A new Featured Friday Playlist is coming at you tonight.
Featured Friday Playlist recap (Part 5 - A Journey's End) (songs 25-28)
25. "Aloha" by CoCo Zandi
First up, we have a track from the just released As Simple as a Dream album by CoCo Zandi of Wild Child.
26. "Visions" by Jack Wakeman & The Dreamstriders
Next up, we have the debut single from this UK singer-songwriter and his band.
27. "Something in the Way" by Ari Vais & The Campbell Apartment
Next up, we have a compilation that marks the culmination of over 35 years of making music by this singer-songwriter who was born is Moscow who later settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
28. "Other Eden" by Ada Moreau
And, we close out the segment and the playlist with this recent single from the half Polish, half Dutch artist who is currently based in Stockholm, Sweden.
Featured Friday Playlist recap (part 5 - the finale) (songs 33-38)
33. "Woman (Lover, Lover)" by Brother Earl and the Cousins
First up today, we have a track from the debut EP by this L.A band.
34. "How It's Supposed to Be" by Mike & the Nerve
Next up, we have a single from a new punk band from Gainesville, Florida.
35. "Everyday Love" by Singing River
Next, we have a single from the new project featuring Mikey James - the former drummer of Longwave.
36. "You're the Summer" by Ritual Cloak & Autumn Juvenile
Next up, we have the stunning first taste of a collaboration between an electronic post-rock duo from Cardiff (yes Wales again) and a comedian, writer, and spoken word perform. This is a fantastic track.
37. "Oh Ballerina" by Traitrs
Next up, a fantastic new single from this Toronto based post punk/darkwave duo - the first taste of a forthcoming album.
38. "Hey Edna" by Old Tom & the Lookouts
And we close with a first taste of the forthcoming second album by this Boston-based indie-folk band. The song and the album deal with the important issues around mental health.
Show alert! Two time E2TG Artist of the Year Darrin Bradbury will be at 3rd and Lindsley Sunday Night for a show hosted by a radio station that is not the one I am associated with... Excited every time I get to see Darrin perform live...
It is Friday, and time for another edition of the Featured Friday Playlist on Spotify. See below. 17 songs in the playlist this week. This week's playlist includes new and recent music by Nashville artists Evan P. Donohue (a founding member of Diarrhea Planet), The Singing Butcher, Party of Shine, Kyshona Armstrong, Irene Kelley, and Victoria Woodworth, Plus music from E2TG favorites Joe Goodkin, DateMonthYear, Sammy Brue, Tiny Fighter, and Christopher Paul Stelling. Plus, some newer "discoveries" like Kat Hamilton, Emily Zuzik, Chicago Farmer, Surrija, Wynnm, and HMS Morris. Check it out and give the playlist a follow on Spotify.
Featured Friday Playlist Brand New List Today!
Friday Shuffle:
Time to close out the week. It was a snowy morning commute. As usual, a delightfully eclectic mix of music.
"One Wish" by Habit of Mine (from Habit of Mind)
A first listen to this Los Angeles based alternative rock band. This came to us via a direct inquiry last month. Great sounding tune.
"Peggy Gordon" by Ricko Donovan (from Full On)
One-time Nashville resident, hammer dulcimer player, songwriter, and birthday brother Ricko Donovan is up next. Hope he makes it back to Nashville soon.
"Unfortunately" by Warming (from Warming)
"Horizon part.2" by Lions'Den (from Songbird)
"Sunken Aspects" by Claudio Conti (from Garnet Dusk)
"Rambling" by Moonshine Booze (from Desert Road)
"Trouble and Time" by Chris Carroll (from Trouble and Time)
I think there are over 5,000 songs saved in my phone memory, and a random shuffle brought up two songs this week from this 2014 album by the Texas singer-songwriter. We have been featuring her latest album Good Farmer (a collaboration with her husband Adam) recently.
"Remember the Love" by Heather Powell (from A Haze of Grays and Blues)
Speaking of defying the odds. Apparently, this song was save to my phone twice and came up on two consecutive days. The album was released in 2015, and yes, this track features Kevin Jenkins (for some reason he was credited on the track that came up yesterday but not on the track that came up today - I am sure they are the same track).
"Miles of Broadway" by Maynard and the Musties (from Cheap Cigar)
Nashville by way of Brooklyn band - with a track from an album released while they were living in New York.
