The Black Sorrows - Save Me b/w Return of the Voodoo Sheiks

"Hold me in your arms, keep me till the break of day."
Save Me

"Werewolves howl and grown men weep."
Return of the Voodoo Sheiks

Radio Moscow - So Alone b/w Rancho Tehama Airport

"Will this place ever be my home?"
So Alone

The vocalist is scatting, and the focus is on the eartasty guitar work!
"It's only a matter of time before I lose my wail (whale?)"
Rancho Tehama Airport

concert:

David Olney - When the Deal Goes Down b/w Mister Stay at Home

"You don't have to make a single sound. . ."
When the Deal Goes Down

"I'm gonna sparkle like a glass of wine. . ."
Mister Stay at Home

Bob Mould - Let the Beauty Be

"It may not be too much, but it's enough."
Let the Beauty Be

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - American Dream Plan B

"American dream? Political scheme? I'm gonna find out for myself someday."
American Dream Plan B

Full 2012 concert:

Matrimony - Southern Skies

"I like the southern roads. I like the way they roll."
Southern Skies

Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars - Chaimra

Summer dance treat
Chaimra

New video is not yet ready. Enjoy this live appetizer:

Cheryl Barnes - Like Jazz

Music to accompany a stroll through the park with someone you love eating a fresh-scooped ice cream cone by the lake and enjoying the sun with the floating baby turtles on a Sunday afternoon.
"You walk like jazz, you talk like jazz. . .
too late to change your wicked, wicked ways. . ."
Like Jazz

Somi - Last Song b/w Akobi First Born S(u)n

"If this were my last song I'd ask the band to slow it down. . ."
Last Song

"I'll wear sunglasses if you ask me to. . ."
Akobi First Born S(u)n

Michele Kiba & The TikiTones - E Mahina Hoku & Honolua Bay

Hawaiian Gypsy Music. . .
Michele Kiba & The TikiTones

Fun performance w/Ralph Shaw:

Amy Lavere - Big Sister

"I can't keep up. She won't wait up."
Big Sister

watch on You Tube

An oldie live:

Julian Argüelles - Triality

Julian with John Taylor on piano, Dave Holland on bass and Martin France on drums.
Triality

No new videos yet, so here's Julian playing a few oldies with Kit Downes on piano, Calum Gourlay on bass, and James Maddren on drums.

Theo Croker - Realize

Instumental funk covered with fresh raspberry dreams. Dancing.
Realize

Vocal version with China Moses:

First Aid Kit - Fleeting One b/w Heaven Knows

"Now I've seen winter's dawn, the wind turns trader cold." (traitor cold?")
Fleeting One

"You've spend a year staring into a mirror, another one trying to figure out what you saw.
Pay so much attention to what you're not, you have no idea who you are."
Heaven Knows

Some tasty oldies:

Taimane Gardner - At San Diego Ukulele Festival (and more)

Good time to sit back and enjoy the video sandwhiches!
Ukulele Dance

Mary Gauthier - Oh Soul b/w Walking Each Other Home & How You Learn to Live Alone

"When you sell your soul it opens a deep dark hole."
Oh Soul

"The road got rough and you got ahead of me."
Walking Each Other Home

"Every revolution brings you closer to the sun."
How You Learn to Live Alone

Interview:

Rival Sons - Good Things

"There was a boy with a bomb in his jacket that didn't explode. . ."
Good Things

Jeremy Spencer - Happy Troubadour b/w Moonshine Slide

Instrumentally, a happy guitar troubadour! Moist brownies!
Happy Troubadour

". . .forgivin' women are fools. . ."
Moonshine Slide

No videos of newest CD yet. Enjoy flavors of old. . .

José James - Simply Beautiful

"There's a whole lotta things you and I could do. . ."
Simply Beautiful

Me'shell Ndegéocello - Friends b/w Comet Come to Me

"How many of us have them? Ones we can depend on?"
Friends

"Thought I'd make me happy. . ."
Comet, Come to Me

Willie Nelson - Bring It On b/w Wives and Girlfriends & Crazy Like Me

"They say there is no gain without pain. Well, I must be gaining a lot.
I'll give it all that I've got - bring it on.
Well it seems that I've been here before, so if this means that there is more - bring it on!"
Bring It On

"Well I love my wives and I love my girlfriends, and may they never meet.
May they never know each other when they meet on the street."
Wives and Girlfriends

"I like you 'cause you're reckless and as free as a breeze.
I love you 'cause you're crazy like me!"
Crazy Like Me

