Category Archives: 8 from 08

A lot of great females put out a lot of great jazzy music this year. Here are 8 of my favorites. What’s yours? Leave a hullabaloo. Jaymay ∞ Blue Skies Meaghan Smith ∞ A Little Love Lily Frost ∞ I’ve … Continue reading →

Here are eight tracks from women that you may not have heard this year (unless you read the same blogs as The Duke). (Complete with genre.) Meaghan Smith ∞ A Little Love (jazz-folk) Room Eleven ∞ Lalala love (international lounge) … Continue reading →

If I had to stand under a genre umbrella, the one I like best would Americana. 2008 has heard some great Americana songs. Two that are new to me in 2008:Jenny Scheinman ∞ I Was Young When I Left Home … Continue reading →

Here are eight songs I have been meaning to post since I went on “hiatus”, in beta alpha-cal order: Emiliana Torrini ∞ Me & Armeni (indie-darling gets help from Hot Chip – out 9-9) Anna Ternheim ∞ To Be Gone … Continue reading →

Back in the late ‘90s, early ‘00s, Rkyo tinted their CD gases green. This made it SUPER EASY to find good music in music stores. Whenever you spied a green case, bingo – good music. Fast-forward to 2008 where digital … Continue reading →

If there is one truth about the music from 2008, it is this: 2008 is a good year for cover songs. From the early year release from Cat Power to this week’s EP released by Laura Gibson. in no particular … Continue reading →

Way back in February I made this list of albums to look forward to. Now that I have heard them all, I figured a little recap was in order. Speaking of order, I have placed them in order of least … Continue reading →