Featured Albums of the Week...

Some will notice I removed The Spill Canvas from my list of $7.99 cds to get this week. I took another listen and did not like what I heard the second time around. And I wanted to add that I already have Amy Winehouse, Shiny Toy Guns, and Feist, 3 more of the 18 showcased up and coming artists' cds on sale this week. Amy Winehouse uses a bit too much foul language for my taste, but I love the classic Motown instrumentation. Listening to her led me to Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings. It is 1960s Motown all over again, and it sounds so fresh. I got "100 Days, 100 Nights" for $7.99 a few weeks back from none other than Best Buy. I plan to get the two cds previously released by Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings in the near future. Again, I don't have the funds to just splurge, so I will take my sweet time filling up the few remaining gaps in my cd cabinet. I've been selling cds that I don't care much for any longer to make room for new ones that I will listen to. Why have cds taking up space that are never listened to? In a few other cases, I'm upgrading the catalog of certain artists who have meticulously remastered their original recordings to the much improved 24-bit technology of the 21st Century. I don't know if the sonic clarity can get much better in today's digital world.