William Galison & Madeleine Peyroux; got you on my mind

This is my favorite album as of these days. There isn't a single track on it which I don't like or I'd prefer to skip. It feels great to find something that you just know you'll be listening to over and over again for a long long time.

I'm Sorry; Red House Painters

Its cold here in the city
Always seems that way
I’ve been thinking about you almost everyday
Thinking about the good times
Thinking about the bad
Thinking about how bad it feels all alone again


I’m sorry for the ways things are in China
I’m sorry things ain't what they used to be
But more than anything else 
I’m sorry for myself that you’re not here with me


My friends all ask about you
I say you’re doing fine
I expect to hear from you almost any time
They all know I’m lying
I can’t sleep at night
They all know I’m dying deep down inside


I’m sorry for all the lies I told you
I’m sorry for the things I didn’t say
But more than anything else
I’m sorry for myself I can’t believe you went away
I’m sorry if I took some things for granted
I’m sorry for the chains I put on you
But more than anything else 
I’m sorry for myself for living without you 


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Ane Brun

Songwriter, guitarist and vocalist, born in Molde, Norway in 1976. Her three official albums are A Temporary Dive, Duets, Spending Time With Morgan. I have listened to the last and enjoyed it very much.

Michael Galasso; Scenes

Composer, violinist and musical director Michael Galasso was born in Hammond, Louisiana in 1949, to a concert violinist father and an oboist mother. He began studying the violin at the age of 3 and had his solo debut performing Vivaldi’s Concerto in A minor with the New Orleans Philharmonic at age 11. Galasso continued his studies at Oberlin and Dartmouth Colleges. A musician of classical formation influenced by his encounter with John Cage at the age of 18, born in the land of jazz, rock and rhythm n’blues, author for theater, cinema, dance and sound installations, this violin virtuoso has been experimenting for 30 years on a melodical and rhythmical synthesis in which his affinities with Baroque music are entwined with his American heritage as well as with Iranian and central Asia traditions.

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Trilogy; The Weeping Meadow; Soundtrack by Eleni Karaindrou

Iron & Wine; Our Endless Numbered Days

Samuel Beam's (aka Iron & Wine's) second album. Accoustic material which I would say is some real good stuff.

The Cardigans

The five-piece met as teenagers in Jonkoping, a small Swedish town in which the only distinguishing feature is its fifty-two churches. In October 1992, bonded by their mutual love of hard rock music, guitarist Peter Svensson and bassist Magnus Sveningsson conceived The Cardigans. As their hometown was hardly a Mecca of musical enterprise, the group packed up and moved to the somewhat more central fishing port of Malmo, Sweden's third largest city, to seek their fortune.

I personally have only listened to and thus can only recommend their 1996 album; First Band On The Moon

More on their website: HERE

Downtown; Petula Clark

فاطمی، ولیعصر، بلوار، انقلاب، فلسطین، چهارراه، جمهوری...

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Ain't No Sunshine, Bill Withers

Ain't no sunshine when she's gone

It's not warm when she's away

Ain't no sunshine when she's gone

And she's always gone too long any time she goes away

Bill Withers

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Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (Corcovado), Asturd Gilberto

Quiet nights of quiet stars
Quiet chords from my guitar
floating on the silence that surrounds us

Quiet thoughts and quiet dreams
Quiet walks by quiet streams,
and a window that looks out on Corcovado
Oh, how lovely

The original standard was written by Antonio Carlos Jobim

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Alela Diane

An American singer and song-writer associated with folk musical genre. She grew up singing with her musician parents, taught herself guitar, and wrote songs blending tenses; with warm vocals and meditative lyrics about family and nature. Her main studio albums are The Pirate's Gospel (2006) and To be Still (2009).

Her website here.

Massive Attack

Massive Attack's cover of Light My Fire, if you're looking for a change.

The White Stripes

An American rock duo, formed in 1997 in Detroit, Michigan. The group consists of songwriter Jack White (vocals, guitar, and keyboards) and his ex-wife Meg White (drums and occasional vocals) The White Stripes use a low-fidelity, do-it-yourself approach to writing and recording. Their music features a melding of punk and blues influences and a raw simplicity of composition, arrangement, and performance.