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<rss xmlns:ps="http://trailfire.com" version="2.0"><channel><title>"Cool Music" by ebenson</title><link>http://www.trailfire.com/ebenson/trails/8881</link><category>ebenson/trails</category><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>New Music: The Decemberists</title><link>http://www.trailfire.com/ebenson/marks/34447</link><description><![CDATA[Another great Portland, Oregon band who just put out their first major record label album.]]></description><category>Cool Music</category><author>ebenson</author><pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2006 23:18:24 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:34447</guid></item><item><title>New Music: Alela Diane</title><link>http://www.trailfire.com/ebenson/marks/34186</link><description><![CDATA[Wow - you must check out this new talent from Portland, Oregon.]]></description><category>Cool Music</category><author>ebenson</author><pubDate>Mon, 11 Dec 2006 23:07:03 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:34186</guid></item><item><title>New Music: Thanksgiving</title><link>http://www.trailfire.com/ebenson/marks/34185</link><description><![CDATA[Adrian Orange of Portland, Oregon is Thanksgiving on his debut album &quot;The River by Thanksgiving.&quot; Great new folk sound by this 19-year old kid!]]></description><category>Cool Music</category><author>ebenson</author><pubDate>Mon, 11 Dec 2006 23:05:44 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:34185</guid></item><item><title>New Music - Horse Feathers</title><link>http://www.trailfire.com/ebenson/marks/14677</link><description><![CDATA[Great New Folk/Bluegrass band from Portland, Oregon who just released their first album in Oct-06. - ebenson]]></description><category>Cool Music</category><author>ebenson</author><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 20:15:23 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:14677</guid></item><item><title>New Music - M. Ward</title><link>http://www.trailfire.com/ebenson/marks/14996</link><description><![CDATA[The most original and best album of 2006! Another Portland, Oregon band puts out his 5th and best album ever. This music is a treat to listen to and together with my recently trail marked Portland band, Horse Feathers, are great to listen to on a sunny Fall afternoon. Post-War is M. Ward&#39;s best and most recent album. More info on M. Ward &quot;<A CLASS="class" HREF="http://www.mergerecords.com/band.php?band_id=8&">here</A>. - ebenson]]></description><category>Cool Music</category><author>ebenson</author><pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2006 21:48:54 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:14996</guid></item><item><title>New Music - Old Crow Medicine Show</title><link>http://www.trailfire.com/ebenson/marks/30202</link><description><![CDATA[Just bought the 2nd album from OCMS called Big Iron World, and I love it! I categorize their music as New Folk/Bluegrass. According to Wikipedia &quot;Old Crow Medicine Show is a folk/country group from Nashville, Tennessee. Along with original songs, the band performs many pre-World War II blues and folk songs. The style of music they perform is sometimes called alt-country, some other times called &quot;old-time&quot;; but today more often referred to as Americana. The band originally formed when Ketch Secor gathered the musicians in and around Ithaca, NY. The then left to busk street corners in Canada, perfecting their sound before heading to the south.&quot; - ebenson]]></description><category>Cool Music</category><author>ebenson</author><pubDate>Sun, 26 Nov 2006 13:59:08 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:30202</guid></item><item><title>New Music - Band of Horses</title><link>http://www.trailfire.com/ebenson/marks/6691</link><description><![CDATA[Guitarist/vocalist Ben Bridwell and bassist Mat Brooke formed Seattle-based Band Of Horses in 2004 after the dissolution of their nearly ten-year run in northwest melancholic darlings Carissa&#39;s Wierd. - ebenson]]></description><category>Cool Music</category><author>ebenson</author><pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2006 21:44:49 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:6691</guid></item><item><title>New Music - Sigur Ros</title><link>http://www.trailfire.com/ebenson/marks/15778</link><description><![CDATA[Sigur Ros is one of my top 10 new finds in the last decade of listening to music! They are Pink Floyd meets Paul Oakenfold. Unless you speak Icelandic you won&#39;t understand the lyrics, and even then you&#39;ll understand only half of them as the rest of the lyrics are written in the band&#39;s own made-up language. Be sure to check out their music videos on this page...they&#39;re remarkable really....especially &quot;glosoli music video.