This week's episode features the music of Miami-based downtempo artist Raul Ramirez, a former drummer in numerous rock bands who began a solo project and has produced two excellent downtempo CDs. When I listened to these CDs, I knew there was no way I could pick just one song to play. There is some great music here, folks.

Playlist for Dave's Lounge #69:

1. Unalienable Rights (from Ecomusica Vol. 2)
2. Can't Stand Still (from Ecomusica Vol. 1)
3. Crouching Body, Hidden Spirit (from Ecomusica Vol. 1)
4. Centered (from Ecomusica Vol. 2)
5. Amsterdam (from Ecomusica Vol. 2)
6. Plans (feat. Angie Giles -- from Ecomusica Vol. 2)

If you like the music you hear in this episode, please show some love to this excellent artist by purchasing his CDs.

Click here to purchase Ecomusica Vol. 2 from CD Baby.
Click here to purchase Ecomusica Vol. 2 from iTunes.

Click here to purchase Ecomusica Vol. 1 from CD Baby.
Click here to purchase Ecomusica Vol. 1 from iTunes.
Click here to download Ecomusica Vol. 1 from eMusic.

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I've been using Digg's new podcast section to listen to shows at work. It's actually quite useful...

Playlist for Dave's Lounge #68:

1. DJ Blue, "Mind Field " Download from: CCMixter
2. Echocell, "Soul Hangover " Buy from: iTunes
3. Shrift, "As Far As I Can See" Buy from: eMusic | iTunes | Amazon
4. Ella Blame, "How Things Have Changed" Buy from: iTunes | CD Baby
5. Rodrigo Rodriguez, "Stone Heart" Buy from: eMusic | iTunes
6. Softys, "One More Night" Download from: Softys.net

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Dave's Lounge has returned for 2007 -- no thanks to Verizon DSL, who seem to have throttled the upload speed from my house down to about 40 Kbps. Once again, I'm uploading this show using the Panera Bread Wi-Fi spot down the street.

I hope everyone out there enjoyed the holidays. The holiday here lasted a little longer than expected, but only because I had so many emails and music submissions to sort through -- and I'm still going through them, so if you're waiting for a reply from me, sit tight. Lots of great music is ahead this year.

Thanks to everyone who sent feedback on the iTunes links. Based on your feedback, I have decided to bring back iTunes links and including them with eMusic, Amazon, CD Baby and other links as appropriate. Nobody likes DRM, but everybody likes choices, so I will try to give you more choices to help support artists in the future. I've also taken the Dave's Lounge Shop down for the time being, but I plan to bring it back soon, hopefully in a much better form than it was.

Oh, and if you dig Dave's Lounge, please Digg Dave's Lounge. I'll include the link to the Digg podcast page for Dave's Lounge at the bottom of the show notes and in the sidebar. If you have a Digg account, you should check out their new podcast section. It's pretty slick.

Playlist for Dave's Lounge #67:

1. Leigh Nash, "Just a Little" Buy from: iTunes | eMusic | Amazon
2. David Miles Huber and Marcell Marias, "Innerbase" Buy from: 51bpm.com
3. Newton's Telescopic Lens, "Schrodinger's cat"
4. The Winston Giles Orchestra, "Welcome to the Hotel" Buy from: iTunes | eMusic | Amazon
5. Jette-Ives, "Thin Ice" Buy from: iTunes | Amazon
6. Mark Smith, "Awaken"

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