This mix reflects much of the music that that I’ve been listening to while reconnecting with my Southern roots, namely the Mississippi Delta, Memphis and New Orleans, with a few indie splashes that I picked up from WERS during my time in Boston.
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Buffy Sainte-Marie / Helpless
I discovered this track on a tripped-out blog http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com and think this is better than Neil Young's original. As the blogger said, "Like all great covers, it cuts to the essence."
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Buffy Sainte-Marie, OC (born Beverly Sainte-Marie, February 20, 1941) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, composer, visual artist, educator, pacifist, and social activist. Throughout her career in all of these areas, her work has focused on issues of indigenous peoples of the Americas. Her singing and writing repertoire also includes subjects of love, war, religion, and mysticism. In 1997, she founded the Cradleboard Teaching Project, an educational curriculum devoted to better understanding Native Americans. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Andrew Bird / Oh Sister
Another cover but this is truly ethereal.
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Andrew Bird (born July 11, 1973) is an American musician. He was born in Lake Bluff, Illinois and resides in the Chicago area. Bird is a singer, a violinist and, since 2004, a guitarist. He is also an accomplished whistler. His early work, which echoed gypsy jazz and traditional folk, has led into his current sound, which mixes rock with more broad compositions. His years of solo song-craft have now enabled him to produce a sound that is uniquely his own. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Led Zeppelin / Hey Hey What Can I Do
These guys have been in my regular rotation but somehow this song never gets old. I mean, who wants a woman who's wasted all the time?
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Led Zeppelin were an English rock band originally formed in 1968 by guitarist Jimmy Page under the name "The New Yardbirds", based on Page's previous band, The Yardbirds. The band formed when Jimmy Page (guitar) recruited Robert Plant (vocals, harmonica), John Paul Jones (bass guitar, keyboards, mandolin), and John Bonham (drums). With their heavy, guitar-driven blues-rock sound, Led Zeppelin are regularly cited as one of the progenitors of heavy metal and hard rock music. Read more on Last.fm more...
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R.L. Burnside / Let My Baby Ride
If you can't get down to this, you've got no soul. This is a remixed version of juke-joint, front-porch blues from the North Mississippi hill country (as opposed to the Delta blues). Burnside, from Holly Springs, Mississippi, was a sharecropping cousin-in-law of Muddy Waters. He served time for killing a man, and later reportedly said, "I didn't mean to kill nobody ... I just meant to shoot the sonofabitch in the head. Him dying was between him and the Lord."
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R. L. Burnside (November 23, 1926 – September 1, 2005), born Robert Lee Burnside, was an American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist who lived much of his life in and around Holly Springs, Mississippi. He played music for much of his life, but did not receive much attention until the early 1990s. In the latter half of the 1990s, Burnside repeatedly recorded with Jon Spencer, garnering crossover appeal and introducing his music to a new fanbase within the underground garage rock scene. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Professor Longhair / Hey Now Baby
This is classic New Orleans sound. Hugh Laurie introduced me to the Professor when he came down to NOLA to work on his blues documentary.
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Henry Roeland "Roy" Byrd (December 19, 1918 – January 30, 1980), better known as Professor Longhair also known as "Fess", was a New Orleans rhythm & blues singer and pianist. Professor Longhair is noteworthy for having been active in two distinct periods, both in the heyday of early rhythm and blues, and in the resurgence of interest in traditional jazz after the founding of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Professor Longhair was born on December 19, 1918 in Bogalusa, Louisiana. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Jimmy Reed / Take Out Some Insurance
Poor Jimmy Reed. He was a raging alcoholic, who was unable to capitalize on his multiple hit singles because of his disease. If you dig this, check out Alan Lomax's Blues Songbook.
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Mathis James "Jimmy" Reed (September 6, 1925 – August 29, 1976) was an American blues singer, guitarist, harmonica player and songwriter, notable for bringing his distinctive style of blues to mainstream audiences. Reed was a major player in the field of electric blues. His distinctive voice, piercing harmonica and hypnotic guitar patterns were one of the blues' most easily identifiable sounds in the 1950s and 1960s, and had a significant impact on many rock and roll artists who followed Read more on Last.fm more...
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Blitzen Trapper / Furr
One of the things I love most about this album is the lyrics. This song's are especially intriguing.
