An Album a Day Challenge

     A couple of months ago, I decided to try listening to an album a day for 30 days.  I asked my Facebook friends for suggestions and I found a list of new albums on Spotify, the app(application) that I use to listen to music on the internet. It turned out to be a fun challenge and I’ve continued to listen to new stuff, since.

     I’m not saying that I enjoyed everything I heard and a few times I even felt like turning it off, but a challenge is a challenge and I stuck to it.  I tried to listen to a variety of music and managed to cover country, classical, rock, French pop, techno, traditional folk, pop, punk, easy listening, jazz and blues.  For the most part, I enjoyed some of the songs on each album but I realized that I much prefer to listen to a mix than one particular artist and that I prefer to listen to certain types of music at different times of day. 

Here are some of the albums that I really liked.

The Shocking Miss Emerald by Caro Emerald

Recto Verso by Zaz

Didn’t It Rain by Hugh Laurie

Right Place, Right Time by Olly Muirs

     These are some pretty big names but if you keep an open mind and take the time to check out some of your local bands or suggestions from your Facebook friends, there are some real jewels out there. The more support these artists receive, the better opportunity they have at achieving their dreams.  Here are some of those artists to check out, and if you have anyone to add to the list please do so in the comments. 

Danke!

Coco and the Butterfields  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_i698QxeFw

Robert Gillies  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOybxlCNrdk

Luke Slott http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=priSx7SvZ5Q