E2TG 7/27/2021 - End of July - Little Love Mix (Substitute Remix)

Tweet #E2TG

Be sure to "Like" Ear to the Ground on Facebook!

Featured Friday Playlist recap (part 3) (songs 15-18):

15. "Praying for Rain" by Dominique Pruitt

Title track from the new EP by the singer-songwriter whose parents both worked with 

Engelbert Humperdinck in the 1980s.

16. "Visa vid vindens angar" by Georg Nielsen

The latest release from the Swedish artist - a cover of a 1966 song by Swedish folk legend Mats Paulson. A lovely instrumental. 

17. "Rhosod" by Lleuwen

Next up, we the latest single from this Welsh singer-songwriter - as the Welsh takeover of E2TG gains steam. 

18. "Et oo suudellut kymmeneen vuoteen" by Gim Kordon

And we close this set with the latest single from this Finnish band from Helsinki whose name is a reference to the bassist of Sonic Youth. 

 

    Featured Friday Playlist

Wild Wednesday Morning Shuffle - All Over Before Mix

Tweet #E2TG

Be sure to "Like" Ear to the Ground on Facebook!


Last night, I took in another edition of the long running (9 years) $2 Tuesday at The 5 Spot. Last night, started with E2TG favorite Andrew Adkins, followed by Ginger Cowgirl (who I had seen before at $2 Tuesday, followed by Derek Hoke and band, and in the late night hour it was the amazing Shannon McNally backed by a killer band featuring Joe V. McMahan, Jimmy Matt Rowland, and Toby Caldwell.   It was, as it always seems to be, a great night of music, and a great hang.

On we go, to the Wild Wednesday shuffle - if you are new here, this is a random shuffle of songs currently saved to my phone.   Let's go!

Wild Wednesday Morning Shuffle - AndaBuckNStuffToYouAsWell Mix

Tweet #E2TG

Be sure to "Like" Ear to the Ground on Facebook!


All of this happened a long time ago when the world was a very different place. Of course, none of us knew that at the time.
(From The Drift - A Novel by Joe Wolfe-Mazeres) Available at Amazon.com (Kindle edition also available)

I am continuing to work on my Spotify playlists for E2TG.  So far, I have completed seven - January - July2018.  These are meant to be a cross-section of music I featured during those months - not necessarily music released in those months.   If you are interested, you can check out the playlists (links below)  and follow my personal profile to find out when new playlists are created.

E2TG January 2018
E2TG February 2018
E2TG March 2018
E2TG April 2018 
E2TG May 2018
E2TG June 2018 
E2TG July 2018 
E2TG August 2018 (coming soon!)


Life sure is crazy.  I feel like I am constantly busy and never seem to get anything done.  I did manage to get some music added to my "New Music" playlist. Some of that new music shows up today - along with some older stuff - because this is Wednesday - which we call "Wild Wednesday"  It's a shuffle of all 2,500+ songs stored on my phone memory card. 

I am desperately trying to get things done this week because next week is Americana Fest week, and I know from experience I don't get much done that week.  More on that later.

Wild Wednesday Morning Shuffle - Bosom of the Valley Mix

Tweet #E2TG

Be sure to "Like" Ear to the Ground on Facebook! 


Well, my outlook on life is much better today. The world is still a ginormous mess, but I am more at peace. Music heals.  Hanging out with friends listening to Jon Byrd and then Kevin Gordon at The Family Wash.  Then heading to The 5 Spot for a bit of $2 Tuesday (it had been too long) and catching a cool band called The Speedbumps and Derek Hoke's always awesome set.

I have a training this afternoon, so I have to post this a little early and can't dawdle too much....

It's Wednesday and we get "wild" on Wednesday by shuffling up all the songs on my phone....

Here goes!

Monday Morning Music Shuffle - Paisley Dragon Mix

Tweet #E2TG

Good morning!  It's a beautiful day here in Music City USA. Working on an amazing mix of songs to add to the playlist tonight - hopefully.  We still have lots to talk about - still two nights of Americana Fest to write about - hopefully I'll finish before next year's fest.  We have a generous offer for an interview that we need to get our stuff together and do.

Tomorrow night we are taking part in the World Premier of the new video from Cosmonauts. We brought you the premier of the song, Cold Harbor along with an interview with the band.  Now, the video is ready - we got a sneak peek and it's amazing, but does contain some graphic and disturbing images... but if you're up for that, tune in tomorrow.

