Blair - Straight From The Plutonian Music Scene

Every once and awhile a musician comes along that really grabs your attention. That one voice that makes you go "oh" or those few lines that make you grin ever so easily. Blair, anything but an alien species, is an intriguing female artist out of N'awlins who's rising faster than the launch of the latest NASA telescope that'll tell us (again) Pluto is not a planet. Her first EP, titled Pluto, is used as a metaphor for the impact Katrina had on New Orleans. Many of you are aware that the end of last year saw scientists claim Pluto would no longer be considered a planet. Blair felt it was a great metaphor for New Orleans saying, "Something is one way all your life, then all of a sudden, it totally changes.” Something that doesn't change on her own Pluto is solid song after solid song.

[MP3] Blair - Wolfboy
[MP3] Blair - Mona Lisa

Some like to describe her as Dolly Parton meets Radiohead, which is an eyebrow raising combination indeed, but this musical southern belle will strike more comparisons to Jenny Lewis. Their style of music is similar, but Blair has a far superior voice that hinges on melodic overtones and not the Lewis-like talk/sing style. Her smooth voice is almost what you'd expect to come from a New Orleans native, but it's the delicate arrangements and appealing songwriting that'll reel in a listener hook, line, and sinker. "Mona Lisa" showcases her songwriting skills while a large vocal landscape is painted with just three words "oh my God" from "Wolfboy". At 23 and fresh out of college, Blair can put the Big Easy back on the musical map as much more than just a famed jazz hotspot.

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