John Cowan - Fate Full of Shadow

"He blows in on the wind from a world away. . ."
Fate Full of Shadow

No new videos. Chew on this oldie:

Immigrant Union - War Is Peace b/w Shameless

"play it safe, keep your head in the dirt"
War Is Peace

"I saw a scene of a man in a photograph
of a past that I did not like"
Shameless

Rob Ickes, Jerry Douglas & Mike Auldridge - Dobro Heaven

Dobro Heaven

Smile

Missy Higgins - NYE (New Year's Eve)

"All the girls are drunk...Every single taxi's hired..."
NYE

Bobby Bazini - Cold Cold Heart

"You're freezing my lips with your voodoo magic kisses"
Cold Cold Heart

The Duke Robillard Band - Confusion Blues

"My mind is all a mess. It's anybody's guess what the future holds for me."
Confusion Blues

while waiting for new videos, enjoy this show:

Mindi Abair - Haute Sauce b/w Kick Ass

Instrumental dance flavors
Haute Sauce

Yummy
Kick Ass

Joe Bonamassa - Love Ain't A Love Song

"Happiness is a lie you know, the calm before the storm. . ." Love Ain't A Love Song

Chuck Prophet - Felony Glamour b/w Tell Me Anything (Turn to Gold)

"Show me the money, show me the blood. . ."
Felony Glamour

"Anyone can toss a coin, anyone can take a chance. . ."
Tell Me Anything (Turn to Gold)

fill KEXP performance:

Jackson Browne - The Birds Of St. Marks b/w Leaving Winslow

It would not be off the mark to suggest this one could be re-entitled The Byrds of St. Marks...

"Silently she walks among her dying midnight roses."
The Birds Of St. Marks

The Leaving Winslow tune is a nice way to encircle "Take It Easy" 40 years later. . .

"I got a PhD in Sun and Wind and Rain"...

"I keep on hearing 'bout the disappearing ozone layer
I keep on hearing 'bout the disappearing Greenland Shelf
I keep hearing all about the disappearing middle class
I figure I'll be doing some disappearing myself"
Leaving Winslow

Markéta Irglová - Fortune Teller

"Is simply being yourself satisfying enough?"
xxx

Lucinda Williams - Protection b/w Stowaway in Your Heart

"I need protection from the enemy of love."
Protection

"Thank you for giving me a place to close my eyes."
Stowaway in Your Heart

Ani DiFranco - See See See See b/w Careless Words

"I still can make you feel like a man."
See See See See

"just glad it wasn't me that said all those things. . ."
Careless Words

Marianne Faithfull - Love More Or Less b/w I Get Along Without You Very Well

"I always thought that love must surely be something clearly seen in black and white."
Love More Or Less

Classic tune visited with wisdom
I Get Along Without You Very Well

Prince And 3rdEyeGirl - Wow b/w Plectrumelectrum & Funknroll

"Hello, how are you?"
Wow

creative dance
Plectrumelectrum

straight dance
Funknroll

John Mellencamp - Freedom of Speech

"Freedom to believe that we all can be kings..."
Freedom of Speech

No new videos at this time. In the meantime. . .

Leonard Cohen - You Got Me Singing b/w Slow

"You got me thinking of all the places we could hide."
You Got Me Singing

"You want to get there soon, I want to get there last." Slow

Adam Cohen - We Go Home b/w Love Is

"We both know the song way down deep."
We Go Home

"Love is a faded sign that you don't see sometimes."
Love Is

Lera Lynn - Empty Pages b/w Out To Sea

"No one's gonna know your name if you can't cry and make it rain."
Empty Pages

"They say that life's more than what we see." Out To Sea

Kristian Borring - Hipster

Exquisite ensemble playing:
Hipster

Tyler Jakes - On The Bones

"How you gonna feed yourself when your world turns old and gray?"
On The Bones

I'll feed myself on the tasty guitar playing! No new videos yet, so here's an oldie:

Emmy Lou & The Rhythm Boys - Sweet Nothins

Sweet Nothins

An old show while waiting for news on new videos. Fun band!

