Music: Colbie Caillat

Perusing iTunes the other day, I discovered a new artist I really enjoy: Colbie Caillat. She kind of looks like a young Jennifer Aniston, but has an awesome voice hiding behind that big smile. According to a review on iTunes, she was the number one unsigned artist on MySpace. Her first album Coco makes me think of Jason Mraz because I don't skip any of the songs on the album -- much like Mraz's first album. Though she isn't as improvisational as Mraz (who is?), she sounds unrehearsed, genuine and unpretentious, which are three awesome qualities I find in Mraz's style.

The tone of her voice is rich and goes down as smooth as honey. Her voice kind of reminds me of Joss Stone's, but more controlled and lovely. I'd love to see her do a song or two with Mraz; they would compliment each other quite nicely.

Her music is something I would play when I just want to feel warm and good -- on a road trip, or, better yet, while walking down the beach. I definitely recommend checking her out!