In the meantime, I'm inspired to share just 5 of my fave tracks from Santigold's latest album Master of My Make-Believe. I might as well post the whole album since the entire thing is THAT good but you can look the rest up for yourself.
This woman is beyond talented & SOOO good live. I can't wait to see her for my 3rd time THIS YEAR at Outside Lands in SF in August! And, this time, I'm gonna make a point to get up nice & close so I can hopefully run up on stage to party with Santi, her super cool pair of female dancers & a bunch of other diehard fans from the crowd!
If you haven't heard of Jules Larson before, you clearly don't pay enough attention to my blog BUT I'll still give you the benefit of the doubt IF you promise to check out this extremely talented woman's new album Let's Stay Young immediately!! It's f*ckin fantastic.
I saw Jimmy Cliff for the 1st time at The Hollywood Bowl's annual Reggae night a couple Julys back &, although I recall enjoying his show & having a great time dancing around while socializing & drinking a large quantity of 2 Buck Chuck (fully taking advantage of the Bowl's BYOB policy), Jimmy himself didn't really stand out to me that much...probably because, unless you drop over $100 on really good seats, you're never that close to the stage at The Hollywood Bowl. That's the tradeoff though for the beautiful venue, the laid back, everyone-drinking their-own-booze atmosphere & the awesome acoustics because, even when you're sitting in 1 of the very back sections at The Bowl, the acoustics still sound relatively decent.
I'm SO glad I didn't think, just because I'd been to a Jimmy Cliff concert before, I didn't need to see him again because I definitely DID! I had NO idea Jimmy had such an unbelievable amount of energy on stage nor did I know he's got some KILLER moves. Jimmy barely ever stood still (it looked liked his neck was made of rubber!) & he kept the crowd going strong for his entire 2-hour set. I now fully understand why this man is SUCH a legend!
Plus, you can't beat getting to watch & bet on horse races, drink cocktails & eat off food trucks for a few hours prior to an outdoor, Friday night, summer concert in LA!
