As long as we're sort of wandering today, you want to hear an absolute masterpiece? Get thyself to iTunes and grab Shawn Colvin's Another Plane Went Down, from the Whole New You album.

I have been a Shawn Colvin fan forever. This one grabs you every time you listen to it, without fail. It's not her normal folk guitar-driven thing, but a very complex and layered piece of work. You have to really listen to what's going on with the instruments to realize how rich it is.

This is so good that I listened to it on the airplane on the way to and from Alaska, kind of unusual given the story it tells.

Everything Shawn does is worth listening to. Try Shotgun Down The Avalanche (what a great title!) when you're done with the planes and see if you don't end up dropping several dollars on iTunes if you haven't heard her before. She is supposed to release a new album sometime in the next couple of months, last I heard. This is a fantastic artist, worthy of the term. Hell of a guitar player, too.