EXPLORE All The Shades of Grey

Runaway Sybarite with Psapp Temporary Residence		The song plays as Izzie and Bailey look onto their new "Denny Duquette Memorial" clinic. Cristina considers her ring. Meredith prepares to speak with her mother.
Elevator Music Beck Interscope		The song plays as Izzie and Alex offer a patient a free consultation. Ellis and Cristina talk about Meredith.
Barracuda Miho Hatori Rykodisc		The song plays as Vincent learns about his girlfriend. Cristina begs to be included in a surgery. Meredith warns Derek about her mother but Derek talks to Ellis anyway.
Canal Song Iain Archer PIAS/Wall Of Sound		The song plays as Meredith talks with Richard about life and change.
Believer Susanna & The Magical Orchestra		The song plays as Richard and Ellis talk about Meredith and their past relationship.
Fireworks The Whitest Boy Alive K7		The song plays as Cristina and Burke share a moment.

I just returned from a very cool international music conference called MIDEM that is held every year in Cannes, France. I spoke on a listening session panel about Music Supervision and Grey's Anatomy and also co-hosted a shindig at the Carlton Hotel with Zync Music. The lovely and talented Kate Havnevik performed and it fantastic to see her and chat a bit. Always for me, the highlight of MIDEM is being introduced to new international labels and gathering new material. I left with new tracks from Berlin's Morr Music, CDs and LPs from Record Makers in Paris and outstanding songs from Iceland's Ampop.

Tonight's episode (with the exception of Beck) synchs bands all or partly from overseas. The first track in the episode," Runaway" is performed by Sybarite, a New York based indie/electronica artist with guest vocals by Psapp (the writer-performers of the Grey's Anatomy theme). Other featured songs include the sublime "Fireworks" performed by Berlin's The Whitest Boy Alive, "Barracuda" by Miho Hatori - ex-lead chanteuse of the groundbreaking alternative rock band Cibo Matto She is now based in New York after getting her start in Japan, "Believer" by Norway's Susanna & The Magical Orchestra. (We synched Susanna's cover of "Love Will Tear Us Apart" in the beginning of January and received emails and comments from many fervent Joy Division fans), and finally the exquisite "Canal Song" performed by London/Belfast's Iain Archer. Rock Historians will want to note that Iain was once a member of Snow Patrol.