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Time marches on (pun intended and sorry about that). It is March which means we are rapidly approaching the one year anniversary of the Nashville tornado and the lockdowns. All of that seems so long ago now - like a lifetime ago. I am happy to see Nashville's COVID statistics improving and the vaccine rollout starting to pick-up steam. There still seems to be a lot of confusion, inequities, and inconsistencies.. but at least progress is being made. I worry about subsequent spikes as precautions are laxed, but I hope that concern ends up being unfounded.
There is still much division and uncertainty and strife in the world, but I feel more hopeful now. I also have to acknowledge that I am exhausted. But, I know the need to remain active and diligent continues. I also know that the fact that it is a choice for me is a function of privilege.
All that is on my mind on a kind of dreary first day of March.
Our Featured Friday Playlist Recap continues on with songs 11-16:
11. "Annie" by Becca Mancari
The first single from the forthcoming EP (Juniata - March 19) by this Nashville based singer-songwriter.
12. "Sin City" by The Barefoot Movement
A nifty cover of the Gram Parsons/Chris Hillman song by the Nashville band that is quickly becoming an E2TG favorite.
13. "Anchor" by John Keathley
Next up, we have the fantastic new single from this Nashville based singer-songwriter. The track was produced by our old friend Josh Waters of the Rock and Roll Basement.
14. "Witchpunkrockstar - Heavy Mental Mix" by My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult
Abruptly, up next we have a track from the newly released compilation of previously unreleased remixes from the gothic rock legends. The Chicago band began in 1987. These remixes are by band member Buzz McCoy.
15. "Hold You Tonight" by Stephen Flatt
Next up, we have the lead single from the forthcoming (April 16) debut album (Cumberland Bones) from Nashville based singer-songwriter and great-nephew of Lester Flatt. A really wonderful song.
16. "Numb" by NT
And we close with the debut single from this Bay area artist with diverse influences and fresh vision of quality modern pop music. A great way to close out this segment of music.
Featured Friday Playlist
"Dirty Cotton Sheets" by Joshua Black Wilkins (from Valentine Sessions - 2018)
Multi-disciplinary East Nashville artist Joshua Black Wilkins retired from the music business before the pandemic. He continues his career as a visual artist and photographer (which I guess is a form of visual arts). Personally, I hope to have the opportunity to see him play music again in some form - he remains one of my favorite songwriters.
"Scar So Easy" by Mark Huff (from Feels Like California - 2010)
Next, we go back a little over a decade to this album from the singer-songwriter who has divided his time between Nashville and Las Vegas.
"Therapy" by Ghost Town Remedy (from Dry Spell - 2020)
The, now, ubiquitous Ghost Town Remedy - with what was - I think - an early single from their breakout Dry Spell album released last year.
"Broadcasting Signals" by Joseph Bradshaw (from On Record - 2017)
Besides everything else, one thing I really miss from being to freely go out every night, is the experience of "discovering" new (to me) music in a live setting. I believe I caught Joseph Bradshaw at a $2 Tuesday in 2019, and I was impressed and began finding out everything I could. As happens often, it turned out - many of my friends were already aware, and he had just slipped under my radar until that night.
"The Big Sleep" by Solar Twin (from Pink Noise - 2017)
Under whatever name, Shane Tutmarc is an E2TG favorite. This is from his amazing 2017 album which I have on lovely pink vinyl.
"Movies - Live" by Jeremy Ivey (from The Monolith Sessions - 2021)
And we close this set which included several of my favorite songwriters with another. The combination of Ivey's insightful and powerful songs and his unique and wonderful vocals is hard to match. His two albums on ANTI records and this recent live release contains far too many gems to mention here.
