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Okay... a lot on my mind... the situation in Houston and surrounding areas is still weighing heavy on my mind. And I need to focus my mind more on the ways people are pulling together rather than the people who are tearing us apart.
Meanwhile, the storm itself is heading in our direction - tornado warnings are popping up to the west of Nashville, and heavy, heavy rain is expected over the next day or so. Nothing like what Houston got, but a lot of rain nonetheless.
I did make it to The 5 Spot last night and caught Lottie, the always awesome Levi Parham, and Flying Buffaloes. You may recall we premiered their single "Hey ;-) is for Horses" a little while back. This was my first chance to see them live, and they were great. Props to AGD for putting on a great show and getting a young crowd to an early show at The 5 Spot (I probably bumped the average age up by a good decade or so :-) )
It is Thursday, and as is our want, we offer up "Topical Thursday" and the topic of choice is E2TG - the first six years. A retrospective look at some of the bands/artists we have written about over the life of this blog...
Shuffle up now!
Showing posts with label Diana Lawrence. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Diana Lawrence. Show all posts
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Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Tuesday Morning Music Shuffle - Hail, Hail Rock and Roll Mix
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Greetings from Sunny and chilly Nashville, Tennessee. We are back with a real honest to goodness music shuffle, and we've loaded up our November playlist with a stellar selection of tunes from the distant past to the up-to-the-minute present.
Star and Micey are a Memphis based alternative/folk/rock/soul - oh hell, they just make damn good music. Today we have a live acoustic version of the song Number 1 which we got from a split Noisetrade sampler the band released with Carolina Story in support of their recently completed Soul Stormin' Tour.
Coincidentally, our good friends Skeletons in the Piano posted a recommendation on Facebook to listen to Chuck Berry, and lo and behold, look who's up in our Morning Shuffle from hours earlier... We have School Days by the iconic Chuck Berry. It is the lead track from his debut album from 1957 called After School Session.
Here's Diana with The Dishes
Amazon also has the latest Edward Sharp and the Magnetic Zeros album Here for a mere $5.00
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Green Day's Dos is out and $5.00 at Amazon
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Greetings from Sunny and chilly Nashville, Tennessee. We are back with a real honest to goodness music shuffle, and we've loaded up our November playlist with a stellar selection of tunes from the distant past to the up-to-the-minute present.
Star and Micey are a Memphis based alternative/folk/rock/soul - oh hell, they just make damn good music. Today we have a live acoustic version of the song Number 1 which we got from a split Noisetrade sampler the band released with Carolina Story in support of their recently completed Soul Stormin' Tour.
Here is the band's recently released record, I Can't Wait
Here's Star and Micey from SXSW 2012
Coincidentally, our good friends Skeletons in the Piano posted a recommendation on Facebook to listen to Chuck Berry, and lo and behold, look who's up in our Morning Shuffle from hours earlier... We have School Days by the iconic Chuck Berry. It is the lead track from his debut album from 1957 called After School Session.
The always amazing Elizabeth Cook retells the biblical story of Samson and Delilah with the traditional song, If I Had My Way, I'd Tear This Building Down (which has also been recorded as Samson and Delilah most famously perhaps by The Grateful Dead). Cook's version of the song appears on her Gospel Plow extended play which was released earlier in 2012.
Current Featured Artist, Diana Lawrence is up next with another song from her To: Aging Children album - the stunningly beautiful Where Am I Growing Up To?
Here's Diana with The Dishes
The always amazing Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros close out this morning's shuffle with Give Me a Sign which came to us from the free Community Music Sampler - available via Amazon.
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Green Day's Dos is out and $5.00 at Amazon
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Tuesday Morning Music Shuffle - Honest to Goodness Mix
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Well, well, well... it's finally here. I hope you vote if you are able. I hope you take the time to read about the candidates and issues - read a variety of sources. If you do that and you reach a different conclusion than I do, then I'm okay with that.
Remember if you don't vote you can't complain... actually, I've always hated that expression... The truth is if you don't vote, you can complain, but then you should feel guilty about it.
Whatever, we have some music to lighten your load...
Recent Featured Artists and our good friends, The Grimm Generation are back with there follow-up to The Last Record Party. Coming Home shows a band just beginning to hit their stride, and it's a damn fine stride, too. Check out today's song, Come to Me.
Don't have a video for Come to Me, but here's the lead-off song from the new record. It's called Blink I'm Gone.
Next up, we have an encore presentation of the rockin' Avenue H from Vulture Kult from their release, Don't Let Rock n' Roll Ruin Your Life.
Here's Diana from July playing with the equally awesome Phoebe Hunt.
The Lords of the New Church formed in 1982 by former Dead Boy - Stiv Bators who died in 1990, Brian James of The Damned, Dave Tregunna of Sham 69 and Nick Turner of The Barracudas. Today we have a song taken from a compilation put out by Easy Action records called The Fabulous Rachel Moss Album. This is a previously unreleased track called Gun Called Justice V.2.
Here's the band from a 1988 show doing Gun Called Justice
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Well, well, well... it's finally here. I hope you vote if you are able. I hope you take the time to read about the candidates and issues - read a variety of sources. If you do that and you reach a different conclusion than I do, then I'm okay with that.
Remember if you don't vote you can't complain... actually, I've always hated that expression... The truth is if you don't vote, you can complain, but then you should feel guilty about it.
Whatever, we have some music to lighten your load...
Recent Featured Artists and our good friends, The Grimm Generation are back with there follow-up to The Last Record Party. Coming Home shows a band just beginning to hit their stride, and it's a damn fine stride, too. Check out today's song, Come to Me.
