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I am back after an unexpected day off...
Well, I alluded to this last post, and then circumstances forced my hand... I don't think doing a full recap of the Featured Friday Playlist is feasible given my return to live music. I was under the weather Friday and so today, we will present the brand new Featured Friday Playlist which debuted last Friday.
Follow the Playlist on Spotify and check it out each Friday for a new playlist. Also, follow E2TG on Instagram and view the stories to catch a glimpse of the songs and maybe hear a snippet.
Meanwhile, we will be hitting somewhat random, somewhat not highlights here. More changes to come as I figure it out.
Here is the first part of the Playlist:
1. "Prufrock's Pickup Line" by Cold Equations
2. "Glory Glory" by Lindsay Ellyn
3. "Wide Awake 5AM" by Megan Palmer
4. "First Curse (I Can't Hide)" by Tayls
We start the playlist this week with four of my favorite local musicians/songwriters. I met Cold Equation's Drew Kohl and Lindsay Ellyn around the same time - in late 2014. Kohl has recently moved to Nashville from Georgia with his Young America bandmate Taylor Alexander. Ellyn has moved from New York City and was working an her first EP. It was a heady time for me- meeting a ton of talented people and really immersing myself in the Nashville music community for the first time. Kohl has now released three fantastic songs under his new moniker, and Ellyn - who ended up marrying Kohl's old band mate, released her full-length debut on Friday. This song is a stunning rerecording one of my favorite songs of hers with vocals by the talented Kiely Connell and Jason Eskridge (of Sunday Night Soul fame).
I think I formally met Megan Palmer shortly after meeting Kohl and Ellyn. I first saw her playing fiddle for Tim Easton and then Darrin Bradbury, but from the first time I heard her own songs I was captivated. It wasn't until later that I learned she had a full-time career as a palliative care nurse, and this is the second single in a row where she deals head-on with that part of her life. I was fortunate enough to see Megan in person for the first time in over a year on Thursday night and I heard her and Bob Lewis perform.
I am not sure if I have every properly met Taylor Cole, and I was much later to hearing his music with his band Tayls, but over the last year in particular his music has connected with me. An Instagram post he made about this song could have been written by me. It was uncanny.
5. "Change in Me" by Eddie Turner
Blues guitarist born in Cuba, raised in Chicago and now based in Denver, Colorado.
6. "All I Want (feat. Jake Shears)" by Boys Noize
7. "Runnin' Free" by Jeff Crosby
New single from the singer songwriter who divides time between Nashville and Boise Idaho.
8. "Let Me Let Go" by Dentist
9. "Old Mill" by Soo Line Loons
We featured a couple of early singles but the self-titled third album by this Minneapolis band is out now.
10. "Happy Every Day Leaning Latin Mix" by Aaron J. Trumm
11. "Every Day I Have the Blues" by Will Johns
12. "Where The Wind Cuts Your Skin" by Nature's Neighbor
13. "Sabor" by Dallas String Quartet and Jesus Molina
14. "Ticket for Two - Radio Edit" by Morten Remar
15. "Second Life" by Molino
16. "Stuck in Quarantine" by Jeremie & the Delicious Hounds
17. "Your Name" by Artio
18. "Wish You Well" by Scott Rocco
19. "Her Love" by Joe Wright
(More songs tomorrow)
Since this is my first post of only writing about some of the songs, I feel compelled to say that all of the music is fantastic and if I had unlimited time I would do each track justice. I strongly encourage you to listen to as much of the playlist as you can and if you hear something you like - find out more. If you can't find more information, please hit me up and I was steer you in the right direction. Music, these days, is easy to consume to fully appreciate it and experience it, takes effort - but it is worth it.
Featured Friday Playlist
"Sixteen Tons" by The Cactus Brothers (from The Cactus Brothers - 1993)
The Cactus Brothers started off as a country off-shoot of the Nashville rock band Walk the West. The band would go on to have more commercial success then their predecessor band. This is their cover of the 1947 Merle Travis song that was famously recorded by Tennessee Ernie Ford in 1955.