Medeski Scofield Martin Wood - Sham Time b/w Sunshine Of Your Love

Sham Time

Sunshine Of Your Love

2007 Concert:

1997 Concert Excerpt:

Alejandra Ribera - Satellite

The voice is used as an instrument to carry the melody. . .
Satellite

She Keeps Bees - Radiance

"eternal bloom of the dawn
spirals from the earth
to heart"
Radiance

An oldie while we await new videos:

Better Than Ezra - One Heart Beating

"There's a treasure in the wreckage of your soul."
One Heart Beating

No new videos yet, so here's a concert from earlier this year. . .

Neil Young - Who's Gonna Stand Up?

Orchestra

Crazy Horse

Acoustic

The Southern Experience Band - My Redneck Of The Woods & Boys From The Backwoods

"We ain't in the book, and we ain't on the map."
My Redneck Of The Woods

"Daddy taught me how to work, momma taught me how to pray!"
Boys From The Backwoods

The Nighthawks - Walk That Walk b/w Livin' The Blues

"Great day in the morning!"
Walk That Walk

"I had some breakfast of orange juice and gin. . ."
Livin' The Blues

A coupla Elvis covers done rockin' blues style just for fun:
Got A Lot Of Livin' To Do
Crawfish

Jim Lauderdale - We Will Rock Again b/w I'm A Song

"Be careful at the crossroads and I'll catch you on the fly."
We Will Rock Again

"Love on your harmony, you sound so good to me."
I'm A Song

Chris Thile and Edgar Meyer - Tarnation

Instrumental wonderland. . .
Tarnation

Wish we could watch, but ths at least gives the right flavor:

A five year old concert Chris and Edgar did with Yo-Yo Ma & Stuart Duncan, with vocals by Aoife O'Donovan

Eden Brent - Tendin' to a Broken Heart

"What good is my money of I can't spend it while I'm Tendin' to a Broken Heart?"

While waiting for the new videos, it's fun to hear Eden a few year back sing a happier tune. . .

Another oldie, different flavor:

Sena Ehrhardt - Slow Down

Only available on the new album at this point, but it sure is fun to listen to Sena take Larry William's song and actually slow down the tempo to search for more depth in the lyric. Tasty. Slow Down

Keira Knightley - Like a Fool

"You have broken every promise that we made. And I have loved you anyway."
Like a Fool

Adam Levine - Lost Stars

"Take my hand. Let's see where we wake up tomorrow."
Lost Stars

California Breed - The Way b/w All Falls Down

"Take it slow down by the river, down in Mexico."
The Way

"I should have been gone, but I came back for more."
All Falls Down

Prince Ea - Why I Think This World Should End (video)

Counting Crows - Earthquake Driver b/w God of Ocean Tides & Cover Up the Sun

"I am a blank space filled up with words you remember from whenever you saw my face."
Earthquake Driver

"I buy all my days at the same place where the girl sells her nights."
God of Ocean Tides

"She drinks absinthe mixed with kerosene to keep herself upright, the world still brings her down."
Cover Up the Sun

Johnny Winter - Don't Want No Woman b/w Okie Dokie Stomp

"You drink your whiskey, I'll drink my wine. You tend to your business, I'll tend to mine."
East Texas jalapeño flavors with guest Eric Clapton: Don't Want No Woman

Instrumental whiskey brownie with guest Brian Setzer =:-): Okie Dokie Stomp

No new videos, but I love this concert from 2007:

Larkin Poe - Jesse

"Mama's stripping off her dress, laying out in the tall grass." Jesse

Sisters convincingly perform classic brothers song

Justin Townes Earle - My Baby Drives b/w Burning Pictures

"Some people say I'm the luckiest man alive!"
My Baby Drives

“Everyone that walks out takes a bit more of you with her
and you’re still startin’ fires and Burning Pictures”

No new videos. Enjoy this show =:-)

U2 - Volcano

"Something in you must have blown!" Vocano

Billy Joe Shaver - Long in the Tooth b/w Hard To Be an Outlaw

"still do all night what it takes all night to do. . .
I used to be so wild and free sometimes I wonder what happened to me."
Long in the Tooth

"Some super stars nowadays get too far off the ground
Singing 'bout the backroads they never have been down
They go and call it country, but that ain't the way it sounds
It's enough to make a renegade want to terrorize the town"
Hard to Be an Outlaw

Devon Allman - Half the Truth b/w Ten Million Slaves & Midnight Lake Michigan

Scrumptious Sunday BBQ!

