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I need to start by saying cancer sucks... I hate it! Rest in Peace to Grant Hart (Husker Du). Along with The Replacements and Minutemen, Husker Du were part of the holy trinity of great American post-punk bands on the 1980s.
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Whew... I am somehow still functioning (at least as good as I normally function). So far this week, I've seen somewhere close to 15 hours of live music (with 7-8 more on tap tonight), worked my regular schedule, posted my normal blog posts, recorded a radio show, run into a ton of good friends, strategically managed to drink quite a bit for a fraction of the cost ;-), posted on Instagram for the radio station, danced at 1:00am at The Family Wash, and even got to sleep - just a little.
Last night, I saw the amazing Bonnie Whitmore, K. Phillips (who co-wrote the Erica Blinn song we premiered last week), and the always enchanting Amelia White.
Tonight: As if the case almost every day/night this week, there is a ton of amazing music. I plan to start my evening at The 5 Spot. E2TG Favorite Mark Robinson Band. This is Mark's fifth year running of holding down the Thursday early slot at The 5 Spot. This year, in addition to hi stellar band, he will be joined by Dave Coleman (who I saw playing with Amelia White last night), and one of my favorite local songwriters Kevin Gordon (according to my Facebook memories, two years ago, I was attending the City Winery CD Release show for Gordon for his most recent album).
Speaking of City Winery, their lineup tonight includes, Robyn Hitchcock, Dave Alvin, Tony Joe White and more.
If all goes as planned, my evening will end with North Mississippi All-Stars and Blackfoot Gypsies at The Beast.
Meanwhile, I have Shuffle to present. It somehow is Thursday, and that means today's shuffle comes from the special E2TG Topical playlist... featuring songs from across the six year history of this blog.
Let's shuffle!
Showing posts with label The Harmonica Lewinskies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Harmonica Lewinskies. Show all posts
Thursday, September 14, 2017
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Tuesday Morning Music Shuffle - Two in a Row Mix
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Pre-Shuffle
“Power”/Tomas Doncker/Power of the Trinity – Global Soul….
“Ven Hacia Mi (Come Unto Me)”/The Mavericks/In Time* - Another from my friend Ronnie’s 2013 mix CD – love this!
“Feel So Down”/Solardrive/Solardrive – another great song from Solardrive – the awesome project fronted by Balthazar Getty.
“Terra Animata”/The Plum Magnetic/Terra Animata – New Orleans based World/Fusion/Rock band.
“Big Mountain Fudge Cake”/The Foresters/Living Hold – the three Nork Brothers from Connecticut continue their musical growth spurt with a Zeppelinesque rocker.
“Calypso Foam”/The Graveyard Kids/Mama Coco’s Funky Kitchen: Section 5 (Graveyard Kids II) - Another great band from the seemingly bottomless wellspring that is Mama Coco’s.
“Splinters”/Austin Lucas/Stay Reckless – three time CXCW alum… shows how it’s done with a smart, heartfelt song.
“Life is Hard”/Darrin Bradbury/True Love – “It’s funny where it stops, it’s funny where it starts, and the whole thing in the middle well it’s bound to break your heart.” – such a great line in a song that name drops Jack Kerouac, Lenny Bruce, and Daffy Duck!
“Magic and Fire”/Brave Baby/Forty Bells – another great song by this South Carolina indie band.
“Could We See”/Grounded/untitled – Grounded were first featured on Ear to the Ground back in September 2012. They have such a unique sound, and I love the acoustic vibe of this song. Trivia: This is the second time that Grounded have appeared in a Shuffle with Darrin Bradbury’s song “Life is Hard”. Their song “Break it Up” appeared with a live version of Bradbury’s song on January 9. #themoreyouknow
“The Best Record Ever Made”/Bill Lloyd/Boy King of Tokyo - a true Nashville treasure who has worn many hats in his long career, and worn them well – I may add. This homage to great records from his 2012 album – has a simply gorgeous hook.
Shuffle after you jump....
Pre-Shuffle
“Power”/Tomas Doncker/Power of the Trinity – Global Soul….
“Ven Hacia Mi (Come Unto Me)”/The Mavericks/In Time* - Another from my friend Ronnie’s 2013 mix CD – love this!
“Feel So Down”/Solardrive/Solardrive – another great song from Solardrive – the awesome project fronted by Balthazar Getty.
“Terra Animata”/The Plum Magnetic/Terra Animata – New Orleans based World/Fusion/Rock band.
“Big Mountain Fudge Cake”/The Foresters/Living Hold – the three Nork Brothers from Connecticut continue their musical growth spurt with a Zeppelinesque rocker.
