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Amazon.com Widgets Digging the new Lilly Allen.

Lily Allen’s Alright Still is by far the most addictive album of the year! It’s brit pop, reggae, hip hop and just about anything else thrown into the mix. At it’s core it is upbeat music juxtaposed against gritty lyrics. She’s currently touring the u.s. and will be making a stop in new york. buy [...]

Here’s a treat for Bollywood fans. An NPR interview with legendary Bollywood singer Asha Bhosle on NPR’s Soundcheck. She has done playback singing for over 925 Bollywood movies and she is sister to none other than Lata Mangeshkar. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Links NY NPR’s Soundcheck Interview Wikipedia Page

My favorite radio station is by far KCRW, the poster child of NPR stations. They have an amazing list of eclectic music shows with hand picked music. They have three streams of audio in iTunes radio (live, music, news). They podcast audio of their shows and recently started video podcasting their live performances. This widget [...]

It rained all day and all night yesterday. A rare thing here in L.A. Rainy days usually turn melancholic for me and yesterday was no exception. I felt so sad thinking of my Tata that I kept replaying in my head how everything went down the day she passed away. Early in the day I [...]

I am so saddened, I just found out that while I was attending my grandparent’s funerals last month in Puerto Rico, Ibrahim Ferrer from Buena Vista Social Club died in a Havana Hospital at age 78. According to BBC News, he has joined the fate of Compay Segundo and Rubén Gonzalez who also died in [...]

Jorge Drexler, a singer songwriter from Uruguay who won an oscar for best song with “Al otro lado del rio” from the film The Motorcycle Diaries.