Lenten listening

Part of my Lent thing is to listen to music. Really listen. Listen like I listened when I was a kid and could only afford one CD every blue moon. Listen even when I think I've decided such and such an album isn't very good, but it's there so I should give it another go.

You see, sometimes I prefer discovering new music to listening to music I already have. So I've set myself a rule: I can't listen to any album beginning with B until I've listened to everything beginning with A. You'd be surprised how rewarding it's been already, having listened to seven albums beginning with A!

And strangely, something that someone said recently in the wake of Whitney Houston's death has stuck with me, about how we tend to disrespect and certainly fail to appreciate the artists that impart colour to our lives. So I'm going to post some reviews here and on Amazon to say thanks! Why not?