded and then a few hours later, it's all gone because the sun comes back out and dries it all up.

That being said, today is dreary. It's also the first day of school for almost everybody down south and I must say I love, love, love the new beginnings that come along with that. To brighten up the day, I'm pulling out an old lovely that always makes me smile: Rilo Kiley.

I never listened to Rilo Kiley very much, but somehow "Breaking Up" popped up on my radar and I needed to have something pleasant and poppy to get me through the day. I've heard that their past music was a bit deeper and much better, but frankly--I like this sound. It brings me a piece of sunshine and makes me o'so happy.

So here's to new beginnings and bright sunny days and big fat smiles no matter the amount of rain that comes our way!

Enjoy Rilo Kiley!