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Man - some days, you just have to push forward purely on force of will... yesterday, after a full day of work, I recorded an upcoming Double Shot show, then I headed to The 5 Spot for another $2 Tuesday. Elli Perry, Thor Platter, Los Colognes - including Derek Hoke joining for a new song of his, AJ Hobbs (who I have featured here on E2TG and who is in the New Music playlist - by the way AJ Hobbs backing band included all three members of Buck N' Stuff, and the late night set was Buck N' Stuff themselves Not a bad night of music for $2. Dragging a bit today - but...
Today's Wild Wednesday Shuffle comes from a random shuffle of all of the songs currently on my phone.
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Wednesday, February 1, 2017
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Trending Tuesday Morning Shuffle - Alright, Alright Mix
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Good day, hepcats! Had a blast seeing Matt Phillips and The Philharmonic out at Charlie Bob's last night. The band sounded fantastic and it was great hearing how much Matt's sound has evolved since I saw him last year at Music City Roots (which was awesome, too by the way). I hope he makes it back to Nashville for a more extended visit.
Lots on the horizon, trying to keep all those juggles balled... no wait, that is not it...
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Good day, hepcats! Had a blast seeing Matt Phillips and The Philharmonic out at Charlie Bob's last night. The band sounded fantastic and it was great hearing how much Matt's sound has evolved since I saw him last year at Music City Roots (which was awesome, too by the way). I hope he makes it back to Nashville for a more extended visit.
Lots on the horizon, trying to keep all those juggles balled... no wait, that is not it...
It's Tuesday! Time to find out what we have "Trending" on E2TG.
Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Trending Tuesday Morning Shuffle - Till Your Well Runs Dry Mix
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Hey ho! It'sTrendy Trending Tuesday at E2TG. This will have to be a quick one. Lots of music and not much time.
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Wednesday, January 6, 2016
Wednesday Morning Music Shuffle - Frosty Sailor Mix
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Today's post will contain no references to Darrin Bradbury, Aaron Lee Tasjan, or Jon Latham. (damn, I just mentioned them...)
Tim Easton is one of East Nashville's most respected songwriters. He is also (my words not his) the spiritual guiding force behind Campfire Propaganda - a loosely connected group of songwriters on the Eastside who feed off of each other creatively.
Over the past several months, Easton has undertaken the daunting task of posting 100 songs in 100 days - as a way to celebrate his 100th published song. He posted his 100th song yesterday, however, one of those songs was a Bob Dylan cover featuring the McCrary Sisters, Megan Palmer, and Aaron Lee Tasjan (damn, I mentioned him again!). All proceeds from that song go to charity.
Because it was Easton's original intention to post 100 original songs, he decided to post song 101. It is called "Sail Away, Sailors". And you can watch it below. According to Tim Easton, "It's the tale of the Alaska youth traveler who gets a job trimming weed then goes to Mexico, then home to Kodiak Island."
Expect one more song tomorrow, called "One for the Ditch" - just because. Tim Easton is currently working on completing his next album. Keep up with Tim Easton by following his Facebook page.
If you are in Nashville next Monday, look for Tim Easton along with Zach Schmidt opening up Week 2 of the Darrin Bradbury Residency. (damn, I mentioned him again, too!)
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Oh well, since I mentioned the other two, I should remind you that Jon Latham will do a free show at Soulshine Pizza on Friday to cap off his week as Local Artist of the Week for Lightning 100.
On to the shuffle....
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Today's post will contain no references to Darrin Bradbury, Aaron Lee Tasjan, or Jon Latham. (damn, I just mentioned them...)
Tim Easton is one of East Nashville's most respected songwriters. He is also (my words not his) the spiritual guiding force behind Campfire Propaganda - a loosely connected group of songwriters on the Eastside who feed off of each other creatively.
Over the past several months, Easton has undertaken the daunting task of posting 100 songs in 100 days - as a way to celebrate his 100th published song. He posted his 100th song yesterday, however, one of those songs was a Bob Dylan cover featuring the McCrary Sisters, Megan Palmer, and Aaron Lee Tasjan (damn, I mentioned him again!). All proceeds from that song go to charity.
Because it was Easton's original intention to post 100 original songs, he decided to post song 101. It is called "Sail Away, Sailors". And you can watch it below. According to Tim Easton, "It's the tale of the Alaska youth traveler who gets a job trimming weed then goes to Mexico, then home to Kodiak Island."
Expect one more song tomorrow, called "One for the Ditch" - just because. Tim Easton is currently working on completing his next album. Keep up with Tim Easton by following his Facebook page.
If you are in Nashville next Monday, look for Tim Easton along with Zach Schmidt opening up Week 2 of the Darrin Bradbury Residency. (damn, I mentioned him again, too!)
