You know when you hear something that sends tingles up the back of your neck? This is one of those – Ray Lamontagne‘s song Trouble. I also found it as a video.

I’ve had two other such experiences recently. One was Antony and the Johnsons‘ song Fistful of Love. The snippet you hear there is mostly the schmaltz talk at the beginning (I am a bit dubious about that aspect of the mp3s there), whereas most of the song isn’t like that. As someone said, his voice nails you to the wall.

The other was an Australian group called Aajinta. They are a trio who make atmospheric or ambient music with cello, clarinet, didgeridoo and harmonic voices. On 6th October they are launching a CD called Harmonic Spheres which will be featured on Lucky Ocean’s ‘The Planet’ on the same night. Their address for ordering is aajinta.

Did you ever see Janis Joplin’s wonderful Maybe on the Ed Sullivan Show? I only saw it recently. It is so absolutely intense that every time I see it I get tingles and goosebumps and feel like a wrung out rag after watching it.

Updated links 2015