It’s very rare these days to come across an entire CD which you will listen to over and over from beginning to the end non-stop, and even rarer to find one which makes you want to grab everyone you know and tell them ‘you must listen to this.’

However such is the case with the third release, Long Way Home, from the California based duo Lovespirals, consisting on Anji Bee on vocals and Ryan Lum on instruments.

Fusing sounds from jazz, chill, folk, Americana and even a touch of country, this latest release will grab you and wrap you in an aural blanket of warm and a soothing hand on the brow that shows off why the indie music scene is our salvation from the commercial corporate music machine, and Lovespirals as one of it’s shinning stars.

From the opening jazzy/country sound of the aptly named ‘Caught In The Groove’, to the groovy feel of ‘This Truth’, to the lazy summer afternoon feeling of ‘Sundrenched‘ this CD is a wonderful blend of vocals and music coming together in an intertwining dance of harmony deftly expressing emotions in both delivery and composition.

Perhaps the one track that shows off their ability to combine emotion with production is the track ‘Motherless Child’, which had been released as a remix by MoShang on his Asian Variations CD earlier this year. On the Long Way Home version, Lovespirals have gone with a less is more approach and stripped the song down to the barest and starkest in this presentation.

Anji’s emotion filled delivery holds nothing back in delivering the full emotion of grief and loss. While Ryan’s haunting and simple layered guitar work echoes her delivery, but neither overpowers the other, and the two come together to powerfully capture the feeling of being alone and isolated.

Throughout Long Way Home, the duo convey a wide range of feelings and emotions as words and music come together or swirl around and through each other in a mesmerizing dance of audio.

Lovespirals have found the perfect balance, resulting in a release that never falters from one track to the next that is rare these days, and is the perfect aural vacation everyone should take at least once a day.

Available at iTunes: $9.90

Track list

1 Caught in the Groove
2 Empty Universe
3 Treading the Water
4 Once in a Blue Moon
5 This Truth
6 Motherless Child
7 Sundrenched
8 Nocturnal Daze
9 Lovelight
10 Lazy Love Days

If you want what you hear, just follow the links to the songs in the playlist below to get them.

Warm It Up
00:18 Alias – That You Gave Away (Radio One remix)
04:15 Ds-ARt – The Dixie Club Moog | Free Download

Crank It Up
09:23 Galaxy 2 Galaxy – Transition
15:00 David Starfire – Indian Fever
18:17 Shehzad Roy – Teri Soorat
23:21 Derek James – Free Love
25:56 Josh Steinmetz – Hypertenderly
28:28 Capri – Barbarella
35:12 Bloc Party – This Modern Love
39:30 Tiger Stripes – Spirited Away
46:39 Latin Soul Syndicate – Shake It

Cool It Down
50:03 Chris Pati – Let It Go
54:27 EverBlue – Baby’s Lullaby
58:30 Mocha Lab – My Dream Of You

Run Time 1:03:01
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The Latin Soul Syndicate (Happy Sanchez, Karl Perazzo, and Mark Pistel) formed in 2003 in the San Francisco Bay Area. Released in 2003, their self-titled album is a blend of upbeat Latin soul, electronica and pop/rock. The many guest appearances include Chuck Prophet on guitar and a song co-written by rock legend Jonathan Richman.

Happy Sanchez founded the Latin Alternative band Los Mocosos as well as Aztlán Records, the first independent Latin alternative record label in the U.S.A. He has also recorded, produced and managed artists such as Frightwig and the Toiling Midgets.

Karl Perazzo has been a member of Santana for the last five years. He has recorded three albums with Santana, including the multi-platinum selling “Supernatural”. Additionally, he has played drums with the best musicians in pop, jazz, rock and Latin music, including Mariah Carey, Dizzy Gillespie, Sheila E., Prince, Eric Clapton, John Lee Hooker, Pete Escovedo, and Paquito D’Rivera.

Mark Pistel is a founding member of the left-wing electronica/hip-hop outfit Consolidated. He is also a producer/engineer/remixer who has worked with the Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy and Meat Beat Manifesto, among others.

Everyone loves to have friends, and this weeks workout mix helps to celebrate that as we say thanks to all the friends we have made since we started the show over 6 months ago.

If you want what you hear, just follow the links to the songs in the playlist below to get them.

Warm It Up
00:18 JD and The Straight Shot – This Kind Of Life
03:31 The Flavor Foundation – The Turquoise Noise

Crank It Up
09:30 Ds-ARt – Just Can’t Stock | Free Download
13:19 Bittersweet – Dirty Laundry
17:54 Telling On Trixie – Halfway Back to Sane (Gomi’s Radio Edit)
22:06 The Stone Coyotes – Party Down The Hall
26:30 1990′s – You Made Me Like It
29:39 The Mooney Suzuki – 99 Percent
34:16 Slave To The Squarewave – P House (Soundbluntz Remix)
37:35 Samantha James – Breathe You In
42:25 Element vs Ben VP – Name and Number
47:51 Tim Rex Experiment feat. Graziella – Alive

Cool It Down
51:38 Lovespirals – This Truth
55:11 Ingrid Michaelson – The Way I Am
57:20 Shea Breaux Wells – Soothe Me

Run Time 1:00:25
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There is something mesmerizing and indisputable about things in life that come together by the mystery of fate – be it a personal relationship, an artistic endeavor, or a simple matter of being in the right place at the right time. When all three converge, the result is something that goes beyond any realm of possibility …

Such is the story of Los Angeles music duo BITTER:SWEET (Shana Halligan and Kiran Shahani) whose lives seemed to have over-lapped but never crossed until the perfect moment in time. How else can you explain two people who lived one block away from each other, and who recorded just one wall away, who never connected until an anonymous online posting?

When Kiran (producer, composer) and Shana (vocals, melodies, lyrics, co-producer) met, they were both “not that into” the L.A. music scene. “There was a time when I had even stopped listening to music,” explains Shana. “But sometimes you’re just meant to do things in life…”