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Oh well, since I mentioned the other two, I should remind you that Jon Latham will do a free show at Soulshine Pizza on Friday to cap off his week as Local Artist of the Week for Lightning 100.
On to the shuffle....
Thursday, October 29, 2015
Thursday Morning Music Shuffle - Close Your Eyes, Breathe Slow and We'll Begin Mix
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"Close your eyes, breathe slow, and we'll begin..." - from "The Pan Within" written by Mike Scott and recorded by his band, The Waterboys from their album This is the Sea.
Last night I took the Blackstone Bus to Music City Roots at the Factory in Franklin. I think the bus is one of this town's best kept secrets. Every Wednesday, the bus departs from The 5 Spot in East Nashville makes a stop at Soulshine Pizza in Midtown and then makes its way down I65 to Franklin.
Reasons it is such a cool, awesome deal: 1. The ride is free. You pay your (usually $10) Roots ticket, select the Blackstone Bus option. 2. They serve samples of different varieties of Blackstone Beer (the longest currently operating local brewery). 3 You get some free hors d'oeuvres courtesy of Monnells. 4. There is usually awesome live music on the bus and 5. You don't have to drive.
About #4 - the scheduled music performer was under the weather, but because Nashville - it turned out that The Worry Dolls were on board. The Worry Dolls are recent transplants from London. I had seen them at a showcase during Americana, and they graced us with some songs on the bus. I nice treat to be sure.
This weeks Music City Roots was pretty eclectic. Host Jim Lauderdale opened the show with a song from his new album - which I now really want to check out. A bluegrass band from Italy played one song. I really dug them a bunch - they are called La Terza Classe. The Orphan Brigade played next, they are a really interesting group of experienced players with a pretty fascinating story. They completed their current album in Kentucky at what is called the Most Haunted House in America. I really liked their music which is kind of moody roots music - I guess. LynnMarie was next with her polka band. They won me over by opening their set with a cover of The Who's "Squeezebox" and a song written about LynnMarie's son who has Down's Syndrome. The latter song really spoke to me.
Amy Black was up next - backed by some of the players who joined her when I saw her CD Release show at The Bluebird Café and supplemented by a horn section and noted Nashville bassist Hags Haggerty. They sounded fantastic.
Ted Drozdowski's Scissormen played the final set of the night and did what they do best - bringing the authentically original take on psychedelic North Mississippi blues music. And for those who read yesterday's post - no, the MCR stage could not contain Ted Drozdowski. Drozdowski is a phenomenal guitar player and his band provide some amazing support.
The closing Music City Jam featured a pretty awesome version of a song Muddy Waters recorded called "Rollin' and Tumblin'". It was amazing to hear the different takes from everyone on stage.
On to the shuffle:
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"Close your eyes, breathe slow, and we'll begin..." - from "The Pan Within" written by Mike Scott and recorded by his band, The Waterboys from their album This is the Sea.
Last night I took the Blackstone Bus to Music City Roots at the Factory in Franklin. I think the bus is one of this town's best kept secrets. Every Wednesday, the bus departs from The 5 Spot in East Nashville makes a stop at Soulshine Pizza in Midtown and then makes its way down I65 to Franklin.
Reasons it is such a cool, awesome deal: 1. The ride is free. You pay your (usually $10) Roots ticket, select the Blackstone Bus option. 2. They serve samples of different varieties of Blackstone Beer (the longest currently operating local brewery). 3 You get some free hors d'oeuvres courtesy of Monnells. 4. There is usually awesome live music on the bus and 5. You don't have to drive.
About #4 - the scheduled music performer was under the weather, but because Nashville - it turned out that The Worry Dolls were on board. The Worry Dolls are recent transplants from London. I had seen them at a showcase during Americana, and they graced us with some songs on the bus. I nice treat to be sure.
This weeks Music City Roots was pretty eclectic. Host Jim Lauderdale opened the show with a song from his new album - which I now really want to check out. A bluegrass band from Italy played one song. I really dug them a bunch - they are called La Terza Classe. The Orphan Brigade played next, they are a really interesting group of experienced players with a pretty fascinating story. They completed their current album in Kentucky at what is called the Most Haunted House in America. I really liked their music which is kind of moody roots music - I guess. LynnMarie was next with her polka band. They won me over by opening their set with a cover of The Who's "Squeezebox" and a song written about LynnMarie's son who has Down's Syndrome. The latter song really spoke to me.
Amy Black was up next - backed by some of the players who joined her when I saw her CD Release show at The Bluebird Café and supplemented by a horn section and noted Nashville bassist Hags Haggerty. They sounded fantastic.
Ted Drozdowski's Scissormen played the final set of the night and did what they do best - bringing the authentically original take on psychedelic North Mississippi blues music. And for those who read yesterday's post - no, the MCR stage could not contain Ted Drozdowski. Drozdowski is a phenomenal guitar player and his band provide some amazing support.
