A Decade of Music (Also Some Poetry and Enneagram Stuff)

[Idioteque Stalker]

- Album #15 -



Needle Paw - Nai Palm

Virtuosity is often a stumbling block for creativity. Few things are less interesting to me than someone playing an instrument as if to say, “Here are the notes! I’m playing all the right ones!” But sometimes—very rarely, in my experience—a musician comes along who allows their incredible talents to become tools with which to fulfill a unique vision. Nai Palm has the musical chops of jazz, the voice of honest-to-god soul, and the guts to recontextualize Bowie, Hendrix, and Radiohead songs within the realm of acoustic turn-of-the-century r&b. The result is a bold and generous record, complete with roughly a thousand little hair-raising moments.

I think Needle Paw is a healthy type 3. According to the Enneagram Institute: “Self-assured, energetic, and competent with high self-esteem: they believe in themselves and their own value. Adaptable, desirable, charming, and gracious.”