We had just finished hiking in the beautiful Arches NP and we were driving back to the camp area in which we spent the night while visiting the Moab area. We were just flipping the radio back and forth trying to find something interesting to listen and we somehow ended up listening to KZMU, a local radio station. The show was promoting a local artist,LX Skye. (thinking back we thought his name was Alex Skye, but never mind that). Among random tidbits about how he developed his style and how he mixes his music we got the chance to listen to some of his creations. Actually, you can see the whole playlist from that day here: http://www.kzmu.org/playlist.cfm?mode=display&id=4474
Something special about the voice, or maybe the guitar, the rhythm, the way some of the tracks sounded as country, while others reminded us of jazz  or rock… we don’t know precisely what it was.  The idea is that after listening to Stuck In Albuquerque we were hooked. The way genres are mixed within the songs is simply brilliant.
When we returned from vacation I looked up the songs, but apart from the playlist above I couldn’t find anything else. Rather disappointing. After that we forgot about this artist for a while until I recently decided to look him up again. Surprise:
http://www.amazon.com/LX-Skye/dp/B003VNIZ3M
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/LXSkye
http://www.store.limewire.com/store/app/pages/artist/ArtistHome/artistId/524685/
I kid you not, for the first time in my life I actually bought a whole album online (it has 2 parts so it’s actually 2 albums: Skyeology & Skyeology 2). It’s that good.
Favourite songs (the best of the best :) ) in this order:
Let’s Go Sailing
I Will Not Go Quietly Into The Night
Stuck in Albequerque
The Theme From the Monkey Wrench Gang
Let’s Dance
Listen to My Heartbeat
Heal Me