The closing Music City Jam featured a pretty awesome version of a song Muddy Waters recorded called "Rollin' and Tumblin'". It was amazing to hear the different takes from everyone on stage.
On to the shuffle:
Thursday, October 15, 2015
Thursday Morning Music Shuffle - Personality Crisis Mix
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Time is very short, but today was a good shuffle so, I will just post quickly.
"Junior's Blues" by Ted Drozdowski's Scissormen
"Personality Crisis" (1973 Demo) by New York Dolls
"Safe Corridor" by Cruising
"A Chicken With It's Head Cut Off" by The Magnetic Fields
"The Garden" by Elephant Revival
"I'm So Good That I Don't Have to Brag" by Shel Silverstein
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Time is very short, but today was a good shuffle so, I will just post quickly.
Another cool tune from Broke Down Halo.
"Junior's Blues" by Ted Drozdowski's Scissormen
An older Scissormen song that is currently available on a Noisetrade release called Stink Eye. It's a song about Junior Kimbrough.
"Personality Crisis" (1973 Demo) by New York Dolls
A demo of one of my favorite songs by the proto-punk icons.
"Safe Corridor" by Cruising
Some really cool new surf punk. From an EP also called Cruising. I don't know much else.
"A Chicken With It's Head Cut Off" by The Magnetic Fields
Sometimes I feel this way... from 69 Love Songs by Edward Sharpe and the Magnet... wait no, wrong band... ;-)
"The Garden" by Elephant Revival
Randomness produces some interesting patterns. We have our second Elephant Revival song in as many days. I do like this band a bunch.
"I'm So Good That I Don't Have to Brag" by Shel Silverstein
And we close with a really funny song from the guy who wrote "The Giving Tree." This time around, he is talking about how he is so good that he doesn't have to brag.
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Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Wedneday Morning Music Shuffle - Mountains, Rivers, and The Sea Mix
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Been busy this week with writing and getting ready to write. There is a pretty good chance that I won't have time to post a shuffle tomorrow or Friday, but if I can I will. In any event, expect some other kinds of posts to even things out. I am finally going to be getting out and about a bit tonight - at least that is the plan. And by the way, that "Nashville dilemma" that I have written about is still very much a thing. I'm already double booked on some live shows almost two months out. What a great problem to have.
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Been busy this week with writing and getting ready to write. There is a pretty good chance that I won't have time to post a shuffle tomorrow or Friday, but if I can I will. In any event, expect some other kinds of posts to even things out. I am finally going to be getting out and about a bit tonight - at least that is the plan. And by the way, that "Nashville dilemma" that I have written about is still very much a thing. I'm already double booked on some live shows almost two months out. What a great problem to have.
Friday, August 21, 2015
Featured Friday Music Shuffle - Young Enough Mix
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Guess what? We've reached the end of another work week! Here's to the weekend!
Last night, I had the great pleasure of experiencing the second ever Aqua Velvet - Exotic Sounds in Country Music show. It was pretty fantastic. For a more detailed account. Check out my review over at No Depression.
Since it is Friday, we have a featured Friday Shuffle to take us all into the weekend... sit back and enjoy the "show"....
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Guess what? We've reached the end of another work week! Here's to the weekend!
Last night, I had the great pleasure of experiencing the second ever Aqua Velvet - Exotic Sounds in Country Music show. It was pretty fantastic. For a more detailed account. Check out my review over at No Depression.
Since it is Friday, we have a featured Friday Shuffle to take us all into the weekend... sit back and enjoy the "show"....
Friday, July 24, 2015
Friday Morning Music Shuffle - Featured Friday v2.0 Mix
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I had an enjoyable evening last night - a sort of last minute (day before actually) invite to Amy Black's CD Release Show at The Bluebird Café for her new album, The Muscle Shoals Sessions. The album was recorded down in Alabama and features covers of some of the great music that has come out of Muscle Shoals plus some original songs - inspired by that sound. Black is in the process of moving to the Nashville area, and she is currently touring with a band that features her husband on drums and a talented group of young musicians who are or have attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston.
I came home to hear the sad news out of Lafayette, Louisiana - yet another mass shooting. This hit close - I have a lot of family in the area, and at least one family member posted that they often see movies in that theater. I also so that a Facebook friend knew one of the victims. I fully expect - after our shared sense of "community" shock, to see a bunch of posts from both sides of political spectrum about this and the far too many other events like this one. My hope is for people of all political stripes to say, "this is terrible, things like this should not be happening", and then have real dialogue about the complex issues surrounding this and all of the other mass shootings. Mostly, my wish for all of us, is that just for today, we treat each other with a little extra kindness.
