Brooke Fraser is not well known, apparently, but she should be! Her song ‘Something in the Water’ won a songwriters award for the most played song over seas (she is from New Zealand). I absolutely adore her music, not only in terms of instrumental music and harmonies but because of her lyrics. She wrote her song Albertine (don’t quote me on this because I may be terribly wrong) I believe after coming home from Africa and meeting a woman there named Albertine. Her lyrics are heartfelt and touching and amazing all at the same time. My musical taste has been up and down lately, but in my opinion, she captures some sort of essence form all genres that I like. She is releasing a new album at some point this year so please check her out! You won’t be sorry. Her most recent album is titled Flags (songs to check out, Betty and Coachella). However, I have yet to get my hands on one of her vinyls, I don’t think they exist… but I suppose I won’t hold her to it. In closing, she knows Lorde (a fellow New Zealander)  and is following HAIM on instagram, so girlfriend has some good taste. 

I am very pleased with the direction I believe music is heading. To be honest, I had lost faith for a while. There are so many strong female bands, international (coming from the perspective of the US) bands and revivals happening that is incredibly exciting. Honestly, my posts lately have been incredibly lackluster and I will be the first to admit to that. I have been posting more videos, and less words, and I don’t necessarily think that is a bad thing. For starters, I don’t want to force words onto a page just because I feel the need to ‘blog.’ Secondly, I have been overwhelming caught up in both new and old artists that I would rather post their videos so you all (probably like three of you because I’m a rookie) can listen to the music, not read my boring opinions. I’ve spent the last few days with songs stuck in my head, jamming and dancing like a fool…. and you know what, I’m proud. ( In my head I just thought of a really relatable SpongeBob quote but I am not ready just yet to reveal the full extent of my nerdiness).

Adios!