I thought I would bring in the new year with some music. A little late but here it is anyway:

These are all free downloads from Salon. Go to salon.com, get past the initial ad and then use the links:


Marion Brown, Capricorn: A long and very nice jazz piece

Look up the sky is beautiful: Japanese pop. Simon and Garfunkel in Japanese. I like.

Destroyer, Painter in your pocket : A moody, unique rock thing

Kawan: A really cool punjabi electronica thing that I've pushed earlier on the blog.