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As you may have gathered if you follow Ear to the Ground, 2015 has been an extremely busy year. I seem to have gotten on some people radar, and I am very grateful for that. With all that, however, comes some challenges, and I move forward - with some exciting things on the horizon, I have discovered the need to get creative in dealing with the volume of new music that comes my way. Historically, my primary thing has been to add music to my playlist and feature it in the shuffle. Recently, I have been writing more reviews (though not as many as I would like to), and I have seen my active playlist continue to grow (it is currently over 1,000 songs) which means that some albums I really want to feature may or may not come up in my shuffle. To that end, I decided to bring back and revamp an old E2TG thing - called Featured Friday. Back in the earlier days of Ear to the Ground, I would "feature" 10 artists/bands every month, and I would create a playlist of their music which I would then shuffle on Featured Friday.
This new Featured Friday, is a playlist that is a subset of my regular playlist, that is limited to newer music that I really want to feature. So this playlist - unlike the regular one, will not include classic and obscure older music or one-offs from compilations, well, let's just do it, and you may see what I mean.
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I had an enjoyable evening last night - a sort of last minute (day before actually) invite to Amy Black's CD Release Show at The Bluebird Café for her new album, The Muscle Shoals Sessions. The album was recorded down in Alabama and features covers of some of the great music that has come out of Muscle Shoals plus some original songs - inspired by that sound. Black is in the process of moving to the Nashville area, and she is currently touring with a band that features her husband on drums and a talented group of young musicians who are or have attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston.
I came home to hear the sad news out of Lafayette, Louisiana - yet another mass shooting. This hit close - I have a lot of family in the area, and at least one family member posted that they often see movies in that theater. I also so that a Facebook friend knew one of the victims. I fully expect - after our shared sense of "community" shock, to see a bunch of posts from both sides of political spectrum about this and the far too many other events like this one. My hope is for people of all political stripes to say, "this is terrible, things like this should not be happening", and then have real dialogue about the complex issues surrounding this and all of the other mass shootings. Mostly, my wish for all of us, is that just for today, we treat each other with a little extra kindness.
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As you may have gathered if you follow Ear to the Ground, 2015 has been an extremely busy year. I seem to have gotten on some people radar, and I am very grateful for that. With all that, however, comes some challenges, and I move forward - with some exciting things on the horizon, I have discovered the need to get creative in dealing with the volume of new music that comes my way. Historically, my primary thing has been to add music to my playlist and feature it in the shuffle. Recently, I have been writing more reviews (though not as many as I would like to), and I have seen my active playlist continue to grow (it is currently over 1,000 songs) which means that some albums I really want to feature may or may not come up in my shuffle. To that end, I decided to bring back and revamp an old E2TG thing - called Featured Friday. Back in the earlier days of Ear to the Ground, I would "feature" 10 artists/bands every month, and I would create a playlist of their music which I would then shuffle on Featured Friday.
This new Featured Friday, is a playlist that is a subset of my regular playlist, that is limited to newer music that I really want to feature. So this playlist - unlike the regular one, will not include classic and obscure older music or one-offs from compilations, well, let's just do it, and you may see what I mean.
Friday, July 17, 2015
Friday Morning Music Shuffle - That Thin Disguise Mix
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Did you know that Ear to the Ground contributes over $500,000 to the economy every month? And that we employee over 500 full-time and an additional 500 part time employees? Okay... none of that is true, but it does keep me busy and thus (mostly) out of trouble - which is in and of itself a good public service.
Apologies for the untruths... but they were just little white lies which not coincidently leads us directly into the first song from our shuffle...
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Did you know that Ear to the Ground contributes over $500,000 to the economy every month? And that we employee over 500 full-time and an additional 500 part time employees? Okay... none of that is true, but it does keep me busy and thus (mostly) out of trouble - which is in and of itself a good public service.
Apologies for the untruths... but they were just little white lies which not coincidently leads us directly into the first song from our shuffle...
Friday, June 26, 2015
Friday Morning Music Shuffle - Fourteen Mix
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Well it's Friday! And it seems as if there is much to be celebrated this week (at least that is how I see it). We have covered quite a bit of ground, musically this week, and this week-ending shuffle just pushes us that much further along. Please remember, that my shuffle are truly random. I just decide what is in the playlist, the random shuffle feature picks each days songs. It tends to do a good job of it - even if I sometimes which certain songs/albums would come up sooner...
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Well it's Friday! And it seems as if there is much to be celebrated this week (at least that is how I see it). We have covered quite a bit of ground, musically this week, and this week-ending shuffle just pushes us that much further along. Please remember, that my shuffle are truly random. I just decide what is in the playlist, the random shuffle feature picks each days songs. It tends to do a good job of it - even if I sometimes which certain songs/albums would come up sooner...
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