"Salvation Jane" by INXS (The Best of INXS)
"Let the Four Winds Blow" by Warren Storm (from Taking the World, By Storm)
A cover of a 1961 Dave Bartholomew and Fats Domino by legendary swamp pop pioneers Warren storm - on a album produced by Yvette Landry.
VIDEO PLAYLIST
Recent and Upcoming Releases:
Recent: 11/20 Brock Zeman - Hey Tom (a collection of Tom House Songs) (LP)(E2TG First Impression) 12/2 - Terry Klein - Live at KOOP (LP) 12/29 - Them Jones - "The Woman is a Poor Child" (single) 12/31 - Blackfoot Gypsies - Live at The Basement (LP) 1/06 - Francesco Mariano - "Room 107" (single) 1/07 - The Singing Butcher - "Top 40" (single) 1/08 - Luis Mojica- Shaman Food (LP) 1/10 - Palm Ghosts - "Wide Awake and Waiting" (single)(E2TG First Impression) 1/10 - Mary Bragg and Drivin' N Cryin' - "Don't Walk Away" (cover) (single) 1/10 - Them Airs - "Food Pyramid" (single) 1/10 - Lilly Hiatt - "Brightest Star" (single) 1/10 - Strange Majik - "Lo-Fi Hi" (single) (E2TG First Impression) 1/10 - Dean Fields - "Armadillo" (single) 1/10- Chicago Farmer - "All in One Place" (single) 1/10 - Surrija - "Nothing Love" (single) 1/10 - RB Morris - Going Back to the Sky (LP) 1/10 - Guided By Voices - "Volcano" (single) 1/10 - Sunshine Boys - "Infinity Girl" (single) 1/11 - Dolour (Shane Tutmarc) - "The Snake Eye" (single) 1/12 - Francesco Mariano - "Nine Lives" (single) 1/13 - Lauren Anderson - "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" (cover) (single) 1/14 - Drive-By Truckers - "Thoughts and Prayers" (single) 1/16 - Margo Price - Stone Me (single) 1/17 - Mark Hummel - Wayback Machine (LP) 1/17 - Jonny Polonsky - "The Weeping Souls" (single) 1/17 - Them Airs - Union Suit XL (LP)(E2TG First Impression) 1/17 - Innocence Mission - See You Tomorrow (LP) 1/17 - David Dondero - The Filter Bubble Blues (LP) 1/17 - MONO INC. - "Warriors" (single) 1/17 - Damen - "Americana" (single) 1/17 - The Singing Butcher - "Circus Girl" (single) 1/19 - Merrill Beach - "Geen"/"Marimba" (single)(E2TG First Impression) 1/21 - Broads and Milly Hirst - "Happisburgh" (single) 1/22 - Davis Raines - Turquoise and Silver (LP) (E2TG First Impression) 1/24 - Kailey Nicole - Kailey Nicole (LP) 1/24 - Mrs. Henry - Live at the Casbah (LP) 1/24 - Aeronautical Pioneer - "Hop High" (single) 1/24 - Three Rivers Project - Confluence (LP) 1/24 - MONO INC. - The Book of Fire (LP) 1/24 - Dispel - Lore (LP) 1/24 - The New Nostalgia - "Nothing is New" (single) 1/24 - The Heliocentrics - "Burning Wooden Ship" (single) 1/24 - Electric High - "Harder to Justify" (single) 1/24 - J. Luke Cloutier - Drown (LP) 1/26 - Nik West - "Tears" (single) 1/28 - Motihari Brigade - Power from Below (LP) 1/29 - Remington Super 60 - NEW EP (EP) 1/31 - Eric Brace and Last Train Home - Daytime Highs and Overnight Lows (LP) 1/31 - Nick Pagliari - Midway (LP) 1/31 - Black Paisley - "Dreams" (single) 1/31 - Jolie Holland - Esconidida (Vinyl Reissue) (LP) 1/31 - John Dennis - Mortal Flames (LP) (E2TG First Impression) 1/31 - Emma Hill - How Could I Have Been So Wrong (EP) 1/31 - Ryan Sobb and the Dead Mall - Concrete Feelings (LP) (E2TG First Impression) 1/31 - Alexander Hacke (Einsturzende Neubauten) + Danielle de Picciotto (Crime and The City Solution) - The Current (LP) 1/31 - Drive-By Truckers - The Unraveling (LP) 1/31 - Kristen Englenz - "Rebound" (single) 1/31 - Damen - "Disco" (single) 1/31 - Tinsley Ellis - Ice Cream in Hell (LP) 1/31 - The Singing Butcher - "Coming Home" (single) 2/01 - Glenn Jones - Ready for the Good Times (LP)