“Calypso Foam”/The Graveyard Kids/Mama Coco’s Funky Kitchen: Section 5 (Graveyard Kids II) - Another great band from the seemingly bottomless wellspring that is Mama Coco’s.
“Splinters”/Austin Lucas/Stay Reckless – three time CXCW alum… shows how it’s done with a smart, heartfelt song.
“Life is Hard”/Darrin Bradbury/True Love – “It’s funny where it stops, it’s funny where it starts, and the whole thing in the middle well it’s bound to break your heart.” – such a great line in a song that name drops Jack Kerouac, Lenny Bruce, and Daffy Duck!
“Magic and Fire”/Brave Baby/Forty Bells – another great song by this South Carolina indie band.
“Could We See”/Grounded/untitled – Grounded were first featured on Ear to the Ground back in September 2012. They have such a unique sound, and I love the acoustic vibe of this song. Trivia: This is the second time that Grounded have appeared in a Shuffle with Darrin Bradbury’s song “Life is Hard”. Their song “Break it Up” appeared with a live version of Bradbury’s song on January 9. #themoreyouknow
“The Best Record Ever Made”/Bill Lloyd/Boy King of Tokyo - a true Nashville treasure who has worn many hats in his long career, and worn them well – I may add. This homage to great records from his 2012 album – has a simply gorgeous hook.
Shuffle after you jump....
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Tuesday Morning Music Shuffle - Orange Crepe Paper Mix
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Continuing a tradition that dates back to January 14, 1993...
We have a great shuffle to help me celebrate... ;-)
Continuing a tradition that dates back to January 14, 1993...
We have a great shuffle to help me celebrate... ;-)
Friday, September 20, 2013
Friday Morning Music Shuffle - Don't Rush the Author Mix
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Good morning!
First of all, I must say that I had a blast hanging out at the Five Spot last night. Thanks for The Alternate Root for putting on the show, Ear to the Ground featured artist Mark Robinson for hosting, and all the great musicians for making such wonderful racket.
It was great meeting Mark Robinson and Sue Havlish in person.
It was nice hanging out with fellow blogger Too Much Country, Miss Shevaughn and Yuma Wray (Couch by Couchwest alum who we've posted about here - SPOILER ALERT: they may just happen to have a song into today's Shuffle...), and James Crawford (a fellow survivor of my hometown, who is about to put out an amazing record - much more to come about that).
It was one of those only in Nashville kind of nights. From Johnny Fritz's drummer working the door, to the great music from Mark Robinson, Dave Coleman of The Coal Men (who I also got to meet), Kevin Gordon, Jon Byrd, Eric Brace and Peter Cooper, Amelia White, and the amazing Tim Carroll closing out the evening.
Switching gears (completely):
Avant Guard Dogs are the best band you've never heard. That's right, you've never heard them. No, it was not them who played the party at your frat house before their first album ever came out. No, you don't own a bootleg import of their unreleased first single on pink vinyl in it's original cover. What the band does have going for them is some amazing album covers. Take a gander HERE (where you will also see classic album covers by The Shambles and Quivering Brains. All of these covers were designed by the amazing Ron Ruelle (Dizzy Gillespie, Tony Bennett). Seriously, if you need graphic design work - check him out.
Let's get to the music:
After the JUMP
Good morning!
First of all, I must say that I had a blast hanging out at the Five Spot last night. Thanks for The Alternate Root for putting on the show, Ear to the Ground featured artist Mark Robinson for hosting, and all the great musicians for making such wonderful racket.
It was great meeting Mark Robinson and Sue Havlish in person.
It was nice hanging out with fellow blogger Too Much Country, Miss Shevaughn and Yuma Wray (Couch by Couchwest alum who we've posted about here - SPOILER ALERT: they may just happen to have a song into today's Shuffle...), and James Crawford (a fellow survivor of my hometown, who is about to put out an amazing record - much more to come about that).
It was one of those only in Nashville kind of nights. From Johnny Fritz's drummer working the door, to the great music from Mark Robinson, Dave Coleman of The Coal Men (who I also got to meet), Kevin Gordon, Jon Byrd, Eric Brace and Peter Cooper, Amelia White, and the amazing Tim Carroll closing out the evening.
Switching gears (completely):
Avant Guard Dogs are the best band you've never heard. That's right, you've never heard them. No, it was not them who played the party at your frat house before their first album ever came out. No, you don't own a bootleg import of their unreleased first single on pink vinyl in it's original cover. What the band does have going for them is some amazing album covers. Take a gander HERE (where you will also see classic album covers by The Shambles and Quivering Brains. All of these covers were designed by the amazing Ron Ruelle (Dizzy Gillespie, Tony Bennett). Seriously, if you need graphic design work - check him out.
