"BEE"-yond the Bunch: "What's the BUZZ, Betty?"

Check out these links for some great websites featuring
FREE music by women!!! (above artwork by Cassandra
Christensen Barney)
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LOTS of NICE TRACKS from some GREAT ALBUMS available at

The Late Greats!!

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More FREE MP3s (including some cover songs) available from AL-L-ISON CROWE ;)

at her HOMEPAGE!!

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EXCELLENT MIX of WOMEN WHO ROCK including Kudu, Nina Hagen, Jenny Wilson and more available at

Motel de Moka!!

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A fun collection of pop tracks by women, including Liz Phair, available at

Yer Little Sister!!

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THE EURYTHMICS have an Ultimate Collection PODCAST

on their HOMEPAGE!!

(Thanks to GrapeJuicePlus for the heads up!)
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You won't be disappointed with the tunes...and there's very little talk, so you can enjoy the music. Tune in and listen!

"got him covered" #2: Kasey Chambers picks on boys...

These great covers are from Kasey's "The Captain" Special Bonus Edition (2000). She's got great taste in men, eh? ;)

Kasey Chambers - Dam (Matthew Ryan cover)


Kasey Chambers - Freight Train (Fred Eaglesmith cover)


Kasey Chambers - Water in the Fuel (Fred Eaglesmith cover)



Kasey Chambers - Another Lonely Day (Ben Harper cover)


Kasey Chambers - Better Be Home Soon (Neil Finn cover)


Kasey Chambers - Heartbreak Heartmend duet with Paul Kelley (Paul Kelley cover)

If you like the music, SUPPORT THE ARTIST and BUY, BUY, BUY!
Buy Kasey's CDs

HERE!!

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"got them covered" part 3: SCALA choir sings Rammstein, NIN, Divinyls, Wheatus, Foo Fighters, Depeche Mode, Travis...

LAST POST on Scala...enjoy!

Information on the choir.

Thanks to

supergurg

for the "nudge".
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Scala - Engel (Rammstein cover)


Scala - Underneath It All (NIN cover)


Scala - I Touch Myself (Divinyls cover)


Scala - Teenage Dirtbag (Wheatus cover)


Scala - Walking after You (Foo Fighters)


Scala - Somebody (Depeche Mode cover)


Scala - Turn, Turn, Turn (Travis cover)**************************************************************************

If you like the music, SUPPORT THE ARTISTS and BUY, BUY, BUY!
Buy their CD

On the Rocks!!

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"got them covered" part 2: SCALA choir sings U2, The Verve, Muse, The Police...

Here's some more...check back soon for covers of Rammstein, Foo Fighters, Travis, Wheatus, Depeche Mode and more...

Information on the choir.

Thanks to

supergurg

for the "nudge".
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Scala - With or Without You (U2)


Scala - Bittersweet Symphony (The Verve)


Scala - Muscle Museum (Muse)


Scala - Every Breath You Take (Police cover
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Buy their CD

On the Rocks!!

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"got them covered" part 1: SCALA choir sings Garbage, Radiohead, Puddle of Mudd and Chili Peppers...

These are PRICELESS...more covers coming (U2, The Police, Muse, The Verve and more...)

Information on the choir.

Thanks to

supergurg

for the "nudge".
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Scala - I Think I'm Paranoid (Garbage cover)


Scala - Creep (Radiohead cover)


Scala - She Hates Me (Puddle of Mudd cover)


Scala - Under the Bridge (RH Chili Peppers cover)
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If you like the music, SUPPORT THE ARTISTS and BUY, BUY, BUY!
Buy their CD

On the Rocks!!

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Shauna Burns - featured on Podcast #17

LINK to Podcast #17: "Betty's Piano Pop 101 - Beyond Tori Mix!"

Shauna Burns

sent me a copy of her CD "Every Thought" a couple of months ago and I have had plenty of time to soak all the beauty of her lovely piano and lilting voice. Her sound will remind many of the gentle playing and lyrical poetry of Tori Amos at first listen. Her vocals are clear and comfortably easy for the listening. I have come to appreciate the songs even more after repeated rotations.

The melodies are smart, quirky and very memorable. I find myself humming along without even knowing it. Most of the tunes are simple piano and singing, with some resonant electric elements from time to time, especially on the last track "Maryland" which was featured on my podcast.

Shauna's influences of Tori Amos and Sarah McLachlan are apparent in her lyrical stylings and emotive whispers and vulnerable falsettos. Fans of Sarah and Tori should thoroughly enjoy this new emerging artist.