&quot; - ebenson]]></description><category>Cool Music</category><author>ebenson</author><pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2006 21:49:49 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:15778</guid></item><item><title>New Music - Joanna Newsom</title><link>http://www.trailfire.com/ebenson/marks/30200</link><description><![CDATA[Just picked up Joanna&#39;s 2nd album released in Nov-06. According to wikipedia, Joanna &quot;is one of the most prominent members of the modern psych folk movement...her songwriting incorporates elements of indie pop, Appalachian music, avant-garde modernism, and African harp rhythms. Many are struck by Newsom&#39;s unusual voice, child-like and weathered.&quot; - ebenson]]></description><category>Cool Music</category><author>ebenson</author><pubDate>Sun, 26 Nov 2006 14:02:42 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:30200</guid></item><item><title>New Music - Great Lake Swimmers</title><link>http://www.trailfire.com/ebenson/marks/4618</link><description><![CDATA[These guys are great -- I own 2 of their albums -- mellow rock - ebenson]]></description><category>Cool Music</category><author>ebenson</author><pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2006 21:34:55 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:4618</guid></item><item><title>New Music - Ray LaMontagne</title><link>http://www.trailfire.com/ebenson/marks/4642</link><description><![CDATA[Great new folk musician...got the tip on this band from The Long Ear record store in Couer d&#39;Alene, Idaho back in December 2004. Second studio album due out later in August 2006 called &quot;Till The Sun Turns Black,&quot; which follows up from his first studio album titled &quot;Trouble.&quot; I listen to this on either a Saturday afternoon in my backyard when I just want to chill and drink my favorite beer, Mirror Pond Pale Ale. - ebenson]]></description><category>Cool Music</category><author>ebenson</author><pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2006 21:33:13 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:4642</guid></item><item><title>New Music - Jose Gonzalez</title><link>http://www.trailfire.com/ebenson/marks/6687</link><description><![CDATA[A Swede from Argentina, Jose&#39;s first album Veneer is startingly good...you must listen to this stuff. - ebenson]]></description><category>Cool Music</category><author>ebenson</author><pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2006 21:44:13 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:6687</guid></item><item><title>New Music - Alexi Murdoch</title><link>http://www.trailfire.com/ebenson/marks/4638</link><description><![CDATA[Saw Alexi perform at Seattle&#39;s Tractor Tavern a couple years back. He&#39;s amazing -- inspired by Nick Drake apparently -- also see Jose Gonzalez. Alexi&#39;s second album, Time Without Consequence, was just released. I listen to Alexi in the Fall or sometimes the rest of the year at night. - ebenson]]></description><category>Cool Music</category><author>ebenson</author><pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2006 21:34:00 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:4638</guid></item><item><title>New Music - Daniel Powter</title><link>http://www.trailfire.com/ebenson/marks/4595</link><description><![CDATA[I just bought Daniel&#39;s self-titled album and can just not stop listening to it. Seems to be great music for driving your car on a sunny Spring day. - ebenson]]></description><category>Cool Music</category><author>ebenson</author><pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2006 21:35:11 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:4595</guid></item><item><title>New Music - James Blunt</title><link>http://www.trailfire.com/ebenson/marks/4597</link><description><![CDATA[Another one of those bands that is great to listen to in the car -- saw him perform on Oprah and bought the album. Oops did I loose any street cred I might&#39;ve on that statement? - ebenson]]></description><category>Cool Music</category><author>ebenson</author><pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2006 21:34:35 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:4597</guid></item><item><title>New Music - Jack Johnson</title><link>http://www.trailfire.com/ebenson/marks/4600</link><description><![CDATA[Not exactly a new musician as I own 3 of his albums, but he is outstanding -- has a new single out as of May 06. - ebenson]]></description><category>Cool Music</category><author>ebenson</author><pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2006 21:33:46 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:4600</guid></item><item><title>New Music - Professor &amp; Maryann</title><link>http://www.trailfire.com/ebenson/marks/4640</link><description><![CDATA[While they&#39;re not new to me, they may be to you. Every year a new musician gets my &quot;New Sound Award.