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According to my phone it is now 62 days until Labor Day. To my way of thinking, we are heading into the heart of the summer. Summer unofficially begins with Memorial Day and unofficially ends with Labor Day. The technical boundaries are the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox - I guess. Either way, to my mind, once we get past Independence Day in the US, we have entered the heart of the summer, and Labor Day marks the end of that period. For sure - especially lately - the hot weather can and often does linger long past that date, but after that - there is, at least, the possibility of some reprieves.
I don't really have a point to all this - except we are now officially half way through this year of change and transition. There was at least a inkling of an idea that somehow, magically, all of the bad of 2020 would just fly away on January 1 and we could look back. We were quickly dissuaded from such ideas. Even now, as things seems to be returning to normal (or at least a facsimile of normal), one cannot help but wonder what the future holds....
Featured Friday Playlist recap (Part 2) (songs 14-21):
14. "Dreamlike" by Electric Kif (feat. Aaron Parks)
Latest single from the Miami based jazz band featuring pianist Aaron Parks.
15. "S.O.S." by ilo ilo
Latest single from the L.A. based alt-electronic duo.
16. "Treading Water" by Tom Sless
Next up, we have the new single from Fort Worth, Texas based Americana rock artist Tom Sless.
17. "Wait" by Aaron J Trumm
New Mexico based singer-songwriter and label owner Aaron J Trumm with his "obligatory" COVID single. A great message and a great song.
18. "Heidio Mae'r Locustiaid" by BOI
Welsh band BOI with a track from their new album Coron O Chwinc.
19. "Hot Sweaty South" by Tenth Mountain Division
This was my introduction to Denver based Tenth Mountain Division and their brand new Butte La Rose album which was produced by Railroad Earth's Tim Carbone, and I am a fan.
20. "Good Day Sunshine" by Kate Taylor
James Taylor's "kid sister" reunites with legendary producer Peter Asher 50 years after her debut album for this stunning Beatles cover.
21. "A Little More" by Jennifer Tefft
And we close this segment of music with our second single for feature from Boston-area singer-songwriter Jennifer Tefft. A great tune to take us out for this part of the Playlist.
Featured Friday Playlist
"Creole Angel" by Sonny Landreth (from South of I-10 - 1995)
First up, we have a track from Sonny Landreth's classic album. This track featured Mark Knopfler on guitar.
"Still In My Bed" by Stuffy Shmitt (from Family Favorites - 2008)
Going back over a dozen years, we have a great track from pre-Nashville Stuffy Shmitt.
"Traditional Johnson" by Discount Ravioli (from Baby Arm Sessions - 2016)
Released five years ago this week, this album has 54 tracks on it, and this is the penultimate track for us to feature. The occasional band featuring Evan and Hayden Nork and friends - had recorded Robin Schultz and the 21 Prayers a year earlier. There is no Discount Ravioli videos that I could find on YouTube - so I found one featuring one of Hayden Nork's other bands - singing a song about the mother of Sam (who is in Discount Ravioli).
"When You Woke" by Man Named Pearl (from -Quietus Make- - 2015)
I was first turned onto the music of Jessie Turits as part of the Mama Coco's Funky Kitchen. This from his 2015 album - the first under the Man Named Pearl moniker.
"Yellow Moon" by John Rey-Reed (from Learnin' To Drive The Truck - 2016)
Next up, we have a track from an album by one-time Austin singer-songwriter who relocated to Nashville around the time of this album was released.
"Paint It Green" by The Asteroid No. 4 (from Northern Songs - 2020)
And, we close today's shuffle with a track from this 2020 album by this band from San Franssco band.
