As we depart from the nonsense that is Winter and dive headlong into pollen-filled, sinus-breaking, gloriously sunny early days of Spring, you too may get the urge to sit outside on your back deck on a Saturday morning and chill.
Back deck sitting is one of my favorite pastimes and often when I do some of my best reading and thinking.
In my world, sitting and chilling means there will be music in the background, preferably something chill and mostly instrumental.
I’ve been jamming on Hermanos Gutiérrez for a bit now and just loving these brothers more and more each time I listen.
Here’s their NPR Tiny Desk concert from early 2013 to give you a good intro to their music.
After reading a comment on that particular video, I found another band with similar vibes called Khruangbin.
This trio from Houston, Texas, is heavily inspired by 1960s and ’70s funk and soul from Thailand, of all places. That musical passion has taken them on a journey that incorporates music from Spain, Ethiopia, and the…
