Summer music
My taste in music seems to vary with the seasons. On dark, cold and rainy days (of which there are a lot in the Netherlands) I prefer music which has a bit of a dark and melancholic character. On the other hand I love happy music from all over the world, but I prefer to listen to that kind of music when the weather matches the summer feeling of the music at least a little bit (which currently isn't the case here).
So far, almost all of my summers had their own soundtrack. There were quite some years with Manu Chao and Mano Negra dominating, then there were years with the Buena Vista Social Club and other cuban music, there was a summer listening to Amparanoia, one dancing to Shakira and one loving the rythms of Etoile de Dakar, and not to forget a lovely summer filled with Amadou & Mariam. And of course, there's always some Paolo Conte, some Orchestra Baobab, and often some Jarabe de Palo, Orishas and Yann Tiersen. And, quite corny (okay: very corny), but I can't help loving this too for a long summer night (Oh, and this gives me such a summer feeling too!).
But what will it be this summer? Maybe it's that I'm just not discovering much new music anymore, but so far, I haven't found anything that could become this year's summer soundtrack yet. So far, orthodox jewish reggae singer Matisyahu is my best candidate. Anyone some good advice?
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