"Dear Jennie" by Layla Frankel (from Postcard from the Moon - 2021)
Fresh from a Featured Friday appearance, we have the recent single from singer-songwriter Layla Frankel.
"The Middle" by Caroline Spence (single - 2020)
Our second cover of the shuffle - from last year Caroline Spence with a powerful cover of the 2001 Jimmy Eats World song.
"A Cat Named No No" by Grayson Anderson (from single - 2018)
Not only was Grayson Anderson featured early on at E2TG with his teenaged band Dogs of Oz, but I have actually known him since he was three years old.
"Etta's Tune" by Rosanne Cash (from The River & The Thread - 2013)
And, we close with a track from Rosanne Cash's critically acclaimed album - this song features John Paul White.
VIDEO PLAYLIST
NEW AND RECENT RELEASES
THIS WEEK
5/17 - Tesla Shamans - Electric Storm (LP)
5/18 - Ashleigh Flynn & the Riveters - Live From the Blue Moon (LP)
5/18 - Vandi Lynnae - “Two Stars Collide” (single)
5/19 - The Silver Lines - "Alive" (single)
5/20 - wilter - "solo/solong" (single)
5/20 - Cathedral in Flames - Hang Me High and Bury Me Deep (LP)
5/20 - Ambulance on Fire - Ambulance on Fire (EP)
5/21 - Moon - Shine (EP)
5/21 - Caddy - Detours and Dead Ends (LP)
5/21 - Sister John - I Am Day by Day (LP)
5/21 - Desert Hollow - Thirsty (LP)
5/21 - Rod Picott - Wood, Steel, Dust and Dreams (2LP)
5/21 - Hotel California - Orange (LP)
5/21 - Trees Speak - Post Human (LP)
5/21 - Oh Condor - Emergency Psychic (LP)
5/21 - Zebrah - Stripes (EP)
NEXT WEEK
5/23 - Pennies by the Pound - Heat Death of the Universe (LP)
5/28 - Sharone - Morbid Illusion (LP)
5/28 - Ben Brown - Sayonara Sorrow (LP)
5/28 - Toler Gibson - The Days Before (LP)
5/28 - Oui Plastique - "The Fear" (single)
5/28 - Tim Auton - "9 til 9" (single)
5/28 - Fiona Brown - Mundane (LP)
5/28 - Arcade Stories - Unbroken (LP)
5/28 - Nature of Wires + Machina X - "Within" (single)
5/28 - EB - The Parallel Sessions (EP)
5/28 - Shannon McNally - The Waylon Sessions (LP)
5/28 - Dawn-Song - For Morgan (LP)
UPCOMING
5/29 - The Contraptionists - Working Man's Dream (LP)
5/30 - Scott Standley - Victoria (LP)
6/04 - Lanterna - Hidden Drives (LP)
6/04 - Swift Silver - Swift Silver (LP)
6/04 - Jayson - "Body Work" (single)
6/04 - Soulful Femmes - It Is Well With My Soul (LP)
6/04 - Tape Waves - Bright (LP)
6/04 - Annie Keating - Bristol County Tides (LP)
6/04 - Rid of Me - Last (3 song single)
6/04 - Mary Hott with The Carpenter Ants - Devil in the Hills: Coal Country Reckoning (LP)
6/04 - My Name is Ian - Fantastic Company (LP)
6/04 - Pastel Ghost - Sun (LP)
6/11 - Soda Cracker Jesus - "Anthem" (single)
6/11 - Supermutt - Sinner's Boast (LP)
6/18 - Thomas Comerford - Introverts (LP)
6/18 - Rocket Report - Overmorrow (LP)
6/18 - The Wind-Ups - Try Not to Think (LP)
6/18 - The Catenary Wire - Birling Gap (LP)
6/18 - Doctor Lo - Claiborne Avenue (LP)
6/19 - Willie Durisseau - Creole House Dance (EP)
6/21 - BOI - Coron O Chwin (LP)
6/21 - Arms & Armour - Into This Wide Unknown (EP)
