New Music Monday 1/25/2010

I, like many others, sat with my family on the sofa and watched the 'Hope For Haiti' telethon this past Friday. I was overcome with emotion several times while watching and listening to the stories and songs. I can only hope that others were as compelled by the words and music and chose to donate what they could to help the people of Haiti.

One of my favorite performances of the night (and there were many) was Justin Timberlake's version of 'Hallelujah.' It was so beautiful. Lots of people were asking who the other guy that was singing and playing the guitar was. I did a little searching around and found out that his name is Matt Morris. Come to find out he is a former Mickey Mouse Club Member and has remained good buddies with JT since back in the day. Matt released an independant album called 'Unspoken' in 2002 and has performed at Bonnaroo, so he's definately not a new guy. And he just so happens to have a brand new album out - just released January 13th - called 'When Everything Breaks Open.' As soon as I listened to it, I fell in love. He sounds a bit like Sanders Bohlke which is a good thing - he's got that funky, folky, soulful thang going on. Here are a few songs from 'When Everything Breaks Open.'

'Bloodline'


'Let it Go'


'Money'


'In This House'


'The Un-American' (sounds like Bohemian Rhapsody!!! Love the lyrics!)


'Eternity' (JT sings back up on this one!!!)


There are lots of other songs on the album and each one is equally as good as the last. Now you know who "that guy" was that was singing with Justin Timberlake the other night!! I hope to hear a lot more of this "guy" in the future!!