I thought all along that I had been expanding my musical horizons, what with a teenage daughter listening to music I wouldn't normally turn on and "The World" on KRCC with their daily global hit.

Instead those horizons have been expanded by, of all places, Starbucks. No, it wasn't their piped-in music, but their music promotion.

Starbucks teamed up with iTunes and is offering a free download every day to the song of their choice. You go on in (or drive through) and as you get your triple-shot espresso, you can get a little card that allows you to download the song of the day to your computer (and potentially your iPod).

I was a bit skeptical. I was expecting songs about the glories of coffee (after all, what is Starbucks known for anyway?). Maybe even something just this side of elevator music. What I got was something else. Songs I won't probably hear on the radio (unless I find the right station) and definitely not on the same show.

The songs have been offered since Oct. 2 and will continue through Nov. 7, a different song each day. Here's how it's gone the first 10 days.

The first download was "Jokerman" by Bob Dylan. Not bad. Still sounds like the Bob Dylan I grew up who sang "Blowin' in the Wind," "Mr. Tambourine Man" or "Like a Rolling Stone." A little more upbeat, but still Bob Dylan.

Second was KT Tunstall performing "One Day." I know nothing about her. I had to find out that she is Scottish and is best known for her song, "Black Horse and a Cherry Tree." Her acoustic guitar work was a good segue from the Dylan song (if she had only been born about 30 years earlier, she would have fit in with the 60's folk scene). Might have to look up "Black Horse," which was performed by Katherine McPhee on "American Idol." This is definitely not bagpipe music.

Joni Mitchell singing "Night of the Iguana" was a surprise. This was not the Joni I remembered from "The Big Yellow Taxi" (more like the remix of that song on "Friends"). A little heavier on the electric guitar and an interesting Hispanic flavor.

Download four was Keith Urban singing "I Told You So." Again, someone I knew nothing about. For an Austrailian, he sounds awfully down-home American. (Hey, maybe there is a pattern here: Dylan is American, Tunstall is Scottish, Mitchell is Canadian, Urban is Austrailian...)

Emily King's "Moon" (number 5) reveals her roots. She is daughter of the international jazz duo of Marion Cowings and Kim Kalesti. It's a little jazzy and a little like the bossa nova sound found in "The Girl from Ipanema."

There is no doubting Mavis Staples' "We Shall Not Be Moved." This sixth offering is a civil rights song right out of the 60's in the same vein as "We Shall Overcome."

I tried to figure out what language number 7 was recorded in. It is "Roda" by CéU. I was thinking maybe French. With a little African influence, it wouldn't be hard to imagine that she is from one of the French colonies in Africa. But it was actually Portuguese and CéU is Brazilian. It is definitely an interesting selection.

When I came in for card 8, the barrista asked me if I really wanted it. I said, "Yes," and he said that it didn't sound as bad as the title might indicate. It was "No One's Gonna Love You" by Band of Horses. iTunes lists them as "Alternative," which I guess they are. I was going to look them up, but NPR's "Morning Edition" saved me the time on the computer. They did a feature on them, about how the two leads both are high school dropouts and after many years of trying, they have finally found their sound and moved back to South Carolina from Seattle. I still haven't made up my mind on this one yet, but I am glad I got the chance to hear it.

Now 9 took me back to someone I knew. Gloria Estefan singing "90 Millas." Going back to her roots, "90 Millas" is definitely a Cuban-inspired song. I like it, although I don't understand a word. Makes you want to get up and dance. I'm thinking that the 90 miles refers to the distance from the U.S. to Cuba (it is also the title for the CD).

Number 10 was by A Fine Frenzy (Alison Sudol), an indie-Rock singer/songwriter from Seattle. Nice voice and an interesting song.

Well, as I sit back sipping my venti Latte, I can't wait to find out what the next 27 songs will be. (A sneak preview on the Starbucks Web site indicates that Sir Paul McCartney is among those others, which includes Annie Lennox, John Fogerty and a bunch of other interesting-looking folks).