&quot; Professor &amp; Marryann was the first winner 4+ years ago. Then Brett Dennen, and recently for me Sigur Ros. The combo of voices is powerful and hard to categorize -- new folk? Rock? Jazz? Their best album of the 3 that I own is &quot;Lead Us Not Into Penn Station.&quot; I listen to at night with a glass of wine. - ebenson]]></description><category>Cool Music</category><author>ebenson</author><pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2006 21:35:46 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:4640</guid></item><item><title>New Music - Gary Jules</title><link>http://www.trailfire.com/ebenson/marks/4643</link><description><![CDATA[Found out about Gary when I heard the last track &quot;Mad World&quot; of the album &quot;Trading Snakeoil for Wolftickets&quot; played in the movie Donnie Darko. Another weekend afternoon in the backyard with a beer album or a car ride on a sunny day. - ebenson]]></description><category>Cool Music</category><author>ebenson</author><pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2006 21:36:24 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:4643</guid></item><item><title>New Music - Damien Rice</title><link>http://www.trailfire.com/ebenson/marks/4929</link><description><![CDATA[Pick up Damien&#39;s new track, Unplayed Piano, either by paying $13 for the one track CD on Amazon (proceeds for charity) or buying the single track on iTunes for $0.99 -- his next album (his second) is due out in 2007. Why is it that it takes the best musicians 4+ year cycle times to produce new albums? I listen to DR on cool, rainy afternoons. - ebenson]]></description><category>Cool Music</category><author>ebenson</author><pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2006 21:37:15 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:4929</guid></item><item><title>New Music - Jesse Harris</title><link>http://www.trailfire.com/ebenson/marks/4930</link><description><![CDATA[I own his album from 2003 titled &quot;The Secret Sun&quot; and think its terrific. I&#39;m not sure I like his two more recent albums as much. I like listening to Jesse&#39;s Secret Sun album on cool, rainy days like today. - ebenson]]></description><category>Cool Music</category><author>ebenson</author><pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2006 21:37:40 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:4930</guid></item><item><title>New Music - Michael Franti &amp; Spearhead</title><link>http://www.trailfire.com/ebenson/marks/4967</link><description><![CDATA[Political hip hop artist Michael Franti writes lyrics that I actually take time to listen to...he would be great to see in concert someday. I have a couple of his albums and it looks like he&#39;s releasing a new one in July. The best album I have is &quot;Stay Human.&quot; - ebenson]]></description><category>Cool Music</category><author>ebenson</author><pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2006 21:38:02 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:4967</guid></item><item><title>New Music - Jonah Smith</title><link>http://www.trailfire.com/ebenson/marks/6683</link><description><![CDATA[Great new musician puts out third album. Unique sound that Paste calls &quot;laid-back roots soul.&quot; - ebenson]]></description><category>Cool Music</category><author>ebenson</author><pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2006 21:39:35 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:6683</guid></item><item><title>New Music - The Bees</title><link>http://www.trailfire.com/ebenson/marks/6686</link><description><![CDATA[High Society is the album I know best, and is their second. Really like the song &quot;Imaginary Girl.&quot; Paste calls them &quot;reminiscent of the effortless chamber pop of the &#39;60s.