Ray Bonneville - Two Bends in the Road

"Butterfly in the wind - don't know how fragile his wings are."
Two Bends in the Road

MonaLisa Twins - God Only Knows

"If you should ever leave me, my life shall still go on. Believe me."
God Only Knows

Janiva Magness - Let Me Breathe b/w Everything Is Alright

"Every mistake I've made is standing here with me."
Let Me Breathe

"Don't you worry about wind and rain and cold lonely nights. . ." Everything Is Alright

Mary Gauthier - When a Woman Goes Cold b/w False from True

"Once she's really gone she can't come back."
When a Woman Goes Cold

"You woke up inside a cage. I woke up consumed with rage.
A million miles from our first kiss. How does love turn into this?"
False from True

solo

cd version

Reuben and the Dark - Devil's Time b/w Rolling Stone

"I'll take my chances on this winding road - I'm going out where the wild wind blows."
Devil's Time

"I don't want to die in the middle of a city!"
Rolling Stone

w/band

Andrew Bird - My Sister's Tiny Hands b/w Far from Any Road

"Every creature casts a shadow under the sun's golden fingers. And as the sun sinks past the waving grass some shadows drag along."
My Sister's Tiny Hands

"When the last light warms the rocks and the rattle snakes unfold, cats will come to drag away your bones. . ."
Far from Any Road

Older video - great times - fantastic tacos!

Walter Trout - Take A Little Time b/w Tight Shoes

"Take a little time for love" with full Check Berry grooves!
Take A Little Time

Back story. This instrumental is in honor of Walter's dad. Once in a restaurant he dad let loose with a loud fart. When everyone looked at him in amazement, he simply said loudly, "Tight shoes". Made an impression on young Walter, and we are glad because this guitar is worth every meal on the menu!
Tight Shoes

No videos (yet), so here's a classic cover by Waltershowing off why we all love his work so much:

Camper Van Beethoven - I Live in LA

"Come and see me someday. You can stay at my house, I have plenty of space."
I Live in LA

No song video yet, so here's a concert from last week in San Diego:

Robert Francis & The Night Tide - Pain

"You're still the one to break my heart. . ."
Pain

Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin - All By Myself b/w How You Want It Done & Key To The Highway

"I didn't have no one to help me. . ." All By Myself

"I can you you satisfaction - if it's all night long!"
How You Want It Done

"When the moon peeps over the mountains I'll be on my way. . ."
Key To The Highway

Chrissie Hynde - Down the Wrong Way

"I have become what I criticized. . ."
Down the Wrong Way

Indigenous - Good At Feelin' Bad b/w Around The World

"I'm getting good at doing nothing. I just killed another day."
Good At Feelin' Bad

"I've seen what I need to see. . ."
Around The World

Videos to hold your brain at even keel till the new ones arrive:

Penguin Cafe - Odeon b/w Radio Bemba

Instrumentally delicious lasagna with spumoni afterwards. Odeon

Radio Bemba

Walter Martin - We Like The Zoo

"You gotta face it mama, there's a beast in me. . ."
We Like The Zoo

No video for this song yet, and this will simply whet the appetite:

Kenny Blues Boss Wayne - Two Sides b/w Out Like A Bullet

"One day you're lifting me up, the next day you're turning me down."
Two Sides

Out Like A Bullet

No new videos. Understand the desserts of life. . .

Bronwynne Brent - Dark Highway

"I am haunted by a ghost. She's the one I miss the most.
Late at night when I close my eyes, I can hear my baby cry."
Dark Highway

An oldie to taste while waiting for the new video:

John Fullbright - Happy

"Somebody tell me what's so bad about happy. . ."
Happy

Delaney Davidson - Poor White Trash

"Spit shine. Moon shine. Play it like a pro!"
Poor White Trash Burns Slow

No new video yet. Good live taste of the boogie man at work:

Mollie O'Brien and Rich Moore - Sunday Street

"Not a dollar, not a nickle, not a penny to my name. . ." (Dave Van Ronk)
Sunday Street

"We're raising hi-class hell on Sunday Street!"

More Dave from Mollie & Rich:

The man himself for dessert:

Jake Bugg - Simple As This

"Mining for treasure deep in my bones that I never found."

