Aretha Franklin / Don't Play That Song

This is one of my favorite songs of Aretha's that I think is extremely underrated.

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Aretha Franklin (March 25, 1942 - August 16, 2018) was a Memphis, Tennessee born and Detroit, Michigan reared American iconic gospel, soul, and R&B singer, songwriter and pianist. Many have called her "The Queen Of Soul" and "Lady Soul". She is renowned for her soul and R&B recordings (on many, of which, she accompanied herself on keyboards and piano, a skill she learned at an early age, learning to play by ear, according to lifetime friend Smokey Robinson) but was also adept at jazz, rock, blues, pop, and gospel. Read more on Last.fm more...

Bonnie Raitt / Love Me Like A Man

When I heard this song, it sounded so unlike any associations I had with Bonnie Raitt that I knew I had to include it just to show Andy that she kicks ass.

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Bonnie Raitt, (born November 8, 1949) is an American blues and R&B singer, songwriter, and guitarist who was born in Burbank, California, the daughter of Broadway musical star John Raitt. Raitt began playing guitar at an early age, something not a lot of her high school girlfriends did. "I had played a little at school and at camp," she later recalled in a July 2002 interview. "My parents would drag me out to perform for my family, like all parents do, but it was a hobby—nothing more. Read more on Last.fm more...

Phantastic Ferniture / Fuckin 'n' Rollin

I love the bass in this song and the raw edge and simplicity of the lyrics.

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Phantastic Ferniture is the project of old friends Julia Jacklin, Elizabeth Hughes, Ryan K Brennan and Tom Stephens, who wanted to shake the shackles of their meticulously crafted solo work to experience a second, giddy adolescence. Read more on Last.fm more...

Amy Ray / Sure Feels Good Anyway

I love this song as it comes to an end.

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Amy Ray (born Amy Elizabeth Ray on April 12, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter and member of the contemporary folk duo Indigo Girls. She pursues a solo career and has released six albums under her own name, and founded a record company, Daemon Records. In 2001, she released her first solo album, Stag. That year, she toured solo with the Butchies as her band. Then in 2005, her second solo project, Prom was released. In December of 2006, Amy released Live From Knoxville, a live recording from a show at Blue Cats in October of 2005. Read more on Last.fm more...

Kacey Musgraves / Slow Burn

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Kacey Musgraves (born August 21, 1988) is an American country artist from Golden, Texas. Kacey began singing publicly at 8-years-old and wrote her first song at 9-years-old. With a self-released album under her belt, she moved to Austin in 2008, where she was discovered by independent record label Triple Pop, for whom she recorded two songs, Apologize and See You Again. In 2012, she signed with Mercury Records and released her solo debut single Merry Go 'Round. Read more on Last.fm more...

Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters / Birthday Song

I've listened to this song at least 200 times this month. I love the lyrics and optimism.

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First Aid Kit / Running Up That Hill

This is a haunting cover of Kate Bush's song. I like it more than the original.

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There are three bands called First Aid Kit: 1. Swedish indie/folk duo which consists of sisters Johanna (b. 31 October 1990) and Klara Söderberg (b. 8 January 1993) both from Enskede, Sweden. The sisters began composing songs in 2007, taking their name at random from an English dictionary. They began uploading their music to their My Space page and sending their songs to Swedish radio station, this led to live performances and offers from Record Companies. Read more on Last.fm more...

Neko Case / Halls of Sarah

Because...it's Neko.

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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...

Cat Power feat. Lana Del Ray / Woman

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Cat Power is American singer-songwriter, musician, occasional actress, and model Charlyn Marie Marshall (also known as Chan, pronounced "Shawn") (born in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. on 21 January 1972). Cat Power was originally the name of Marshall's first band, but has become her stage name as a solo artist. After dropping out of high school, Marshall started performing under the name Cat Power, while in Atlanta, backed by musicians Glen Thrasher, Mark Moore, and others. Read more on Last.fm more...

I'm With Her / Send My Love To Your New Lover

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I'm With Her is a female folk trio comprising Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz and Aoife O'Donovan. Read more on Last.fm more...

The Ophelias / Fog

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There are at least two bands known as The Ophelias. 1) A San Francisco based band from the late 1980s led by multi-instrumentalist and singer Leslie Medford. Pulling influences from all over the place, with a special nod to prog rock and the works of Peter Hammill, The Ophelias were one of the more refreshing and original bands around the San Francisco Bay Area at the time. 2) A Cincinnati, Ohio-based all-female indie rock quartet formed in the mid-2010's. Read more on Last.fm more...

Amy Shark / I'm A Liar

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Amy Shark is the performance alias of Amy Billings, a singer and songwriter of angsty, atmospheric indie pop from Gold Coast, Australia. After quietly making music for several years, she entered a song in the Queensland Music Awards and ended up winning the pop category. She then began touring nationally and received an arts grant that allowed her to work with producer M-Phazes on her song "Adore." The single was well-received on radio upon release in 2016 and went on to become a Top Three hit in Australia in early 2017. Read more on Last.fm more...

Geowulf / Saltwater

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Geowulf is Australian duo Star Kendrick and Toma Banjanin. Originally hailing from the coastal town of Noosa, Australia, Kendrick and Banjanin met in their teens and then moved to Europe, spending their time between London, Berlin, and Gothenburg. The duo started writing together after Kendrick had laid down a few demo vocal tracks and asked Banjanin to flesh them out. The resulting guitar and synth-laden dream pop caught the ear of London-based independent 37 Adventures, who snapped up their debut 2016 single, "Saltwater. Read more on Last.fm more...

Robyn / Dancing on my own

This is an old song but I just love it.

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Robyn is the stage name of the Swedish pop singer-songwriter Robin Miriam Carlsson (born 12 June 1979 in Stockholm, Sweden). She is best known for her critically acclaimed electropop music, her impressive live shows and the hits "With Every Heartbeat" (#1 UK) and "Dancing On My Own" (#8 UK, #1 Sweden). In 2011, the single "Dancing On My Own" was nominated at Grammy Awards for the category Best Dance Recording. She is the owner of Konichiwa Records, which release only her music, including Robyn and Body Talk. Read more on Last.fm more...

Jenn Champion / O.M.G. (I'm all over it)

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Over fifteen years ago, Jenn Champion (née Ghetto), a founding member of influential Northwest indie rock band Carissa's Wierd, began writing and recording under the alphabetically-informed alias of S. Hardly Art released her acclaimed record Cool Choices—Champion’s first with a full band, and produced by Chris Walla—in late 2014. Now, in the interest of abandoning their previously un-Googleable status, the four-piece has re-christened themselves as Jenn Champion. Read more on Last.fm more...