E2TG 3/29/2021 - Music City Monday - Walking Wounded Mix (Better Now Remix)

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We are back after a much needed week off... 

A lot going on in the world, in our nation, and locally.  I think there are issues that are way too big for any person or administration or party to solve. I think there is a lot of evil in the world - evil in this case being defined as greed, selfishness, a lack of compassion, a lack of empathy.  I see it infecting and infesting many elements in our society and I think we can all fall victim to it from time to time, but I think it is especially insidious in certain situations. 

I also know that there are many kind, generous, compassionate and empathetic people in the world. I think ultimately, the solution has to come from those people coming together, putting aside petty differences and standing up for goodness.  

It will come when we embrace the things that unite us and try not to focus on the things that divide us. I have no idea how or if this is going to happen but I know that unless it does - the evil will continue to win. 

Please note, I use evil not in a religious or even supernatural sense - but rather as I defined it above. I also don't think anyone is all good or all evil - but I think the insidious nature of evil can be hard to resist. 

And, it cannot always been one side compromising and there will be points over which we cannot compromise - but if that is the case - let's move on to another point - while tabling the point where no agreement can be reached. I believe that while revolutionary change may be the most preferred and worth fighting for in some instances - incremental change is better than no change at all. 

Anyway, let's get on to the music for today... 

 

We pick up where we left off - a week ago Friday - a continue our recap of the Featured Friday Playlist with songs 12-17:

12. "El Camino" by Stephen Flatt

The album Cumberland Bones is due out April 16.  Today, we have the second single we have featured from Nashville singer-songwriter (and great nephew of Lester Flatt).  Really great tune. 

13. "Tumbling" by DL Rossi

Also due April 16 is Lonesome Kind by singer-songwriter DL Rossi. The album was recorded in Nashville where Rossi lived before returning to his native Michigan to help with an ailing family member.  

14. "Black Rose" by Shannon McNally; Buddy Miller

Next up, we have Shannon McNally and Buddy Miller doing a Waylon Jennings classic from McNally's forthcoming (May 28) album The Waylon Sessions. I feel like that last sentence says enough to highly recommend this listen. 

15. "America" by Sylvan Paul

Next up, we have the title track from the debut EP from NYC artist Sylvan Paul.  The song is unfortunately as timely as it was when it was written in 2018 - especially in the week of recent gun violence. 

16. "Crocodile" by Arrows to Fire

Next up, our second track to feature from this US/French collaboration (co-produced by Tim Palmer) and this is straight up one of the funnest songs we have featured in a while. 

17. "It's Ok Not to Be Ok" by The Rude Awakening

And we close with a timely message for these times from this UK synthpop act. Some cool music and good words to take us out of this segment of music.
 

    Featured Friday Playlist

Music City Monday Shuffle:

"Walking Wounded" by Solar Twin (from Pink Noise - 2017)

Shane Tutmarc returns to the shuffle with a track from his awesome Pink Noise album - recorded under the Solar Twin moniker. Really groovy and catchy tune. 

"Better Now" by The Truehearts (from Purgatory Emporium - 2017)

E2TG favorites The Truehearts recently relocated from Nashville back to their native Maryland, but they remain Nashville in our hearts. This is actually a track from their pre-Nashville days. 

"No Ordinary Blue" by John Prine (from The Tree of Forgiveness - 2018)

There are daily reminders that even as we begin to see the possibility of a return to some sort of normalcy - that things will not be the same as they were before. One such reminder comes from those we have lost to or during the COVID-19 pandemic - people like John Prine for example.  He left the incredible The Tree of Forgiveness album as a testimony to his talent and heart. 

"Golden" by Becca Mancari (from Good Woman  - 2017)

I am excited about the growing influence and reach of LGBTQ+ artists especially in Americana circles, and Becca Mancari is among those who helped blaze that trail in recent years. 

"That's My Retriever" by Bob Lewis (from Rock and Roll Over - 2020)

We go back to that great benefit/awareness raising album from last year - supporting dog adoption and no kill shelters. Today, we have a track from the one and only Bob Lewis - who is part of Slow Force and released a great solo album a couple of years ago (time is hard to keep up with)

"Q10" by Bill Eberle (from Giving Time - 2020)

E2TG favorite Bill Eberle released an experimental/instrumental/ambient album last year, and we have a track from that to close out this shuffle. 

VIDEO PLAYLIST

NEW AND RECENT RELEASES

THIS WEEK

4/01 - El No - Nothing is Possible (LP)

4/02 - indifferentMonKeY - "God or Machine?" (single)

4/02 - Tino and K. Carter - Safe Money (EP)

4/02 - Julez & The Rollerz - "Knocks Me On The Floor" (single)

4/02 - Elizabeth King - Living in the Last Days (LP)

4/02 - Dolour - Televangelist (LP)

4/02 - The Silver Devils - "Love Potion #10" (single)

NEXT WEEK

4/09 - Dallas Moore - The Rain (LP)

UPCOMING

4/15 - The Buzzards of Fuzz - "Lonely in Space" (single)

4/15 - MIHI NIHIL - MIHI NIHIL (LP)

4/16 - The Brother Brothers - Calla Lily (LP)

