#12: fresh sounds

Corny as it sounds, I listen to Casey Kasem's "America's Top 10" every Sunday morning on my drive to the soccer field. It's become a ritual over the years. I suppose he doesn't know. But this is an invaluable cheat-sheet for dorks: an instant connection to what's hot and what's not and some mindless trivia for empty-heads. It raises a few eyebrows when I drop stats like .... "Hips don't lie" moved up two notches this week. It's a bonus when such statements can be strategically mis-interpreted !!

Recently I have been introduced to some fresh voices and sounds, music that I have begun to like the more I listen to it. Alison Kraus, The Corrs, and Michael Bublé ("Save the last dance for me") top that list. My musical exploration continues ....