The video is meh, but the audio! Kronos Quartet playing Steve Reich’s “Different Trains: America Before the War.” Read up on the piece here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Different_Trains … I can listen to this piece anytime.

The Wailing Jennys — “Long Time Traveller” from their recent album “Firecracker.” This song always stills me.

Freak Folk is really big in my area of the country. My favorite of the genre is probably Joanna Newsom. The song that really got me hooked was “Emily.” This is “Sprout and the Bean.”

Goran Bregovic’s Wedding and Funeral Band (who got some airtime during the EuroVision contest this year). Belgrade has some of the best beats going.

This song has in my playlist for months now, I just can’t seem to get enough!