Happy Anniversary Music Monday! Celebrating with Cole Porter and Myrkur

Seems like forever since I played along with XmasDolly's Monday Music Moves Me. I popped over to StacyUncorked when I had a minute, found out that today is the 5 year anniversary of this fun tune-filled blog hop and had to jump on the bandwagon.

Today's theme is a freebie, so here is what has been playing in my house this week. The Dude (now that he is going into jr high I'm not supposed to call him "Little Dude" anymore; mind you he is almost as tall as I am, so I get it) discovered Cole Porter through one of his post apocalyptic video games and was pleasantly surprised to find that his old Mom has a ton of "old people music" (his words, not mine) on these ancient things called CDs. He was even happier to find that the Amazon Prime music library has a ton of free Cole Porter, covered by just about everyone. 

The thing about Mr. Porter, he seriously gets under the skin. Listen to Anything Goes a few times and you WILL be humming it. Nothing like the classics.

To counteract the earworms (& simply because I'm hooked)  I've been listening to the prereleased tracks of Mykur's album coming out August 21. Not everyone's cup of tea, but I'm liking it much more than I expected. You can catch it early on Youtube (among other places).

I've read that she's coming from a pop music background. Quite a change. Here's a short where she talks about her music a bit:

So, what are you listening to lately? Please share. Join in the fun - looks like there are even giveaways this week, for some extra celebrations! 

---------------Side Note--------------

If you pop by here now and then, you may notice that I've been crazy inconsistent with blogging for a while. (For consistency and content, you'll want to time machine back a few years.) Now-a-days I'll chatter away in my nut... but then the clock ticks faster than expected... and life-stuff beckons. (How many cliche's can you lick before getting to the center?) The plan was to share 2 tutorials last week and a review....but life happened. I addition to the usual distractions, I'm consulting on an unexpected project that dropped into my lap. It is all very hush hush for a couple of months, but is super cool, out of my comfort zone... and I can't wait to share eventually!

That said, I probably won't be around this week but will return with those reviews and projects, as well as random thoughts (& tunes) before the month ends. It is also our 23rd wedding anniversary, so the family is hitting the road for a few days of fun before the school year starts again.

Hope you have a wonderful week and a creative day! And be sure to check out the Music Monday blog hop. Never know, you might be one of the lucky winners.