E2TG 3/3/2022 - Third Time... - Way Home Mix (disclaimer Remix)

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Today's  Greetings from Nashville is up on the archive - celebrating Nashville artists with Louisiana connections.  Access the WXNA archive here...

6:00am Greetings from Nashville by Jason and The Scorchers on Still Standing (EMI/EMI Records (USA))

6:02am Boudreau’s Candy by Jimmy C. Newman on Louisiana Love (Playback Records)

6:04am Lake Charles by Lucinda Williams on Car Wheels On a Gravel Road (Island Mercury)

6:10am Louisiana Man by Doug Kershaw on The Cajun Way (Rhino)

6:15am Lous’iana Law by Will Rambeaux and the Delta Hurricanes on City Without a Subway (Neo)

6:19am Old Fashioned Two Step by Wayne Toups on Back to the Bayou (feat. Zydecajun) (Swallow Records)

6:22am Crowville by Kevin Gordon on Long Gone Time (Crowville Media)

6:24am Sing Me To the Other Side by Steve Conn on Flesh and Bone (Not Really Records)

6:31am Jubilee Britches by Les Kerr on Bay Street (O.N.U. Records)

6:35am Tucumcari Tonight by Brian Langlinais on Right Hand Road (Patoutville Records)

6:38am The Boy’s Gotta Go by Dirt Reynolds on Scalawag (Independent)

6:42am Paper Mills & Pine by Will Payne Harrison on Living with Ghosts (Will Payne Harrison)

6:49am Face Down Penny by Ben de la Cour on The High Cost of Living Strange (Flour Sack Cape)

6:52am Je Ne M’en Souviens Pas by Better Than Ezra on How Does Your Garden Grow (Elektra Records)

6:58am Passionola (feat. Eric Johnson) by Sonny Landreth on Elemental Journey (Landfall Records)

 

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E2TG 2/25/2021 - Something, Something - Who Do You Love? Mix (Caledonia Remix)

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Heading into the end of another week.  Enjoying nice weather in Nashville.  

We wrap up our recap of this week's Featured Friday Playlist (songs 27-31):

27. "Armor - Radio Edit" by Fernweher

First up, we have a lovely new song from this Italian born artist who is now based in Manchester UK.  

28. "friendly fire" by Madeleine Mayi

Next up, from the album 2/14 - released on 2/14 - we have the second track on the album.  Great sound. 

29. "Barren King" by Manntra

Manntra is a folk-metal band from Croatia.  This is the first single ahead of their album. It is the tale of a pirate king cursed to sail the sea forever.  For East Nashville readers, think a much, much darker Tom Mason.  I liked this a lot. 

30. "Aquarius" by Rory K

Next up, we have the latest single from this New York based rapper.  His father was the singer and guitarist of the Irish band Black 47. I dig this track and look forward to hearing more. 

31. "Voyage de nuit" by Kaky

And we close with a great track from French rapper and electro artist Kaky.  This single is the first taste of the debut EP Room 404 due next month.  The track is in French, and I don't know what he is saying, but I dig the vibe and sound. 

Tomorrow, a brand new Playlist... get ready!
 

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E2TG 11/20/2020 - Featured Friday -

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Whew! It is Friday!  We have a brand new Featured Friday Playlist  - which you can check out below. 

Our weekly recap kicks off today after the jump with the first 8 songs....  We will recap the rest of the playlist in this space beginning on Monday. 

 

    Featured Friday Playlist

E2TG 11/18/2020 - The End of the End of the Beginning of... - Crossfading Mix (The Great Swim Remix)

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Time marches on and we remain mired in uncertainty, chaos, and in the midst of a pandemic that has entered a deadly new wave with almost zero response to curb it. The vaccine news is encouraging but we need to take action now.  IF new shutdowns are off the table - then it will take a concerted effort to follow guidelines for mask wearing, social distancing, etc. This is not oppression it is a reasonable reaction to the situation....

Oh yeah, and Trump needs to concede. 

We are up to the penultimate recap post for this week's Featured Friday Playlist... songs 21-25:

21. "Free Advice" by Cindy

We featured San Francisco band Cindy earlier this year when their Free Advice album was released. The LP quickly went out of print, but now Mt. St. Mtn. and Tough Love Records from the UK have teamed up to reissue the album. So, we celebrate by revisiting the album via the title track.

