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When you are having a stressful day, sometimes a Townes Van Zandt song is all you need to turn things around. Other days, you need two Townes songs... well today, for me, it is definitely a 3 TVZ kind of day... Fortunately, the shuffle obliged....
For the same reason I needed three Townes Van Zandt songs, I cannot add any commentary. I apologize for that, but enjoy the music and if you are interested in any of the artists, look them up and support what they do...
BTW, Day 4 of Couch by Couchwest included some Nashville heavy weights like David Olney, Tommy Womack, Amy Speace, Wild Ponies, and #E2TG favorite Mark Robinson channeling the Possum on his lawn mower....
Showing posts with label Humming House. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Humming House. Show all posts
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Wednesday Morning Music Shuffle - The Unanswered Mix
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I discovered that there is another music blog out there called Ear to the Ground. I really don't have a problem with this... I mean for all I know they are perfectly decent folks who write about perfectly decent music. I do worry about my readers getting confused, so as a public self-service, I would like to use today's shuffle as handy guide how to tell #E2TG from any other blogs with similar sounding names.
I discovered that there is another music blog out there called Ear to the Ground. I really don't have a problem with this... I mean for all I know they are perfectly decent folks who write about perfectly decent music. I do worry about my readers getting confused, so as a public self-service, I would like to use today's shuffle as handy guide how to tell #E2TG from any other blogs with similar sounding names.
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Tuesday Morning Music Shuffle - Mixed Up, Muddled Up, Shook Up Mix
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It's been dreary few days in Nashville, and my mood has matched the weather. Music always helps... Here is today's dose...
It's been dreary few days in Nashville, and my mood has matched the weather. Music always helps... Here is today's dose...
Thursday, September 25, 2014
Thursday Morning Music Shuffle - Don't be Koi Mix
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All I can say is that life is probable sometimes, and although we don't always choose the things that happen (or maybe in some ways we do), what we do choose is whether or not to be fully present in those moments (to the best of our ability).
All I can say is that life is probable sometimes, and although we don't always choose the things that happen (or maybe in some ways we do), what we do choose is whether or not to be fully present in those moments (to the best of our ability).
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Tuesday Morning Music Shuffle - High Hopes Mix
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FALL IS HERE! Not only that, there was an honest to goodness chill in the air this morning. Now, I've lived in Tennessee my whole like, so I know that we still have a few more rounds of heat to go, but today it is officially Autumn, and it feels like it so...
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FALL IS HERE! Not only that, there was an honest to goodness chill in the air this morning. Now, I've lived in Tennessee my whole like, so I know that we still have a few more rounds of heat to go, but today it is officially Autumn, and it feels like it so...
MUSIC
Thursday, September 18, 2014
Thursday Morning Music Shuffle - Gallatin Pike Mule Mix
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It is axiomatic that on any given night, if you go hear live music in Nashville - no matter how epically awesome your experience - there is something equally epic and awesome going on either next door or across town. This is even more true - if something axiomatic can be "more" true during Americana Fest week which is going on now. I just added a corollary to this axiom (Can an axiom have a corollary? Can it have a coronary?), which states that if you hang out in the same smoky dive bar in East Nashville long enough you will hear "Freebird" accompanied by a trombone and it will be amazing.
Tonight - E2TG favorite Mark Robinson joins an amazing line-up of Rocking Roots Guitarists at The Five Spot from 5-8pm. At 8:00 - another E2TG favorite - Pony Boy will be leading off a Five Spot Favorites show at that same location. And it goes on...
It is axiomatic that on any given night, if you go hear live music in Nashville - no matter how epically awesome your experience - there is something equally epic and awesome going on either next door or across town. This is even more true - if something axiomatic can be "more" true during Americana Fest week which is going on now. I just added a corollary to this axiom (Can an axiom have a corollary? Can it have a coronary?), which states that if you hang out in the same smoky dive bar in East Nashville long enough you will hear "Freebird" accompanied by a trombone and it will be amazing.
