Finally waking up from a “moving into a new house” funk. Looking forward to blogging music again soon…. promise!
(I’ve been working on an “Intro to Electronic Music” playlist similar to the intro to Radiohead and Wilco playlists of yesteryear. Still a work in progress, but I hope to publish it soon.)
Wow, just found this band: Pirates Canoe, an amazing Bluegrass/Folk band of Japanese nationals. The first minute is just chatter in Japanese, but singing is gorgeous accent-less English. Great guitar, mandolin, fiddle, dobro and banjo playing. Harmonies are good live but even better on their album.
Father Christmas, give us some money / Don’t mess around with those silly toys / We’ll beat you up if you don’t hand it over / We want your bread so don’t make us annoyed / Give all the toys / to the little rich boys— The Kinks, “Father Christmas” (the most rockin’est Christmas song ever)
(Source: facepalmmozart, via hearthmusic)
And the boys from the NYPD choir / were singing Galway Bay / And the bells were ringing out for Christmas Day…— The Pogues, “Fairytale of New York”
Smokin’ long black Cadillac, the engine’s windin down / He’d park it up on the sidewalk like he owned the whole damn town / I saw him talkin’ to some chick through a thick ghost of smoke / Through a thicker haze of Southern Comfort and Coke—
Todd Snider, “Play A Train Song”
(although I like the REK version better)
Avett Brothers on a Diet Cheerwine box. Whoa! It’s two great North Carolina tastes coming together! A NC Reese’s Cup!
I’ll be your Emmylou and I’ll be your June / If you’ll be my Gram and my Johnny too / No, I’m not asking much of you / Just sing little darling, sing with me— First Aid Kit, “Emmylou”
Here’s another great song by Jeanne Jolly, highlighting her Country chops as well as her Classical voice training. “Long Way Home” is a love song to my adopted home state, North Carolina.
