May 04, 2009 By Kyle Lemmon

Los Angeles folk singer Mia Doi Todd has described her first instrumental music album as "a good way to start the day, though it's not just for the morning. It's music to listen to while cooking dinner or making a list of things to do or taking a long, deep breath, or for writing your first screenplay." Todd's description seems apt when listening to Morning Music. Influenced by customary Indian, West African, and Middle Eastern music, this seven-track, 44-minute suite drones along as pleasant background music. More