2/02 - Karabas Barabas - Degenerate National Anthem (LP) 2/04 - Mayflower Madame - "Vultures" (single) 2/05 - Joseph Mooradian - "We all Work Too Much"/"Dash My Dreams" (single)
Out Today!: 2/07 - Palm Ghosts - Wide Awake and Waiting (EP) 2/07 - Emily Zuzik - "Trouble" (single) 2/07 - Chicago Farmer - Flyover Country (LP) 2/07 - Surrija - "Barcelona" (single) 2/07 - The Flyin' A's - No Holds Barred (LP) 2/07 - Harry Stafford - "She Just Blew Me Away" (single) 2/07 - Christopher Paul Stelling - Best of Luck (LP) 2/07 - HMS Morris - "Babanod" (single) 2/07 - Tiny Fighter- "Strangest Thing" (single) 2/07 - Wynnm - "Fire on the Moon" (single) 2/07 - The Golden Cage Society - Mira (Mini EP) 2/07 - Alienbaby Collective - "Degenerate Moon" (single) 2/07 - Eric and the Anti-Vaxxers - Timeshare Girlfriend (EP) 2/07 - Sammy Brue - "Teenage Mayhem" and "Crash Test Kid" (singles) 2/07 - Lucille - "Kerikeri" (single)
Upcoming: 2/14 - Grant Peeples - Bad Wife (LP) 2/14 - The Heliocentrics - Infinity of Now (LP) 2/14 - Johanna Kuvaja - "Back for Good" (single) 2/14 - Sarah Reynolds - "I Need Love" (single) 2/14 - Afterimage - "Six Seconds" (single) 2/14 - Kalee Smyth - "Bring Our Love Down" (single) 2/16 - Kas Havoc - "Light'em Up" (single) 2/21 - Sarah Morris - All Mine (LP) 2/21 - Kindergarten - Iphigenia (Reissue) (LP) 2/21 - Hot Club of L.A.- Cinema Swing (LP) 2/21 - MUUK - Balbuceo (LP) 2/21 - Aaron Beckum - Songs from a Triangle Room (EP) 2/21 - Every 13 Days - Étant Donnés (Reissue) (LP) 2/21 - Seablight - High-Rise Mannequins (EP) 2/21 - Various Artists -Typical Girls Vol. 5 (LP) 2/21 - 12xPretty - 12xPretty (LP) 2/21 - Arkane Skye - "Don't Ask Me Out" (single) 2/28 - Kristen Englenz - Ingenue (LP) 2/28 - Close Lobsters - Post Neo Anti... (LP) 2/28 - The Heliocentrics - Infinity of Now (LP) 3/?? - Strange Majik - 20/20 (LP) 3/04 - Zoe Schwarz Blue Commotion - Chameleon (LP) 3/06 - Surrija - "Sylvette" (single)\ 3/06 - Dean Fields - While the Baby Was Sleeping (LP) 3/06 - Broads and Milly Hirst - Ollust (LP) 3/06 - The Mastersons - No Time for Love Songs (LP) 3/06 - Ghostwood Development Project (Feat. Kool Keith) - "Gulley" (single) 3/13 - The Flatmates - The Flatmates (LP) 3/13 - Kleenex Girl Wonder - Ponyoak (20th Anniversary Edition) + BLP (demos and out-takes) (LP) 3/13 - Sandwick - Reconstruct (LP) 3/13 - Foley and the Fire - "Springsteen on the Radio" (single) 3/13 - Kalee Smyth - The Ceiling (EP) 3/20 - Matt Wilson and His Orchestra - When I Was a Writer (LP) 3/20 - Chris Moyse - Bitter Ballads and Cynical Prayers (LP) 3/27 - Lilly Hiatt - Walking Proof (LP) 3/27 - Mayflower Madame - Prepared for a Nightmare (LP) 3/27 - Alienbaby Collective - F I S H B O W L / T E R R E S T R I A L (Double EP) 3/27 - Mairena - "Weird All the Time" (single) 3/27 - Lucille - Come on,Fly (LP) 4/03 - Surrija - Surrija (LP) 4/10 - Eliza Gilkyson - 2020 (LP) 4/10 - Dan Montgomery - Smoke and Mirrors (a phonographic memory) (LP) 4/10 - Pokey LaFarge - Rock Bottom Rhapsody (LP) 4/17 - Paul Burch and WPA Ballclub - Light Sensitive (LP) 6/12 - Sammy Brue - Crash Test Kid (LP)
I hoped to be making my big announcement on this blog post, but I am still waiting for the official okay...
