Music Makes Us

The Tallest Man on Earth – The Wild Hunt

Here is the new album by The Tallest Man on Earth, The Wild Hunt. It is all here: The words. The voice. The melodies. Ten perfect songs. The Wild Hunt picks up where 2008’s Shallow Grave left off, with Matsson doing what he does best. It is unmistakably The Tallest Man on Earth, from the [...]

Nat King Cole – The World of Nat King Cole

Nat “King” Cole (17th March 1919–15th February 1965) was a popular American singer and jazz musician. As a piano player, he formed a jazz trio in 1938 that played Los Angeles nightclubs, one of the first jazz trios featuring guitar and piano. Prior to this he had played music since he was a child and [...]

Tom Waits – Rain Dogs

Tom Waits (Thomas Alan Waits, Pomona, California, December 7, 1949 ) is a prolific American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. He started his career in the early 1970s as a singer in spit ‘n’ sawdust bars. Initially, he was deeply influenced by the beat generation (novelists like Jack Kerouac, and William S. Burroughs, poets like Allen [...]

The Tallest Man on Earth – Shallow Grave

I couldn’t think of an album today, so this one is brought to you by my girlfriend. Behind the name The Tallest Man On Earth is Kristian Matsson of Dalarna, Sweden. He plays guitar and banjo and has released a full length album entitled ‘Shallow Grave’ and a self-titled 5-track EP on the Swedish label [...]

Keb Mo – Big Wide Grin

Here is the album Big Wide Grin by Jazz musician Keb Mo. I put together the entire track list in order, I might add a download link later if enough people ask.