There is a lot of bad things in the world. We should never ignore that fact, but I also believe it is important not to let those bad things define our lives. One can be aware and engaged and still be able to see the beauty in the moment. For me, music has always been a way to stay grounded in the moment and even to temporarily escape from the sometimes harsh realities of the world. So, while I am trying to stay aware of what is going on right now, and I am sending thoughts of peace out into the universe - I am also grateful for the music that makes my life better.
Last night, a great non-Americana/country/folk kind of night at The 5 Spot - with alternative/post punk/new wave night with Slark Moan and Palm Ghosts playing the Swill TV show early, and Slump Test, Bad Bad Cats, and Ghost Town Remedy playing punk music at the Decline of Southern Civilization with Shakes opening with a comedy routine and a great DJ spinning punk songs.
Today's Greetings from Nashville is up on the archive at wxnafm.org. Here is the direct link.
6:00am The Profits Speak by Slump Test on Slump Test (2045724 Records DK2)
6:04am Fire Under the Bridge by Cold Equations on Ghost Town (Poor Yorick Records)
6:08am Houston Memory by The Coal Men on Kids with Songs (Funzalo Records)
6:12am Tullahoma by Nellen Dryden on Standstill (Fairfax Records)
6:15am Rome to Paris by India Ramey on Snake Handler (India Ramey Music)
6:19am Wide Awake 5AM by Megan Palmer on Take Good Care – EP (Blue Rose Music)
6:26am Tongue Kiss by Griffin Winton on I’m Not Trying to Flirt with You or Anything (Griffin Winton)
6:29am Mississippi Line by Daniel Seymour & Mark Robinson on Chug It Down and Go (Blind Chihuahua Records)
6:33am Pretty Polly (feat. Kristi Rose) by Fats Kaplin on The Fatman Cometh & World of Wonder (Deluxe Edition) (Pulp Country Records)
6:39am Lord, Take Me from This World (Live) by David Newbould on Live at the Building – EP (MondoTunes)
6:44am Festival Song by Tim Easton on You Don’t Really Know Me (Black Mesa Records)
6:47am The Alabama Waltz by Miss Tess & the Talkbacks on The Love I Have for You (Signature Sounds Recordings)
6:53am Angel of Death by Nashville Symphony Orchestra on George Whitefield Chadwick (Naxos)
I am back after an extended weekend. I went out of town this weekend, got back yesterday and immediately went to a show. So, I don't have a ton of new content today. ICYMI, check out the Featured Friday Playlist that refreshed on Friday.
I caught Jesse Dayton, The Mastersons, and India Ramey last night at City Winery (it was a show sponsored by a radio station that is not the one I am on). Three great sets.
Let's see. My second show of Greetings from Nashville is coming up on WXNA Thursday morning.
On Double Shot this Saturday, also on WXNA, we revisit the Instrument focused show on Pianos.
I listened to an audio book on my drive this weekend that was music related. Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid - is a fictional account of a Seventies rock band - told via interviews with the band members and other people associated with the band. It was really enjoyable. The audio book was a full cast recording.
More to come!
Featured Friday Playlist
Tuesday Shuffle:
A mixed bag shuffle - kind of a fun one.
"Marian" by Wayne Hussey (from a sinlge)
Originally a double A side - Record Store Day release from 2016 by the frontman of The Mission.
"So Have I" by Bill and Colleen Cade (from Bill and Colleen Cade)
"One O'Clock Jump" by Count Basie (from Basie Boogie)
"Gimme a Beer" by Diamond Rugs (from Voodoo Doll Sampler)
A supergroup featuring members of Deer Tick, Los Lobos, Six Finger Satellites, Dead Confederates and more.
"Smashed My Guitar" by Tate and Silas (from Third: Nothing to Lose)
More from the Connecticut duo known for their outrageous live performances.
"Saint Carrie of the Storms" by Jane Kramer (from Valley of the Bones)
"Find a Way" by Benny Basset (from Words for Yesterday)
"Doggone Long Gone You" by Davis Raines (from Turquoise and Silver)
From the recently released album by the Nashville singer-songwriter.
"Cold and Bitter Tears" by Kasey Chambers (from Cold and Bitter Tears: The Songs of Ted Hawkins)
The title track from a compilation album featuring various artists covering songs by Ted Hawkins)
"Public Image" by Public Image Ltd. (from First Issue)
Debut single - written by band leader John Lydon (Johnny Rotten) when he was still a member of the Sex Pistols.