"No matter what they tell me, Half the Truth is still a lie."

"Ring of fire across the ocean, another madman done struck again." Ten Million Slaves

An extra tasty full 3 course meal of an instrumental. . .
Midnight Lake Michigan

Full show (tasty audio only):

Robert Plant - Rainbow b/w Little Maggie

"I will bring my song for you, and I will carry on."
Rainbow

Old folk tune infested with world folk sensibilities +:-)
Little Maggie

Sufjan Stevens - A Little Lost

"That may be an understatement."
A Little Lost

Leonard Cohen - Almost Like the Blues

"Their villages were burning, they were trying to escape.
I couldn't meet their glances, I was staring at my shoes." Almost Like the Blues

Weezer - Back To The Shack

"This is what I was meant to do. You can't put that on sale." Back To The Shack

"Oh well...at least we raised some hell..."

Nickelback - Edge Of A Revolution

"Wall Street's common thieves, when they get caught, they all go free."
Edge Of A Revolution

Rita Payne - Caught in the Middle

"You told me it was time that we settled down,
and I told you I'd run away.
You told me that I couldn't make it out of town,
and I agreed so I had to stay. "
Caught in the Middle

Sean Jones Quartet - Dr. Jekyll

Trumpet and bass move gracefully with excitement as the piano and drums dance across the track. Move ye olde feet, move!
Dr. Jekyll

Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters - Good News

Dance with the band swinging! That is very good news!
Good News

Ace Frehley - Gimme a Feelin'b/w I Wanna Hold You

It could be embarrassing when a sixty-three year old man lyrically sounds like a high school freshman, but Ace pulls it off because the music rocks.

Gimme a Feelin'

I Wanna Hold You

Elvin Bishop - Dancin'

"With the music nice and loud!"
Dancin'

John Hiatt - Wind Don't Have to Hurry

"Dark angels in the trees. . ."
Wind Don't Have to Hurry

Shovels & Rope - The Devil Is All Around b/w Fish Assassin

"I got wasted and I sat around the fire all day. . ."
The Devil Is All Around

"Now I'm making noise with the alligator boys. . ."
Fish Assassin

The Empty Hearts - Loud and Clear

"I can see you've got your highs and lows. . ."

"I can hear the voices! Can you hear them Loud and Clear?"

Emmylou Harris - Apache Tears

Hoof prints and foot prints deep ruts the wagons made
The victor and the loser came by here
No head stones but these bones bring Mascalero death moans
See the smooth black nuggets by the thousands lying here
Petrified but justified are these Apache tears
Dead grass dry roots hunger crying in the night
Ghost of broken hearts and laws are here
And who saw the young squaw they judged by their whiskey law
Tortured till she died of pain and fear
Where the soldiers lay her back are the black Apache tears

Apache Tears

Studio Rio w/ Nina Simone - I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free

Studio Rio Presents The Brazil Connection

I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free

Studio Rio w/ Billie Holiday - You've Changed

Studio Rio Presents The Brazil Connection

You've Changed

Studio Rio w/ Sly & The Family Stone - Family Affair

Studio Rio Presents The Brazil Connection

xxx

Bebel Gilberto - Saudade Vem Correndo

The August sunshine beach is inviting me to stroll with a Brazilian swagger into the waters of nostalgia. . .

Nostalgia Overwhelms Me Here In This Place

You left our world walking away.
Just left me your picture,
a verse of your song,
a blue scarf with your perfume,
embroidery and a flower.
The scarf has lost its smell,
and photo has yellowed.
The embroidery I still have.
The flower has lost it's petals,
But what I keep in my heart, my love,
time has not erased.

