This morning I've been running around trying to organize the media since Ahmed Bukhatir has a concert tonight in Dubai that I will be attending at the Jumeirah Beach Hotel. I'm really looking forward to finally getting to hear him sing live. It should be something else. I wrote a post about him a few weeks ago - this is basically what he is going to be singing in both English and Arabic, all done in the traditional nasheed style.A friend of mine sent me a really fantastic mix of artists that have kept my ipod busy for the last few days including:
Matthew Dear
Panda Bear
Tortoise
Bright Black Morning Light
The Be Good Tanyas
Dilla
Tom Waits
Bon Iver
Sufjan Stevens
Little Feat
I'm sure a quick name search on myspace will yield some good samples of some of their tunes. A few of them are a bit more well known - I can safely say I've been to my fair share of Little Feat and Sufjan Stevens shows, but Bon Iver is someone relatively new whose melancholy album I started listening to about a month ago and have really enjoyed.
On a completely different note, I found this piece about the Big Lebowski on NPR and it made me laugh since it's likely something that I would have heard on my morning commute into Aurora, Ohio. Either way, it made my day. Have a listen.
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