The hills are alive

NOTE: The clips of music in this posting are through Real Player. If you don't have Real player, I don't know what your computer will do with it. I'm not technologically savvy enough to figoure out another way to make this available to you.

Melis and I bought some music yesterday. (i'm posting about it mostly because steve says it's hardest to remember material world items in the time capsule so i thought i'd try to keep a record somewhere, and it might as well be here).
Really Melissa bought it. I was at the book store buying books and Melissa was buying music. (for more about the books i'm reading see my blog link at the right here.)
So this is what we came home with:

West by Lucinda Williams --we like lucinda williams ALOT. When we listened to this one in the store, I thought it sounded like good music to accompany a sad and gloomy day and so I wasn't in favor of purchasing it. But melissa went on and got it anyway. We listened to it on the way home from the store and it turns out that it's a good CD. still a bit gloomy but i like her voice and her lyrics and her flavor. Here's a clip of a song that moved Melissa to buy the CD: Are You Alright.

I Feel Alright by Steve Earle -- I love Steve Earle. Sometimes he reminds me of Bruce Springstein. hope that's not sacrilegious or anything (to Steve not Bruce). We listened to this one while we were cooking dinner last night. I also like his voice, lyrics and flavor. and this CD features a duet with Lucinda Williams, which we really like. Here's a clip of that duet: You're Still Standin There.

Road Companion by Tom Petty--So far this one is probably my favorite. We listened to it on the way to eat with the family today for Easter. It's a road trip CD and it's really good Tom Petty and I can't express how much I love Tom Petty. My favorite thing to say about Tom Petty is that I didn't like him too much until I saw him in concert and his concert was incredible. and now i'm a devoted fan. Melissa and I disagreed about which clip to play here. But it's my blog and this is my favorite so far: Saving Grace.

Nothing But the Water by Grace Potter and the Nocturnals --At the B&N where we buy our music, they have listening stations where you can listen to samples of music off of any CD. Melissa picked this one up just randomly, but it was obvious that her hand was guided there by the cosmos, or "the water" (you'd have to listen to the CD to get that reference to the divine). This is a super cool find. She sounds a little like Bonnie Raitt (as a rocker not a adult contemporary artist) and the music is good and bluesy. Funny but Melissa thought this clip was too churchy for me. (I have an aversion to some churchy things). I love this song: Nothing but the Water, Part II.