Tonight - E2TG favorite Mark Robinson joins an amazing line-up of Rocking Roots Guitarists at The Five Spot from 5-8pm. At 8:00 - another E2TG favorite - Pony Boy will be leading off a Five Spot Favorites show at that same location. And it goes on...
Thursday, August 28, 2014
Thursday Morning Music Shuffle - Had it Blue Mix
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Update: Apparently, I cannot spell music, which is not a good thing for a music blogger... corrected.
September is shaping up to be a great month for live music in Nashville (I'm not sure that there is a bad month for live music in Nashville, but still...). I kicked things off a little early with a great night of music in East Nashville. I saw the legendary David Olney (who has been a fixture in Nashville music for as long as I can remember) and his incredibly tight band (with E2TG favorite Mark Robinson standing in and killing it on guitar) doing a Happy Hour show at The 5 Spot. Then I hopped over to East Nashville's best dive bar, Fran's Eastside to see another E2TG favorite Darrin Bradbury and Tim Carroll doing their weekly thing.
Well, we have another great shuffle of music today, so it's get to it.
Update: Apparently, I cannot spell music, which is not a good thing for a music blogger... corrected.
September is shaping up to be a great month for live music in Nashville (I'm not sure that there is a bad month for live music in Nashville, but still...). I kicked things off a little early with a great night of music in East Nashville. I saw the legendary David Olney (who has been a fixture in Nashville music for as long as I can remember) and his incredibly tight band (with E2TG favorite Mark Robinson standing in and killing it on guitar) doing a Happy Hour show at The 5 Spot. Then I hopped over to East Nashville's best dive bar, Fran's Eastside to see another E2TG favorite Darrin Bradbury and Tim Carroll doing their weekly thing.
Well, we have another great shuffle of music today, so it's get to it.
Friday, August 15, 2014
Friday Morning Music Shuffle - Ow Mix
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Well, we muddled through another week.... It's time for me to dive head long into creating E2TG version 3.0 (we are currently on 2.1) - I'm not sure exactly what that will entail, but it will be awesome - I bet. There may be a release 2.2 in the meantime, but maybe not... whatever, if you have ideas of what I can do to make E2TG better, now would be a good time to send them my way. I'll either use the ideas or I won't - it's the cool thing of writing your own blog... :-) But, my philosophy since day one has been to be open to whatever comes along. So wherever we go, I see my job is just to keep this thing between the lines... (only occasionally crossing)...
Whatever, the shuffle speaks... and we must listen... Jump to it if you dare...
Well, we muddled through another week.... It's time for me to dive head long into creating E2TG version 3.0 (we are currently on 2.1) - I'm not sure exactly what that will entail, but it will be awesome - I bet. There may be a release 2.2 in the meantime, but maybe not... whatever, if you have ideas of what I can do to make E2TG better, now would be a good time to send them my way. I'll either use the ideas or I won't - it's the cool thing of writing your own blog... :-) But, my philosophy since day one has been to be open to whatever comes along. So wherever we go, I see my job is just to keep this thing between the lines... (only occasionally crossing)...
Whatever, the shuffle speaks... and we must listen... Jump to it if you dare...
Thursday, July 24, 2014
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Tuesday Morning Music Shuffle - Two in a Row Mix
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Pre-Shuffle
“Power”/Tomas Doncker/Power of the Trinity – Global Soul….
“Ven Hacia Mi (Come Unto Me)”/The Mavericks/In Time* - Another from my friend Ronnie’s 2013 mix CD – love this!
“Feel So Down”/Solardrive/Solardrive – another great song from Solardrive – the awesome project fronted by Balthazar Getty.
“Terra Animata”/The Plum Magnetic/Terra Animata – New Orleans based World/Fusion/Rock band.
“Big Mountain Fudge Cake”/The Foresters/Living Hold – the three Nork Brothers from Connecticut continue their musical growth spurt with a Zeppelinesque rocker.
