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And we are back. Hope everyone stateside had a great Thanksgiving, and that everyone else had a good end of last week and great weekend. We have reached December. And here at E2TG, it is time to start our review of 2019. As I reported last week, I have created a Spotify playlist - highlighting the music and artists we featured in 2019. Even limiting the playlist to one song per artist (or album in some cases), we still ended up with over 10 hours of music. So, what with all the holidays and other days off, it is definitely time to start our review. Over the month, I will start adding some new features to represent our change over to E2TG V3.0 in 2020. That will include highlighting some upcoming and recent music that didn't make its way to us in time to make the 2019 listings
Here is the Playlist - if you want to peruse. I will be removing songs once we list them here in a shuffle. So, the songs below will not be on the playlist any more.
By the way, since I have been featuring these songs all year, I will not be writing about each song, you can search the site for more information, but I will be highlighting certain artists and albums throughout the month.
Just a quick word about what to expect from E2TG V3.0 which I have been teasing for a few weeks. Well, it is still a work in progress, but what I have in mind is a more collaborative site - featuring content from others. More feature oriented - with spotlights on whatever comes up and is interesting. The shuffle will always and forever be an important part of the E2TG experience, but it will no longer be the primary outlet for featuring new music. Rather, it will go back to the roots be more like the Wild Wednesday shuffles (a mix of old and new music). Expect, recurring features on upcoming releases, a E2TG Featured Spoitify playlist which will refresh weekly (or so), some writing about the Nashville community, and who knows.
If you are reading this and would like to be part of this journey by submitting content, please reach out. e2tgmusic@gmail.com is a great way to reach me.
Here is our first recap shuffle for 2019. Enjoy!
"Flesh and Bone" by Steve Conn (Title track)
"Last Hurrah" by Bobbo Byrnes (from Two Sides of This Town)
"Take You Back Home" by Greg Felden (From Made of Strings)
"Zachary" by Them Airs (From Echo Park Bomb City)
The approach of college brought an extended hiatus to long time E2TG favorites The Foresters, but it did not mark the end of their musical output - as all of the members have moved into new projects). Them Airs features Evan Nork (of the Foresters), Cade Williams (who we previously featured via his experimental project Smokey the Firebear), Adam Cohen, and Nate Johnston. I believe that Hayden Nork of The Foresters also contributed to the album). They originally began under the name Mirror Waves but changed to Them Airs. They have more music in store for the new year.
"Promise Ring" by Jeff Mix and the Songhearts (from Lost Vegas)
"The Auteur" by David J; Rose McGowan (single release)
"Amateur Revolution" by RJ Chesney (title track)
"Make a Baby" by Big Tide (Sync or Swim)
"Jackson" by The Cravens (from The Dark Side of Love)
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" by Silent Winters (from Christmas Morning)
The newest addition to the year end recap - just in under the wire. A beautiful Christmas album from this band from Ottawa.
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