I’m usually reluctant to recommend music to the broader VC audience, as the music I’m most passionate about can be an acquired taste. (Someday Bobby Hutcherson will be a household name, I swear, but until the Great Vibes Revolution I’ll keep relatively mum about him.) But I would guess a lot of readers would like the music of Erin Bode. She’s in the same rough jazz/folk category as Norah Jones, but Bode has much more character and personality. I recently picked up her new MaxJazz CD, Over and Over, and I find it a very engaging work. You can listen to some of the tracks in their entirety over at Bode’s MySpace page; I recommend starting with “Holiday.”