Connie Converse is an Artist Who Deserves Your Attention

Connie Converse's fate is still unknown. If she's still alive, I wonder if she keeps tabs on her songs. Does she have a Google Alert set up?
More on this wonderful singer here and here.

The Mermaid Parade

Last week was the Mermaid Parade. Dressed as mermaids, people gather and parade down the boardwalk of Coney Island. Phosphorescent has a beautiful, heartbreaking song set during the parade. I saw him play a devastating version of it before he released To Willie and I'd been waiting for the studio version ever since. His album Here's to Taking It Easy was released last month and on it is a version of this song that is already one of my favorites of the year.
The Mermaid Parade-Phosphorescent