"You might remember a short-lived weekly feature called Brush Strokes Wed., where I featured songs that featured drummers playing their drums with brushes. A sound I am quite found of.One of the ladies I featured on said feature was Eleni Mandell. Her album last year – Miracle of Five –..."

"We kicked off this year with the French Wishing-project, featuring (guest-)posts about fragile girls, nót singing in French. But oh, how lovely it would be if they did. We booked one big success: Ladyhawke re-recorded her Paris is Burning-smash in French. Hopefully, the supersexy blonde singer of Dutch popjazz-band Room..."

"A few days ago, Bruce from Some Velvet Blog and WXPN threw down the gauntlet for me and Heather. He challenged us to come up with a ten song list that sounds like summer. I decided to feature music from 2008. Bruce went with an older sound. And Heather, while,..."

"As we have done in the past, SVB has teamed up with my music loving pals over at The Late Greats and I Am Fuel You Are Friends for another collaborative post - and what a time to do it as we celebrate the official start of the summer. You..."

"Worrisome Heart had a tough road to travel before making it to our ears, and had it not been for a horrible accident when Melody Gardot was nineteen we may not have ever heard her voice at all. At nineteen, Melody was riding her bicycle when she was struck by..."