6/25 - L.S. Underground - The Grape Prophet (LP - Reissue)
6/25 - Massage - Still Life (LP)
6/25 - Routine Faces - Us vs. Them (LP)
6/25 - Sunshine & The Blue Moon - Born 2 Boogie (LP)
6/25 - Hilary Scott - Kaleidoscope (EP)
6/25 - Sir Orfeo - Millefleur (LP)
7/02 - Emma-Jean Thackray - Yellow (LP)
7/02 - The Two Man Travelling Medicine Show - Boomtown (LP)
7/04 - John PayCheck - We All Have a Story (LP)
7/09 - Leo Crandall - They're Cutting Up Betty's Dress Tonight and Other Hymns (LP)
7/09 - Ben Reddell Band - ¡LA Baby! (EP)
7/09 - The Gorstey Lea Street Choir - ...from Prince's Park to Farsley - Volume I (LP)
7/09 - Tylor & The Train Robbers - Non-Typical Find (LP)
7/12 - Steve Dawson -At The Bottom Of A Canyon In The Branches Of A Tree (LP)
7/16 - Blue Glass - Jardin des Étoiles (LP)
7/16 - Jon Byrd - Me and Paul (EP)
7/16 - Clint Morgan- Troublemaker (LP)
8/20 - Malcolm Holcomb - Tricks of the Trade (LP)
RECENT
4/16 - The Brother Brothers - Calla Lily (LP)
4/16 - Troy Bentley - Headlock (LP)
4/16 - Ventrelles - "Call of Morning" (single)
4/16 - Stephen Flatt - Cumberland Bones (LP)
4/16 - My Name is Ian (feat. HMS Morris) - "Where is the Time" (single)
4/16 - Sour Ops - X (LP)
4/16 - Conor Gains - Threë EP (EP)
4/16 - Nouhi's Nomad - "Number 4" (single)
4/16 - David Wax Museum - Euphoric Ouroboric (LP)
4/16 - Jim McCulloch - "Chorus of Lists" (single)
4/16 - Dawn-Song - "She Has Spoken" (single)
4/16 - Mass Experience - "So High" (single)
4/16 - Zebrah - "Hey Mama" (single)
4/16 - David Woodward - Butterfly Effect (EP)
4/16 - West of Texas - Hangovers & Honky Tonks (LP)
4/16 - Jon Flynn - Citrus (LP)
4/16 - Cole Quest and The City Pickers - Self (En)Titled (EP)
4/16 - John Louis - "Gone Too Far"/"Shut Down" (single)
4/20 - Cricketbows - Raised on Rock And Roll (LP)
4/20 - Tombstones In Their Eyes - Looking for a Light (LP)
4/20 - Sir Orfeo - "So Long" (single)
4/21 - Kid Hastings - "Off Guard" (single)
4/22 - Lou McMahon - "Pockets of Change" (single)
4/23 - DL Rossi - Lonesome Kind (LP)
4/23 - Certain Animals - "Hold On" (single)
4/23 - Your Academy - Your Academy (LP)
4/23 - Flowertown - Flowertown LP (LP)
4/23 - The Catenary Wires - "Mirrorball (single)
4/23 - Afton Wolfe - "Dirty Girl" (single)
4/23 - dontmesswithjuan - "Mutant Fur" (single)
4/23 - Summer Sleeves - In the Throes of Woes (LP)
4/23 - Gary Collocott - "Corrupt Young Mind" (single)
4/23 - The Magic Epic - "Sally" (single)
4/23 - Nick Nace - "Last Call" (single)
4/23 - Least - Folding My Hands, Accepting Defeat (EP)
4/29 - Caulbearers - "Burst Through the Borders" (single)
4/29 - Ernest Moon - "Big Wow" (single)
4/30 - Griffin Winton - "Blockbuster Blues" (single)
4/30 - Pikefruit - "Clockwork" (single)
4/30 - Hadda Be - Another Life (LP)
4/30 - Broken Links - Conflict::States (LP)
4/30 - BOI - "Cael Chdi Nol" (single)
4/30 - moshimoshi - moshimoshi I (EP)
4/30 - Dead By Design - Into the Night (LP)
4/30 - MILO - "What's the Matter?
