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It feels silly to say it... not because it isn't true, but because it is so obvious... we are still in a pandemic. Here in Nashville and elsewhere cases are on the rise, but from the government down to many citizens there seems to be a nonchalance about it all, and an unwillingness to make any modifications. As we head into winter and the holidays, it looks like dark days ahead. With so many, ignoring the guidance from health officials and determined to act as if the pandemic is either over or not real, it makes it more difficult to do the right thing.
The progress on the vaccine front is encouraging, but for now, we have to deal with where we are.
And, we have an administration more interested in fighting the results of a fair and valid election than fighting COVID.
We pick back up with our recap of this week's Featured Friday Playlist with songs 10-15:
10. "Without Us" by Black Paisley
Up first today, we have a track from the forthcoming album Rambler by the Swedish band that we featured before. This one is a catchy rocker that caught me a little of guard in a good way.
11. "Some Lucky Stardust" by Brent Moyer
12. "If We're Gonna Kill Each Other" by Dallas Moore, Billy Don Burns
In what is, I believe, a first for our Playlist, we have two tracks from the same album. The album is A Tribute to Joe Sun. First up, we have Nashville songwriter and musician Brent Moyer covering a Joe Sun song originally on Sun's 1998 album Heartbreak Saloon. The second is by outlaw country notables Dallas Moore and Billy Don Burns and it is one of the last songs written by Sun and released here for the first time. Joe Sun passed away last October.
13. "Look at the Birdy" by The Flat Five
Next up, we have a track from the newly released 2nd album by Chicago area supergroup The Flat Five. So good!
14. "Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar" by The Sensational Country Blues Wonders!
Next up, we have a track from Jersey City native Gary Van Miert with his first album of original material. Recorded remotely with some Nashville musicians. This is fantastic stuff.
15. "Immoral Guidance" by Danny Black; Keith Goodwin
We close out this segment of music with a Good Ole War reunion of sorts from Philadelphia based Danny Black's third album Black Ryno. A great way to close out this segment of music.
Tomorrow - the recap continues with songs 16-20 or so
Music City Monday Shuffle
Featured Friday Playlist
"Omg...lol" by Paul Nelson (from Birmingham Woman 2020)
2/3 of today's shuffle are 2020 releases - including this fun track from Paul Nelson's new album out on Devil's Tower Records.
"Homecoming Show" by Dirt Reynolds (from Scalawag 2020)
Dirt Reynolds are at or near the top of my list of best new Nashville bands. Chris Watts assembled an top-notch band to carry on after being forced to change his professional name. This is one of my favorite Dirt Reynolds songs.
"Don't Wanna Let You Down" by Jon Worthy (single 2020)
As I mentioned Friday, Jon Worthy has been among the busiest artists during the pandemic - releasing several singles. This is one of my favorites of his - released at the end of July.
"Flotus" by Lambchop (from Flotus 2016)
The "oldest" of the two non-2020 songs in today's shuffle. It is the title track from Lambchop's twelfth (???) studio album. While the cover suggests the First Lady of the United States - the title is said to stand for For Love Often Turns Us Still. The latest Lambchop album was released this past Friday and is called Trip.
"Back to New Orleans" by Blackfoot Gypsies (from To the Top 2017)
The band now known as Dee Oh Gee - from their last studio album under the Blackfoot Gypsies name. Under any name, one of the most dynamic and exciting live acts around.
"Thunder Perfect Mind" by Andrew Adkins (from The Echoist 2020)
And finally, hot off this week's Featured Friday Playlist - we have this track from Andrew Adkins new album The Echoist.
VIDEO PLAYLIST
NEW AND RECENT RELEASES
THIS WEEK
11/20 - Stuffy Shmitt - "Sweet Krazy" (single)
11/20 - John Calvin Abney - Familiar Ground (LP)
11/20 - Fred Abong - "Invisible Man" (single)
11/20 - Josh King - The Shed (LP)
11/20 - Soft Kill - Dead Kids, RIP (LP)
11/20 - Paperwing - "Dedicated" (single)
11/20 - Ghost Town Remedy - Dry Spell (LP)
11/20 - Life in a Blender - Satsuma (EP)
LAST WEEK
11/09 - Pat Murry - Oxygen (LP)
11/10 - Lou McMahon - "Wide Eyed Lady" (single)
11/12 - Spencer Cullum's Coin Collection - Spencer Cullum's Coin Collection (LP)
11/13 - The Flat Five - Another World (LP)
11/13 - Andrew Adkins - The Echoist (LP)
11/13 - The Silverbeets - Halcyon Days (LP)
11/13 - The Sensational Country Blues Wonders! - The World Will Break Your Heart (LP)
11/13 - SWANS - Children of God - reissue (LP)
