Tiger LilyI Wanna Be Your Friend: Sir Lord Von Raven
I recently received a MySpace friend request from Sir Lord Von Raven , an Oakland-based artist specializing in "Healing & Easy Listening/Christian/ Roots Music." That descriptor alone is enough to make me run to the hills faster than a bunch of Iron Maiden fans being chased by teeth-baring werewolves on All Hallow's Eve, but apparently, it's just SLVR being cheeky: his MySpace tunes sound nothing like the Yanni meets the Blind Boys of Ala