Album Name: Found a Reason Artist: Mad Tea Party Year/Label: 2008 / Nine Mile Records [Buy at Nine Mile Records] Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds Mad Tea party is Ami Worthen (voice, ukulele) and Jason Krekel (voice…
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Discovery: Melissa McClelland
I heard mention of Melissa McClelland on another website and the description sounded like something I’d like. So I took a listen. [Official Site] (beware, it’s Flash-tastic, and many of the links didn’t work when I tried them.) Luke Doucet…
Hello from Scotland
Hi everyone, just checking in to say Hey. We found a pub with wi-fi. Drinks and free internet…really does it get any better than that? Well, it would be nice to see some sunshine, but other than that we’re having…
I’m outta here….and Sarah playing live!
I get Google Alerts for several different things, one of them being the name Sarah McLachlan. Today I got this one: Ice Cream Ice Cream-Sarah McLachlan. Your love is better than ice cream better than anything else that I’ve tried…
Judith Owen on The Current
I got in the car this morning to go to work, flipped on the best radio station we have in Minneapolis, The Current, and heard a lovely British female voice talking about the sorry state of the music industry. I…
Vanessa Peters new video (Aimee Mann cover)
This just in… Collected Sounds friends and favorites, Vanessa Peters and Manuel Schicchi (Ice Cream on Mondays) have posted a new video of an Aimee Mann song. Aimee is holding a contest for bands to cover her song, Freeway, and…
July 2008 Newsletter
What’s New at Collected Sounds (Lots!) Well, how do you like that? It’s July and time for another newsletter. Of course…maybe you noticed…I never sent one out for June either. Whoopsie. If you would like to receive this newsletter in…
Olga Nunes
I found out about this on Neil Gaiman’s blog (I am reading his book, Fragile Things, right now and LOVE it.) For the month of June Olga Nunes posted one minute songs on her website each Monday, Wedensday and Friday…
Album Review: Fools and Orphans by Jo Gabriel
Album Name: Fools and Orphans Artist: Jo Gabriel Year/Label: 2008 / Kalinkaland Records [Buy at Jo Gabriel Official Site] Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell I’ve reviewed Jo Gabriel here before and she’s always done amazing stuff. This one is out…
Album Review: Sonic Diary by Costanza
Album Name: Sonic Diary Artist: Costanza Year/Label: 2008 / Independent Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds Former Tricky vocalist, Costanza Francavilla has released this album which proves she is a multi-talented vocalist, instrumentalist and composer. I was surprised…