Big ups to RoVa for putting me on this one. I have been listening to this entire album all weekend long. The twenty-three year old songstress has a beautiful soft, yet classic voice that would make any Jazz lover an instant fan. Think Madeleine Peyroux and Norah Jones backed by Jack Johnson's acoustic production. I [...]

If you've been reading us for a while, you know we love our festival previews. With Bonnaroo coming this weekend, here's our picks to click, starting at he bottom of the lineup and working our way up. I'm going to skip the top of the bill since I assume you know who these Springsteen and Beastie Boys fellow are.... Zee Avi- I already posted her brilliant Morrissey cover. Here's her single and another great cover (White Stripes). Amazing voice proving you don't have to be loud to move me, despite what you've been saying about me. [...]

Meet Zee aka KoKoKaina, okay nevermind she's going by Zee Avi now. 23 year old Malaysian Zee is the YouTube phenom who got discovered and is now signed to Brushfire Records , Jack's shack. She is like a girl version of Jack Johnson, musically speaking; in her new self-titled album she gives us a high five of purely sweet and catchy songs with her voice's ever so subtle notes. Get some hints of jazz and folk in there too. My coworker Miro says she's has elements of Regina Spektor, Corinne BR, and other [...]

You know when you look at an artist and get some weird preconception of how they'd sound? And most of the time, it's not that far off? Well a lil' lady by the name of Zee Avi popped up in my inbox the other day and after watching her "Bitter Heart" video, which you can watch below, I was completely blown away and I immediately got the album. I have yet to listen to it as I'm catching up on some old new stuff but a review will come in a few weeks, hopefully. She goes by the name of [...]

Just ahead of her Arts Fest appearance on June 6, Zee Avi will be releasing her eponymous debut Album on May 19 through Jack Johnson's Brushfire Records. Read more and order a copy here . Here's the brand new video for the song "Bitter Heart" (which we featured on the Arts Fest preview playlist here ).