I helgen var jag på Umeå Jazz festival. Söta möter mig på flygplatsen i Lule.. Nästa dag far vi och vänner ner mot Umeå. Festivalen var en upplevelse. Massor med musik, bra och sån som man är lite svårare att älska. Jag blir nipprig av kaosjazz men det var musik för fler smaker än så. Ingen mening att hänga ut något band, men en viss tubatrio tog priset, jag höll ut i tio minuter. Första dagens höjdpunkt var Eirik Hegdal with Trondheim Jazz Orchestra. Ca 10 man starkt band med massa saxofoner, klarinett, cool basspelare. Jens Olav Johanssen kände…

1. List your top 10 artists and amount of listeners to each.
01 Ani DiFranco 40,975
02 Aimee Mann 61,189
03 Anna Ternheim 12,223
04 Damien Rice 87,648
05 Ryan Adams 53,892
06 Dolly Parton 22,626
07 Tori Amos 90,217
08 Hello Saferide 4,422
09 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 68,448
10 The Cardigans 91,414

2. Add up the listeners:
533 054.

3. Divide by 10:
53 305.

4. The maximum mainsteamness that a listener on last.fm can get: Radiohead, The Beatles, Coldplay, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Death Cab for Cutie, Green Day, System of a Down, Gorillaz, Nirvana,…

1. A Perfect Day Elise - PJ Harvey
2. Halleluja - Leonard Cohen
3. One - U2
4. Bittersweet symphony - The Verve
5. It's all wrong but it's all right - Dolly Parton
6. I Don't Care (if tomorrow never comes) - Hank Williams
7. Hurt - Johnny Cash
8. Crucify - Tori Amos
9. People ain't no good - Nick Cave
10. Sleep the clock around - Belle & Sebastian

Yes another list I'm afraid, got inspired by the title. Hope, beauty, contrasts. This is in a way full circle… incomplete and blurred.

(Which songs would you choose?)…

Härom dagen var det tröstsånger… men jag är ju glad. Vill hoppa omkring och dansa men också bara bara le och va glad. :)

Så bara för därför, ett knippe happy-songs:

# San Fransisco - Hello Saferide
# Slide - Goo Goo Dolls
# Hold Me Now - Polyphonic Spree
# Gold Lion - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
# Jupiter - Jewel
# Me Gustas Cuando Callas - Brazilian Girls
# Song for Sunshine - Belle and Sebastian
# Magic Mountain - Blonde Redhead
# Gracias a la Vida - Joan Baez
# Can I Walk With You - India Arie…

Via en blogg hittar jag en uppmaning att lista tio tröstare. Låtar att omsluta sig med vid depp eller nerstämdhet. Som förhoppningsvis sveper in luft under vingarna. Without further ado:

# Nick Cave - No More Shall We Part.
Att veta definitivt är bra. Det är något melankolist lugn över Nick Cave som smittar av sig.
# Ani Difranco - As Is.
För att hitta pärlan i det man har. Och lite distans. Det är som det är, men iaf inte så illa. "Cuz you lie in my face of all places, but I got no problem with that really".…

I went to "the big town" yesterday and ended up with a couple of new cds. I'm so exited :)

Corinne Bailey Rae - (s/t)
Cowboy Junkies - Early 21st Century Blues
Emmylou Harris - Anthology The Warner | Reprise years

Corinne Bailey Rae - Corinne Bailey Rae. Cowboy Junkies - Early 21st Century Blues. Emmylou Harris Anthology (disc 1) Anthology (disc 2)

When I was younger there was plenty of food I hated, just couldn't handle the taste. Then later on I got curious and had to retaste, normally just to find that I was right all along, that some stuff should never be put in your mouth. But sometimes it gave me a new sensation. Your taste do change with time and I've been doing the same thing with music. Discovering great new music is reason enough to eat my old hat…

And since a couple of years back in time I have gotten this huge appetite for country. Not just…

Pretty freaky mix of music in last weeks top three but i guess it just reflects a diverse taste in music:

The Cardigans - Hank Williams - Foo Fighters

I found a new band yesterday. Copper Wimmin. And I feel blessed.

They're three lovely ladies from LA singing a cappella and delicately accompanied songs. The music breaths folk, beauty and egerness. Their albums are sold by CD baby (hence, they're independent). I just have to put in an order on the right to be here and think I gonna get the Joe Purdy album Julie Blue at the same time. His song "wash away" was featured in Lost and it really stood out. His music is acoustic, a little bit country and sounds like it comes from a place…

She didn't win the oscar for her beautiful song, in the deep. I can't believe that they gave it to some rap collective. Rediculous, almost scandalous.

Watch her performance at the oscars here.

This song was featured in Crash if you didn't already know that. When I heard it in the film I immediately thought of Aimee Mann's songs in Magnolia. Both artists songs bring a lot of emotion and tenderness to the films.

Her webpage features this song and others.

http://static.last.fm/proposedimages/sidebar/6/1070957/105792.jpg

bird york, in the deep
aimee mann, one, wise up, save me