VIDEO PLAYLIST
NEW AND RECENT RELEASES
THIS WEEK
7/04 - John PayCheck - We All Have a Story (LP)
7/04 - Liz Vice - "This Land is Your Land" (single)
7/06 - Boyracer - Assuaged (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 - Various Artists - Cheese Pizza in Paradise Vol. 1 (LP)
7/09 - The Light Show - Round and Round (LP)
7/09 - Wild Earp & the Free For Alls - Dyin' for Easy Livin' (LP)
7/09 - Ro Halfhide - Paint The Town (LP)
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)
NEXT WEEK
7/12 - Steve Dawson -At The Bottom Of A Canyon In The Branches Of A Tree (LP)
7/13 - Upupayāma - Upupayāma (LP)
7/14 - AP Tobler - Alternate Vision (EP)
7/16 - Blue Glass - Jardin des Étoiles (LP)
7/16 - Georgia English - "Where Are You Now?" (single)
7/16 - Jon Byrd - Me and Paul (EP)
7/16 - Mark Duggan - "Run Out the Distance" (single)
7/16 - David Long and Shane O'Neill - Far From Home (EP)
7/16 - Clint Morgan- Troublemaker (LP)
UPCOMING
7/17 - Messer - "Name (Goo Goo Dolls Cover)" (single)
7/21 - Dominique Pruitt -Prayers for Rain (LP)
7/23 - John McTigue III - It's About Time (LP)
7/23 - Art Schop - Starguide (LP)
7/28 - Hans Deville - "Dark Clouds" (single)
7/30 - FLDPLN - "Escalator" (single)
7/30 - Georgia English - Pain and Power
7/30 - The Nautical Theme - Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed (EP)
7/30 - Lightning Love - November Birthday (reissue) (LP)
8/?? - Hans Deville - Property of the Lost (LP)
8/02 - Electric Kif - Dreamlike (LP)
8/02 - The Tolks - "Beside the Deathbed" (single)
8/06 - Colin Hay - I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself (LP)
8/08 - Sleeveens - "The Draw" (single)
8/07 - Massage - Still Life (LP)
8/13 - F. Scott and the Nighthawks - Hold Onto Your Heart (LP)
8/13 - Elijah Ocean - Born Blue (LP)
8/13 - Diane Ofori - "Sail Away" (single)
8/20 - Malcolm Holcomb - Tricks of the Trade (LP)
8/20 - Darrin Bradbury - Artvertisement (LP)
8/20 - Andy Peake - Mood Swings (LP)
8/20 - James McMurtry - The Horses and the Hound (LP)
8/20 - Grace Morrison - Daughter (LP)
8/20 - Lindsay Jarman - The Gallery (LP)
8/25 - Jeff Tuohy - Hudson Delta (LP)
8/27 - Ben Stalets - Everybody's Laughing (LP)
8/27 - Mikaela Finne - Time Stands Still (LP)
8/27 - Mike Younger - Bring the Bigtop Down (LP)
8/27 - Divine Horsemen - Hot Rise of an Ice Cream Phoenix (LP)
8/31 - Nicholas Tremulis - Rarified World (LP)
9/?? - Laura Mihalka - Feels Electric (LP)
9/01 - Remains - Millennial Nation (LP)
9/10 - Air-Cool Jenny - First Flight (EP)
9/14 - Chris Robley - A Filament In The Wilderness or What Comes Next (LP)
RECENT
6/03 - Bilbosa (feat. Lori Sky) - "Neon" (single)
6/04 - Lanterna - Hidden Drives (LP)
6/04 - Ammo - "Rose + Crown" (single)
6/04 - Cloud Eleven - Pandora's Box (LP)
6/04 - Steven Faulkner - "Time After Time" (single)
6/04 - Some Swords - The Eve of the End (LP)
6/04 - Swift Silver - Swift Silver (LP)
6/04 - Amelia White & Brett Ryan Stewart - "Somebody to Hold" (single)
6/04 - Amelia White & Brett Ryan Stewart - 11 A.M. (EP)
