Femme Chill: October 2006

Holly Brook

Holly began performing with her mother at the young age of 6. By the time she was 15, she had already helped create 3 indie-folk albums. She moved to LA in 2003 and teamed up with Grammy Award Winning Jon Ingoldsby (who's worked with artists like Madonna and Elton John!). Holly claims that her main musical inspiration is Joni Mitchell because she performs music that explores beyond the normal realm of contemporary pop music. Holly signed with Linkin Park's label, Machine Shop Recordings, and produced Like Blood Like Honey earlier this year. My personal favorites on the album are "Wanted" and "Still Love".

Holly is described as having sultry vocals and poignant lyricism that documents her life’s trials, tribulations, and triumphs into lyrics that are at once strikingly personal, yet universally appealing (according to musicremedy.com). She boasts a young and appealing voice, best described as Fiona Apple if she underwent anger management — or an edgier, darker Sarah McLachlan.

Some Clips:
Still Love
Wanted

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Sampler #3

Playlist - Sampler 3

Save Me - Remy Zero
Gambling Everything For Love - Ben Lee
Bag Of Bones - The Bittersweets
Wall In Your Heart - Shelby Lynne
Blue Eyes - Cary Brothers
Look At Me - Keri Noble
Leading With My Heart - Alice Peacock
Built This House - Rhonda Stakich
Maybe I'll Go - Lene M arlin

Tags: Remy Zero, Rhonda Stakich, Keri Noble, Cary Brothers, The Bittersweets, Shelby Lynne, Alice Peacock, Ben Lee, Lene Marlin

Cat Power

Cat power (aka. Chan Marshall) spent most of her childhood moving from place to place in the southern U.S. She dropped out of high school and began performing in Atlanta. She eventually moved to New York and opened for Liz Phair in 1994, which jump-started her music career. On that tour, she met Sonic Youth drummer (Steve Shelley) and Two Dollar Guitar's Tim Foljahn and they agreed to be her backing band. She immediatley started recording music. After releasing her first two albums, she took a break from the music scene for a while. Cat had planned to permanently retire, but had a nightmare one night which provided as musical inspiration. That sleepless night led to the creation of the album, Moon Pix. Cat has toured off and on over the past few years and released her most rececnt album, The Greatest, earlier this year.

A Mix For Cookin & Cleanin - Music of the 80s & 90s

A little bit of random music from the 80s and 90s that I made to listen to while I was cooking dinner.

Playlist (CC Mix)
~Manic Monday - Bangles
~Let It Whip - Dazz Band
~Groove Is In The Heart - Dee-Lite
~I Love Rock & Roll - Joan Jett
~Dress You Up In My Love - Madonna
~Under Pressure - Queen
~Friday I'm In Love - The Cure
~I Think We're Alone Now - Tiffany

James Blunt

I never thought I'd be making this post, but after going to Mixfest I have a new appreciation for James Blunt. He's amazingly talented with a phenomenal voice, and is also a kick ass piano player. His music is so moving, so if you ever get the opportunity to experience it live, I highly recommend checking him out. Anyway, here's some info about James.

It took James a while to figure out that he was destined to become a musician. He first went to University for engineering, and then ended up joining the army and going to Kosovo. It wasn't until he left the army that his music career really started to take off. He teamed up with Linda Perry (former 4 Non Blondes singer), was signed on to her record label, and recorded his album in Los Angeles. James' album Back to Bedlam was the highest selling record in the UK last year and the track "You're Beautiful" spent five weeks at number one. "Goodbye my lover" is my favorite song off the album, so I've included the video below.