Starsailor - Love is Here : This was another band mentioned this weekend via a conversation about singers and their folk singer fathers–Rufus Wainwright and Jeff Buckley, respectively. Starsailor was named from a Tim Buckley song. (Thank you to my totally smart boyfriend for that bit of musical trivia.)
Red House Painters - Songs For A Blue Guitar : This CD is hauntingly beautiful, full of the kind of songs that choke you up and make you hurt. When I’m in an introspective mood (kind of like I am today), this disc gets some heavy rotation along with Mazzy Star, Radiohead and Cowboy Junkies.
Mazzy Star - So Tonight That I Might See : This is one of my all-time favorites. It was the last album I purchased on a cassette tape before I got my CD player, back when Sound Warehouse was still in business. Hope Sandoval’s voice is ethereal and lush, and listening to this CD is like wrapping up in a warm blanket and being a teenager again.
Jeff Buckley - Grace : Last night on my way home from work, the song “Lilac Wine” popped up on my iPod, and it hit me like a ton of bricks. It doesn’t matter how many times I have heard that song, it kills me all over again the next time it comes on. “Lilac Wine” is a great song anyway, and while I love the Nina Simone version, the Jeff Buckley version is utterly stunning.
Over the Rhine - Ohio : I fell head over heels in love with Over the Rhine’s newest album, Drunkard’s Prayer, but now I’m going back and picking up their earlier recordings at the behest of YayCoffee, who is a big OtR fan. It’s an enjoyable journey, and it’s making me itch to write songs as beautiful and moving as some of the gems I’ve encountered in Over the Rhine’s catalog.
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