“Calypso Foam”/The Graveyard Kids/Mama Coco’s Funky Kitchen: Section 5 (Graveyard Kids II) - Another great band from the seemingly bottomless wellspring that is Mama Coco’s.
“Splinters”/Austin Lucas/Stay Reckless – three time CXCW alum… shows how it’s done with a smart, heartfelt song.
“Life is Hard”/Darrin Bradbury/True Love – “It’s funny where it stops, it’s funny where it starts, and the whole thing in the middle well it’s bound to break your heart.” – such a great line in a song that name drops Jack Kerouac, Lenny Bruce, and Daffy Duck!
“Magic and Fire”/Brave Baby/Forty Bells – another great song by this South Carolina indie band.
“Could We See”/Grounded/untitled – Grounded were first featured on Ear to the Ground back in September 2012. They have such a unique sound, and I love the acoustic vibe of this song. Trivia: This is the second time that Grounded have appeared in a Shuffle with Darrin Bradbury’s song “Life is Hard”. Their song “Break it Up” appeared with a live version of Bradbury’s song on January 9. #themoreyouknow
“The Best Record Ever Made”/Bill Lloyd/Boy King of Tokyo - a true Nashville treasure who has worn many hats in his long career, and worn them well – I may add. This homage to great records from his 2012 album – has a simply gorgeous hook.
Shuffle after you jump....
Pre-Shuffle
“Power”/Tomas Doncker/Power of the Trinity – Global Soul….
“Ven Hacia Mi (Come Unto Me)”/The Mavericks/In Time* - Another from my friend Ronnie’s 2013 mix CD – love this!
“Feel So Down”/Solardrive/Solardrive – another great song from Solardrive – the awesome project fronted by Balthazar Getty.
“Terra Animata”/The Plum Magnetic/Terra Animata – New Orleans based World/Fusion/Rock band.
“Big Mountain Fudge Cake”/The Foresters/Living Hold – the three Nork Brothers from Connecticut continue their musical growth spurt with a Zeppelinesque rocker.
“Calypso Foam”/The Graveyard Kids/Mama Coco’s Funky Kitchen: Section 5 (Graveyard Kids II) - Another great band from the seemingly bottomless wellspring that is Mama Coco’s.
“Splinters”/Austin Lucas/Stay Reckless – three time CXCW alum… shows how it’s done with a smart, heartfelt song.
“Life is Hard”/Darrin Bradbury/True Love – “It’s funny where it stops, it’s funny where it starts, and the whole thing in the middle well it’s bound to break your heart.” – such a great line in a song that name drops Jack Kerouac, Lenny Bruce, and Daffy Duck!
“Magic and Fire”/Brave Baby/Forty Bells – another great song by this South Carolina indie band.
“Could We See”/Grounded/untitled – Grounded were first featured on Ear to the Ground back in September 2012. They have such a unique sound, and I love the acoustic vibe of this song. Trivia: This is the second time that Grounded have appeared in a Shuffle with Darrin Bradbury’s song “Life is Hard”. Their song “Break it Up” appeared with a live version of Bradbury’s song on January 9. #themoreyouknow
“The Best Record Ever Made”/Bill Lloyd/Boy King of Tokyo - a true Nashville treasure who has worn many hats in his long career, and worn them well – I may add. This homage to great records from his 2012 album – has a simply gorgeous hook.
Shuffle after you jump....
Thursday, January 16, 2014
Thursday Morning Music Shuffle - Beautiful and Stoned Mix
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Okay... first of all - have you seen this?!
Second,
I need to acknowledge that two of the most badass rock and rollers share a birthday which happens to be today. Now, I know that I don't often acknowledge birthdays, but the combination of the shared birthday with the utter badassery represented... well I had to. So Happy Birthday to Matthew Hendershot of the The End Men, and Greyson Anderson of Dogs of Oz. If you are a regular reader of this blog, you already know The End Men, but if you joined us with the last several months, you may have missed out on Dogs of Oz - so here is a aural/visual reminder of each of the bad ass birthday boys.
