And the only prescription is some new music that I play on. In this case, my good friend Genevieve has been working hard on her first album for a long time now, and it’s finally finished and ready for an eager public to soak it in. She’s a pop/folk singer-songwriter, and this record is chock full of well-crafted tunes, organic sounding production and interesting arrangements (plus lots of great vocals and harmonies by Genevieve, who has an uncommonly good singing voice). I play most of the acoustic guitars on the CD, plus I rock some electric and even mandolin on one track. A few fellow Shaimus fellas (Shaimites?) were heavily involved in the production, so it’s got that going for it, too.

So go ahead and take a listen… You can hear four full songs in all their glory on her Myspace profile, or hear long samples of every song (and buy the damn thing) at CD Baby. This is music for a rainy day. Or a sunny day. Or for night time. Maybe even dusk or dawn. But only dawn if you’ve been up all night. Otherwise, just stay in bed.