VIDEO PLAYLIST
Recent and Upcoming Releases:
Recent: 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)
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)
2/07 - Jon Magnusson - Always a Rebel (Live in Studio Silverräven) (single)
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)
2/14 - Harry Stafford - "She Just Blew Me Away" (single)
2/16 - Kas Havoc - "Light'em Up" (single)
This Week:
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) Upcoming:
2/22 - Charlotte Eagle Sings - Embracing the Old Ways (LP)
2/28 - Kristen Englenz - Ingenue (LP) 2/28 - Close Lobsters - Post Neo Anti... (LP) 2/28 - The Heliocentrics - Infinity of Now (LP)
2/29 - Jimmy Who and the Night Creatures - Tinker's Blues (EP)
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)
3/06 - The Mystery Plan - Ballad of JC Quinn (LP)
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)
3/20 - Samuel Boller - Kingdom of the Sun (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)
3/27 - Nicole Boggs and the Reel - "Money" (single)4/03 - Surrija - Surrija (LP)
4/03 - Chip and the Charge Ups - Lightning in Our Veins (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)
4/24 - Nicole Boggs and the Reel - "I'm Gonna Break Your Heart" (single)
5/08 - Brian Wright and the Sneak-Ups - Lapse of Luxury
5/31 - Debra Power - That's How I Roll (LP)
6/05 - Nicole Boggs and the Reel - "None of Your Business" (single)6/12 - Sammy Brue - Crash Test Kid (LP)
7/03 - Nicole Boggs and the Reel - None of Your Business (EP)
Hey, it's another Friday and that means another Featured Friday Playlist is up on Spotify (see the list embedded below: This week's list features Dean Fields (whose new album While The Baby Was Sleeping is due out March 6), Jen Starsinic (whose Bad Actor EP dropped last week, Matt Megrue (an old friend of E2TG with Loner's Society - his new The Mourner's Manual also dropped last week), Paul Burch (fellow WXNA DJ with a track from his album Light Sensitive - due in April), Eric and the Anti-Vaxxers (a new Nashville band I am stoked about), The Danberrys (with Darrell Scott) (long time East Nashville staples with some new music), Kalee Smyth (another old friend of E2TG with a taste from her forthcoming The Ceiling - due March 13), Sammy Brue (with the title track from his forthcoming album), deFrance (who will be playing the Magnolia Roads American Roots Hoedown in April - I will be co-MCing that show), Jon Magnusson (old friend of E2TG with a live version of one of his best songs), Brian Revels and the Heat Lightning (an Atlanta singer-songwriter - who comes highly recommended by some of my Nashville faves), The Barefoot Movement (a long-awaited new album from the roots band - that I met at Cash Cabin a few years back), and Harry Stafford (new music from the frontman of 80s Manchester band Inca Babies)
The Spirit of David Olney
The late David Olney was originally scheduled to play last night's show at Douglas Corner featuring E2TG Band of the Year favorties BARK. Nashville legend, Tommy Womack stepped in, and while David Olney was/is/will remain greatly missed, one could scarcely ignore his presence during both sets. Both acts covered David Olney songs during their set, but that was just part of it. In particular BARK's songs from their most recent Terminal Everything album seem particularly timely. "Walk Small" hit hard - about losing someone who humbles you. And "Big Ol' Party" reminds us to love those who are still with us.
Womack brought along a killer band - Guitarist John Jackson, drummer Jonathan Bright, and David Olney's long time bassist Daniel Seymour. Saying he asked him self "WWDD (What would David do?), Tommy Womack opened by reading Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (on the day after the 211th anniversary of Lincoln's birth) and then launched into timely and powerful version of one of his newest songs "Well Get Through This Too". Powering through some of his best material, throwing in a choice Government Cheese song, and covering The Beatles and Velvet Underground. The band delivered. It was a wonderful night of music on the "west" side of the Cumberland River.
Kristen Englenz presents Rebound (Official Video)
Two weeks until Ingenue comes out! Here is the brand new video for "Rebound" - can't wait you call to hear the whole album!
Back at it today. I am sad to report that my father passed away over the weekend, and that has kept me away for a few days.
As always, music is a great solace. We likely won't get through the whole #2019Faves playlist before the end of the year, but you know what - there is no rule that says a end of the year recap needs to be complete before the end of the year. So, we will just move forward and see where things take us.
The Magnolia Roads American Roots Hoedown IV is just around the bend! Make your plans to attend Friday April 26 and Saturday April 27 at The 5 Spot in East Nashville. The fabulous Lady Couch will be closing out the whole she-bang on Saturday! Here is a video of Allen Thompson and Mike Ford of Lady Couch.
Now, we have come to the last Shuffle for this week. I am off work tomorrow for Good Friday.
You know, I may need to rename my Wild Wednesday shuffle - because to be honest our regular shuffles have been pretty wild and pretty awesome. Thanks go out to the artists and publicists who continue to send me great and diverse new (and reissued) (and new to me) music.
Any show that starts with a former E2TG Artist of the Year followed by the reigning E2TG Band of the Year - sure has something going for it. I ended up at The 5 Spot (I know! It's shocking!) for the late show last night. Darrin Bradbury kicked things off. It was one of his best solo sets (that I have seen). Many of his newest songs are emotionally powerful - continuing to walk that line of humor and brutal honestly (brutal but delivered with heart and charm). The Big Dumb were up next, and I continue to be blown away by this band. In my view they somehow manage to be a tight unit while still be incredibly loose. They are all multi-talented artists, and something magical happens when they come together. Chicago band Half Gringa were next. This was my first time seeing them, and I was very impressed. I really dug their set. Ryan Sobb closed the night with a full-band set. It was my first time seeing Sobb with a band, and it was great hearing his wonderful songs - fleshed out. It was a high energy rocking set of music.
Whew! We have to get going! It's Thursday - time to head back to the Trending playlist. Interestingly, this same playlist on Tuesday brought up a mix that was heavily weighted toward experimental and/or noisy music. Today, we get more roots, singer-songwriter type songs. It's all good. Let's go!
