Today is a special day for me because I finally got a hold of the highly anticipated 3rd (adult) album by Nikka Costa. I have been waiting since 2005′s can’tneverdidnothin’. Her albums always seem to come out at turning points in my life and I have cherish every single one of the. Everybody’s Got Their Something came out during my coming-of-age period and the sophomore album came out in a very transitional period. Now this one is here and I don’t know what it will signify, but I have in inkling.

Anyway, when I accidently met her this past June I could have sworn she told me it was going to be called Pebble To A Bone, but it turns out it is called Pebble To A Pearl. In any case, they are both good titles. She was very funny and had a great sense of humor. She was surprised she had fans from “the desert” and invited me to her concert that night, but I had a prior engagement to celebrate someone’s birthday that was very special to me. 

To me she is Alicia Keys without the radio slant. Janis Joplin preened for this century. I basically adore her sultry voice and soulful beats. I am having a first listen now and I am impressed.

We both had just woken up.