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Posting the new Featured Friday Playlist and recapping the first ten songs.
Consider this a bonus post. The first "real" post of 2021 is coming Monday.
1. "Feminine Walk" by Aaron Lee Tasjan
A surprise Christmas release from the forthcoming Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan! ALT made a surprise appearance at The 5 Spot on my birthday last year and performed this song. Instantly a favorite of mine. I fully expect the new album will be near the top of my 2021 "list"* *I don't really make lists, but if it did it would be there.
2. "New Way of Life" by DeeOhGee
After a guest appearance and a Christmas release, we have the first official release by DeeOhGee (fka Blackfoot Gypsies)
3. "Enough for You" by Tim Carroll
One of the great disappointments of 2020 (among many) was the fact that seeing Tim Carroll every week or so was not an option. Fortunately, the prolific songwriter stayed bust releasing several new songs on YouTube throughout the year. The EP, For You, is the first streaming release of those songs - with more promised. Here's hoping things get on track and Rock N Roll Happy Hour returns to being a part of East Nashville life.
4. "We All Live Once" by Danny Henry
Danny Henry is probably one of the most remarkable individuals I have gotten the opportunity to know in the almost ten years I have been writing E2TG. Through a couple of twists of fate, he ended up performing at my birthday show on his move from his native Connecticut to Los Angeles. To say, he has killed it in California (despite set backs) is an understatement. Recently, he performed at Dodger Stadium at the site of one of the largest COVID-19 testing stations in the world. This amazing and much needed song was written as part of grant with the City of Los Angeles about the effect of the pandemic. It will be part of a on-line exhibit and eventually an in-person event.
5. "Dignity" by Brett Ryan Stewart
A beautiful cover of the Bob Dylan song - first released in 1994 on Bob's Greatest Hits Volume 3 by one of East Nashville's biggest assets.
6. "Satellite of Love" by Marla Mase
Long time E2TG favorite Marla Mase covers one of my favorite songs of all time (from Lou Reed's 1972 album Transformer). I once wrote a short story based upon this song. Mase captures the beauty and message of the song wonderfully.
7. "Tear It Down - Nashville Version" by Ben Reel
Irish singer-songwriter released his Nashville calling album early last year. His latest single features notable Nashville musicians like Garry Tallent, Will Kimbrough, and Tommy Womack.
8. "The Present is a Gift" by Mighty Joe Nolan
E2TG favorite Mighty Joe Nolan released this song on the Winter Solstice (his previous single was released on the Summer Solstice). I included this song on the Greetings from Nashville Christmas show. A wonderful and much needed (by me anyway) message.
9. "Gifts of Destruction and Disorder" by LORE
The second single by the brand new Nashville rock band - featuring Laur Joamets and Laura Reed. Showing off the harder edged sound of the duo.
10. "Dark Days Beautiful Things" by Joe Goodkin
And, we close out this segment of music with a Christmas day release from Chicago singer-songwriter and E2TG favorite. Goodkin released several excellent singles during 2020 - we covered many of them - but I think a few slipped past me.
NO VIDEO PLAYLIST TODAYNEW AND RECENT RELEASESTHIS WEEK12/28 - Baby Chemist - "I'll Still Be Here" (single)1/01? - Antonio Lopez - Roots and Wings (LP)1/01 - TYPIFŸ - "I Am Alternative" (single)1/01 - Jeremy Porter & The Tucos - "Dead Ringer" (single)1/01 - Brett Ryan Stewart - "Dignity" (single)1/01 - Adam Klein - Little Tiger (EP)LAST WEEKMerry Christmas!NEXT WEEK1/04 - Skanker - "A Chance to Count the Cost" (single)1/05 - Tryingtogetby - "Welcome to the Shitshow" (single)1/08 - Revelry - "Dirty" (single)1/08 - Jeremy Parsons - Things to Come (LP)1/08 - The Lickerish Quartet - Threesome Vol. 2 (EP)UPCOMING1/11 - Hats off Gentlemen It's Adequate - Feeling Great (EP)1/11 - Malcolm Galloway - Wasp 76b (EP)1/11 - Elvis Batchild - Batchild Begins (LP)1/14 - Cole Scheifele - "All the While" (single)1/15 - Corey Ledet - Corey Ledet Zydeco (LP)1/15 - Leah Watts - "We Are All Enough" (single)1/15 - Jeremy Porter & The Tucos - Candy Coated Cannonball (LP)1/15 - Andrew Toy - Guardrails (LP)1/15 - Marijuana Johnson - Gem City Kush (LP)1/15 - Daniel Takes a Train - Last Ticket to Tango (LP)1/22 - This Frontier Needs Heros - Go With the Flow (LP)1/22 - The Burnt Pines - The Burnt Pines (LP)1/29 - Storm Seeker - Guns Don't Cry (LP)2/05 - A.J. Croce - By Request (LP)2/05 - The Orchestra of Cardboard - The Antidote (LP)2/12 - Beth Lee - Waiting on You Tonight2/12 - The John Michie Collective - High Vibrations (LP)2/14 - Madeleine Mayi - love me (LP)2/19 - Grant Hill & M.O.S. - fly (LP)2/26 - The Red Step - The Red Step (LP)3/12 - Rylan Brooks - If Wishes Were Horses (LP)RECENT11/18 - 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)11/23 - Plastic Barricades - Self Theories (LP)11/24 - The Pinx - Christmas Single (EP)11/27 - Lady Buds - 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)11/30 - The Amber Bugs - "Rat vs Mole" (single)11/30 - Paul Yoon - About Time (LP)11/30 - Eastern European Music Academy - 2020 Compilation (LP)12/04 - Murdocco - "Rainy Day" (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 - Bailey Bigger - Let's Call it Love (EP)12/04 - This Frontier Needs Heroes - "Dumb It Down" (single)12/04 - HMS Morris - Pastille (EP)12/04 - Ten Ton Hammers - New Failures (EP)12/04 - Thrillsville - Say Goodbye to the Light (EP)12/04 - Eckhardt and the House - "Oh Oh Oh" (single)12/04 - Bad Sauna - Olen rikas sillä minulla on teidät (“I’m Rich Because I’ve Got You”) (LP)12/07 - The Cravens - Distance of One (single)12/09 - Emma Swift - Blonde on the Tracks (LP - streaming release)12/09 - Seven Red Lions - "Under the Skin" (single)12/11 - Jessye DeSilva - "Drifter" (single)12/11 - Tacsidermi - "Gwir" (single)12/11 - Victor Jones - Long Cold Night Walk (LP)12/11 - MANCHO - Plastic Oh No (LP)12/11 - Fear Rua - "Social Distancing" (single)12/11 - Remington Super 60 - "I Won't Change My Mind" (single)12/14 - Jane & John - "Our Year" (single)12/15 - No Trombones - "Can't Let It Go" (single)12/16 - of1000Faces - The Infinity Line (LP)12/18 - Mauri Dark - Dreams of a Middle-Aged Man (LP)12/18 - The Star Prairie Project - Surreal (LP)12/18 - Shaking Chains - "No More Bets"/"Joy of Living" (single)12/18 - Glenn Morrow's Cry for Help - 2 (LP)
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