Our friend's The Dead Exs have a new album out called, Relovolution. We already brought you the title track. The album is a nice complement to the band's debut Resurrection - offering a filthy and beautiful blend of rocking blues.  Visit the band's website for more info.  Right now, the band is tearing up the Lonestar State and playing some dates with the great Ray Wylie Hubbard.

==============================


We shuffles up our Revolving Random playlist and came up with this mix today:

First up, we have a song from the 1984 self-titled debut by Red Hot Chili Peppers.  True Men Don't Kill Coyotes is a funky, bit of post-punk L.A. rock music. Did you know that Guitarist Hillel Slovak did not appear on this record due to contractual obligations to the band What is This?  

So... Who's Next? Exactly.  Okay  I'll stop.  Next, we have Baba O'Riley, the classic song from the classic 1971 Who's Next album by The Who.

Next we have a 1990s cover of an early 80s song.  The Muffs' version of Kim Wilde's first single, Kids in America, was originally released on the soundtrack to the 1995 film Clueless, and was later released on the band's album Hamburger. 

 

Finally, we close out with a classic Nashville rock track.  This one comes from the self-titled major label debut by a band called Royal Court of China. The band included members of popular Nashville thrash band The Enemy.  The record included hard rocking songs and more Southern Gothic folk stuff.  The band split after this record with members taking the RCC name further into a Hard Rock direction on the follow up album Geared and Primed, and other members forming The Shakers who followed that Southern Gothic strain to it's conclusion with a album called Songs from Beneath the Lake. Today, we have the instrumental track, Townsend, TN, which shows off that gothic folk side of the band.

 

Couldn't find a video for Townsend, TN so here's a different RCC song.

==============================================================

 -->

Thursday Music (On the road...)

Here are some heroes....

Wednesday Morning Music Shuffle - Best I Ever Had Mix

No question, the year is winding down. I've been spending some download bucks I got for Christmas and I received the annual mix CD from one of the music gurus from my youth.

Reflect on what has come before, but more so on what is yet to come (in the New Year). 2011 has been a challenging year in many ways, but it has been good, and even better things are in store for 2012.  Ear to the Ground strives to be forward thinking while keeping a foot well grounded in musical history.   Today's mix offers a bit of both...

Songs 1 and 3 this a.m. come from the Classic album Who's Next - which I recently realized I did not have a digital copy of. I swear I had the CD at some point, but it never made it into my MP3 collection.  I have since rectified that omission. Bargain and Baba O'Riley are two tracks on the album which has been one of my all-time Faves for some time.

(you can click on the album cover to purchase and download from Amazon.com for just $5.00 USD)


Track 2 is a cover song. Youth Lagoon is the stage name of Trevor Powers who debuted in 2011.  Here he offers up a sweet, sweet cover of the John Denver classic Goodbye Again.

 (clicky on the album cover to grab John Denver's Greatest Hits at Amazon (and/or click on this album cover to purchase and download Youth Lagoon's The Year of Hibernation)



========================================================================
Affiliated Links:

Urgh! a Music War It's live and loud. It's urgent and proud. It's more than two-dozen young, energetic bands caught in the act and making the music and moments matter in hot, crowded, amped venues scattered across L.A., London, New York City and elsewhere. It's big hair, l

Amazing Journey: The Story of the Who [WS] [2 Discs] Oscar-winning filmmaker {$Murray Lerner} and co-director {$Paul Crowder} draw on the essential themes of {#The Who}'s music and lyrics to craft a definitive audio-visual document of the influential band's timeless legacy. From their origins as a 1960s R&B

Monday Music Shuffle - Not Morning, Not at All Mix

Quick and easy - taking  a day off so no morning walk and therefore no morning shuffle, but I offer up a Wintry  Mix of Music for your comfort and joy....




Bruce Cockburn is legend wait for it.... ary.   Cry of a Tiny Babe came from his Nothing But a Burning Light Album.  



(click on picture to download a 1995 release from the Columbia Records Radio Hour featuring Bruce along with Lou Reed, Rosanne Cash and Rob Wasserman)




The Who perform Christmas from the rock opera, Tommy. "And Tommy doesn't know what day it is..."




(Click on album cover to buy the Deluxe Edition of Tommy by the Who)


And finally, more from The Walla Recovery's A Star, A Star Vol. 3 - it's the Christmas staple Angels We Have Heard on High.



===================================================================
Affiliated Links: