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I recently discovered a new artist that had me rushing to Amazon’s fantastic mp3 store: Tya.
To me, Tya is a fusion of Enigma and Deep Forest. It combines Enigma’s mysterious and melodic quality with Deep Forest’s worldly tones, with very interesting results. I’ve actually only downloaded a couple of his songs–Akwaba and A Place to Rest, both from his album Akwaba –but am seriously considering others. This…
This weekend, I burst into joyous rapture on two separate occasions listening to two different episodes of Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me. Impressive, isn’t it?
First. I was listening to the January 18, 2009 podcast, and during the first segment, the caller was given a trivia question about Ricardo Montablan’s unfortunate recent passing. After the caller answered, Peter Sagal launched into his usual background and banter on Montablan and at one point noted that he played…