Josh Rouse

I recently got a hold of The Best of the Rykodisc Years by Josh Rouse.  I wondered how it was that I had never heard of this guy when he already had a best of album, but then I looked on Allmusic.com and they agreed it was a little early for a best of album, but that it was still good.  It is good.  He's a great songwriter, and from the looks of it somewhat prolific (8 albums in the past 10 years), so I think we can look forward to hearing from this guy for a while.  His songs are usually mellow and slightly melancholic, yet upbeat and poppy.  Here's "Directions" (though there were quite a few of his songs up on Imeem if you want to listen to more):