Saudade Vem Correndo

Emm Gryner - Sundown On Us

"It's my birthday and you haven't kissed me. . .
Sundown On Us

No new videos yet. An oldie:

Angus & Julia Stone - Heart Beats Slow b/w Grizzly Bear

"You won't let it through the front door 'cause it burns in a pretty little heart. . ."
Heart Beats Slow

"Can I take you high to the mountain sky?"
Grizzly Bear

Jimmy Thackery And The Drivers - King Of Livin' On My Own b/w Minor Step

"I don't mind living on bologna and cheese."
King Of Livin' On My Own

Minor Step

No new videos yet, so enjoy this show. Turn the sound up:

The Muffs - Weird Boy Next Door b/w Cheezy

"Nobody knows why he's such a dud."
Weird Boy Next Door

"I would like to strangle you or punch you in the face."
Cheezy

Sinead O'Connor - James Brown b/w Take Me To Church

"And in the words of James Brown, I'm sorry but I came to get down."
James Brown

"Take me to church,but not the ones that hurt 'cause that ain't the truth."
Take Me To Church

Passenger - Coins In A Fountain b/w 27 & Rolling Stone

"I’ll sing til I can’t sing no more. . ."
Coins In A Fountain

"I won’t be persuaded to write words I can’t believe in."
27

"Sometimes I feel like I’m falling. Falling fast and falling free.
She said, 'My darling you’re not falling. Always looked like you were flying to me.'"
Rolling Stone

Melly Frances & The Distilled Spirits - Blue Dress b/w Honey

"mama didn’t raise no fool"
Blue Dress

"you got me feelin kinda foolish. . .
Honey

The Gaslight Anthem - Selected Poems b/w Break Your Heart

"I was growing up inside of my head. . ." Selected Poems

"If I played you my favorite song lying here in the dark, oh my my, it would Break Your Heart"

No vids for these songs yet. In the meantime:

John Zorn - Song of the Open Road b/w Song at Sunset

Instrumental meditations inspired by Walt Whitman:

Song of the Open Road

Song at Sunset evokes memories of Vince Guaraldi playing themes for the Charlie Brown specials. Leave it to John Zorn to merge the sprit of Whitman and Shultz, two unique Americans =:-)

Waiting for new vids, enjoy the ballet of Besos de sangre:

Dr. John - Sweet Hunk O'Trash b/w Tight Like This & What a Wonderful World

"You triflin' lazy, ain't worth a cigarette ash."
featuring Shemekia Copeland
Sweet Hunk O'Trash

featuring Telmary:
Tight Like This

"I see trees of green. Red roses too." What a Wonderful World

Dr John with the Blind Boys of Alabama live:

Versions to watch till more Dr John vids arrive:

Dr John concert:

Angus & Julia Stone - My Word for It b/w Wherever You Are

"Well, maybe I don't need this anymore. It was a place for me."
My Word for It

"I could live in your old car with the broken stereo..."
Wherever You Are

Live:

Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens - Movin' b/w Get Up, Child

"Old man trouble come pokin' round, I'll be planted on higher ground."
Movin'

"Oh Lord, I'm much too tired."
Get Up, Child

Janiva Magness - Twice As Strong

"Don't let this setback tell you who you are. It's only a sign of where you need to go, that's all."
Twice As Strong

Fish & Bird - Lost b/w Rivers

"The beer was cold and it tasted good,
laughter filled the neighborhood."
Lost

"We take great delight in our own company."
River

No new vids yet. An oldie:

Smokey Robinson

Because he can create, and because I can share great music. . .

Truckstop Honeymoon - List of Chores b/w Home Is Not a Hotel & Don't Put Words in My Mouth

"Don't look at me as if I was one more thing you have to do on your List of Chores"

"If you want clean sheets you have to clean them yourselve."
Home Is Not a Hotel

"I can speak my own mind, I was raised in the south!"
Don't Put Words in My Mouth

"Momma locked herself in the bathroom, I was screaming in the hall,
All you kids were looking on in wonderment of it all."
House of Love

No new vids yet. A fun time oldie:

Spoon - Knock Knock Knock b/w I Just Don't Understand

"If you missed the meaning this time - here comes another one. . ."
Knock Knock Knock

Old folk song made current.
I Just Don't Understand

Loudon Wainwright III - Brand New Dance b/w Haven't Got The Blues (Yet)

I know I hailed the live version last month. The CD version adds a hilarious band. Fun flavors!
Brand New Dance

"I'm experiencing malaise. . ." Haven't Got The Blues (Yet)

Fences - Arrows b/w Songs About Angels

"My old man, he kicks me out when I tell him that I lived this way.
He doesn't own me." Arrows

"I sat in the car and dreamed about dreaming. . ." Songs About Angels

Brian Setzer - Rockabilly Blues b/w Lemme Slide, Let's Shake & Cock-a-Doodle Don't

Setzer has always been expert at evoking the past. Lyrically, the songs belong in the 50's. Sonically, this dance groove will play well at any 21st century Sunday afternoon bar-b-que. The best part is the intense, specific, raucous, and joyous guitar playing. Amazing!

