Aug 19, 2011 Posted by Joelle

Holocene

Be still every single body part of mine. Bon Iver, one of my favorite artists, has released a new music video for his latest single “Holocene”, taken from his upcoming album. The video was shot by director/photographer Nabil Elderkin in Iceland. Holocene is a geological epoch that began at the end of the Pleistocene (around 10,000 years ago) and continues to the present. The name comes from... read more

Mar 27, 2011 Posted by Joelle

Soundtrack To My Life – Volume 2

For the past few months, I’ve been seriously contemplating freezing my eMusic account because I’ve been too busy to sample and download music. A few days ago, before I set out to take this break, I decided to give it one last listen. The result was this addictive compilation that became the soundtrack to my life at the moment. The playlist includes four tracks (“Shooting Star”,... read more

Dec 12, 2010 Posted by Joelle

Soundtrack To My Life – Volume 1

One of the reasons I started this blog was because I wanted to be able to share the music that plays in the background of my racing thoughts with other people. In the first edition of the “Soundtrack To My Life” series, I’m posting some of my favorite independent and alternative songs of the moment, most of which I discovered on the subscription-based digital music website eMusic. Even... read more

Sep 2, 2010 Posted by Joelle

I Had A Dream I…

“I had a dream I stood beneath an orange sky. Yes, I had a dream I stood beneath an orange sky, with my brother and sister standing by… And here is what I know now. It goes like this: In your love, my salvation lies…” I dedicate Alexi Murdoch’s song “Orange Sky” to all the leaders meeting in the US for a round of Mid-East peace talks. 7esso 3a damkon, to say the... read more