New video series! Joining the likes of Best Live Tracks and Best New Music, this series will present what I think are some of the Best Covers Ever.
Credit where credit is due, my friend Brent linked to these guys and it’s only through him that I found them. Nonetheless, this husband and wife YouTube sensation do incredible covers of songs you wouldn’t expect to sound so good. And they just seem so gosh darn happy!
Karmin — Price Tag
Karmin — Lighters
Am I qualified to review a rap album? Probably not. But I’m going to do it anyway.
The Kenya-born, Canada-based Shad is known to be an all around nice guy. A chum. In all the interviews I’ve seen, in every media encounter, and in the tweets and notes I’ve read from those that are close to him he seems like the kind of person that you’d want to surround yourself with. A really, truly nice guy.
And that’s kind of what comes through, for me, in an album like TSOL.
Shad is a Toronto-based, Kenyan-born rapper who I have become absolutely obsessed with. Why? Because he is absolutely dripping in talent, and positivity. His lyrics are insightful, intelligent, and awesome.
His latest single, which samples from the Lynn Anderson song Rose Garden, is nothing short of incredible and I applaud the raw wisdom that he seems unashamed of sharing in his music. And, he’s hilarious as evidenced by some of his earlier material (which you should also have a look at).
Is that not enough for you? Should be.
PS: I’m buying a pair of those shoes, Maria!
