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When it comes to music, my tastes are pretty eclectic. I like everything from classical to folk. But I must admit that in the middle of all that, I ‘m a soul girl at heart. I love R&B, blues and jazz. Aretha Franklin’s R.E.S.P.E.C.T. gets me groovin’. I can sing a mostly off-key, but soulful Alicia Keys (shout out to my nieces Elyse and Payge). I’m not sure where I get this, since the closest we got to soul music growing up was my parents’ Mo Tab records. I have several current favorite R&B albums (more on those in future posts), one being Growing Pains by Mary J. Blige. Ever since I heard Work That on the iTunes commercial, I knew I had to have that album. I gave some obvious hints to Josh in December and he gave it to me for Christmas. He may regret that, since every time I need to get some housework done I crank it up and spend the first few minutes of clean up time gettin’ down. Even Gabe and Emma shake it. Just Fine, the third song on her album is also a great dancing song with Mary J.’s bold, funky style. I just loves me some soul. Click play to listen.

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Tonight I have been listening to the Raising Sand album by Robert Plant and Allison Krauss and I just had to write a post about it. Josh got the album from his Ars Secret Santa in December and it’s become one of my favorite albums. I love the harmonies and slow, relaxing beat to most of the songs. I enjoy listening to it when I’m folding piles of laundry in my room, practicing calligraphy, or just winding down at night.

Now, how this fits in with Mary J Blige’s Growing Pains, I don’t know. That’s another post.

(Edit by Josh: Here’s a link to a playlist of a couple of songs from Raising Sand you can listen to. You can search/browse for a whole lot more on seeqpod.com.)

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