Monday Morning Music Shuffle - Now You See the Light Mix

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Sending Birthday wishes to 2014 Ear to the Ground Artist of the Year, Darrin Bradbury who just wrapped up his first ever West Coast tour. 

The 2015 "Earie" Awards roll onward. 

TODAY'S AWARD:  The "Middle-Aged America" Award The Premise: No premise - just an inside joke.

The Award goes to:  Drew Kohl and Taylor Alexander
Young America was a band from Georgia that had a long run. They released an EP early in 2015 shortly before deciding that with two members in Georgia and two in Nashville, it was no longer viable to continue as a group.  The award goes to the two members of Young America who are now living in Nashville.  Time flies when you are having fun, thus my joke about Middle-Aged America...

Drew Kohl:  Drew is a super talented singer, songwriter, and player.  He released Sweetheart, an EP filled with songs that explore different aspects of the theme of Love, earlier in the year, and he has been touring and playing throughout the year, sharpening his sound.  His trademark is his high-lonesome bluegrass inspired songs which often feature mind blowing sustained vocal notes.

Taylor Alexander:  Taylor has been recording his solo album which is due in 2016.  He is a regular performer on Lower Broadway, and he often backs up other musicians.  He and fellow "Earie" award winner, Lindsay Ellyn frequently perform as a duo (which I have dubbed: #Tindsay - which Taylor hates so let's make that hashtag trend!).  He has an impressive repertoire of classic country tunes and his own compositions have a classic country feel to them.

Congrats, Taylor and Drew!  The "Earies" march on for the rest of December culminating in the naming of the 2015 #E2TG Artist of the Year.


By the way, before we jump into the shuffle, I had the great opportunity to head out to the Stone Fox in West Nashville last night to see Chris Scruggs and the Stone Fox 5 play some amazing classic country music.  They will be there every Sunday throughout December and most of January.  Highly recommended.

Shuffle:

Friday Morning Music Shuffle - Miles Standish Proud Mix

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 Well... it's the end of the week, and I'm hoping to get some time this weekend to listen to all of the music that has come my way over the past week or so.  Looking forward to a quiet weekend...  

Let's get right to the Morning Shuffle:

First up we have the opening track from the brand spanking new album by Nashville resident Andrew Osenga - late of The Normals and more recently part of Caedmon's Call. His new record which dropped September 18 and is called Leonard, the Lonely Astronaut. Today we feature - Brushstroke.

Next we have Neil Young's chilling 1970 song, Ohio.  Our version today comes from a 1971 Bootleg.  The song was originally recorded by CSNandY. It was included on their So Far album in 1974.  The song is a reaction to the May 1970 shootings during a Vietnam War protest on the Campus of Kent State University in Ohio.

Next up we have Legalize It the title track to the 1976 from the solo debut by the late Peter Tosh of The Wailers.  

Finally, we wrap things up with a song (Yesterday (Circa Summer 80 somethin) )  from Cory Branan's first album in six years, Mutt, which came out in May.  This album also marks his debut with the Bloodshot Record Label. 

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