Girlyman!

Tonight was a 3 part-harmony music night at Freight and Salvage in Berkeley! So much fun to see Girlyman (the link is to a SF Chronicle article) again this year, they played so much of their new music -- which is good, because I think Nate is getting kind of tired of the old stuff - so he's taking to speeding up the songs a bit when he's the lead vocalist. Overall they seem way more comfortable with the crowd, with lots of amazing banter - but I think the schedule is wearing on Nate's voice. Ty's voice is amazing, much stronger than last year, and she really can hold the group together with the strength and uniqueness of her voice. I can't wait for their new CD to come out, but it sounds like we'll have to wait about 6 more months.
Girlyman is one of the groups I found on Salon.com during my great effort to introduce new music into my life about 2 years ago. BI (Before ipod) - which was a dark time. I realized that I had listened to the same 3 CDs at work for 2 years. The CDs were good, but not THAT good. Salon used to have a daily download, which they still have, but it has changed a little. I haven't yet been able to set it up correctly on my Mac. It is clearly time to figure out how to download the free music for my ipod, because I don't want to turn into a 3 CD gal again.