This cut is from his first album, the one that pulled me out of music-writing retirement when I wrote this. It's re-released in 2014 because it's an integral part of the soundtrack for A Fault In Our Stars. The rest of the soundtrack is typical pop fluff, and will delight the youngsters. I will say the soundtrack doesn't hold up against the power of the book, which everyone should read. Jake's cut gives me solace that perhaps the movie will invite more people to the book.

Simple As This

"Tried liberation of my own free will
But it left me looking to get higher still"

Las Kellies - La Fiesta b/w Typical

Dancing out the month of May, 2014 with Las Kellies grooving the party. . .
La Fiesta

Typical

Haley Bonar - Last War b/w Bad Reputation

"It's not as cold up here as you may recall."
Last War

"I feel stupid and confused on anything that has to do with you. . ."
Bad Reputation

Jason Eady - A Memory Now

"I still remember that night that I met you.
The moon was hanging lonesome in the sky.
You said you'd break my heart if I just let you.
Turned out to be the only time you didn't lie."
A Memory Now

No new video, so an oldie for flavor!

Spanish Gold - Out On the Street

"You're running out of time. I'm in no hurry. . ."
Out On the Street

John Németh - Sooner or Later b/w Bad Luck Is My Name b/w Elbows On Wheels

"Sooner or later you'll learn - play with fire and you'll get burned!"
Sooner or Later

"Used to call me lucky. . ."
Bad Luck Is My Name

"My baby says I do nothing all day,
She says 'Get a day job Johnny. Earn some extra pay.'
I say 'Baby, baby, baby, I sing and play all night long -
When you first met me, you fell in love with my song!'" Elbows On Wheels

Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott - Moulding of a Fool b/w D.I.Y.

"Revolution won't be televised, and neither will your death."
Moulding of a Fool

Jeremy Messersmith - I Want to Be Your One Night Stand

"I know I might not look like much. Guess the years have been a little rough."
I Want to Be Your One Night Stand

Linda Ronstadt - Pretty Bird

Acapella with Laurie Lewis
Pretty Bird

Video with Linda not available, here's Laurie with Aoife:

Old time religion:

Ziggy Marley - Give It Away b/w I Don't Wanna Live On Mars

"Only if we give it away can love be love. . ."
Give It Away

"Don't want to escape to the moon even if the world went boom!"
I Don't Wanna Live On Mars

War - That L.A. Sunshine b/w Inspiration & Southern Part Of Texas

"I woke up this morning to a beautiful day! Pulled back the shades and felt the sun on my face!"
That L.A. Sunshine

"We are a lucky band!"
Inspiration

"She was born in a hurricane. . ."
Southern Part Of Texas

The DeSoto Caucus - Nail in the Wall

"Staring at the nail in the wall where your picture used to hang - trying to remember if the doorbell ever really rang?"
Nail in the Wall

No video yet, so here's some delicious aged cheese:

desserts and wines for the evening festivities:

Red Molly - You Don't Have the Heart for It

"What's the use in hanging on? Oh, baby tell me why!"
You Don't Have the Heart for It

House of Hats - Wonderland

"My heads up in the clouds. . ." Wonderland

Who writes these things about you if they're not true?

Joseph Arthur - Heroin

"I don't know just where I'm going, but I'm gonna try for the kingdom if I can"
Heroin

Brent Johnson - The Hucklebuck

Finishing the Sunday blues hour with a blistering habanero instrumental classic
The Hucklebuck

John Mayall - Why Did You Go Last Night?

Why Did You Go Last Night?

No precise video, but a recent concert will fill the early evening =:-)

A 1982 'reunion' concert:

classic

The Charlie Daniels Band - Quinn the Eskimo

Fiddlin' around with a classic, in grand style. . .
Quinn the Eskimo

No video yet, so here's a bbq classic to stave off hunger:

Jackie Allen - Mercy, Mercy, Mercy b/w Stuck In the Middle With You

Mercy, Mercy, Mercy

Stuck In the Middle With You

Appetizers:

Natalie Merchant - Texas b/w Seven Deadly Sins

"Gonna get whats mine, and wild horses couldn't keep it from me..."
Texas

"It's been a two year stint in no man's land, and nobody here really gives a damn..."
Seven Deadly Sins

Appetizers:

Dervish

Blondie - Sugar On the Side b/w Make a Way

Lyrics aren't important when all you want to do is dance:
Sugar On the Side

Make a Way

short taste:

Roy Zimmerman - Old Fun Videos

New Mongrels - Decision Time b/w Freedom

"Like a brotherly smile on the wrong end of a gun. . ."
Decision Time

Freedom

Old videos from New Mongrels

Jonny Two Bags - One Foot in the Gutter b/w Avenues

"I've got one foot in the gutter and one foot kicking in the door to heaven"
One Foot in the Gutter

