E2TG 2/1/2022 - February - Magma Mix (Unseen Remix)

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Today's Ear to the Ground radio show is up on the WXNA Archive - HERE. 

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

6:01am I’m Catholic Again by Mr. MPH on Mr. MPH (Mr. MPH)

6:02am Tiny Fires by Jason Erie on Tiny Fires – Single (Wirebird Records / Erie St. Music)

6:06am Big Heart Sick Mind by The Whitmore Sisters on Ghost Stories (Red House Records)

6:08am Low Side by Zach Wilson on Priors (Devil’s Tower Records)

6:13am Never Forget by Lee Oskar on Passages Through Music: Never Forget (Dreams We Share / Lee Oskar Productions)

6:15am Find My Way by Julie Christensen on 11 from Kevin: Songs of Kevin Gordon (Wirebird / JTMMusic)

6:19am Tom Tom by The Long Ryders on Tom Tom – Single (Prima Records Ltd.)

6:26am Oceans by The Sea at Midnight on Oceans – EP (The Sea At Midnight)

6:31am Near Me by 1st Base Runner on Ellis – EP (Souvenir Sound)

6:34am Mr Weak by Matteo Palermo on Mr Weak – Single (Be NEXT Music)

6:38am Bloody Shores by Datura on Arcano Chemical (Sell The Heart)

6:43am I Can Tell By The Way You Dance (You’re Gonna Love Me Tonight) by Rodney Collins on I Can Tell By The Way You Dance (You’re Gonna Love Me Tonight) – Single (Rodney Collins)

6:46am All Rise, The Sneaky Snakes of Kudzu by Lolas on All Rise (1627354 Records DK)

6:50am Ich möchte Dinge bauen by EL/NeUe on Ich Möchte Dinge Bauen – Single (Mingo)

6:56am The Underwater Supermarket by Roman Angelos on Music for Underwater Supermarkets (Happy Robots Records)

Today's shuffle is below the jump. 

 

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E2TG 8/18/2021 - Mid-Weak - Angels Care mix (Sin City Remix)

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Life is a highway or maybe it's like an L.A. Freeway, or a windy country road, or an dank alley, or a series of one-way streets all going the opposite direction that you want to go, or maybe life isn't a highway at all... 

Featured Friday Playlist recap (Part 4) (songs 27-32)

27.  "This Ride" by Mary Jennings

First up today, we have a track from the recent album from this Nashville based singer-songwriter. 

28. "Hold on to Your Heart" by F. Scott and the Nighthawks

Next up, we have the title track from the album by this Toronto based band. 

29. "Dreams Come" by David Long & Shane O'Neill

Next, the title track from the new 3 track single from these Irish music legends. 

30. "Ble Pierre" by Tacsidermi

More music from Wales. We have the latest single from this Welsh band. 

31. "Grand Soiree" by CoCo Zandi

Next up, we have the 2nd single from the solo project of Coco Zandi of Wild Child. 

32. "Corona Corazon" by Tara Vern

And, we close with a single from the forthcoming Tried To Drown My Sorrows But The Bastards Learned To Swim album from this former lawyer from Sydney now based in Lisbon. 

 

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E2TG 8/20/20 - Something to Say - Life's a Beach Mix (Birmingham Remix)

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I feel like I should always say something...But, I played Benchmark's new song "Our Finest Hour" this morning on my radio show, and one line stuck with me - "Right now, I know I still need to listen, before I speak."  It seems like there is a lot of talking and a lot of shouting and not nearly enough listening.

Look after nearly four years of the Trump regime, I think it is clear to most sane people, that he is an existential threat to this nation. I am not saying I need to listen to MAGA heads to see if they will convince me of anything. I guess I am thinking of some of the more nuanced debates (or which should be nuanced debates) between different factions of the left side of the proverbial aisle. I think social media SEEMS TO demand that everyone jump into every conversation and contribute something - so you see at lot of posts like - well, I don't know much about that but, here is what I think... 

Anyway, we have a Featured Friday Playlist to wrap up and a shuffle to get to... let's go... 

Today, we wrap up this week's Featured Friday Playlist, and we prepare the way for a whole new list. Here are the final four songs, and as usual, we save some good ones to wrap up the list.. songs 18-21:

18. "How to Fall in Love - Take 7, Acoustic" by Michael McArthur

Florida singer-songwriter Michael McArthur makes a return visit to the Playlist with the title track of his brand new EP. We previously featured his stunning cover of "Purple Rain" - here he is singing his own songs and the results are equally stunning. The plaintive opening harmonica and sparse acoustic instrumentation catches ones attention, and then his rich vocals come in and carry the listener away.  

19. "Dark Slopes Away" by Mt. Doubt

Next up, we have the new single from Scottish indie rock band Mt. Doubt. It is the first taste of their new album Doubtlands due out September 25. The song has a cool vibe that I really dig. 

20. "Firewood" by Saronde (Feat. Idd Aziz)

Next up, we have some wonderful Afro-funk - via Saronde - a Kenyan duo who founded Beating Hearts Music. The track borrows from a 50’s Kikuyu all female acapella sung by young unmarried girls as they collect or carry back home firewood and features noted African singer and musician Idd Aziz. As someone who has a deep - if shamefully underexplored affinity and connection to African music, this track struck a chord with me. Wonderful!

21. "Sauce (Took Off)" by SLiCE Bellefante 
 

We close out this segment of music and this week's Playlist with a little bit of hip hop from New Jersey. I don't have a lot of information on the artist, but I dig the vibe and I'm happy to have this track closing out our playlist. 

By way of a preview-  The new Featured Friday Playlist is already at 15 songs and over an hour of music and there are several new releases scheduled for tomorrow. So, look for the list to be much larger than this week's list. Already, I am digging the variety of the music, and we already have some favorites on board. Until then... we have another daily shuffle down below....  

 

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E2TG 7/10/2020 - Featured Friday Playlist - Stabby Mike Mix (Mystery Writer Remix)

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It is Friday, and that means a brand new Featured Friday Playlist.  You can check it out below and follow along on Spotify and/or you can read our song by song review over the next week - here at E2TG.  The review starts after the jump with songs 1-5.

I wanted to highlight a couple of new and recent releases which are not on Spotify.

First up:  Bananas by Pussycat Doghouse.  Pussycat Doghouse is a pop-punk/ska punk/indie pop band from Nashville.  We were made familiar with the band through their bass played Bill Bois -who we first met from Eight O'Five Jive a few years back.  Digging this album - more to come. The album was released on July 1.


The other album was released back in June.  It is from the fine folks at Music Maker Relief Foundation.  The album is called Amazing Grace and it contains a dozen unique interpretations of the spiritual standard.

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