4/16 - Stephen Flatt - Cumberland Bones (LP)

4/20 - Cricketbows - Raised on Rock And Roll (LP)

4/23 - DL Rossi - Lonesome Kind (LP)

4/23 - The Catenary Wires - "Mirrorball (single)

4/23 - Summer Sleeves - In the Throes of Woes (LP)

4/23 - The Magic Epic - "Sally" (single)

4/23 - Nick Nace - "Last Call" (single)

4/30 - Hadda Be - Another Life (LP)

4/30 - Broken Links - Conflict::States (LP)

4/30 - Nick Hudson - Font of Human Fractures (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 - Leftover Salmon - Brand New Good Old Days (LP)

5/07 - Ted Russell Kamp - Solitaire (LP)

5/07 - Tim Foljahn - I Dreamed a Dream (LP)

5/14 - Soo Line Loons - Soo Line Loons (LP)

5/14 - Nature's Neighbor - Otherside (LP)

5/14 - Dope Sagittarius - Sacred Places (LP) 

5/14 - Blue Panda - "What If I Were The One" (single)

5/14 - Pikefruit - Inflorescence (LP)

5/21 - Moon - Shine (EP)

5/21 - Desert Hollow - Thirsty (LP)

5/28 - Sharone - Morbid Illusion (LP)

5/28 - Toler Gibson - The Days Before (LP)

5/28 - Shannon McNally - The Waylon Sessions (LP)

5/29 - The Contraptionists - Working Man's Dream (LP)

6/04 - Lanterna - Hidden Drives (LP)

6/04 - My Name is Ian - Fantastic Company (LP)

6/18 - Thomas Comerford - Introverts (LP)

6/25 - L.S. Underground - The Grape Prophet (LP - Reissue)

RECENT

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 - Griffin Winton - "For My Health" (single)

3/05 - Dude Safari - "Bug Hunter" (single)

3/05 - Kristian Montgomery and the Winter Kill Band - Prince in Poverty (LP)

3/05 - Dolour - "The Day Tom Petty Died" (single)

3/05 - Elizabeth and the Catapult - sincerely, e (LP)

3/05 - Megan Lacy - Salvation (EP)

3/05 - Adeem the Artist - Cast-Iron Pansexual (LP)

3/05 - The Sails - Bang!: The Best of The Sails 2006-2020 (LP)

3/05 - Pentral - "Silent Trees" (single)

3/05 - Jacob the Horse - College Party Mixtape, Vol. 1 (LP)

3/05 - Julez & The Rollerz - "In Secure City" (Single)

3/12 - Rylan Brooks - If Wishes Were Horses (LP)

3/12 - Peter Case - The Midnight Broadcast (LP)

3/12 - My Name is Ian - "For Love" (single)

3/12 - Victims of the New Math - The 70's Aren't Coming Back (EP)

3/12 - Lee Taylor - Wild Woman (LP)

3/12 - Semihelix - "New Destination" (single)

3/12 - Epilogues - You (EP)

3/12 - Kairo Beats - "Don't Trip (feat. Sam Swancott)" (single)

3/12 - Nature's Neighbor - "Monday Morning Drive" (single)

3/12 - Bhopal’s Flowers - Astroemeria - A Journey On Earth & Beyond (LP)

3/12 - KAKY - Room 404 (EP)

3/15 - The Last Element - "Cut it Off" (single)

3/17 - John McDonough - Second Chances (LP)

3/19 - American Culture - For My Animals (LP)

3/19 - The Rayo Brother - "Undead" (single)

3/19 - Dope Sagittarius - "Define Love" (single) 

3/19 - The Miller Test - "Eden Gaol" (single)

3/19 - Storm Seeker - Guns Don't Cry (LP)

3/19 - Soziales Hetzwerk - "Hetzer" (single)

3/19 - Stephen Flatt - "El Camino" (single)

3/19 - The Dials - And Another Thing...bsides and asides (LP)

3/19 - Sylvan Paul - America (EP)

3/19 - Gallery 47 - "Angel Follows Me Out" (single)

3/19 - Remington Super 60 - Nouvelle Noveau" (EP)

3/19 - Nashville Ambient Ensemble - Cerulean (LP)

3/20 - Sunny Gable - Contagious (LP)

3/24 - Vinok - "friends" (single)

3/26 - Departure Lounge - Transmeridian (LP)

3/26 - Gracious Losers - Six Road Ends (LP)

3/26 - Without a Sin - "Colors" (single)

3/26 - Oliver Beardmore - "Fiesta" (single)

3/26 - Swansea Sound - "Indies of the World" (single)

3/26 - Jack Silverman - Now What (EP)

3/26 - The LA Maybe - Dirty Damn Tricks (LP)

3/26 - Ben Gorb - "Let the Music Play" (single) 

3/26 - Casey & Taylor - "Post" (single)

3/26 - Dick Aven - It All Started In the Garden (LP)

3/26 - Cathal Coughlan - Owl in the Parlor (LP)

3/26 - Sunstroke Rain - "Go Greta" (single)

3/26 - Nature of Wires - "Through Someone Else's Eyes - Leather Strap Remix" (single)

3/26 - Modesty Blaise - The Modesty Blaise (LP)