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A Day In The Life Of Zee Avi

This past week, Paste photographer Kirk Stauffer spent a day with recent Paste mPlayer cover artist Zee Avi at the Crocodile Cafe in Seattle, Wash. on Oct 11.  read more

Zee Avi: Beach Vibes From Borneo

On Borneo’s Malaysian-controlled north coast is the city of Miri, where Izyan Alirahman was born. Today she’s known as Zee Avi, and the singer/songwriter/guitarist/ukulele-player is headed back to Borneo—any minute.  read more

Zee Avi: Ghostbird

After a quick, albeit passive, introduction to the first few tracks of Ghostbird, it’s hard not to lump the record’s polished collection of purposefully laid-back observations into the worn-out “let’s throw a bonfire and forget about our troubles” class of summer-exploiting ditties. And while the comfortable and simplistic style of Zee Avi’s latest LP will likely be compared by some to Jack Johnson’s overly saccharine past releases, after a few listens, the Malaysian singer-songwriter’s sophomore effort reveals an experience that, besides its scattered moments of monotony, is far too pleasant to waste the effort necessary to point out its flaws....  read more

This Week’s New Album Releases (8/23/2011)

This week sees, among others, the highly anticipated release of Stephen Malkmus’ Mirror Traffic. The Beck-produced album is Malkmus’ fifth, and his first since the super-successful Pavement reunion tour.   read more

Lilith Fair 2010 Featuring Newcomers Brandi Carlile, Janelle Monae, Miranda Lambert

Next year’s Lilith Fair revival will feature Brandi Carlile, Janelle Monae and Miranda Lambert among festival veterans Tegan and Sara, Indigo Girls and Sheryl Crow....  read more

Watch Zee Avi Live at Paste

Click the image to watch Zee Avi perform a few songs live in the Paste studio.Related links:ZeeAvi.comZee Avi on MySpace...  read more

Five Reasons Why Globalization Rocks

The world is getting smaller. We're increasingly more connected to folks around the world and have broader access to other cultures' news and arts than ever before. We at Paste are continually excited as global collaborations in the vein of Paul Simon and Ladysmith Black Mombazo's Graceland seem to be springing up every day. Some are made possible by the ease of modern travel, others by the infinite potential for exploration in the internet's music library and the growing bandwidth that allows musicians to telecommute across continents, laying down synth in Brooklyn and drumbeats in Bangkok. Here's a list that...  read more

Artist of the Week: Zee Avi

Zee Avi is finally home—sort of. The 23-year-old has just returned to her new digs in Costa Mesa, Calif., while on break from the tour that’s had her on the road since May...  read more

Zee Avi: Brushfire Records & Monotone Present Zee Avi

The marquee-style album title is telling here...  read more