Also, as a birthday gift for Matthew (and The End Men)... why not head over to the GTR Store website to help The End Men when a whole bunch of cool stuff plus an slot at Mountain Jam 2014 in Woodstock, NY.
Whew... now we still have a Shuffle to put on... Jump
Okay... first of all - have you seen this?!
Second,
I need to acknowledge that two of the most badass rock and rollers share a birthday which happens to be today. Now, I know that I don't often acknowledge birthdays, but the combination of the shared birthday with the utter badassery represented... well I had to. So Happy Birthday to Matthew Hendershot of the The End Men, and Greyson Anderson of Dogs of Oz. If you are a regular reader of this blog, you already know The End Men, but if you joined us with the last several months, you may have missed out on Dogs of Oz - so here is a aural/visual reminder of each of the bad ass birthday boys.
Also, as a birthday gift for Matthew (and The End Men)... why not head over to the GTR Store website to help The End Men when a whole bunch of cool stuff plus an slot at Mountain Jam 2014 in Woodstock, NY.
Whew... now we still have a Shuffle to put on... Jump
Monday, January 13, 2014
Monday Morning Music Shuffle - Rainy Days and Mondays Mix
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We have arrived at Monday. It's a dreary day here in Nashville, but we have the antidote. We've loaded up with a bunch of music which we have been saving up since we started our Year End Review last month. The songs added are a good combination of new music, new to us music, the return of some old friends, a first meeting with what we hope are some new friends, plus the usual collection of the classic, the weird, the obscure, and the unexpected.
Today's mix is a good cross-section of this new music - plus a couple of hold outs from the previous month's playlist.
To it.... we go... jump...
We have arrived at Monday. It's a dreary day here in Nashville, but we have the antidote. We've loaded up with a bunch of music which we have been saving up since we started our Year End Review last month. The songs added are a good combination of new music, new to us music, the return of some old friends, a first meeting with what we hope are some new friends, plus the usual collection of the classic, the weird, the obscure, and the unexpected.
Today's mix is a good cross-section of this new music - plus a couple of hold outs from the previous month's playlist.
To it.... we go... jump...
Monday, January 6, 2014
Monday Morning Music Shuffle - Cold Start Mix
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Well here we are. It's a new year. 2014 is shaping up to be a good one with new music promised from The Foresters, Humming House, The Lucky Jukebox Brigade, and Taco Land just to name a few off the top of my head.
I haven't finished adding new music to our playlist, but we have some sweet music - new and old already queued up so let's jump to it.
Well here we are. It's a new year. 2014 is shaping up to be a good one with new music promised from The Foresters, Humming House, The Lucky Jukebox Brigade, and Taco Land just to name a few off the top of my head.
I haven't finished adding new music to our playlist, but we have some sweet music - new and old already queued up so let's jump to it.
Friday, December 13, 2013
Friday Morning Music Shuffle - Ex-Eye-Aye-I Mix
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Happy Friday the 13th to all you triskaidekaphiles out there.
Monday starts our march to 2014 by highlighting some of our favorite music of 2013. Culminating in the Third Annual Band of the Year unveilingceremony blog post. Who will join The Mobbs and Skeletons in the Piano in this super exclusive category? You better tune in to find out. It's all soooo exciting!
Anyway to close out a great year of Shuffles, we have another shuffle with some songs and stuff...
#E2TGWorthy... it started as a simple blog post, but everything got turned upside down. What happened next will change the way you look at simple blog posts for at least a couple of minutes...
Happy Friday the 13th to all you triskaidekaphiles out there.
Monday starts our march to 2014 by highlighting some of our favorite music of 2013. Culminating in the Third Annual Band of the Year unveiling
Anyway to close out a great year of Shuffles, we have another shuffle with some songs and stuff...
