Me love some good music!!

Duffy - Warwick Avenue
I just heard this song on YouTube yesterday and it is freaking brilliant! I was blown away, honestly speaking. All along, i wasn't a fan of hers and "Mercy", cause i think it's too Amy Winehouse-ish, but i was proved deadly wrong with this song. It's a masterpiece!! Haha. I fell in love upon first listen. Incredible. She is DUFFY. So vulnerable, so emotional, so soulful - wow. I think the difference between Duffy and Amy is that the former is more of a contemporary jazz while the latter is leaning more towards old school jazz. I don't know, but i adore both now.

Dolly Parton - Jesus & Gravity
Who doesn't like the legendary Dolly when it comes to country music? She is the diva, the queen! I love Dolly, and i'm surprise that i love all the preview clips of her new album, Backwoods Barbie, her first mainstream country music after years of producing bluegrass album. This song, Jesus & Gravity, does not appeal to me in terms of religious purpose, cause i'm Buddhist, but it's just soooooooooooo nice. Wonderful message and great tune and, it's Dolly Parton!!

Kellie Pickler - Don't You Know You're Beautiful
Do i need to elaborate further? Hahahahaha. Her first single from her upcoming sophomore studio album. Judging from this song, i'm expecting a lot from that album!! That's the magic about country music. They can be so uplifting, so inspiring, so positive and relatable. Great, great, great song. After she's established herself as one of country music's uprising star, alongside Taylor Swift (amazing) and Miranda Lambert, i'm sure a lot of pressure in on her to keep the buzz going with the next album. So if this, and other few new tracks she's performed in concerts uploaded by fans onto YouTube, is how the new album would sound, she's staying for a long time.

Bucky Covington - I'll Walk
This definitely caught me off guard. I think Bucky's great on American Idol Season 5, but i never expect something so awesome to come out from an idol alum who's not even close to the top 5 finalist (he's 8th that year). I think he's really lucky to be sign to a major label cause other than the top 2, the other finalist usually ends up with independant or indie label, and produce album that people never heard of. So i think it's awesome that all the miracle happens in Season 5, with Kellie (thank god!), Daughtry and Bucky all end up signing with a major label. Speaking of the song, it's so so sad! I think this will capture him into a superstardom in the country music scene.

Jordin Sparks - One Step At A Time
After releasing the mega hit collaboration with Chris Brown, No Air, Jordin Sparks' label released One Step At A Time as her third single. This has got to be one of my favourite track off this AI6 winner's debut effort, which i bought 2 months ago. I don't know why, but i just sort of fall in love with this song this week. No reason why. It's actually your typical cheesy bubblegum pop in some way but it's so catchy, and not forgetting that she's a great singer. If her first single, the mightily cheesey "Tattoo" is able to reach Top 5 in the US, i'm sure this song wouldn't have much of a problem.

Great music = love.