Below are excerpts from other reviews of Shauna's music:

"As soon as “Ghosts and Vampires” began, I thought, “Shauna Burns is the missing link between Loreena McKennitt and Tori Amos.” Sparkling piano and a slight Celtic cast underlie lyrics like “please don’t buy me that foo foo dress” and “find your savior in a cereal box in a lane at a supermarket.” One of the more powerful girl-with-piano submissions we’ve gotten; each song is like a little monologue by a short-story character." Meredith, 75 or Less

"Beautiful cascading piano keys drip on the opener and then Shauna’s ethereal vocals come forth like a brimming cup of coffee. ...Shauna Burns allows her singing voice do the talking as she whisks us away with wispy and insightful lyrics. Pouring the emotions out on the table she casts a magical net... for a new fangled fusion that will ignite a spark that will be hard to replicate. Perfect." Smother.net

"Her acoustic piano-driven music is very stream of consciousness, emotive and moving. Its power calls for your willingness to suspend thought, to free-float on this stream of thick beautiful sound and let it take you as it wills. Even when the lyrical intention is clear, Burns deliberately chooses to phrase the words in such a way as to strip them of conventional meaning, challenging you again to let go, to follow her down a mad rabbit trail of melodic sound, free-falling into your own mind. Wild, I know, but fresh, fearless and free." Kevan Breitinger, Indie-Music.com
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I would recommend purchasing the CD "Every Thought"

at TOWER RECORDS.

Shauna's

myspace page

has LOTS of streaming tracks!! Here are a few other songs from the album that I've enjoyed...stream them below:
Shauna Burns - Ghosts & Vampires (stream)


Shauna Burns - Castle in My Cloud (stream)


Shauna Burns - Heaven (stream)


If you like the music, SUPPORT THE ARTIST and BUY, BUY, BUY!
Buy her CD

Every Thought!!

"b-warned": new band eisley is full of joy and jangle...

I'm a bit behind on posting about the new emerging band

Eisley.

Their debut full-length release "Room Noises" has been out for a year or so, and I picked it up right away...SO...I have this music memorized! And let me assure you that if you enjoy the positive pop sounds of The Sundays, Sixpence None the Richer and The Innocence Mission, this CD should be your next purchase. No question - hear me? Go get it...NOW!

Listen below and find out for yourself. Here are two great tracks from "Room Noises" and two additional non-album tracks from the "Marvelous Things" EP.

Buy the music

HERE.

Close your eyes...and enjoy!
Check back soon for more mold-breaking emerging artists to b-watched!


Eisley - Telescope Eyes


Eisley - Just Like We Do


Eisley - Sea King (non album track)


Eisley - The Winter Song (non-album track)


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my weekly Bunch of Betty's Podcast!!

You won't be disappointed with the tunes...and there's very little talk, so you can enjoy the music. Tune in and listen!

"BEE"-yond the Bunch: "What's the BUZZ, Betty?"

Check out these links for some great websites featuring
FREE music by women!!! (above artwork by Cassandra
Christensen Barney)
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LOTS of FREE MUSIC from SAMARAH available at

her HOMEPAGE!!

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More FREE MP3s available from the THE HARVEY GIRLS

at their HOMEPAGE!!

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EXCELLENT MIX of SHOEGAZE tunes including My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive, Medicine and more...
available at

Motel de Moka!!

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A lovely LIVE SET by VIVA K from
"MORNING BECOMES ECLECTIC" available at

KCRW!!

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A GREAT selection on FREE MP3s from DEVON SPROULE, along with duets with Paul Curreri available at

her HOMEPAGE!!

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my weekly Bunch of Betty's Podcast!!

You won't be disappointed with the tunes...and there's very little talk, so you can enjoy the music. Tune in and listen!

"got him covered" #1: approaching Nirvana...

UPDATED 3/22 with ONE MORE TRACK!!


Tori Amos - Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana cover)


Sinead O'Connor - All Apologies (Nirvana cover)


Hole - Pennyroyal Tea (live Nirvana cover)


Evanescence - Heart-shaped Box (acoustic) (Nirvana cover)


Scala - Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana cover)


Cibo Matto - About a Girl (Nirvana cover)


Laura Love - Come as You Are (Nirvana cover)


Kristin Hersh - Pennyroyal Tea (Nirvana cover)
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AND ONE MORE...THANKS TO

GURG at Marvelous Musical Melodies!!

Alison Crowe - Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana cover)

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You won't be disappointed with the tunes...and there's very little talk, so you can enjoy the music. Tune in and listen!

pssssst...have you heard???

Check out my new CD review post (Josh Rouse's "Subtitulo") with the excellent and respected music review blog

75 or less!!

More coming from me there...so if you trust my ears, check in regularly. The team of reviewers is knowledgeable, diverse and BRIEF! I've been visiting for six months or so and have been alerted to more than a few great CDs!

"b-warned": new solo artist sia (of zero 7) will take your breath away...

Sia Furler

of the stellar chillout band

Zero 7

has released her mesmerizing debut album entitled "Colour the Small One". I have had this CD on constant play around the house and have discovered that it only gets more intriquing with every rotation.

Reminiscent of the airy pop vocals of Dido, Jem or St.Etienne's Sarah Cracknell, Sia reaches an impressive level of sophistication for a new solo artist. Melodies are complex, layered and luscious. "Colour the Small One" is already getting rave reviews amongst a diverse audience of musical aficionados. I add my vote of a strong four and a half out of five stars!!

Buy the music

HERE.

Listen below and close your eyes...
And check back soon for more mold-breaking emerging artists to b-watched!


Sia - Rewrite


Sia - Butterflies


Sia - Breathe Me (Ulrich Schauss remix)

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