11:11

Title: 11:11 Artist: Rodrigo y Gabriela Date: 2009 Style: Hard to define … I’d say world music with twists of metal, flamenco, popular Mood: Upbeat, dramatic, energetic Good for: Background music, chilling out, catharsis This acoustic guitar duo plays at superhero levels. The album begins with a rocked out Hanuman, a dynamic piece inspired by the Hindu [...]

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The Rumba Foundation

Title: The Rumba Foundation Artist: Jesse Cook Date: 2009 This album is an exploration of New World meets Old World meets New. According to Jesse Cook, the Spanish sailors of the 1800s brought the Cuban rumba to Spain where it mingled with the Spanish flamenco. In 2009, Jesse Cook decided to take this rumba-flamenco back [...]

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The Blind Paintings of a Coloured Eye

Title: The Blind Paintings of a Coloured Eye Artist: Pete and Dave Date: 2004 If I can, I like to support local artists, and Pete Lowas & Dave Kupferschmidt hail from the beautiful town of Deep River, Ontario. The strengths of this duo? Excellent songwriting and incredible guitar work. All songs on this album are [...]

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Music for Vacuuming

Image via WikipediaTitle: Music for Vacuuming Artist: Don Ross Date: 2005 I picked up this CD from my library shelf thinking it might be a joke. The truth is, the music is too darn good to vacuum to. The music might be loud enough (in parts) to vacuum to, but the high pitch of the [...]

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