If I ever die of a heart attack, I hope it will be from playing my stereo too loud. ~Anonymous
Lila Downs, Omara Portuondo, Djavan, Youssou N' Dour, Baaba Maal, Ennio Morricone, Souad Massi, Mina Mazzini, Cheikh Lô, Orchestra Baobob, Idan Raichel, Toquinho & Vinicius de Moraes, Les Choristes, Mel Torme, Sara Vaughn, Ella, Billie Holliday, Johnny Hartman, Cole Porter, Rogers & Hammerstein, The Gershwins, Iving Berlin, Leonard Bernstein, Ingrid Michaelson, Common, Elisa Toffoli, Ikue Asazaki, Cesaria Evora, Vittorio Grigolo, J.S. Bach, Papa Wemba, Anoushka Shankar, Beres Hammond, Bob Marley, Ivete Sangalo, Oscar De Leon, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Prince, Tracey Chapman, Amos Lee, India.Arie, Ismael Serrano, Wim Mertens, Ali Farke Toure, Stylistics, Delfonics, Shirley Brown, The Isley Bros, Al Green, Secret Garden, Momus, Elmer Bernstein, Judy Garland, Tchaikovsky, Steve Perry and Schoolhouse Rock
My musical elixirs range from Bhangra, Samba, Celtic, Broadway Showtunes, Big Band, Ragtime, Blues, Country (don't play...I gets down to Rascal Flatts), Folk, Hip Hop, Okinawan, The Crooners, Opera, Salsa, Bachata, Mob Hits, Axe Bahia, J-Pop, R&B, Soca, Jazz, Middle Eastern, Rock and beyond.
"Music is the universal language of mankind." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow