Rhymes With Frisbee...

Diggin' this French band called Grisbi, fronted by the angelic voice of singer-songwriter Natasha Penot (on whom I have a huge "voice crush" at the moment) along with Antoine Chaperon.



I haven't heard much, but this Bjork cover they did is on repeat.



Check their online bio for more info.

They are also on Myspace at www.myspace.com/grisbimusic. They are worth checking out for sure, especially if you like Esthero-esque music.

Great songwriting...

Van Hunt's self-titled LP released in 2004 is some of the best songwriting that I have heard in a very long time. Like if David Ryan Harris, Curtis Mayfield, Prince and Jimi Hendrix had a music-baby...that's what it sounds like. His second album, On The Jungle Floor, not really my cup of tea., but he is definitely a talented dude.



That track, What Can I Say (For Millicent), I liked a lot, so I learned the piano parts on guitar and Ruthie and I learned to sing the harmonies together. Then we sang it together in Nicaragua with Manu, JT and the fellas on the balcony overlooking the streets of San Juan del Sur during a late night acoustic jammie-jam. There were some questionable lyric interpretations, but it didn't matter. Maybe someone has figured them out by now...she walks with me on pillows enstoned...and stone? Not sure.

It's official...

I went and bought a new Martin acoustic/electric last weekend. Already feel the inspiration flooding back, I wrote three or four quick ideas that Richard Jones laid some percussion down for last night. So, hopefully we will be able to try a new acoustic set out at the Smith's show next month with Vonnegut. More info to come...if you don't hear from me for a while, I'm working on my calluses: