I'm B-AAA-CK!

OK.... So it's been about 9 months since my last post. 

So let's get back on the Highway To Swell! "I WANT YOU BACK!"

segue....

Here is a delightful cover of The Jackson 5's "I WANT YOU BACK" by the A Cappella group SONOS from their debut cd SonoSings.

On SonoSings, the group covers a wonderful array of songs from artists such as Radiohead, Fleet Foxes, Bjork, Bon Iver, and Imogen Heap.

Besides "I Want You Back," by other 2 favorite songs on the CD are "Oh What A World" by Rufus Wainwright and "Gravity" by Sara Bareilles. Sara even joins the group to sing lead on the song.

Here is the beautiful RUFUS WAINWRIGHT cover....

and the exquisite "GRAVITY" WITH Sara Bareilles.

Check out their cd and also their blog SonoSpeaks.

can't BEAT IT!

Here is the best performance from this week's AMERICAN IDOL.  The theme was "The Music of Michael Jackson."

Adam Lambert rockin' BLACK OR WHITE!  This guy is amazing!!

Here is a cool "non-idol" cover of Michael Jackson.  HEATH BRANDON singing BILLIE JEAN!  

One final very different MJ cover...

Steve Lawrence (HUGE HUGE musical hero to me) of Steve and Eydie fame, crooning his way through SHE'S OUT OF MY LIFE.  Definitely not his best work, but this version makes me smile.  He is SO smooth.  Much more on Steve and Eydie in a future post.  Check out his cover here!