"Dodging bullets by the light of the moon."
Avenues

Tori Amos - Trouble's Lament

"She warns me when danger is loose behind his wheels." B00JALDGH4

Nikki Lane - I Don't Care

"They say that the world's gonna come to an end someday, but I know they just want to tell me lies. . ."
I Don't Care

Cristina Braga - Love Parfait

"The secret of life is to believe."
Love Parfait

Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - I Will Survive b/w Straight Up & Crazy For You

"Now you're back from outer space. I just walked in to find you here with that sad look upon your face."
I Will Survive

"Lost in a dream, don't know which way to go."
Straight Up

"If you read my mind you'll see. . ."
Crazy For You

Imelda May - Tribal b/w It's Good To Be Alive & Dreaming

"One, Two, One Two Three!"
Tribal

"DoDoDo'N'Do'N'DoDo!"
It's Good To Be Alive

"You could tell I was no debutante"
Dreaming

Prince - Fall In Love 2Nite

Fall In Love 2Nite

Luther Dickinson - Yard Man bw/ Bar Band

"I live out in the country - biggest yard you've ever seen. My old lady, she likes to keep it clean."
Yard Man

"You'll never be nothing but a bar band."
Bar Band

The Black Keys - Turn Blue (CD)

Very few'perfect' CDs these days. This one is an exception. Many delicious flavors.

"I used to think you never did nothin'but you were always up to somethin'" Turn Blue

Lindsey Stirling - Beyond The Veil b/w Take Flight & Ascendance

The Ian Anderson of fiddle.
Beyond The Veil

Take Flight

Ascendance

Eli Paperboy Reed - Nights Like This b/w Shoes

"If you don't show up, how you gonna know what's going down?"
Nights Like This

"I find myself walking in the wrong direction. Put the blame on natural selection."
Shoes

An oldie just for fun:

Conor Oberst - Time Forgot b/w Zigzagging Toward the Light & Hundreds of Ways

"Polished my shoes, I bought a brand new hat. Moved to a town that time forgot, where I don't have to shave or be approachable."
Time Forgot

"I'm off to sing my boundless song."
Zigzagging Toward the Light

"It took centuries to build these twisted cities. It took seconds to reduce them down to dust."
Hundreds of Ways

Adrian Raso and Fanfare Ciocarlia - Quattro Cicci b/w Django

Instrumental sunshine on a crowded beach. . .
Quattro Cicci

Django

No videos yet for the upbeat tunes. This is visual fun to hold us over:

Chuck E. Weiss - Tupelo Joe b/w Oo Poo Pa Do in the Rebop

Guess where Tupelo Joe went? To a dance party, of course.
He joins the excitement of Hey Pendejo!
Tupelo Joe
Oo Poo Pa Do in the Rebop
Willy's in the PP House

Chrissie Hynde - Dark Sunglasses

"I'm not toeing the line!"
Dark Sunglasses

Oldies Pleasure:

Sunday Song - Green River

Interesting layers of jello cake sounds from Kotka, Finland.
Sunday Song - Green River

Ray LaMontagne - Supernova

"You and I have been hanging out now ever since we were kids. Just kicking around this town."
Supernova

Lily Allen - As Long as I Got You b/w Hard Out Here

"It seems like only yesterday you were with somebody else."
As Long as I Got You

"I'm finally in the studio and not in the kitchen."
Hard Out Here

Ida Maria - Boogie With The Devil's Soul b/w I'm Bad News

"I said all my hail Mary's and blessings too, cross my heart and hope to die."
Boogie With The Devil's Soul

I'm Bad News

Sarah McLachlan - The Sound That Love Makes

"A fingerprint of a snowflake paints a picture of you."
The Sound That Love Makes

Wallis Bird – Hardly Hardly b/w Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick

More summertime joy. . .

"Hardly hardly talk - hardly move move move"
Hardly Hardly

"In the deserts of Sudan and the gardens of Japan"
Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick

No Wallis version of "Stick" yet. Original 1978 version:

It's nice to be a lunatic!

