Friday Playlist
Going back-and-forth to Bloomington twice this week cut into my new music time. As I begin this, I anticipate it being a little lighter than usual, but we’ll see where the music takes us. “Marianne” – Fontaines D.C.New music from Fontaines D.C.? Hell yeah! It continues on the subtler and more melodic path their last album took them down. “Things…
Reaching For The Stars, Vol. 128
Chart Week: August 4, 1984Song: “The Warrior” – Scandal featuring Patty SmythChart Position: #33, sixth week on the chart. Peaked at #7 for two weeks in September. Who were the biggest songwriters of the Eighties? I’m not talking about Prince, Lionel Richie, etc, multi-platinum artists who wrote their own music. No, I’m talking about the songwriters for hire who cranked…
Friday Playlist
Songs about rain, three local/regional tracks, and despite Pumpkin Spice items beginning to show up in the grocery store this week, we keep the summer songs rolling. “Rain” – The BeatlesWhat a week! We’ve been lucky that the truly Biblical rains have been well to the east of us: one area got 17” of rain in about 48 hours! Our…
Friday Playlist
“All The Beauty” – Pete YornI like it better when Yorn makes B+ versions of his best songs than when he goes off on odd tangents. This is one of those good ones. “MMA” Hannah ColeWhen I read that Cole was based in Nashville, I was expecting something that was softer and gentler, closer to indie folk. I was NOT…
Friday Playlist
For the second-straight week I am putting this together and scheduling it on Thursday evening, as I will be out of the house early Friday. Two throw back songs from the mid–90s mixed in with the new stuff, a tribute to a lost troubadour, and a summer classic to round it all out. Happy weekend to all! “Dark Summer” –…
Friday Playlist
I have a mega-glut of music after the past month’s travels. That means you will likely get extra-stuffed playlists for at least a few weeks as I work on clearing out that backlog. We’ll kick off this week with three new songs by bands that have been around since (at least) the early Nineties. Then some new songs from more…
Friday Playlist
Our travels, holidays, etc have me off my new music game. I’ve been adding tons of music to my library for review, but have struggled to get through it. Fortunately we have something on our calendar that gave me the excuse to include several songs that would not normally make the list. Hopefully I’ll get back in the swing of…
Independence Day Playlist
This post hits harder this year, the 250th anniversary of the British Colonies in North America declaring independence from the Kingdom and establishing the United States of America as a free country. As always with these moments, between the cookouts and fireworks and cheesy commemorative t-shirts, it is important to reconcile where we are as a nation with where we…
Friday Playlist
Hopefully this playlist comes together ok. I imagine I’ll schedule this to post on the normal Friday morning time slot. By then we will have left town about 18 hours earlier for a weekend in Colorado. I started putting this together Monday afternoon. Let’s see how it turned out! “Artificial Sunlight” – Les Big Byrd Nothing artificial about the light…
Friday Playlist
So much new music this week from old friends, some of whom we have not heard from in years. In fact, there are so many songs that fall under that description that I can only play a few of them this week so there is room for other tracks. “Get Away From Me (I Think I’ll Love You Soon)” –…