VIDEO PLAYLIST
NEW AND RECENT RELEASES
THIS WEEK
3/05 - Steve Almaas - Everywhere You've Been (LP)
3/05 - Brian Damage - Yesterday's Slime (LP)
3/05 - Jason Ringenberg - Rhinestoned (LP)
3/05 - Susan Anders - 13 Women (LP)
3/05 - Elizabeth and the Catapult - sincerely, e (LP)
3/05 - Nature's Neighbor - "Monday Morning Drive" (single)
3/05 - Megan Lacy - Salvation (EP)
3/05 - The Sails - Bang!: The Best of The Sails 2006-2020 (LP)
3/05 - Jacob the Horse - College Party Mixtape, Vol. 1 (LP)
NEXT WEEK
3/12 - Rylan Brooks - If Wishes Were Horses (LP)
3/12 - Peter Case - The Midnight Broadcast (LP)
3/12 - Lee Taylor - Wild Woman (LP)
3/12 - KAKY - Room 404 (EP)
UPCOMING
3/17 - John McDonough - Second Chances (LP)3/19 - American Culture - For My Animals (LP)
3/26 - Departure Lounge - Transmeridian (LP)
3/26 - Gracious Losers - Six Road Ends (LP)3/26 - Oliver Beardmore - "Fiesta" (single)
3/26 - Swansea Sound - "Indies of the World" (single)
3/26 - Jack Silverman - Now What (EP)
3/26 - Oliver Beardmore - "Fiesta" (single)
3/26 - Cathal Coughlan - Owl in the Parlor (LP)
3/26 - Sunstroke Rain - "To Greta" (single)
3/26 - Modesty Blaise - The Modesty Blaise (LP)
4/02 - indifferentMonKeY - "God or Machine?" (single)
4/02 - Julez & The Rollerz - "Knocks Me On The Floor" (single)
4/02 - Elizabeth King - Living in the Last Days (LP)
4/09 - Dallas Moore - The Rain (LP)4/16 - The Brother Brothers - Calla Lily (LP)
4/16 - Stephen Flatt - Cumberland Bones (LP)
4/23 - DL Rossi - Lonesome Kind (LP)
4/23 - The Catenary Wires - "Mirrorball (single)
4/30 - Hadda Be - Another Life (LP)
4/30 - Nick Hudson - Font of Human Fractures (LP)
4/?? - El No - Nothing is Possible (LP)
5/07 - Manolo Redondo - The Lost and Found (EP)
5/07 - Benjamin Jayne - Theater (LP)
5/07 - The Purrs - We Thought There'd Be More People Here (LP)
5/07 - Ted Russell Kamp - Solitaire (LP)
5/14 - Soo Line Loons - Soo Line Loons (LP)
5/14 - Nature's Neighbor - Otherside (LP)
5/21 - Moon - Shine (EP)
5/21 - Desert Hollow - Thirsty (LP)
5/28 - Sharone - Morbid Illusion (LP)
RECENT
2/02 - Chris Donley - Please Agree (LP)
2/04 - Common Sage - Might As Well Eat The Chicken, We Won't Be Here In The Morning (EP)
2/05 - A.J. Croce - By Request (LP)
2/05 - Zadar - The Upstairs Room (LP)
2/05 - Vlaicu Golcea - HIKIKOMORI OST (LP)
2/05 - The Orchestra of Cardboard - The Antidote (LP)
2/05 - Peter Stampfel - 20th Century (Box Set)
2/05 - Ryan Allen - What a Rip (LP)
2/05 - Melting Mallows - Something Sweet (LP)
2/05 - Oh Ok - The Complete Reissue (LP)
2/05 - Emperor Penguin - Corporation Pop! (LP)
2/05 - Modesty Blaise - "Girls Just Wanna Dance" (single)
2/05 - Miguel Rios - Slaughterhouse Road (LP)
2/10 - Arrlo - "WFTWTE"/"LSD" (single)
2/12 - Beth Lee - Waiting on You Tonight (LP)
2/12 - Para Lia - Gone With the Flow (LP)
2/12 - The John Michie Collective - High Vibrations (LP)
2/12 - Joyann Parker - Out of the Dark (LP)
2/12 - Post Profit - "When You Think It's Right"(single)
2/12 - John Dunbar - Oh Wellness (LP)
2/14 - Arsenic Tea Party - The Really Not Good Times (EP)
2/14 - Danielle de Picciotto - The Element of Love (LP)
2/14 - Madeleine Mayi - 2/14 (LP)
2/17 - Alpha Cat - Pearl Harbor 2021 (LP)
2/17 - Distant Voices - Lights of the City (single)
2/18 - Gracious Losers - "Loath to Leave" (single)
2/19 - Grant Hill & M.O.S. - fly (LP)
2/19 - Keith Mosfet - "Now Your Life's Gone" (single)
2/19 - The Boys With The Perpetual Nervousness - Songs From Another Life (LP)
2/19 - Boxteles - "You Can’t Fall in Love for the Sake of it" (single)
2/19 - Witch - Introduction (LP - Reissue)
2/19 - Jon Randall - "Keep On Moving" (single)
2/19 - Miliano - "Runaway" (single)
2/20 - Léanie Kaleido - "All The Things I'm Made Of" (single)
2/22 - My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult -Sleazy Action (LP)
2/24 - Kid Hastings - "Backwards" (single)
2/26 - Lou McMahon - Pockets of Change (LP)
2/26 - The Red Step - The Red Step (LP)
2/26 - The Blue Herons - "Endless Rain" (single)
2/26 - Scott Robert Allen - Scott Robert Allen (LP)
2/26 - The Tummies - 9:30 Girl (LP)
2/26 - Nineteen Thirteen - MCMXIII (LP)
2/26 - Brian Bringelson - Burning Backwards (LP)
2/26 - Chicken Rich - "Hero" (single)
2/26 - Feral Ghost - "Roll the Dice" (single)
2/26 - Guspy - "STEEZ LUÍZ" (single)
2/26 - Julez & The Rollerz - "In Secure City" (Single)
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