Hunter Hayes - Invisible

"Crowded hallways are the loneliest places for outcasts and rebels or anyone who just dares to be different."
Invisible

Chris Robinson Brotherhood - Humboldt Windchimes

secluded trees mountain beach
Humboldt Windchimes

An old video while waiting for Humboldt Windchimes on Youtube:

R.E.M. - MTV Unplugged The Complete Sessions 1991 & 2001

You usually come here to find the best eartasting singles of the day. Once in awhile something special happens. You know these guys, and this CD has both fantastic sound and great performances. Hearing these acoustic executions of the hits, one can only wonder what was going on that they weren't officially released back in the day.

Get the CD while it's on sale. The mp3 version is inexplicably selling for twice the cost of the cd on Amazon today. Excellent value for powerful taste of musical history.

R.E.M. - MTV Unplugged 1991 & 2001

Santana - Corazón

Carlos gave us a masterpiece with Shape Shifter (2012). Shape Shifter belongs in every home music library. The problem with masterpieces is they do not make money for the artists during their lifetime. So, we need the occasional foray into great journeyman level work by a master in the area of pop music.

The entire CD of Corazón (2014) is a fun way to spend an hour hearing a master field his way through every style of pop music thrown his way. There's no doubting his commitment to making everyone sound their absolute best.

Personally, I hope he makes enough cash from this sweet dessert to reward us with another full dinner masterpiece like Shape Shifter next time around. The eartaste pleasures from this CD:

Iron Lion Zion

Feel It Coming Back w/Diego Torres

I See Your Face

Besos de Lejos w/Gloria Estefan

Santana & Wyclef - Dar Um Jeito (We Will Find A Way) b/w Pitbull - We Are One (Ole Ola)

"We celebrate! One voice, one heart, one soul! Here we go - that's all we we know!"
Dar Um Jeito (We Will Find A Way)

Just for fun:
Pitbull - We Are One (Ole Ola)

The whole experience:
One Love, One Rhythm - Official 2014 FIFA World Cup Album

Prince - The Breakdown

"I used to want the house with the biggest pool."
Prince - The Breakdown

Password for video: breakdown

Neon Trees - Love in the 21st Century b/w Text Me In The Morning & Unavoidable

This year slid by quick, and obviously we are on the cusp of summer because Neon Trees are using these tunes to announce loudly and proudly that the time is right for dancing in the street! Easy to join this eartaste party! Yep, this excitement needs those exclamation points! Silly lyrics ("I'm in the 21st century"), bouncing bass, yummy drums & flying rhythm guitars make for a bundle of snapping sunshine smiling on the sidewalks of our souls!
Neon Trees - Love in the 21st Century

Neon Trees - Text Me In The Morning

Neon Trees - Unavoidable

Keb' Mo' - The Worst Is Yet to Come b/w Old Me Better & More for Your Money

"The day ain't even begun. I got a bad, bad feeling that the worst is yet to come."
Keb' Mo' - The Worst Is Yet to Come

"I'd sleep all day, party all night!"
Keb' Mo' - Old Me Better

"There ain't very many good jobs today - a high price to pay to get more for your money today."
Keb' Mo' - More for Your Money

Wooden Horse - A Big Deal b/w This Kind of Trouble

"I've been tumbling. Rolling like a great big wheel."
Wooden Horse - A Big Deal

Wooden Horse - This Kind of Trouble

Black Prairie - The 84

"Don't sit in the backseat. I want you to be right here riding next to me."
Black Prairie - The 84

Neil Young - A Letter Home

Neil Young - A Letter Home

I've followed the principal in this blog of "If you have nothing good to say, don't say it all". I'm making an exception because this one is scary. I am a fan, as are all my friends. But a fan should not shell out money for absolute crud. Think of all the tirades Neil Young has had about the poor sound quality of music products!

I suggest you try to find an on-line stream of this before shelling out any cash.

A video is available of one cut:

And here's a guy with an alternative view of this CD. At least he's honest when he says "it sounds like an old 78 - it's scratchy." Where his ears differ from mine is he says "it works - it really works":

A live audience video has much better sound:

And finally, a 2014 solo concert in Winnepeg - enjoy!

Sheela Bringi - The Three-Eyed One

Sheela Bringi - The Three-Eyed One

No Three-Eyed One video yet. Here's a few older tunes:

Ryley Walker - Twin Oaks

Ryley Walker - Twin Oaks

No vid for Twin Oaks available. This slow tune gives an eartaste of Ryley's superb picking ability:

Mary Fahl - Everything's Gonna Be Alright

"A little marble in the distance spitting out into the night."
Mary Fahl - Everything's Gonna Be Alright

No video for this song, but here you'll meet Mary's eartastable voice: