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Is It Hard to Get Into Music That's Not in Your Own Language?
I'm a fan of the Icelandic band Sigur Rós, and have especially enjoyed their newest album, Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust. But as much as I like them, they don't tend to get as much iPod love from me as other artists do, and I think it might be because I don't understand the lyrics to a lot of their songs (did you know the Icelandic language is a North Germanic language descended from Old Norse? I love Wikipedia).
Album Review: Yael Naim
We can get a taste of Yael Naim's light, pretty vocals pretty much anytime we turn on the TV these days and see that commercial for the MacBook Air, which uses Naim's sweet tune "New Soul." For those of you who want to hear more than just a 30-second snippet of the French-Israeli singer-songwriter, I highly recommend you check out her newly released (in the States, anyway) self-titled album. It is, in a word, lovely.
Buzz News Roundup, 2/8
- Martin Scorsese will focus on Bob Marley for his next music documentary, writes Variety.
- Yael Naim — the singer from the MacBook Air commercials — will have her album released in the U.S. in March, Billboard reports.
- ComingSoon has the news that Uma Thurman will play Nanny in the feature film version of Eloise in Paris.
- SalesGenie will be dropping the Chinese panda ad after viewers who saw it during the Super Bowl complained it was offensive, The New York Times reports.
- Woody Allen will cast Larry David and Evan Rachel Wood in his next project, according to Entertainment Weekly.
- Not surprisingly, Zap2it reports that kids these days are into Shrek and Miley Cyrus, at least according to the Kids Choice Awards nominations.
- Val Kilmer will replace Will Arnett as the voice of KITT in Knight Rider, Variety reports.
- Dominic Monaghan has been cast in a psychological thriller titled Pet, writes ComingSoon.
- Disney World is getting an American Idol-themed attraction, writes Hollywood Reporter.
Singer to Watch: Who’s Singing That MacBook Commercial?
I have a serious weakness for a pretty, quirky folk song a la Regina Spektor. When done well, songs out of this genre can feel so light and ethereal that you want to sprout wings and fly — or, buy a new laptop.
That’s at least what the folks over at Apple are hoping French-born Israeli singer Yael Naïm's song "New Soul" will inspire you to do, as they've featured it in their new MacBook Air TV spot.
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