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Regina Spektor: Songs
Magical realism involving pickles, death penalties and hot baths... influenced by the anti folkers, the punkers, tom waits, bjork, mozart, and many others... a secret let loose.
Recommended if you like
Björk,
Radiohead,
Tom Waits.
Project: Winter in June
A dynamic ensemble defining a new music genre by combining classical, jazz, and popular music.
Recommended if you like
Béla Fleck,
Kronos Quartet,
Turtle Island String Quartet.
Black Sea Hotel: Black Sea Hotel
Black Sea Hotel is a quartet of women singers who draw their inspiration from the Balkans. Creating their own arrangements of old songs, they’ve found new ways to use melody, harmony and rhythm to tell ancient stories.
Recommended if you like
Balkan Beat Box,
Björk,
Le Mystère des voix Bulgares.
Project: Brooklyn
Music you like.
Recommended if you like
Béla Fleck & Edgar Meyer,
Kronos Quartet,
Turtle Island String Quartet.
Walker and the Brotherhood of the Grape: Bar-Humbug
Walker and the Brotherhood of the Grape play Christmas for those who spent the last 10 alone. It has soft beautiful versions of the classics, as well as original tracks. Recorded live, Walker gives Christmas a New York twist.
Recommended if you like
Jeff Buckley,
Sam Cooke,
Tom Waits.
Randy Kaplan: Loquat Rooftop
Randy's second not-just-for kids CD made NPR's Top 10 list of 2008. Loquat Rooftop will "introduce kids to authentic-sounding originals as well as Tin Pan Alley numbers, Broadway showstoppers, and Delta blues." (New York Magazine)
Recommended if you like
Arlo Guthrie,
Dan Zanes,
Paul Simon.
Schaffer the Darklord: Manslaughterer
More sinister rhymes from NYC's most verbose villain.
Recommended if you like
Beastie Boys,
Bill Hicks,
Kool Keith.
Jordan Rudess: Notes On A Dream
Jordan Rudess, keyboardist for Dream Theater has recorded solo piano versions of some of Dream Theater's favorite ballads as well as creating some original, progressive piano pieces.
Recommended if you like
Dream Theater,
Porcupine Tree,
Rush.
The Wiyos: Broken Land Bell
The groundbreaking omniphonic full-harmonic realtone resonators shaking up the Americana melting pot with a splash of urban beat-box
Recommended if you like
Squirrel Nut Zippers,
The Beatles,
The Real Tuesday Weld.