I waxed nostalgic this month and added Journey and Boston to my music collection. I had forgotton how good 70s arena rock could be. I also (finally) replaced a Social Distortion album that I loaned out at some point and never got back. Their cover of Ring of Fire is good times.

This week I picked up the new Alanis Morissette album. I have to say that I like it more than anything she’s done since Jagged Little Pill. Her style has certainly evolved–her latest sound is like a cross between her older music and Goldfrapp’s Supernature.

The last artist to mention isn’t new at all, but I’ve somehow lived under a rock so long that I had never heard of Stacey Kent. Her album Close Your Eyes from back in 1997 is nice vocal jazz. She covers ten old jazz songs and has a very appealing voice.