&quot; - ebenson]]></description><category>Cool Music</category><author>ebenson</author><pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2006 21:41:44 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:6686</guid></item><item><title>New Music - Syd Matters</title><link>http://www.trailfire.com/ebenson/marks/6689</link><description><![CDATA[French singer songwriter Jonathan Morali does a mixture of folk and pop that reminds of Simon &amp; Garfunkel. - ebenson]]></description><category>Cool Music</category><author>ebenson</author><pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2006 21:42:29 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:6689</guid></item><item><title>New Music - Brett Dennen</title><link>http://www.trailfire.com/ebenson/marks/4637</link><description><![CDATA[This California-based musician put out his first and only album almost 2 years ago. Brett is amazing -- great song writer. I guarantee that his self-titled album is unlike anything you have in your collection to date. I listen to his music in the Spring and Summer when its sunny in Seattle. - ebenson]]></description><category>Cool Music</category><author>ebenson</author><pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2006 21:43:11 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:4637</guid></item><item><title>New Music - Richard Buckner</title><link>http://www.trailfire.com/ebenson/marks/15841</link><description><![CDATA[Not new, but one of the great &quot;new folk&quot; musicians of our time. My favorite album of his is called &quot;Since.&quot; More info on Richard Buckner &quot;<A CLASS="class" HREF="http://www.mergerecords.com/band.php?band_id=89&">here</A>&quot;. - ebenson]]></description><category>Cool Music</category><author>ebenson</author><pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2006 21:50:55 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:15841</guid></item><item><title>New Music - Spoon</title><link>http://www.trailfire.com/ebenson/marks/15842</link><description><![CDATA[Spoon&#39;s album &quot;Gimme Fiction&quot; is unusually good product from Texas. Great music to work out to. More info on Spoon &quot;<A CLASS="class" HREF="http://www.mergerecords.com/band.php?band_id=76&">here</A>&quot;. - ebenson]]></description><category>Cool Music</category><author>ebenson</author><pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2006 21:52:49 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:15842</guid></item><item><title>New Music - Neutral Milk Hotel</title><link>http://www.trailfire.com/ebenson/marks/15843</link><description><![CDATA[Continuing on from Texas to the hometown of R.E.M. comes Neutral Milk Hotel -- good alternative music to listen to in the car on a long drive with your best friends. More info on NMH &quot;<A CLASS="class" HREF="http://www.mergerecords.com/band.php?band_id=51&">here</A>. - ebenson]]></description><category>Cool Music</category><author>ebenson</author><pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2006 21:53:28 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:15843</guid></item><item><title>New Music - Midlake</title><link>http://www.trailfire.com/ebenson/marks/16635</link><description><![CDATA[5 guys from Denton, TX play original &#39;70s folk-rock tunes. CD Baby says they have a &quot;delicious psych-pop tone combined with emotional complexity and textural innovation.. somehow both uplifting and melancholy, invigorating and calming.&quot; - ebenson]]></description><category>Cool Music</category><author>ebenson</author><pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2006 21:41:14 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:16635</guid></item><item><title>New Music - Weird Weeds</title><link>http://www.trailfire.com/ebenson/marks/30205</link><description><![CDATA[This is a very unusual Austin, TX-based band.]]></description><category>Cool Music</category><author>ebenson</author><pubDate>Mon, 11 Dec 2006 23:11:57 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:30205</guid></item><item><title>New Music - Regina Spektor</title><link>http://www.trailfire.com/ebenson/marks/34184</link><description><![CDATA[I&#39;ve been super impressed with Regina&#39;s lyrics and songwriting. I don&#39;t know much about her other than listening to her new CD &quot;Begin to Hope&quot; a bunch lately.]]></description><category>Cool Music</category><author>ebenson</author><pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2007 10:35:38 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:34184</guid></item><item><title>New Music - Christopher Denny</title><link>http://www.trailfire.com/ebenson/marks/115641</link><description><![CDATA[a modern day &quot;Roy Orbison&quot;]]></description><category>Cool Music</category><author>ebenson</author><pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2007 10:35:26 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:115641</guid></item><item><title>www.myspace.com/weareladybirds</title><link>http://www.trailfire.com/ebenson/marks/115643</link><description></description><category>Cool Music</category><author>ebenson</author><pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2007 10:45:04 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:115643</guid></item></channel></rss>
