Eva Cassidy - Time is a Healer

Eva Cassidy had a powerful voice and could go from a sweet sound to a powerful soul sound. She was relatively unknown before her untimely death in 1996 due to melanoma. In 2000, her recording of Over the Rainbow was played on the popular BBC Radio 2 show 'Wake Up to Wogan' and her popularity soared.

Time is a Healer, written by the talented songwriter, Diane Scanlon, is off her Eva By Heart album really and shows off her musical ability.

Sekou Bunch - Take Five / In Three

Sekou Bunch is a jazz bassist who has some very good grooves. Sometimes compared with Wayman Tisdale, Bunch stand on his own. He takes this Brubeck classic, and makes it uniquely his own. The Next Level, which contains Take Five / In Three is an excellent jazz album and Bunch has help from some jazz heavyweights like Boney James and Stanley Clarke.

Useless trivia: Bunch was the first eliminated contestant from Survivor: Cook Islands in 2006.

The Freddy Jones Band - Waitress

The Freddy Jones band has a great Chicago roots rock blues sound that is a bit like the Allman Brothers or Little Feat. Despite the name, no member of the band is actually named Freddy Jones.

Waitress is a live cut off their 1997 release North Avenue Wake Up Call. In 2009, they released Time Well Wasted with an excellent live version.

Eric Hutchinson - OK, It's Alright With Me

Eric Hutchinson was originally signed to Madonna's Maverick label. But, when it went shut down, Hutchinson reverted to releasing his own material on his MySpace page. When uberblogger Perez Hilton blogged about Hutchinson's stuff, he shot up to the top ten downloads on ITunes.

OK, It's Alright With Me off this third album/major label debut, Sounds Like This, is a good catchy tune.

Spoon - The Underdog

The Austin, Texas indie band Spoon has a unique sound that changes with each release as they continue to explore their musical depths. The Underdog is off their latest album Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (great name, huh?) and has a bit of a darker feel than their previous releases.

Coldplay - Rainy Day

Coldplay has been a fixture on the charts for the last several years. For their latest album, they tapped Brian Eno as the producer and the result was Viva La Vida. Rainy Day is off the 2nd CD of the Viva La Vida/Prospekt's March, a release of the original Viva La Vida with several songs that did not make the original release.

The Like - Once Things Look Up

The Like is an all-girl trio from Los Angeles whose sound is along the lines of The Sundays. The children of musicians and producers, they formed in 2001 when they were still in their teens. In 2005, they were signed a contract and released their first full-length album, Are You Thinking What I'm Thinking?. Once Things Look Up is a good tune with mature lyrics for such a young group.

Marc Broussard - Lonely Night In Georgia

Marc Broussard is the son of Boogie Kings guitarist, Ted Broussard and the apple does not fall far at all from that tree. He is blessed with an awesome guff raspy blues voice ala John Hiatt and Dr. John. Lonely Night In Georgia is a great blues track off his sophomore release, Carencro (named after his hometown in Louisiana).

Snow Patrol - On/Off

Snow Patrol is Scottish band that formed in 1997. They only recently gained popularity in the US after their 2006 release, Open Eyes. Lead singer, Gary Lightbody, is the main songwriter of the group and writes good lyrics to go with the a solid indie-pop sound. In/Out off their 2nd album, When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up, is an excellent introduction to the group.

Colin Hay - My Brilliant Feat

Colin Hay is the former frontman for the successful 80's Australian Men At Work. He has continued to release solo material since Men at Work broke up. He's never had near the success of the early Men At Work releases, but still has fun writing songs, touring and doing small bit parts in movies and TV shows.

My Brilliant Feat off his sixth solo album, Going Somewhere, is a perfect example of his solo material and is a nice tune.