6/04 - Jayson - "Body Work" (single)
6/04 - Ro Halfhide - "Hey Hey" (single)
6/04 - Speed the Plough - "Thunder and Snow" (single)
6/04 - Art Schop - "Farm on Mars" (single)
6/04 - Moonchy & Tobias - Venus Mirror (EP)
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 Coast - Sun (LP)
6/11 - Soda Cracker Jesus - "Drug My Soul" (single)
6/11 - Afton Wolfe - Kings for Sale (LP)
6/11 - Florel Daze - "Holes" (single)
6/11 - Larry Mindel - "Whisper the World Away" (single)
6/11 - Late TV - "Night Tennis" (single)
6/11 - Muscle Vest - Live Laugh Loathe (EP)
6/11 - Mothgal - "Better Now" (single)
6/11 - Christina Larocca - "The New Normal" (single)
6/11 - The Stars of Disaster - In the Trough of the Wave (LP)
6/11- Garrett Weiland - What Keeps the Heart Afloat (LP)
6/11 - Supermutt - Sinner's Boast (LP)
6/11 - Poggy - No More I (EP)
6/11 - Rafa - "Lullaby" (single)
6/12 - Merv Pinny - "When I See Your Face" (single)
6/15 - Chris Connelly and Monica Queen - The Birthday Poems (LP)
6/15 - The Attractor Beams - "Only" (single)
6/18 - Thomas Comerford - Introverts (LP)
6/18 - Alexandra Hainsworth - "Lose it With Me" (single)
6/18 - Rocket Report - Overmorrow (LP)
6/18 - Dreampark - "Time Machine" (single)
6/18 - Neker - Slower (LP)
6/18 - The Wind-Ups - Try Not to Think (LP)
6/18 - Keeley - Brave Warrior (EP)
6/18 - Silly Boy Blue - Breakup Songs (LP)
6/18 - Sunbourne Rd. - Manners maketh men (LP)
6/18 - The Catenary Wire - Birling Gap (LP)
6/18 - Doctor Lo - Claiborne Avenue (LP)
6/18 - Michelle & Jason Hannan - Cheater's Waltz (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)
6/22 - Shiffley - Aperitif (EP)
6/23 - AP Tobler - "Eye for an Eye" (single)
6/24 - Bad Sauna - "Kaikki kotona" (single)
6/25 - L.S. Underground - The Grape Prophet (LP - Reissue)
6/25 - Massage - Still Life (LP)
6/25 - Lights by the Sea - "Eleanor" (single)
6/25 - Brent Seavers - BS Stands for Brent Seavers (LP)
6/25 - Ender Bender - New Era (EP)
6/25 - Cat Dowling - "Freedom" (single)
6/25 - Mikaela Finne - "Outlaw Women" (single)
6/25 - Routine Faces - Us vs. Them (LP)
6/25 - Jack Grace Band - What a Way to Spend the Night (LP)
6/25 - Sunshine & The Blue Moon - Born 2 Boogie (LP)
6/25 - Hilary Scott - Kaleidoscope (EP)
6/25 - Sir Orfeo - Millefleur (LP)
6/28 - Soft Riot - Second Lives (LP)
6/30 - Trio Nilo - Planeta Desierto (LP)
7/01 - Remains - "City of July" (single)
7/02 - Emma-Jean Thackray - Yellow (LP)
7/02 - Joel Tyler Wall - Green Wave (LP)
7/02 - The Academy of Sun - "It Is Finished When It's Destroyed "/ "Ghost Foxes" (single)
7/02 - Jeff Mix & the Songhearts - "Speed of the Sound of Loneliness" (single)
7/02 - ZOLA - Glitter and the Gold (EP)
7/02 - Sons of Southern Ulster - "Polaris (Pete Briquette Remix)" (single)
7/02 - Jennifer Tefft - "A Little More" (single)
7/02 - Colin Moulding - "The Hardest Battle" (single)
7/02 - Adam Kurtz - Hi, Society (EP)
7/02 - The Two Man Travelling Medicine Show - Boomtown (LP)
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