Rockabilly Blues

Lemme Slide

Let's Shake

Cock-a-Doodle Don't

Les Paul at his 90th birthday party:

Angus & Julia Stone - A Heartbreak b/w All This Love

"I met your parents. They were lying about falling in love."
A Heartbreak

"You be the night sky and I will be the stars. . ."
All This Love

Carrie Newcomer - A Light in the Window

"What would I change if the choice were mine?"
A Light in the Window

Corey Harris - That Will Happen No More

Fingerpickin' pleasures. . . That Will Happen No More

Eric Clapton & Friends - They Call Me the Breeze b/w Don't Wait

Well known tunes played by well known folks for us wonderful listeners with love and energy. . .
They Call Me the Breeze

Don't Wait

By the guitar king himself:

Jasmine Thompson - Mad World b/w Drop Your Guard & Everybody Hurts

Beautiful versions.
Mad World
Everybody Hurts

"Why'd you have to be so hard?" Drop Your Guard

taste the original. . .

watch Jasmine:

taste the original. . .

watch Jasmine:

A fun place to spend a few hours:
Jasmine Thompson Channel

Tessa Violet - Make Me a Robot

"All I have is doubt. I don't care." Make Me a Robot

"I don't want to be a human anymore. I'm done."

Tuatara - Underworld (2014)

Once or twice a year a full album appears whose purpose is not to entertain, but to emote and evoke. These rare albums belong in my collection for those times I need them. They are pulled out for special occasions, usually lone times. Or those few times in life I find a friend who survives quietly and will experience depths with me. I will not need this CD every day, but there will be times when I am very glad I have it. This instrumental album could be called americana jazz if one absolutely was forced to put a label on it; but both terms call up memories that do not fit this CD. No voices interrupt the beauty of the music, which helps my inner voice visit the places it needs to go when the music is playing.

Players: Barrett Martin, Peter Buck, Mike McCready, Justin Harwood, Skerik, Scott McCaughey, and Manuel Oquendo.

Tuatara - Underworld (2014)

No new videos yet. Older tunes by the ensemble:

Alex & Sierra - Scarecrow

"This is where it starts tonight, if you open up your heart. Tonight."
Scarecrow

Richard Thompson - I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight b/w Wall Of Death

Classics re-realized acoustically on CD with passion!You would not go wrong deciding to purchase the entire CD for a full intense meal of pleasure.

I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight

Wall Of Death

First Aid Kit - My Silver Lining

"I don't want to wait anymore, I'm tired of looking for answers. . ."
My Silver Lining

Also on Eartaste.

Live:

Hook & Anchor - Wild Wind b/w Blackbird

These guys aren't big on enunciation - their energy is infectious!
Wild Wind

Blackbird

Weird Al Yankovic - Handy b/w Word Crimes & Tacky

Theme song for my relatives, and my soon to come retirement years. . .
Handy

School starts in 2 weeks!
Word Crimes

Fun. That simple. Tacky

Peter Frampton - Hummingbird In A Box b/w The One In 901

"The joy in the boy is revealed." Hummingbird In A Box

Instrumental dance. . . The One In 901

The One In 901:

No Hummingbird videos yet; but several sales pitches. . .

The Flight - The Idol And The Idle

"I don't know how to have fun they say. . ."
The Idol And The Idle

Spoon - Rainy Taxi b/w Let Me Be Mine

"You better run away for good. . ."
Rainy Taxi

"auction off what you love - it will come back sometime. . ."
Let Me Be Mine

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Playing Dumb

We'll just light a candle for every kid
For every soul that was done away with
For every confession that wasn't on the level
For every man of God that lives with hidden devils

Available only on the vinyl version of Hypnotic Eye.

Patti Smith & The Kronos Quartet - Mercy Is

"The stars are eyes watching you. A breath upon a cloud." Mercy Is

EMA - Cthulu

Cthulu