Let's get to the music:
After the JUMP
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Thursday Morning Music Shuffle - Firehouse Mix
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Time is short and we have some great music to cover in today's pre-shuffle and shuffle. Let's get to it.
Pre-Shuffle:
"Odd Fellows Local 151" by R.E.M.
"A Good Man Knows" by Black Jake and the Carnies (the song from their new EP we didn't get to yesterday!)
"Digging Underneath the House" by Skeletons in the Piano
"Machine Gun" by Taco Land
Shuffle awaits you after the JUMP
Time is short and we have some great music to cover in today's pre-shuffle and shuffle. Let's get to it.
Pre-Shuffle:
"Odd Fellows Local 151" by R.E.M.
"A Good Man Knows" by Black Jake and the Carnies (the song from their new EP we didn't get to yesterday!)
"Digging Underneath the House" by Skeletons in the Piano
"Machine Gun" by Taco Land
Shuffle awaits you after the JUMP
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Tuesday Morning Music Shuffle - Roadrunner Mix
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I want to take a minute to send my love to the City of Boston. As well as to send my love to all victims of violence everywhere. Unfortunately, the capacity of human beings to inflict pain, death and destruction on our fellows is not new. I do think the best response when things like this occur is for each of us to work toward making small movements away from fear and anger and toward love.
Today's subtitle is a reference to one of Boston's many great musical exports.
Music heals, so let's dive in...
First up, with a h/t to The End Men, we discovered that Ear to the Ground has and has had a theme song.
I want to take a minute to send my love to the City of Boston. As well as to send my love to all victims of violence everywhere. Unfortunately, the capacity of human beings to inflict pain, death and destruction on our fellows is not new. I do think the best response when things like this occur is for each of us to work toward making small movements away from fear and anger and toward love.
Today's subtitle is a reference to one of Boston's many great musical exports.
Music heals, so let's dive in...
First up, with a h/t to The End Men, we discovered that Ear to the Ground has and has had a theme song.
Today in the pre-shuffle, we heard another great song from R.E.M.'s Document album which has been in the shuffle, since we found a copy at our local Goodwill (on Half-Price Saturday)!
We also heard two more songs from The Essential George Gershwin which we picked up on that same shopping excursion. This time, a couple of classics performed by Tony Bennett and Ethel Waters respectively.
Throw in another track from the awesome new The Imperial Rooster record which they are giving away on Bandcamp. (Throw them some seed if you are able).
We also heard a track from the Skeletons in the Piano album, Please Don't Die which we reviewed last week.
We close out the pre-shuffle with a song by a band from South Alabama called The Bear which we dig a whole bunch.
Now for the Shuffle - after the JUMP
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Thursday Morning Music Shuffle - Terrorist Mop Sink Mix
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Well, we stand here at the tail-end of the first quarter or 2013. One thing that regular readers of this blog may have noticed is that we have yet to have Featured Artist or Band of the Month or anything like that. As this year got underway, and due to a variety of circumstances, we decided to step back and decide how we wanted to proceed. I think we've worked it out, and stay tuned. In the next couple of days, we will be rolling out a brand new feature....
In the meantime, we moved around some songs and added a pretty cool sampler to our current playlist. Pre-shuffle we had a couple more songs from the You and Me album by You and Me (Val and James). Plus we had a classic from Mr. Nick Lowe (which is included in the Playlist at the bottom of this post), The Harmonica Lewinskies (also represented in the Playlist) and Southern Culture on the Skids.
The Shuffle Shuffle is ready for you after the Jump
Well, we stand here at the tail-end of the first quarter or 2013. One thing that regular readers of this blog may have noticed is that we have yet to have Featured Artist or Band of the Month or anything like that. As this year got underway, and due to a variety of circumstances, we decided to step back and decide how we wanted to proceed. I think we've worked it out, and stay tuned. In the next couple of days, we will be rolling out a brand new feature....
In the meantime, we moved around some songs and added a pretty cool sampler to our current playlist. Pre-shuffle we had a couple more songs from the You and Me album by You and Me (Val and James). Plus we had a classic from Mr. Nick Lowe (which is included in the Playlist at the bottom of this post), The Harmonica Lewinskies (also represented in the Playlist) and Southern Culture on the Skids.
The Shuffle Shuffle is ready for you after the Jump
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