Ever since, 2014 or so, when I started really connecting with the local music community, I have been interested in making connections between the Nashville music I came of age (musically) listening to and the music being made today (and everything in between - including stuff I missed). I didn't know what context I wanted to do this (or rather I had several ideas).
Nashville is called Music City. The term was used by WSM-AM announcer David Cobb (I don't know if he is any relation to Dave Cobb - super-producer) in a 1950 broadcast and caught on, but the idea of Nashville being a "musical city" can be credited to none other than Queen Victoria - who made that pronouncement upon hearing a performance by the Fisk Jubilee Singers in 1873.
If you read E2TG with any regularity, you know how enamored I am with the live music scene here in Nashville, and you probably have caught one of my "Music City Monday" shuffles which tries to highlight the musical diversity of the city.
I have a new project coming very soon, which I will be announcing as soon as I get the green light. In the meantime, I need to state publicly that E2TG will always be a place to highlight music from all over regardless of genre (and with an emphasis on artists who may not get the attention from other music sites).
Now, we have a nifty mid-week shuffle, so check it out below. Plus, the current Featured Friday Playlist and our Release calendar down below.
Back at it for one last day. Contemplating the Revolutionary War era airports and whether or not it is appropriate to celebrate a democracy that seems to be on the verge of becoming a dictatorship.
Looking forward to some cool music tonight. A couple of Kerrville New Folk Award winners Justin Farren and Aaron Smith will be a Tennessee Brew Works early and then Jeremy Ivey, Darrin Bradbury, and Matthew Paige will be at The Basement later.
Then, on to the weekend!
First, I have a big announcement! E2TG will be celebrating our 8th Anniversary at The 5 Spot in East Nashville over four consecutive Wednesdays starting September 25 - October 16, 2019. Go ahead a mark you calendars. Full schedules, graphics, and Facebook Events are coming but for now, I can tell you that our special guests will include:
Ben Arthur (from New York)
Conrad y Skordalia
Jason Erie
Don Gallardo
Josh Gray
Meghan Hayes
Ryan Sobb
and
The Truehearts
You will not want to miss any of these shows!
Now, it's time for our Featured Friday Shuffle! Dig it!
On a warm, overcast Wednesday morning - fresh off another night out that reminded me again of the amazing live music scene in Nashville (amazing in the sense of the amount of talent and the number of options any given night). We take a break from our focus on "new music" for a always fun - Wild Wednesday shuffle that includes an eclectic mix of new and not-so-new music from a variety of sources.
First off, I wanted to give out a show alert for tonight. The late show at The 5 Spot in East Nashville will feature a CD Release show by Erica Blinn for her new album Better Than Gold. You may recall, we premiered her song, "Dance with the One (Who Brought You Here)" last September.
Closing the night will be another local favorites, Andrew Leahey and the Homestead.
Opening the show will be Memphis based and Fat Possum recording artist Liz Brasher - who I read is making her Nashville debut. I may be wrong about that. Here's some information about Liz Brasher -NPR says, "Good-God-Hallelujah... Brasher shouts, rocks, rolls, and tears it up on stage; her music will dig down deep to touch your soul." A Memphian of Dominican descent who grew up singing in Spanish in the church, Brasher synthesizes the sounds of of '60s garage, girl group sounds, dirty blues, holy roller church music, and Bob Dylan into something completely her own. And below is a video for her song "Body of Mine"
Should be a great night of music.
Today is Wednesday so let's get "Wild" and shuffle from all the songs on my phone memory.
