Listening to all this music over the last month, I kept on thinking how much this was like listening to “Free Form” on KRCC. The other day I was surprised, as I rarely can identify anything on that show. I heard a song that sounded familiar. I thought to myself, “I know that song.” It was “Nobody’s Gonna Love You” by Band of Horses, download number 8. On to the new stuff, the last seven free Starbucks “Song of the Day” selections. Number 31 was “Consider Me Gone” by Hilary McRae.

A wonderful, strong voice although a little masculine (Hilary is a woman). I liked the Chicago-style horns in the background. A really upbeat, pop song. John Mayer singing “Dreaming With a Broken Heart” was number 32. Definite Blues influence here on a Rock song. By the way, Mayer has a “Back To You” Fund, in which his non-profit organization focuses on funding health care, education, the arts and talent development.

He also sponsors “Another Kind of Green,” an effort to reverse the effects of global warming. He is leading by example as well, converting his tour bus to bio-diesel and looking at alternatives to plastics. “I Got It (What You Need)” by Galactic Lyrics Born, an interesting fusion of alternative rock, rap, electronics and lot more, was number 33. It was more like what I have been listening to with my daughter. There were a lot of fascinating percussions. Bebel Gilberto is a bossa nova performer.

She has the complete rights to that genre, being the daughter of Joao Gilberto, the “father of bossa nova.” I thought the name looked familiar. Astrud Gilberto, Joao’s first wife, performed “The Girl from Ipanema.” Here Bebel sings “Um Segundo” and even though she is not biologically related to Astrud (they were divorced and Joao remarried to Bebel’s mother), her style is lot the same. A thumbs up to download 34.