Apparently I started using Shazam in April of 2015. Over the years I would randomly Shazam a song I heard on TV or in a store or wherever. I never gave them a thought and rarely, if ever, followed up. Recently I came upon this tranche of songs - Shazams dating back to 2015 and songs from as far back as the 70s. I was intrigued about what I might find? Did my taste suck? Anyway, this is a compilation of Shazamming 232 entries - with a few exceptions having to do with finding songs in other odd ways. I hope you enjoy.
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Goose / Tumble
Noah's phone often takes over our sound system when he visits. I shazamed a song and should have known this one would be connected to Noah. He's a huge Goose fan - and I see why.
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There are at least 11 artists who have used the name Goose: 1. A dance/electro-rock band from Belgium 2. A noise rock band from Thailand 3. An indie/groove/jam band from Connecticut, United States 4. A funk band from Australia 5. A rock band from Ohio, United States 6. A dark ambient project from California, United States 7. An Amiga mod musician from Norway 8. A hardcore punk band from Alberta, Canada 9. A rapper from Ohio, United States 10. A hip hop project from Florida, United States Read more on Last.fm more...
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The Neville Brothers / Yellow Moon
Not sure why/when/where this was shazammed, but love the groove of this song. (I assume there are two Ms in the past tense of shazam).
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The Neville Brothers was an American R&B/soul/funk group, formed in 1977 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The group formally disbanded in 2012 but reunited in 2015 for a farewell concert in New Orleans. The group notion started in 1976, when the four brothers of the Neville family, Art (1937-2019), Charles (1938–2018), Aaron (b. 1941), and Cyril (b. 1948) got together to take part in the recording session of The Wild Tchoupitoulas, a Mardi Gras Indian group led by the Nevilles' uncle, George Landry ("Big Chief Jolly"). Read more on Last.fm more...
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Wilder Woods / Be Yourself *Stripped Sessions"
This is a recent addition and may have been during another Noah visit. Thanks, Noah. Great song...
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Wilder Woods is the solo project of Bear Rinehart, who is also the vocalist for Christian rock band Needtobreathe. Read more on Last.fm more...
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The Wooks / Let It Ride
A little bluegrass - a little Kentucky - great riff.
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The Wooks are a bluegrass band that incorporates elements of rock and are comfortable with jams and improvisation. The Wooks are based in Lexington, Kentucky. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Amaarae / Reckless & Sweet
Was searching for some new music while driving - and shazammed this gem. Liked following up Kentucky with Ghana.
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Ama Serwah Genfi (born July 4, 1994), known professionally as Amaarae, is a Ghanaian-American singer, songwriter, producer, and engineer known for her work around representation and gender in music.[1][2][3] After collaborating with artists like AYLØ, Kay-Ara, Yaw P and putting out a few non-album singles, she released her debut 6 track EP, Passionfruit Summers[4][5][6] in 2017. The album features the standout song, "Fluid", which was complemented by a critically acclaimed music video. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Aaron LeeTasjan / Hard Life
New artist for me - but I can see how this groove caught my attention.
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Funkadelic / Can You Get To That
Not sure where I shazammed this, but this song dates to 1971 and I don't remember hearing it at the time. And...I do want to know!
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Funkadelic was originally the backing band for the doo wop group, Parliament. The band was added in 1964, primarily for tours, and consisted of Frankie Boyce, Richard Boyce and Langston Booth. They enlisted in the army in 1966, and George Clinton (the leader of Parliament) recruited Billy Bass Nelson and Eddie Hazel in 1967, then also adding Tawl Ross and Tiki Fulwood. Due to legal difficulties between Clinton and Revilot, The Parliaments' label Read more on Last.fm more...
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Joshua Ray Walker / Lot Lizard
This is not exactly a shazam. But I did get a text from Burnmixer formerly-known-as-Andy-Grogan telling me to check out a certain artist. "He's country and the real deal. I'm dazzled..." it read. How could I pass up an Andy Grogan rec? And so this song. And the first few lines? Wow...
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Joshua Ray Walker (born in Texas) is an American country singer and musician based in Dallas, TX. Read more on Last.fm more...
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David Rawlings / Cumberland Gap
Long time collaborator of Gillian Welch - who sings on this song and the album from which it is from, Poor David's Almanac.
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David Todd Rawlings is a professional guitarist and singer. He is best known as the longtime musical partner of bluegrass singer-songwriter Gillian Welch. The Dave Rawlings Machine album "A Friend of a Friend" was released in 2009. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Greg Brown / Hey Baby Hey
Not sure why this was on Shazam. I know Greg Brown. Maybe I was just trying to be reminded of this song - which is one of his finest. Such lyrics. I feel a calm come over me every time this tune begins. Hey baby hey baby hey baby hey....
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Greg Brown is a folk musician from Iowa, USA. His "Iowa Waltz" has been (unsuccessfully) proposed to replace the state song of Iowa. During the 1980s, his reputation was established through frequent touring and recurring performances on A Prairie Home Companion. Subsequently, his work has been nominated for Grammy awards. He also founded his own record label and named it Red House Records after a home he lived in in Iowa. Red House Records is an independent record label specializing in folk music, based in St. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Mitski / Bug Like an Angel
Okay - not a Shazam. But did come across this tune recently - and love the way it shifts from solo voice to a church chorus.
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Mitski is Japanese-American indie singer-songwriter Mitski Miyawaki (born 27 September 1990 in Japan) based in Brooklyn, New York. She started her career while studying at the SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Music, during which she self-released her first two albums: Lush (2012), and Retired from Sad, New Career in Business (2013). After graduating and moving to New York City, she released her third album, Bury Me at Makeout Creek (2014), on label Double Double Whammy. In 2016, Mitski released Puberty 2, her fourth album. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Bill Frisell / Good Dog, Happy Man
This was a Shazam before Shazam. Standing in a men's room urinal at a beach-side rest room on Fire Island at least 20 years ago - this song was playing - my ears perked up. The concession stand, surprisingly, was able to tell me it was Bill Frisell. I went on a mission to find out more about this guy. Saw his trio at The Drake in May. He's extraordinary.
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William Richard Frisell (born March 18, 1951) is an American guitarist, composer and arranger. One of the leading guitarists in jazz since the late 1980s, Frisell came to prominence as a stalwart for ECM Records. He went on to work in a variety of contexts, notably as a member of the New York City Downtown Scene where he formed a long partnership with John Zorn. He was also a longtime member of Paul Motian's groups from the early 1980s until Motian's death in 2011. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Presque Oui / L'Ongle
Heard this come on one night visiting friends in Montreal, So...French,
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Preque Oui (Almost Yes) consist of Thibaud Defever and Marie-Helene Picard. They sing about the ups and downs of love - often with autobiographical references. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Love and Rockets / So Alive
An early Shazam (2017) and a song that dates to 1989.. In the Union Square Wine Shop in NYC, searching for a few bottles of something and this song came on, Something about the ominous beat drew me down the aisles with phone raised.
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Love and Rockets is a post-punk band which formed in 1985 in Northampton, England Daniel Ash (guitar/vocals), David J (bass/vocals), and Kevin Haskins (drums) - all former members of English post-punk pioneers Bauhaus. Taking their name from the renowned underground comic book created by Los Bros Hernandez (Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez), their music is a mixture of goth, glam, psychedelia, soul and pop. The band is best known for their singles "Ball of Confusion" (1985 Read more on Last.fm more...
