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 6/26/2020 - Featured Friday - Lockdown Mix (Profits Speak Remix)

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Your daily reminder:  The pandemic is not over, wear a damn mask, Black Lives Still Matter, White Privilege is real, police should not be the first responder to every situation that arises. The next time you see a person of color acting "suspicious" ask yourself several questions before you call the police: would their actions be "suspicious" if they were white? do they deserve to die for whatever it is they are doing that you see as "suspicious"? Is there some other action you can take rather than calling the cops? Like ignoring them? Walking away? Talking to them? Anything?

I was thinking about the saying, "ignorance is bliss". These days there is a lot to unpack in that saying, but I would add at least one codicil: "willful ignorance is evil".


Well, it is time for a new Featured Friday Playlist!  We have another good one this week.  About six fewer songs than last week.  A fair number of E2TG favorites, local favorites, and a health dose of newcomers to E2TG.

Dig in and please Follow the Playlist.  We will begin our recap with the first 5 songs on the Playlist below the jump.  Next week, we will recap five songs a day in this space through Thursday - after which we will start it all over again.  By the way, the only reason I don't do a video playlist on Featured Friday is because I started the video playlist as a way to hear the songs being featured in an easy way.  With Featured Friday - the songs can be streamed and heard on Spotify.

    Featured Friday Playlist

2018 E2TG Earie Awards - # 2 - Recap February 2018

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Day 2 of the 2018 E2TG "Earie" Awards/Recap of 2018.  Today, our shuffle is focused on the February 2018 Playlist. As today's shuffle highlights - diversity was the rule at E2TG in 2018.  Let's go!

Featured Friday Morning Shuffle - Tougher than Tough Mix

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FRIDAY!  First off, I have some big news!  Last year, E2TG hosted a month-long residency at The 5 Spot in East Nashville to celebrate our sixth anniversary. Well, we are doing it again this year for seven!  Mark your calendars for Thursday evenings in JUNE!  If you attended any of last year's shows, you know you will not want to miss this!  Details are still being worked out, but we have some awesome music in store for you.

Stay tuned for more details.

Now, it is Friday and every Friday, we focus in on the music we are currently featuring on E2TG. (Okay to be honest, the playlist is the same for Trending Tuesday and Thursday and for Featured Friday, but humor me).  We have an incredibly wide selection of songs in that playlist (almost 500 tracks), and it is always interesting to see what comes up.

Let's shuffle!

Featured Friday Morning Shuffle - Drivin' Nails Mix

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As a music fan, I am aware of how amazingly fortunate I am to live here in Nashville. There is, of course, far too much live music going on every single night of the year for me to even see a small fraction of it all. On a given night, you may see up and coming (and established) singer-songwriters, world-class musicians, and incredibly talented bands.

Last night was such a night.  It began with the second week of the Fats Kaplin Gang's two week run at The 5 Spot. Fats Kaplin was recently seen in the PBS show American Epic playing alongside Jack White and others for the American Epic Sessions.  He has played on stage along side White and many others, but there is something special about seeing him do his own stuff on The 5 Spot stage. Joined by his wife - powerhouse singer Kristi Rose - along with the supremely talented Wes Langlois and Justin Amaral.

Next, I headed to The Family Wash to check out Stuffy Shmitt accompanied by Parker Hawkins.  They sounded awesome. After that it was week one of the Jon Latham and Andrew Leahey residency.  Their set started with a cover of Marshall Crenshaw's "Cynical Girl" (one of favorites) and continued with more great covers plus originals from both Latham and Leahey - all backed Jon's killer band Sean Quinn, Cory Nichols, and Raun Shultz.

This was an great night of music featuring supremely talented people, and it was in it's own amazing and unique and wonderful way just another night of music in East Nashville.

On with the shuffle. It is Featured Friday!