E2TG 12/28/2021 - Countdown - Hey Edna Mix (Good Day Sunshine Remix)

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Today's Ear to the Ground radio show is up on the archive.  Today's show is part 2 of our look back at some of our favorite music of 2021.  Check out the Archive <<<HERE>>>

6:00am Sonny Boy by Owsley on Owsley (Giant)

6:02am Call Me a Cab by Ryan Sobb and the Dead Mall on Carnival Shapes – EP (Self-Released)

6:04am Speed of the Sound of Lonliness by Jeff Mix and the Songhearts on Kiss My Ass Goodbye: A John Prine Tribute (Groove Family Records/Devils Tower Records)

6:07am Bluebird, Hollywood… Domino by The Gorstey Lea Street Choir on … From Prince’s Park to Farsley (Volume 1) (500 Broadcast Recordings)

6:13am Boomtown by The Two Man Travelling Medicine Show on Going Nowhere Fast (Musical Bear Records)

6:16am King of the Rat Race by EG Vines on Through the Mirror (Birdtooth Records)

6:20am This Land Is Your Land by Liz Vice on This Land Is Your Land – Single (Self Released)

6:23am October (feat. Jon Latham) by The Tasty Brothers on October (feat. Jon Latham) – Single (Self-Released)

6:30am Cheap Drunk by The Royal Hounds on A Whole Lot of Nothin’ (The Royal Hounds)

6:33am Together by Mike Younger on Bringing The Big Top Down (Nashanoke Music Publishing)

6:37am New York by Van Plating on The Way Down (Fallin’ Angel Records)

6:40am Purple Rose and the Black Balloon by LadyCouch on The Future Looks Fine (Blackbird Record Label)

6:47am Calumet Queen by Kiely Connell on Calumet Queen (Kiely Connell)

6:50am Thank God They Closed the Honky Tonks (feat. Timbo) by Mick Mullin on Mullin’ It Over (Mick Mullin)

6:53am Angola Prison by Nathan Bell on Red, White and American Blues (it couldn’t happen here) (Singular Recordings/Gokuhi Ent.)

6:57am Mixed Signals by Jack Silverman on Now What – Single (yk Records)

After today's show, I still have a ton of favorite music from 2021 that didn't make it onto either of the two shows - including some of my top favorites.  I may do a third edition of the faves next week before diving into brand new music. 

In the meantime, for the rest of this week, I will shuffling up the big favorites playlist so highlight more faves from the year.  

 

    Featured Friday Playlist

E2TG 8/6/2021 - Featured Friday - Busted World Mix (Peeno Remix)

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Before we get to our Featured Friday Playlist, we have a new non-Spotify single to feature - from E2TG favorite Mighty Joe Nolan.  The Detroit native and long-time Nashville singer-songwriter, journalist, podcaster, and much more - just released his tribute to drive-in movies on Bandcamp - just in time for the relaunch of Bandcamp Fridday - where the platform waives their fees.  

Here is some more about this new single: "Back to the Drive-In" is the second single off Mighty Joe Nolan's upcoming plague-times song cycle, American Guillotine. "Back to the Drive-In" celebrates the unexpected revival of "movies in cars" with this rock 'n' roll tribute to B movies and American summertime culture.

"I went to my first drive-in movie when I was a little kid in Detroit. We saw Peter Pan and Escape from Witch Mountain. But when you're a kid the drive-in isn't just about movies. It's also about the swingsets and see-saws, the concession stand - we even had a fireworks show during the intermission of the double feature. Drive-ins coming back during the pandemic was a weird and hopeful thing during a miserable time. The song is a tribute to monster movies and sci-fi films, but it's also filled with lots of visceral memories from my earliest experiences of 'movies in cars.'"

The song's stripped-down sound - like all of the tracks on American Guillotine - reflects the album's isolated production during various levels of social distancing. The single's spare arrangement shouts out vintage hip hop as well as 1950s rock 'n' roll, and Nolan's singular gift for lyric writing brings the cinematic setting flickering to life: 

 

Also out today on Bandcamp, a new album from bassist Cameron Carrus who recently moved from Nashville to Brooklyn.  Odd is a collection of instrumentals with some special guests like Adam Kurtz, Julia Blair, and Rich Ruth.  Check it out below:

    Featured Friday Playlist