This is normally Xeno’s gig, largely because I know nothing about music, but I’m going to give it a shot because I am really enjoying this album I just bought.

At one point Yo Yo Ma was the only cellist I could name off the top of my head, but no more!  What’s funny is the name of the artist is right there in the comments of the strip, but I dismissed it, because I assumed a cellist would be boring. Untrue.  Zoe Keating is one hell of an ass-kicker as far as cellists are concerned (other than Apocolyptica, I suppose).  I have been listening to One Cello x 16: Natoma on repeat for the last 4 hours. At times I do wish the pace quickened a bit, but for the most part I am blown away by this.  The music is  bringing two of the types of music I love together in an interesting way (classical and rock that is — some music geeks may be able to better identify sub-genres for you, I will just say this music is kickin’).

Anyway, I give it two thumbs up, and at only seven something dollars on iTunes, it is a steal.