22. "Betoni kukkii" by Gim Kordon

Next up, we have the new single from the Finnish band whose name was inspired by the bassist for Sonic Youth.  Like that band, Gim Kordon's music is noisy and wonderful.  Check it out. 

23. "Wide Eyed Lady" by Lou McMahon

Next up, we have a lovely, dark folk song from Irish singer and songwriter Lou McMahon. What a great addition to our Playlist. 

24. "I Want You Around" by Sour Ops

Coming closer to home, we have a new single from Nashville's Sour Ops - the band is led by Price Harrison - who was in the early 80s band 69 Tribe and more recently is a part of the band Snakehips -which is led by his brother Mark who is also part of Sour Ops. Pedal steel master Paul Neihaus plays on this track. This is so amazing.

25. "Going to the City" by Antonio Lopez

We close things out today, with a delightful new single from Colorado folk artist Antonio Lopez. I am digging this one quite a bit.

Tomorrow - we wrap up this week's Playlist recap with songs 26-29...

 

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E2TG 2019 Recap - Part 4 - No Roses Mix (Theresa Remix)

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Our recap of 2019 rolls on.  E2TG has always been primarily about presenting artists that you might miss out on if you only read or follow some of the more mainstream music blogs and sites. My decision to make this a focus of E2TG came from a point in my life when I felt like I had gotten out of touch with new music.  I wasn't really interested in a lot of the music that certain outlets (which I had previously followed) were writing about. A few things happened that made me realize that there was a ton of great music that seemed just out of reach. 

Over the years, as E2TG has grown and become a little more known (at least in certain circles), I have been fortunate to connect with some great publicists who send me a wide variety of great music. Some of which ends up being by some well-known artists, but I still try to dig through my direct artist  submissions to find a hidden gem or two or three. 

What I am trying to say is that I am quite proud of the quantity and quality of the music I have been able to present this year.  I think the Spotify playlist I created reflects this.  As I mentioned, I have been removing songs as I include them in these recaps - just so that each shuffle is unique and so that we can get to as many of the 160 or so artists we featured this year.  I hope you enjoy this recap.

On we go!

Trending Thursday Morning Shuffle - Second Chance Confessions Mix

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People often ask me (not really) why I do random shuffles for E2TG. I mean, it is my blog, I could painstakingly "curate" a list of 8-10 songs and then post them every day. Why leave it up to the shuffle function to pick which songs pop up?

Never mind that if I picked the list every day, I would spend hours second guessing and obsessing over which new album I was neglecting etc. The main reason for my using the random shuffle is that I believe in the "magic" of randomness.  Over the last eight years, I have seen so many weird coincidences and cool connections pop up in a shuffle.  There's even one today - watch for it.

It has been a busy week, and it's not over. Last night, I stopped off on the way home to catch Nick Loss-Eaton of Leland Sundries doing a solo set at Tennessee Brew Works. You may recall, I had a Leland Sundries song in the shuffle yesterday (I had completely forgotten about Nick playing - until the event popped up on my phone) - see what I mean about randomness?  Anyway, it was a good time. Hung out with Collins de la Cour (who does the music booking there) and Ted Drozdowski (who sat in on a song with Nick).

A quick trip home and then it was off to City Winery to catch a show for a review I am writing.  Look for that review very soon.

Now, let's get to the shuffle.

Trending Tuesday Morning Shuffle - Smiles Mix

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Onward... 

Man, it is already past the middle of March.  The first quarter of 2019 is almost over. I think this year, I am going to create quarterly playlists of featured music instead of monthly like last year. 

I rather spontaneously signed up to read at an all day poetry event on Wednesday.  Details HERE.


Time to get onto our Shuffle!  We have a ton of new music - and some still waiting for me to add to my playlist.  Let's go!

Featured Friday Morning Shuffle - Kickin' Ass Mix

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Friday!  The gloom and drizzle and rain and gloom have returned. I think my cold seems to be following suit, but I am fighting.

Let's get right to the Featured Friday shuffle!