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In the past couple of days, two musician friends of mine have tested positive for COVID-19. All the relevant numbers are on the rise across the country. There is virtually no relief from our government at any level which means it is up to "We the People". Take all necessary precautions. Forgo unncessary gatherings. Stay in as much as possible, wear masks and practice social distancing when you must go out. This promises to be a long, dark winter. This is not political... the election is over. This is about listening to scientists and what they are saying today - not rehashing some interview from February that may contradict what is being said today. Take every precaution you can - the worst thing will be that you were too cautious and were temporarily inconvenienced. The best thing is that you might help slow the spread of a virus that has the potential to cause long-term negative health effects and even to cause death.
I'm going to try to recap the rest of this week's Featured Friday Playlist in three days so I can take Thanksgiving off... so today, we will feature songs 9-16:
9. "This Disease" by Wilder Embry
We start off with a track from a fairly recent EP called Great Tornado by this Nashville based singer-songwriter and Georgia native. A friend of mine mentioned his music, and I checked it out, and I really liked it.
10. "In the City" by Tower Defense
Next up, we have the title track from the brand new album by this long-running Nashville punk band. My DJ partner Sue met these some of these guys at Dee's and played one of their older songs on our old radio show.
11. "The Edge" by Adam Wright
Next up, another recent single from a Nashville based songwriter that I was clued into by a friend. Again, I gave a listen - as I do, and I loved what I heard.
12. "Man on TV" by Josh King
Next up, we have a track from the new album by North Carolina based folk/rock singer-songwriter Josh King. The album was recorded under quarantine with assistance from two of his former band mates from the band House of Fools.
13. "My First Friend" by Grant Hill & M.O.S.
Next, we have the first single from the forthcoming new album by California singer-songwriter Grant Hill and his band M.O.S. This one resonated with me very strongly.
14. "Over You" by Burris
Next, we have the title track from the new album by this New Orleans based folk band. The band's sophomore album is a two-parter. Over You Part 1 is out now. An melodic, emotion-packed song.
15. "Harlem River Blues" by Steve Earle
The first taste of Steve Earle's heart-wrenching tribute album to his late son Justin Townes is out. Harlem River Blues is one of the younger Earle's most popular songs, and the lyrics hit hard in the tragic new context of his life.
16. "Too High to Cross the Street (Too Drunk to Care)" by Uncle Sexy and the Nephews
And, we close out this long segment of music with one that actually came to me via my Spotify Release Radar - which is only did because the song is a collaboration between Dee Oh Gee (formerly Blackfoot Gypsies) and Uncle Sexy and the Nephews - a really fascinating band from Chicago that I am just now getting to know. A great song.
Tomorrow - we will pick up with song 17 and get as far as we can...
By the way, the Music City Monday Playlist - which is an on-going, ever-growing collection of local Nashville music past and present has over 100 hours of music in it currently. This is the latest random shuffle from those 100 hours.
"Stable Hand" by Andrew Leahey & the Homestead (from Skyline in Central Time 2016)
First up, we go back four years to this album by E2TG favorites Andrew Leahey and the Homestead. A fine songwriter, musician, singer, and human being and his outstanding backing band.
"That's When I Love You" by Tim Carroll (from Look Out! 2012)
Tim Carroll has an incredible catalog of songs. Since 2014, I have seen his perform 2+ hours sets of all original music many, many times, and it is never the same set. No only that, but there are no duds in any of his sets. The live video of this song features the late Bones Hillman who played with Tim for a few years.
"In Your Dreams" by The Warner E. Hodges Band (from Just Feels Right 2020)
From the most recent, Warner E. Hodges Band album - it has now been over 35 years, since I first say Warner playing live (with Jason & the Scorchers). Here's to seeing him play live again!
"Landfill" by Skylar Gregg (from Roses 2020)
Among younger Nashville songwriters, Skylar Gregg is a rarity - she is a long-time Nashville resident (if not a native), and she grew up around musicians and songwriters. This experience shows on her album Roses which was released over the summer.
"The Skin" by Laura Rabell (from Immortal 2020)
Closing out the shuffle today is a track from the recent album by Laura Rabell. Laura was one of the last live performers I saw before the lockdown back in March. She hosted her regular Femme Noir show at The 5 Spot on the one night they opened between the tornado and the shutdown. We were pretty naïve about COVID-19 on March 11, but I am really glad I made it out that night. By the way, her album is one of the best of the year.
VIDEO PLAYLIST
NEW AND RECENT RELEASES
THIS 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 - Lars Finberg - Tinnitus Tonight (LP)
11/27 - Wet Tropics - Everybody Get In (LP)
11/27 - Berlin - Strings Attached (LP)
11/27 - Perfectparachutepicture - "Lonely Landslide" (single)
11/27 - BlackSheepLad - Sleeping Alone in the Daytime (EP)
11/28 - Loud Life - "Been Wondering" (single)
LAST WEEK
11/18 - Charlie Nieland - "Divisions" (single)
11/20 - Stuffy Shmitt - "Sweet Krazy" (single)
11/20 - John Calvin Abney - Familiar Ground (LP)
11/20 - Fred Abong - "Invisible Man" (single)
11/20 - Tucker Lane - "Love or Hatred" (single)
11/20 - Josh King - The Shed (LP)
11/20 - I Am a Rocketship - oRAnGE (EP)
11/20 - Soft Kill - Dead Kids, RIP City (LP)
11/20 - Paperwing - "Dedicated" (single)
11/20 - Fitzsimon and Brogan - This Wicked Pantomime (LP)
11/20 - Ghost Town Remedy - Dry Spell (LP)
11/20 - Pale Moon - "Stranger" (single)
11/20 - Red Sky Mourning - "Signs from You" (single)
11/20 - PictureHouse - 1999- Live in Dublin (LP)
11/20 - Candy Opera - The Patron Saint of Heartache (LP)
11/20 - Grant Hill & M.O.S. - "My First Friend" (single)
11/20 - Life in a Blender - Satsuma (EP)
NEXT WEEK
11/30 - The Amber Bugs - "Rat vs Mole" (single)
11/30 - Paul Yoon - About Time (LP)
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 - Thrillsville - Say Goodbye to the Light (EP)
12/04 - Bad Sauna - Olen rikas sillä minulla on teidät (“I’m Rich Because I’ve Got You”) (LP)
UPCOMING
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)
12/18 - The Star Prairie Project - Surreal (LP)
1/01/2021 - This Frontier Needs Heros - Go With the Flow (LP)
1/01/2021 - Antonio Lopez - Roots and Wings (LP)
101/2021 - Adam Klein - Little Tiger (EP)
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
2/19/2021 - Grant Hill & M.O.S. - fly (LP)
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)
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)
11/13 - Burris - Over You Pt. 1 (LP)
11/13 - Magic Wands - "Blue Cherry" (single)
11/14 - Starry Skies - Do it With Love (LP)
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