11/13 - Last Year's Man - Brave the Storm (LP)
11/13 - Petter Carlsen - The Sum of Every Shade (LP)
11/13 - Lady Couch - "Good God" (single)
11/13 - Cindy - Free Advice (LP - Reissue)
11/13 - Antonio Lopez - "Going to the City" (single)
11/13 - The Junior League - The Fall Back (LP)
11/13 - Tambourinen - Wooden Flower (EP)
11/13 - Gim Kordon - "Betoni kukkii" (single)
11/13 - Danny Black - Black Ryno (LP)
11/14 - Starry Skies - Do it With Love (LP)
NEXT WEEK
11/23 - Plastic Barricades - Self Theories (LP)
11/24 - The Pinx - Christmas Single (EP)
11/27 - Lady Bugs - From the Cities, To the Shores (LP)
11/27 - Shadi G - "Space" (single)
11/27 - Perfectparachutepicture - "Lonely Landslide" (single)
11/27 - BlackSheepLad - Sleeping Alone in the Daytime (EP)
UPCOMING
11/30 - The Amber Bugs - "Rat vs Mole" (single)
12/04 - Stuffy Shmitt - Stuff Happens (LP)
12/04 - Scenius - Enough Fears (LP)
12/04 - Victor Jones - "Woman in Red" (single)
12/04 - Meilir - In Tune (LP)
12/04 - Facing Mountains - Season's End (LP)
12/04 - Ten Ton Hammers - New Failures (EP)
12/04 - Bad Sauna - Olen rikas sillä minulla on teidät (“I’m Rich Because I’ve Got You”) (LP)
12/11 - The Red Step - The Red Step (LP)
12/11 - The Bo Weevils - "Sister" (single)
12/11 - Victor Jones - Long Cold Night Walk (LP)
1/01/2021 - This Frontier Needs Heros - Go With the Flow (LP)
1/01/2021 - Antonio Lopez - Roots and Wings (LP)
2/05/2021 - A.J. Croce - By Request (LP)
2/05/2021 - The Orchestra of Cardboard - The Antidote (LP)
2/12/2021 - Beth Lee - Waiting on You Tonight
RECENT
10/16 - Malin Pettersen - Wildhorse (LP)
10/16 - Matt Eckstine - Lil' Blue (LP)
10/16 - The Mastersons - Red, White & I Love You Too (EP)
10/16 - Watch Clark - Generator Room (EP)
10/16 - Taiwan MC - Special Request (LP)
10/16 - Jeremy Ivey - Waiting Out the Storm (LP)
10/16 - Shape & Sound - "All Day Morning" (single)
10/16 - Davey Woodward & the Winter Orphans - Love and Optimism (LP)
10/16 - Burris - "Who I'm Thinking Of" (single)
10/16 - Bad Sauna - "Haluun pois (“I Wanna Get Out”)" (single)
10/16 - Volcanic Brass feat. EvilA - "Consoled Forts" (single)
10/16 - The Plastic Pals - "More Than an icon" (single)
10/16 - The Silverbeets - "Girlfriend" (single)
10/16 - Maxximo - Live at Home (EP)
10/16 - Taiwan MC - Special Request (LP)
10/16 - Rid of Me - Broke Shit Demos (LP)
10/16 - Shiva and the Hazards - Revolution Son (single)
10/16 - Sunstack Jones - Golden Repair (LP)
10/16 - Isabelle Stillman - Heartrender (LP)
10/17 - The Fortune - "All Eyes" (single)
10/20 - Strange Majik - "Can't Remember to Forget You" (single)
10/21 - Griff Clawson - "Chasing Highs" (single)
10/23 - Cellarscape - "Blindfold" (single)
10/23 - The Agency - In the Haunted Woods (LP)
10/23 - Lera Lynn - On My Own (LP)
10/23 - Stuffy Shmitt - "Mommy & Daddy" (single)
10/23 - A.J. Croce - "Ooh Child" (single)
10/23 - Justin Farran - Pretty Free (LP)
10/23 - The Luxembourg Signal - The Long Now (LP)
10/23 - The Greek Theatre - “Demos & Alternate Takes Vol. 1” (LP)
10/23 - Raves Kole - 3D Immersive (LP)
10/23 - Andrew Weiss and Friends - Lookout Mountain (EP)
10/23 - The Subtheory - Impact (EP)
10/23 - Kevin Burnstein- Attack Distract Divide (LP)
10/23 - Paul Nelson - Birmingham Woman (LP)
10/23 - Rodney Rice - SAME SHIrT DIFFERENT DAY (LP)
10/26 - The Amboys - "In My Head" (single)
10/29 - Evan Isaac - "Dark Room" (single)
10/30 - Andrew Grimm - A Little Heat (LP) *(NEW DATE)*
10/30 - Philip Parfitt - Mental Home Recordings (LP)
10/30 - Graber Gryass - Late Bloom (LP)
10/30 - Ghostlawns - Motorik (LP)
10/30 - Richard X. Heyman - "Choices We Make" (single)
10/30 - Marten Larka - "Parfum Du Nuit "/ "Je Suis Un Rocker" (singles)
10/30 - My Politic - Short Sighted People in Power (EP)
10/30 - Wheeler Del Toro - Quiet Alright (LP)
10/30 - The Mojo Slide - "Good Man Down" (single)
10/30 - The Wake - Perfumes and Fripperies (LP)
10/30 - Eugenius - Midlife (LP)
10/30 - Strays Don't Sleep - A Short Film for a Long Story (EP)
10/30 - Mugstar - Graft (LP)
10/30 - Cosmopolis - "The Distances" (single)
10/30 - Various Artists - CRAWLING SPIDER - A Tribute To Mike Montgomery Vol.1 The LA Sessions (LP)
10/31 - Beauty in Chaos - Out of Beauty Comes... (LP)
11/03 - Amy Ray Band - "Tear It Down" (single)
11/03 - Paul Maged - Culture War (LP)
11/06 - Love Tractor - Love Tractor - reissue (LP)
11/06 - I Could Live in Hope - PSA, Not OK (EP)
11/06 - HMS Morris - "Partypooper" (single)
11/06 - The Sea at Midnight - The Sea at Midnight (LP)
11/06 - Anxiety Spiral - Demo (EP)
11/06 - Moral Maze - Moral Maze (7")
11/06 - Arran Sym - 1000 Micrograms of Love (EP)
11/06 - Tom Mason - Under the Mistletoe Sky (LP)
11/06 - Various Artists - "A Tribute to Joe Sun" (LP)
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