Occasionally I get a complete music-boner for a particular song.


I'll listen to it at least 3-4 times a day. Very often singing along loudly, with or without the right words. It probably drives my husband nuts but he's sweet so, if it does make him mental, he doesn't complain.

I've noticed that often the songs that really grab me are great male-female duets. When a duet really works, there's just something so perfect and brilliant about two contrasting voices singing the same song. Let's not talk about bad duets though. They are the stuff of nightmares really.

Lately, I've been all about The Civil Wars. Pretty much any damn song they do is genius but in particular, "I've Got This Friend" is as about as perfect as a song can get. I've literally been walking to work singing that song out loud like a crazy person because I can't help myself. Take a few minutes and listen to that. Then listen to it again and tell me you don't want to sing along. If you don't like that song, I don't think we can be friends.

Ok, for those of you who did enjoy that song, I have a couple more endorsements from my "duets I'm obsessed with" playlist:

• Ben Folds and Regina Spektor "You Don't Know Me"
• Liam Frost and Martha Wainwright "Your Hand in Mine" (shocking because normally I can't stand Martha)
• Steve Earle and Emmylou Harris "I Will Remember You" (sorry, can't find a damned link, it's on his brilliant album "Jerusalem": do check it out)
• Edward Sharp and the Magnetic Zeros "Home"
• Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova "Falling Slowly" (hell, anything with these two from the "Once" soundtrack or their band Swell Season)

Ok, I'll cut myself off there.

I'd be delighted if anyone had any other suggestions for duets I can use to feed my addiction. And torture my poor husband with my lame vocal stylings.