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Blitzen Trapper is an experimental rock/folk sextet which formed in Portland, Oregon, United States in 2000. The band consists of Eric Earley (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Erik Menteer (guitar, keyboards), Marty Marquis (guitar, keyboards, vocals), Michael Van Pelt (bass), Drew Laughery (keyboards) and Brian Koch (drums, vocals). In various combinations and guises, the group had already played a long time together before the "crystalization event" in July 2000 on the slopes of the famous volcano Mt. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Mofro / Six Ways from Sunday
Great Southern bluesy rock
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Mofro is the former name of JJ Grey & Mofro, an American soul/funk/R&B/blues/southern rock band from Jacksonville, Florida, formed in the 1990s. Growing up in the swamplands of northern Florida, JJ Grey became a realist early on. "You fall in love with a pig," he says, "and then one day your granddad knocks it in the head and bleeds it for butchering. You tend to grow up with a certain amount of realism in your life." JJ Grey and his band MOFRO exude rocking, funky, melodic, front porch realism in every song they play. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Little Big Adventure / Happiest Times
I don't know who these guys are, other than painfully unattractive, but I love the melody.
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Okay, there is two Little Big Adventure. Both from Sweden. One is a band that plays alternative rock and the other is a one-man orchestra that plays some wierd kind of pop. ..... ..... (1) Little Big Adventure was formed in the 2006 when lead singer Emil Fors decided to start a band. By sending out ad's and searching on the internet, guitarist Felix Lundin got in touch and wanted to join the band. Emil contacted his fellow classmates Per Jonsson and Read more on Last.fm more...
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Sara Bareilles / Winter Song
A haunting duet
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Sara Beth Bareilles (born December 7, 1979) is a Grammy-winning American singer-songwriter, pianist, Broadway composer, actress, and TV producer and writer. Bareilles was born and raised in Eureka, California, United States. After graduating from UCLA in 2002, Bareilles performed at local bars and clubs. She issued two demos of mostly live tracks in 2003: The First One in April and The Summer Sessions in October. In January 2004, Bareilles released her first studio album, Careful Confessions. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Israel Nash Gripka / Evening
Reminiscent of James McMurtry.
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Israel Nash Gripka (born January 5, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Since 2011, his releases have been as Israel Nash. Originally from Missouri, Nash moved to New York City in 2006. He performed in clubs on the Lower East Side such as The Living Room and Rockwood Music Hall. In 2009, he independently released his debut solo album, New York Town, which was recorded at The Magic Shop in New York's Soho neighborhood. New York Town was eventually picked up by Dutch label Contintental Records Services in Europe and the UK. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Neko Case / John Saw That Number
Neko Case is one of the best songwriting sirens around today. If you like her, check out Jenny Lewis.
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Neko Case (born September 8, 1970, in Alexandria, Virginia) is an American singer-songwriter, best known for her solo career and her contributions as a member of the Canadian indie rock group The New Pornographers. Case moved around often as a child, spending the largest part of her youth in Tacoma, Washington. She left her parents at age 15 and three years later she started playing drums for several bands around the Northwest's punk rock scene. In 1994 Read more on Last.fm more...
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Bell X1 / Rocky Took A Lover
I could listen to this song on repeat all day. Very sad.
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Bell XI is an indie rock group which formed in 1999 in County Kildare, Ireland. The band consists of Paul Noonan (vocals, drums, guitar), David Geraghty (guitar, keyboards, vocals) and Dominic Philips (bass, vocals). Brian Crosby (guitar, vocals) left in 2008. All four are former members of Juniper. The band has released seven studio albums: "Neither Am I" (2000), "Music in Mouth" (2003), "Flock" (2005), "Blue Lights on the Runway" (2009), "Bloodless Coup" (2011), "Chop Chop" (2013) and "Arms" (2016). Read more on Last.fm more...
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Broken Bells / The Ghost Inside
One of the sexiest tracks on the album.
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Broken Bells is an American indie rock duo which formed in 2009 in Los Angeles. The band consists of James Mercer (vocals, guitar) and Brian "Danger Mouse" Burton (multiple instruments, production). Mercer is a member of the indie rock band The Shins and Burton is a member of Gnarls Barkley and Dangerdoom, as well as being a respected producer for such artists as Beck, Gorillaz, The Rapture and The Black Keys. The debut self-titled album by Broken Bells was released on Columbia Records on March 9, 2010. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Yeasayer / Tightrope
Some solid advice. If you're gonna get it big, go ahead and get it big time.
