It's been a few weeks since the last installment of the In Dee Mail playlist series - songs sent to us in via email and post from artists and bands around the world. In this installment, listen to great new songs from Los Angeles musician Vincent Minor and Arkansas singer-songwriter Chase Pagan.

It's not surprising that people compare Vincent Minor to Rufus Wainwright - the likeness is uncanny but distinguishable enough to stand on it's own. A self-described lover of children's books and 1930's music, Minor composes and performs sharp, catchy piano pop songs.

"Late Night Show" - Vincent Minor from Born in the Wrong Era, out May 26th on Social Science Records.

Watch and listen a Minor cover of "Lost Cause" by Beck
Vincent Minor on MySpace

Though he’s a twenty-something year-old from the small town of Mountain Home, Arkansas, the music of Chase Pagan sounds like someone with a life time of experience with musical eras and subcultures. Pagan's new album, Bells & Whistles, channels honky-tonk theatricality, the stripped-down intimacy of a folk troubadour and the visceral nature of independent rock music.

"Life Garden" - Chase Pagan from Bells & Whistles (June 9)

"Gun and the Sword" - Chase Pagan from Bells & Whistles

Chase Pagan on MySpace

See past posts from the In Dee Mail playlist series.

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