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FtTP: Aurora & Devin Townsend

Welcome to a new edition of Frankensteining the Talent Pool, a long-running but occasional series on my blog, wherein I express my wishes for talented people I’d like to see work together. I’ve done this series often enough that I have a category for it. Click the Frankensteining the Talent Pool link above the blog post title to see more in this category. Over the holiday season, I got Hubby a couple of Devin Townsend…

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Santigold – Another Musician I’ve Been Missing

Earlier this year, I blogged about discovering the musician AURORA. Whelp, I was just introduced to another amazing musician by my brother. Once again, she’s been out there being musical for years now and this was the first I had heard of her. Although, in my defense, I don’t follow music as closely as my brother, who is a musician, and he had somehow missed her, as well. (We commiserate regularly about our age, including…

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AURORA, Where Have You Been?

I have found a new favorite musician. Hubby likes to watch reaction videos on YouTube. He was watching The Charismatic Voice, which features the vocal analysis of singers by Elizabeth Zharoff, a professional opera singer, and thought I’d be interested in a specific episode. Elizabeth is a delight to watch, so definitely check out her channel. The singer she was reacting to was AURORA (spelled with all-caps normally, but I’ll only do it this once…

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