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Yeasayer was a band based in Brooklyn, New York. The band was formed in 2006 and consists of three core members, Chris Keating, Ira Wolf Tuton, and Anand Wilder. They first came to attention after appearing at the SXSW festival in early 2007. Their debut album All Hour Cymbals was released in October 2007. Yeasayer described their music as "Middle Eastern-psych-snap-gospel". Live performances often include psychedelic visuals. Yeasayer released their second studio album Read more on Last.fm more...
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Sea Wolf / You're a Wolf
These indie rockers are very under appreciated in my opinion. The entire album rocks.
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Sea Wolf is an American indie rock band led by Alex Brown Church. The band began in 2003 when Church, a founding member of Irving found that many of his songs did not fit with their style. With a rotating ensemble of backing musicians, Sea Wolf played locally in Los Angeles and began recording demos in Seattle with producer Phil Ek (Band of Horses, The Shins, Fleet Foxes). In 2007 they signed to Dangerbird Records and released the Get To The River Before It Runs Too Low EP and a full-length titled Leaves In The River. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Wakey!Wakey! / Twenty-Two
Reminds me a bit of Andrew Bird. I'm a sucker for a good whistler.
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Wakey!Wakey! is for the most part Michael Grubbs, as he plays piano and sings the vocals. However, the band is not a solo project and incorporates many more musicians to round out the sound, including strings, drums and horns. They hail from New York and release their music through Family Records. Michael Grubbs also plays "Grubbs" on the CW's One Tree Hill, a role that debuted November 9th. http://www.myspace.com/wakeywakey http://grubbs.tumblr.com/ http://wakeywakeymusic.com/home/ http://twitter.com/wakeywakey http://www.athenssoundies.com/ Read more on Last.fm more...
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Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros / Home
A fun, spaghetti western inspired song.
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Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros is an American indie-folk ensemble band led by Alex Ebert, vocalist of the power-pop group Ima Robot. The band's first full-length recording, Up from Below, was released July 7, 2009 digitally and July 14, 2009 physically on Vagrant Records. Its first show as a full band was played July 18, 2007 at the Troubadour in West Hollywood, California. After breaking up with his girlfriend, moving out of his house, and joining a 12-step program for addiction Read more on Last.fm more...
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Solomon Burke / Cry to Me
A tribute to the late and great Burke.
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Solomon Burke (born March 21, 1940 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, died October 10, 2010 at Schiphol Airport, The Netherlands) was a soul music pioneer and member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Despite releasing numerous rnb chart hits in the 1960s, he never had a Top 20 hit on the pop charts. Burke's influence, however, has outstripped his mainstream commercial success. He is considered a legend of American music. He began his adult life as a young preacher in Philadelphia, where he hosted a gospel radio show. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Josh Ritter / The Curse
This is a tragic tale of a love between an archeologist and her mummy.
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Josh Ritter (born in Moscow, Idaho on October 21, 1976) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and author who performs and records with The Royal City Band (as Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band). Ritter is known for his distinctive Americana style and narrative lyrics. In 2006 he was named one of the "100 Greatest Living Songwriters" by Paste magazine. Born to two neuroscientists, Ritter bought his first guitar from the local K-MART after hearing the Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash classic Girl From The North Country. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Best Coast / Boyfriend
These guys are great, just making it big and well-deserved. I dragged my concert husband (Noah) to a show at the HOB in Boston.
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Best Coast is an American rock duo formed in Los Angeles, California in 2009. The band consists of songwriter, guitarist and vocalist Bethany Cosentino and guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Bobb Bruno. Cosentino, a former child actress, began writing music as a teenager and was formerly a member of the experimentalist drone group Pocahaunted. After a brief tenure at college in New York City, Cosentino returned to the West Coast and began recording lo-fi demos with Bruno, whom she met in the Los Angeles music scene. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Hoodie Allen / Tighten Up
If you like the Black Keys, you'll have a hard time not enjoying this mash-up.
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Make every word count. This has long been the mantra of Hoodie Allen, the New York based rapper and songwriter. With a penchant for candid storytelling and witty punchlines, Hoodie has always been an emcee who understood the importance of connecting with the audience through his lyrics. A purveyor of summertime anthems, Hoodie Allen has gained notable buzz on the internet for his unique genre-blending style, unafraid to sample from unconventional sources. Read more on Last.fm more...
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