4/30 - Calling Apollo - "Bitter" (single)
4/30 - Gerald Slevin - "It's Your World" (single)
4/30 - SYTE - "Up in the Air" (single)
4/30 - Lorraine Nash - "Sing With Her" (single)
4/30 - The New Black Diamonds - "Reload" (single)
4/30 - The Chickenbackers - Yeh Right, Yeah (LP)
4/30 - Nick Hudson - Font of Human Fractures (LP)
4/30 - The Legal Matters - Chapter Three (LP)
4/30 - Dan Rose - "The Opposite" (single)
4/30 - Climbing Trees - "Troubling Times" (single)
4/30 - Mode Shifter - "Doin' Fine" (single)
4/30 - KissDoomFate - "Sparkleblood" (single)
5/01 - This Twisted Wreckage - EI8HT (LP)
5/04 - Skidders - Friends & Family (LP)
5/04 - Razorhouse - "Hobo Stomp" (single)
5/04 - John Howard - Collected - The Best of John Howard (LP)
5/06 - “+øc.” - Pandemønivm (LP)
5/07 - Manolo Redondo - The Lost and Found (EP)
5/07 - McCormick - "Till the Sun Comes Up" (single)
5/07 - Benjamin Jayne - Theater (LP)
5/07 - Peter Duff - "The To Do List" (single)
5/07 - IV Reed - "Find a Way" (single)
5/07 - Timothy and the Apocalypse - "You Oughta Love Me" (single)
5/07 - Teresa Guidry - "Paris" (single)
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 - Pentral - What Lies Ahead of Us (LP)
5/07 - To Twelve - "The Return" (single)
5/07 - Harri Larkin - "Saving Aimee" (single)
5/07 - Dolly Ave - Sleep (LP)
5/07 - Death Pop Radio - Death Pop Radio (LP)
5/07 - Geoff Westen - Random Acts of Music (LP)
5/07 - Tim Foljahn - I Dreamed a Dream (LP)
5/12 - Ender Bender - "Have a Good Time" (single)
5/13 - Middle Child - "Burn Out" (single)
5/13 - The Gorstey Lea Street Choir - "Bluebird, Hollywood... Domino" (single)
5/14 - Soo Line Loons - Soo Line Loons (LP)
5/14 - Johanna Kuvaja - "Wanna Make Love to You" (single)
5/14 - Leo Crandall - "On the Way Back" (single)
5/14 - Nature's Neighbor - Otherside (LP)
5/14 - Jaffa Road - "Until When" (single)
5/14 - Mojave Grey - "Flow" (single)
5/14 - Chartelli - "Fast Car" (single)
5/14 - Mark Fry - Dreaming With Alice (reissue) (LP)
5/14 - Gasleben and Electric Friends - Spare Parts for the Offspring (LP)
5/14 - Delila Black - "Accountability" (single)
5/14 - Shay Martin Lovette - Scatter & Gather (LP)
5/14 - Eddie Turner - Change in Me (LP)
5/14 - Kay Jay Keller - "I Choose You" (single)
5/14 - Dope Sagittarius - Sacred Places (LP)
5/14 - Blue Panda - "What If I Were The One" (single)
5/14 - VICU - "Focused on You" (single)
5/14 - Pikefruit - Inflorescence (LP)
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