Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra: Kiss the Sky

Shawn Lee is a multi-instrumentalist from Kansas. This song is off his album Voices and Choices.

PJ Harvey: Let England Shake

English artist PJ Harvey has been all over the musical map and it seems like her next album, Let England Shake, will take listeners down another unfamiliar path when it is released next week.

What do you think of The Words That Maketh Murder, below?

Teddy Thompson: In My Arms

It's pure pop, but it's good pop, even if it's a couple of years old.

Belle Brigade: Losers

Losers is a single currently on vinyl and available in digital form. This Los Angeles-based band is currently on tour pushing their self titled debut album, which is to be released in April. Learn more about them here.

Raphael Saadiq: Stone Rollin'

Stone Rollin' is to be released in March:

Cesaria Evora

Some artists are good, and others are simply on their own level. The "barefoot diva" of Cape Verde is one of the latter. Below you will find a soulfully superior folk tune called Angola.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.

I really like the tune below, from this Detroit, Michigan-based duo.