All summer long, I’ve been reaching for my advance copy of Donavon Frankenreiter’s album, Pass It Around. Somehow, it just sounds right in the summer, because it’s an easygoing album. Yet, it’s not boring - cool melodies all the way around. I keep gravitating toward “Too Much Water,” because the lyrics remind me of a charity bike ride I did earlier this summer for the Blood:Water Mission, which strives to bring clean water to Africa. Some of the cyclists rode all the way from Los Angeles to Washington D.C. (Not me, though. I was satisfied with a 25-mile loop in Nashville.) Even though summer is almost over, my guess is that I’ll still be listening to this one in the months to come.
8/19/2008