As I am writing this, I have no idea how this is going to end up – for the blog or for me for that matter….but I guess the only way to find out is to start and see where it leads. As Nationwide was saying after their Superbowl add outshine everyone else’s: “all we wanted to do was to start a conversation”

So let’s keep it low-key for a 1st post and do something classic….like the best stuff of the past year- 2014

I think all the respectable media out there have something for best song, something for best album, and then a bunch of category…so maybe if I even aspire to be respectable I should do something like this too….and maybe even try to embed links to the songs into the site (like the big guys do)

Voila!

This song has nothing ground breaking to it but I have been playing it all year….No much to add except that his old band – Portico Quartet – is also worth checking out.

I have a couple of best albums in mind so since I cannot make my mind up I am going to create my own categories.

First, best “pop album that was made by une Nantaise like me

If you want to full album from the US, you have to get the real CD on amazon

http://amzn.com/B00KGLR3DA

Otherwise, iTunes has her US EP

https://itun.es/us/_eA45

For the best electronica album, it will be We are shining. I love how you can hardly tell this is just a DJ

 
And finally, for the best Jazz Album, it is an easy one and it will be Go Go Penguin. Best album this year…and in the last few years actually. Probably the best one since Esjborn Svenson had the bad idea to not come back from a Swedish diving trip and dismantle his trio, this is an excellent new exploration in the genre…

http://gogopenguin.bandcamp.com/album/v20-deluxe-edition

And I think that’s it for now….so for the 2 people who will be reading this, I hope it will raise some curiosity, get you to check out some new tunes…and above all to post some witty comments that we can all joke about. I think I figured out how to do nested comments on this thing.

And thank you to Diana for all the encouragements….:-)