Monday, December 31, 2018

2018 E2TG Earie Awards - # 11 - Recap November 2018



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Playing catch-up. Here is the final Shuffle of 2018. This was the music I listened to on December 21. It is a recap of the music featured on E2TG in November 2018.

Coming soon: Some wrap-up comments, a few extra Earie Awards, and the 2018 Bands and Artists of the Year. Wednesday, we begin 2019 with our first shuffle of the new year.



2018 E2TG Earie Awards - # 10 - Recap October 2018



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I  hope everyone is having a good holiday season or at least making it through,,,,

Best laid plans... well, I had timed it out so that I could recap January through November - one month at a time to end on my last day of work for the year, which was December 21.  Unfortunately, in between I had a couple of days where I didn't have time to finish and post my shuffle.  Meanwhile, my holiday has flown by and now here we are on the last day of the year.  So, let me see what I can do.

Today's shuffle - which I listened to back on the 20th is from October 2018.

November 2018 recap should follow shortly, if all goes as planned - which it rarely does.

Friday, December 21, 2018

2018 E2TG Earie Awards - # 9 - Recap September 2018



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Today is the last scheduled E2TG Shuffle until after the New Year, however, since we are running to days behind, there are two more shuffles plus some miscellaneous posts which will come during the time I am off work.

Today, we are up to September 2018.  We have more Earies to hand out, plus some previous 2018 Earie winners returning...

Thursday, December 20, 2018

2018 E2TG Earie Awards - # 8 - Recap August 2018



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I realize that I never actually stated this, but clearly December has been solely about recapping the first eleven months of 2018.  I have a ton of new music ready to go in January.   Today, we are up to August 2018.  Back in August, we didn't think summer would ever end.  And it didn't completely end until sometime in October (or at least that is how I remember it).

More Earies and some previous Earie winners return.

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

2018 E2TG Earie Awards - # 7 - Recap July 2018



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Still running a couple of days behind, but we will make it. This is day 7 of the 2018 Earie Awards. Our recap today comes from the balmy month of July 2018. Let's go!

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

2018 E2TG Earie Awards - # 6 - Recap June 2018



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I'm back, finally.  Since Friday, I have listened to and started posts, but due to some extracurricular activities on my part, I haven't been able to finish the posts.  So, I'm just going to press on and post them one at a time as I finish them.  We will start with our 6th "Earie" post and our recap of June 2018.  In June, E2TG celebrating seven years with a Residency at The 5 Spot in East Nashville.

Let's get right to the shuffle!

Thursday, December 13, 2018

2018 E2TG Earie Awards - # 5 - Recap May 2018



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I was out of the office yesterday, so let's jump back into our Earie Awards and our Recap of 2018. We are now up to May 2018.  E2TG began its eighth year during the month of May, and we had some cool artists and tunes to feature that month. Let's go!


Tuesday, December 11, 2018

2018 E2TG Earie Awards - # 4 - Recap April 2018



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Jumping back into our 2018 Recap!  We are up to April 2018.  Today's shuffle comes from a playlist of songs we featured that month. And in the midst of this shuffle, we will hand out a few additional Earie Awards.

Let's go!

Monday, December 10, 2018

Music City Monday Morning Shuffle - Hearts and Bones Mix



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Hey, I've done the math, and I can get through the year recap and still do this week's and next week's Music City Monday shuffle.  So, we will detour from the Earies - just a bit - but there may be some embedded Earies in this shuffle.... so you better read up...

Friday, December 7, 2018

2018 E2TG Earie Awards - # 3 - Recap March 2018



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Last night was the first ever WXNA Holiday Party - it was a swell affair and affirmed how lucky I am to be a part of this amazing group of people.

After that, I headed to The Basement for The Big Dumb CD Release Party.  It is hard for me to relate how much I love this amazingly talented group of musicians. In addition, not one, not two, but three past E2TG Artists of the Year were special guests for the show.  Rayvon Pettis, Darrin Bradbury, and Jon Latham.  I would put good money that this will not be the last you've heard about The Big Dumb this "Earie" season.

It's the end of the first full-week of December, and it is Day 3 of the 2018 Earie Awards.  The Earies are kind of like the Grammys - except they are nothing like the Grammys.

Today for our shuffle, we journal back to a more innocent time - March  2018......

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Thursday, December 6, 2018

2018 E2TG Earie Awards - # 2 - Recap February 2018



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Day 2 of the 2018 E2TG "Earie" Awards/Recap of 2018.  Today, our shuffle is focused on the February 2018 Playlist. As today's shuffle highlights - diversity was the rule at E2TG in 2018.  Let's go!

Wednesday, December 5, 2018

2018 E2TG Earie Awards - # 1 - Recap January 2018



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I took an unexpected day off yesterday to fight off a winter cold - hopefully sucessfully... And busy end of week and weekend ahead.   

Guess what!  It is time for the 2018 Earie Awards.  Looking back, I believe this is year 4 of the semi-prestigious awards.  For those new to the E2TG fold, The Earies (tagline: The Earies: they sound kind of odd, but they really aren't) began as a way to recap the great music featured on E2TG over the last year. I don't do Top Ten (or more or less) lists. I'm not opposed to the concept, but I know I would obsess forever about what to include and what to leave off. So, I opted for giving out a bunch of awards.

The award names are arbitrary and sometimes silly, but the sentiment behind them is sincere.  E2TG could not exist without the amazing music that comes my way every day.  The music I feature ends up being a fraction of that submitted, and those that become "E2TG favorites" are a fragment of that fragment.

This year, I am trying something new- out of necessity. As I have been receiving and featuring more and more music, it became harder for me to keep up with it all. One way, I dealt with that in 2018 is to create Spotify Playlists for each month highlighting some of the music featured that month.  See the bottom of this post for links to the Spotify Playlists. 

To kick things off, today's special "Earier" shuffle comes from the January 2018 E2TG playlist. Enjoy!

Monday, December 3, 2018

Music City Monday Morning Shuffle - See Ruby Falls Mix



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Wow! It's December..... It's about time to dive into the 2018 Earie Awards!  Is this the third annual Earier Awards?  I think that's right - maybe fourth annual - who knows... As always, it will different than prior years and I'll be making it all up as I go along...

But first, we missed last Music City Monday - so let's do this.  As always, this shuffle comes from my epic (and ever growing) Music City Monday Spotify Playlist   - The playlist is new and classic albums and songs from artist and bands who have or have had some connection to Nashville.  As you might imagine, it is a diverse combination of all kinds of music from musical friends, musical heroes, and the like. 

Let's shuffle!