1. Adele

I saw her perform on Letterman a couple weeks ago, and enjoyed the song I heard ("Chasing Pavements") and then a few days later heard another song of hers, "Hometown Glory" used in a Mia Michaels contemporary routine. For your listening pleasure:



Her voice is in line with the trend of bluesier, soulful sounds coming from ladies out of the UK recently, kinda reminiscent of Duffy and Amy Winehouse.

2. Got Love to Kill (remix) - Juliette & Licks

Speaking of trends, there's also that of actresses starting bands and/or releasing records (forget the Lindsay/Hillary business, I'm talking about Jada Pinkett-Smith, Scarlett Johanson, etc. etc.)

Anyway, one of these I'd heard of but never listened to was Juliette Lewis's band, "Juliette and the Licks". Of your typical group of actresses I could actually see Juliette Lewis being an awesome front-woman. Or maybe that's just me projecting based on her more crazy characters (remember that Melissa Etheridge video?)

Regardless, I'd come across one of their tunes without realizing it and actually found myself enjoying it. I gave a few of their other songs on their myspace a listen, but none of them really grabbed my attention. Still, this song has been in my playlist all week.



Perhaps now, I'll consider giving Shannon Sossoman's band "Warpaint" (I've heard they're comparable to Bat for Lashes who I enjoy) a listen or perhaps "Toni Colette and the Finish"...and I've heard good things about Zoe Deschanel's duo "She & Him"...

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