Gwenda links to a very interesting piece in NYT Magazine on musician/singer/song writer Neko Case. Even if you are not familiar with her music, you will find her story fascinating. It's sort of the ultimate coming-of-age story and some very gritty truth about the realities of being an unwanted child.
I love Case's last CD "Fox Confessor Brings the Flood". I first heard her on KMTT, the Seattle independent station that is fantastic. It's actual radio the way I remembered it - as in actual DJs playing their own choice of music. Can you imagine? KMTT is also where I first heard Michael Franti who is the best thing to happen to reggae/pop/soul in a zillion years. He's not at all like Neko Case but the fact that both of them are played on the same station is an example of why I love the Pacific NW music scene so much.
(And this has nothing to do with any of this but my son's latest song from his guitar teacher is "I Walk the Line" which he asked to learn after hearing the Rodney Crowell/Johnny Cash song the other day as I posted it here. I can't begin to tell you how happy I am to have a 7 year old who loves that song.)
