Lovely Day

It's a lovely day in Atlanta and no reason to wait on the sunshine, it fills the sky. I'm humming the hit song by Bill Withers after giving this blog post its title;-) I am listening to one of my favorite Atlanta radio stations that plays classical music from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m., WABE 90.1 FM which plays a variety of programs all morning into the afternoon. I've mentioned this station before, but wanted to showcase it again. City Cafe' with host John Lemley is coming up next at noon so tune in as the station streams live online.

As I was looking around for interesting stories that I might share in the post, I came across this one from the NPR website on their Planet Money page. It's about a man that makes beautiful suits, but he can't afford to buy one. Check out the story here and I think you will agree that he has a unique talent indeed.

Sunday Piano Music

I thought some wonderful piano music might be a good way to ease into Sunday evening. This is a great listen and the pianist is Leif Ove Andsnes. You can read more about him on NPR which always brings spectacular music to listeners.

Live jazz all weekend long

Enjoy the 2012 Newport Jazz Festival all weekend long brought to us by NPR. The jazz performances have been dynamite and I love jazz.

Tiny Desk Concert

I listen to these Tiny Desk Concerts on NPR quite often and heard this one other day and really enjoyed it. The singer is from Copenhagen, Denmark and goes by the name CALLmeKAT. I wanted to share it with my readers even though we're not at our desks at work, you might be catching up on things in the home office during the Labor Day holiday weekend. She performs three songs and you can check out the full story by heading over to the NPR website. Hope you like it!

All-Female Band

I remember listening to the story a few months back on NPR's Morning Edition about Drummer Terri Lyne Carrington's plans to record with an All-Female band for their Mosiac Project. A tune from the new release is available for a free download, see below. If you would like to learn more about how the Project evolved and her style which is described as funk, rock & jazz all rolled into one, visit A Blog Supreme over on NPR.