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Taking a break from sessions this week and diving into no genre in particular. Tonight it's 60's Folk-Pop-Psych icon Donovan and one of the Jazzier selections from his Mellow Yellow album of 1967, The Observation. With the exception of his debut, most of his earlier projects of the 60's were a combination of Folk, Pop, Psychedelia and a nod in the direction of Cool-School Jazz. Usually making for an interesting and somewhat eclectic listening experience, it also tried to deflect from the stereotype that Donovan was presented to mainstream music as a sort of Bob Dylan-Lite, which just wasn't true. But in the world of pigeon-holes, he had to be put in one, and as we all know, Jazz isn't big commercially.

So here's Donovan's nod to Beat-Poetry and Word Jazz from 1967.

Something a little different tonight. Not your average rock band and certainly not your average World Music assemblage. Las Rubias del Norte was actually the brainchild of two very talented Classical singers; Emily Hurst and Allyssa Lamb, who thought it would be a rewarding and challenging experience to comb the hefty annals of Latin American Music and toss in their two cents and come up with something truly unique.

And Las Rubias del Norte is unique. Having been together a little over four years they've gotten a good word of mouth going world wide. With three albums to their credit. Tonight it's a track off their latest album and the haunting French tune J'Attends un Navire.

It's Monday - time to get experimental

Mimmo Locasciulli has been around for quite a while. With 15 albums to his credit and huge reputation in Europe, he's been associated with the likes Tom Waits and Leonard Cohen. But strangely, his name doesn't seem to register as easily over here in the States. Too bad.

I'm considering devoting this week to checking out what's happening in the Global Music scene, as I've been remiss the last few months really digging around to see what's new and interesting coming out of the non-English speaking part of the world. As is always the case - lots.

Tonights Mimmo track is from his 2006 album Sglobal. The tasty, hypnotic and oh-so mysterioso Carrere Baby was issued (I think) as a single. But it's kind of a moot point. It's a great track and further evidence there is a lot going on in the music world besides Lady Gaga.

Check it out and check out his other stuff and stay tuned for more of the World Tour this week.

(The Vogues - um . . the Belgian band, not the 60s softrock group)

Continuing our MySpace romp through the world of unsigned/indie bands I ran across The Vogues, a Belgian post-punk outfit from Brussels who bear no resemblance whatsoever to the 60s soft-rock vocal group of the same name.

These Vogues have been together for a while (2007 according to the MySpace page) and are putting out their first ep which think this track, In And Out, is from.

Not for all tastes, especially if you were looking forward to something light, mellow and maybe folky tonight.

But still worth a listen and worth checking out if the verdict is good.

(Quiero Club - the 3,277th most popular band on the Internet - and don't you forget it)

Something pop,alternative, indie, synth, club, Tropical and Experiemental tonight. Quiero Club is from Monterrey Mexico and have a pretty good word of mouth going in the Latin club and festival scene. They had a sizable hit in 2005, toured quite a bit and now have a new album out, which was picked up by an indie label in the states - Nueva America was issued in Mexico in 2008 and in the U.S. in 2009. This track La Muerte de Ziggy is off the album. So if this appeals, check out the rest of the album and expand your world music horizon.

It's healthy and it gives you the cultural edge.