Don't have a video for Come to Me, but here's the lead-off song from the new record. It's called Blink I'm Gone.
Next up, we have an encore presentation of the rockin' Avenue H from Vulture Kult from their release, Don't Let Rock n' Roll Ruin Your Life.
Here's another song from the new record.
Diana Lawrence is one of our Featured Artists for November/December. She earned that distinction with her beautiful melodies, tremendous pop/folk sense and her inspiring lyrics. We have another track from her fine To: Aging Children EP which was released back in August.
Here's Diana from July playing with the equally awesome Phoebe Hunt.
The Lords of the New Church formed in 1982 by former Dead Boy - Stiv Bators who died in 1990, Brian James of The Damned, Dave Tregunna of Sham 69 and Nick Turner of The Barracudas. Today we have a song taken from a compilation put out by Easy Action records called The Fabulous Rachel Moss Album. This is a previously unreleased track called Gun Called Justice V.2.
Here's the band from a 1988 show doing Gun Called Justice
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Monday, November 5, 2012
Ear to the Ground Presents: Featured Artists for November/December (5 and 6 of 20)
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Just to recap - previously we have revealed the first 4 Featured Artists for the period that will span November and December:
1. Aoede
2. The Chaw
3. Cheer Up Charlie Daniels
4. Christopher Paul Stelling
The blog post for 1 and 2 are here. 3 and 4 are here.
Now: Here are numbers 5 and 6.
5. Diana Lawrence/Diana and the Dishes - (Website, Facebook,Youtube) - Band Interests: "bowling, baked goods, beer... other b words?...."
Latest Release:
6. The Dirty Urchins (Website, Facebook, Twitter) - Band Interests:
"whittling, pining, lusting, picking, differential equations, parks, strings, lint, Telecasters, long-term projects, commercial aircraft, mysterious female things, puns"
City: Brooklyn
Members: Freddie Stevenson, Bennett Miller, Julia Haltigan
Latest Release:
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Just to recap - previously we have revealed the first 4 Featured Artists for the period that will span November and December:
1. Aoede
2. The Chaw
3. Cheer Up Charlie Daniels
4. Christopher Paul Stelling
The blog post for 1 and 2 are here. 3 and 4 are here.
Now: Here are numbers 5 and 6.
5. Diana Lawrence/Diana and the Dishes - (Website, Facebook,Youtube) - Band Interests: "bowling, baked goods, beer... other b words?...."
City: Chicago, Illinois
Member(s): Diana Lawrence (piano, vocals) Dave Saenger (guitar) David Keller (cello)
Dan Thatcher (bass) Bob Parlier (drums)
Latest Release:
A video:
6. The Dirty Urchins (Website, Facebook, Twitter) - Band Interests:
"whittling, pining, lusting, picking, differential equations, parks, strings, lint, Telecasters, long-term projects, commercial aircraft, mysterious female things, puns"
City: Brooklyn
Members: Freddie Stevenson, Bennett Miller, Julia Haltigan
Latest Release:
A video:
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Thursday, October 25, 2012
Thursday Morning Music Shuffle - Zone One Mix
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Well, well, well... it looks like we have one more day of Indian Summer here in Nashville before winter sets in. Also, it is weird when there are still stars out when I'm pulling the car around in the morning. When does the time go back to normal?
So, we have a good shuffle which includes a few bands who are new to Ear2theGround and a cover of a classic and much covered song:
The Chaw are a dark and bluesy rock band from Concord, California. They are about to drop their first full-length album (self-titled). The album comes out November 6 (so after you vote go buy the album). We have had the chance to get a sneak peak, and this is a good one. Today we have Everything Wrong.
Here is the Kickstarter Video for this new album
Girl Scouts are a Philadelphia band who play recklessly, emotionally charged indie rock with abandon. They are tons of fun. They released a split EP with New Hampshire/Connecticut band Old Gray. We have Buh Buh Bubbaram today... "Go Home!"
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Well, well, well... it looks like we have one more day of Indian Summer here in Nashville before winter sets in. Also, it is weird when there are still stars out when I'm pulling the car around in the morning. When does the time go back to normal?
So, we have a good shuffle which includes a few bands who are new to Ear2theGround and a cover of a classic and much covered song:
The Chaw are a dark and bluesy rock band from Concord, California. They are about to drop their first full-length album (self-titled). The album comes out November 6 (so after you vote go buy the album). We have had the chance to get a sneak peak, and this is a good one. Today we have Everything Wrong.
Here is the Kickstarter Video for this new album
The band is stream two songs from the new album at Bandcamp where you will also find the band's EP available for Free Download.
I met Diana Lawrence at the Americana Music Fest. She released an EP called To: Aging Children back in August, and we have the beautiful pop-folk ballad, Praise for the Days. This is pop-folk that reminds me of Joni Mitchell and Anna and Kate McGarrigle. Stirring and grand and delicate.
Here is Diana with Phoebe Hunt who we saw on the final night of the Americana Fest
Girl Scouts are a Philadelphia band who play recklessly, emotionally charged indie rock with abandon. They are tons of fun. They released a split EP with New Hampshire/Connecticut band Old Gray. We have Buh Buh Bubbaram today... "Go Home!"
We don't do much Jam band here at Ear to the Ground. I guess it's just not my thing really... but, I couldn't pass on this cover of the Beatles' Helter Skelter by Gov't Mule featuring the great Audley Freed. The song comes from the three-disc Mulennium Live Album.
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