#E2TGWorthy... it started as a simple blog post, but everything got turned upside down. What happened next will change the way you look at simple blog posts for at least a couple of minutes...
Thursday, December 12, 2013
Thursday Morning Music Shuffle - Freaks Mix
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Busy, busy... A few things before we jump into the shuffle...
First, a reminder that next week we begin our very #E2TG approach to The Best of 2013. Stay tuned for that.
A couple of live videos hit our inbox this week and wanted to share... The Mad Doctors are from Brooklyn and they kick some major butt. Check out this performance from 11/30/2013.
On to today's mixture of mixed musical melodies....
Busy, busy... A few things before we jump into the shuffle...
First, a reminder that next week we begin our very #E2TG approach to The Best of 2013. Stay tuned for that.
A couple of live videos hit our inbox this week and wanted to share... The Mad Doctors are from Brooklyn and they kick some major butt. Check out this performance from 11/30/2013.
This next video is from our Nashville friends Year of October. We are looking forward to a new album (fingers crossed) for 2014. Meanwhile, this past weekend, they did a mini-tour which included a stop in Louisville which is where this next video was filmed. Check it out!
On to today's mixture of mixed musical melodies....
Monday, December 9, 2013
Monday Morning Music Shuffle - Waiting For My Man Mix
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Time, Time, Time, see what's become of me...
Last week, I managed to move the overall current stuff playlist to down below 400. I'm planning to add more tunes tonight, so let's make another dent today.
Time, Time, Time, see what's become of me...
Last week, I managed to move the overall current stuff playlist to down below 400. I'm planning to add more tunes tonight, so let's make another dent today.
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Wednesday Morning Music Shuffle - Chim Chim Mix
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Have to make it quick today. Nineteen songs in the Mix. 12 in the Bonus Mix and 7 in the daily shuffle.
First, Nashville band Humming House, who are featured twice in the Bonus Mix today, have just released a video for the first single from their forthcoming album. "Fly On (Forever is Better With You)" is a great song, and the video features the parent's of the band's newest member - Leslie Rodriquez. By the way, her parents happen to be a couple of the coolest people I know. Watch the video, and I think you'll get a glimpse of why I say that.
Now to today's songs
Have to make it quick today. Nineteen songs in the Mix. 12 in the Bonus Mix and 7 in the daily shuffle.
First, Nashville band Humming House, who are featured twice in the Bonus Mix today, have just released a video for the first single from their forthcoming album. "Fly On (Forever is Better With You)" is a great song, and the video features the parent's of the band's newest member - Leslie Rodriquez. By the way, her parents happen to be a couple of the coolest people I know. Watch the video, and I think you'll get a glimpse of why I say that.
Now to today's songs
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Tuesday Morning Music Shuffle - Keep on Wailin' Mix
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Here we go... it seems like I've been adding more songs every week then I have time to feature. So to help clear the backlog and to feature more songs - I'm going to add a Bonus Mix feature. And, just like it's better to eat dessert first, so it is better to present the Bonus Mix first...
It all gets going after the leap (jump):......
Here we go... it seems like I've been adding more songs every week then I have time to feature. So to help clear the backlog and to feature more songs - I'm going to add a Bonus Mix feature. And, just like it's better to eat dessert first, so it is better to present the Bonus Mix first...
It all gets going after the leap (jump):......
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Wednesday Morning Music Shuffle - Melon Farmer Mix
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Let's jump back into the Shuffles with an extended mix of music.
As usual, time is short - so no dilly-dallying. Which is a shame, really, because I am so good at dilly-dallying....
JUMP to the tunage!
Let's jump back into the Shuffles with an extended mix of music.
As usual, time is short - so no dilly-dallying. Which is a shame, really, because I am so good at dilly-dallying....
JUMP to the tunage!
Friday, September 6, 2013
Friday Morning Music Explosion - Digging Underneath Mix
So we made it through our holiday shortened workweek, and it's practically the weekend. Let's celebrate with a virtual explosion of music ... after the JUMP
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