Jordan Lee - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas b/w Emmanuel

Tasty light and fluffy desserts for Christmas.
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

Emmanuel

Please Come Home For Christmas

Mark Kozelek - Do You Hear What I Hear

"A star, a star dancing in the night with a tail as big as a kite."
Do You Hear What I Hear

No Christmas vids yet. Here's an oldie:

Eric Bibb - Silver Spoon b/w Driftin' Door To Door & Turner Station

"I made my home in the north country in a time very few people looked like me."
Silver Spoon

"I've been down to Mexico - every where's the same. Hard times every place I go." Driftin' Door To Door

"Everything done changed - my walk, my talk, my state of mind - since I made the decision to leave this town behind."
Turner Station

Macy Gray - Bang Bang b/w Hands & Need You Now

We don't listen to Macy for the poetry. We dance with Macy for the eartasting joy.
Bang Bang

"I know you know that I'll keep you satisfied."
Hands

First Time

"I've been waiting for a long time for the world to change to get it right"
Need You Now

The New Basement Tapes - Kansas City b/w Spanish Mary +

Skip all the hype. Just enjoy the music =:-)
Kansas City

"Is it a mystery to live or a mystery to die?"
Spanish Mary

"There was no organization I wanted to join. . ."
Nothing To It

When I Get My Hands on You

Duncan and Jimmy

Stranger

Card Shark

"I'll be gone by tonight she told me today."
The Whistle Is Blowing

Pink Floyd - It's What We Do b/w Sum

Instrumental bliss. . .
It's What We Do

Sum

None of the videos on youtube match the released album. Enjoy this classic instead:

Marianne Faithfull - The Price Of Love

"You're dancing slow, you're dancing fast -
You're happy now, but that won't last."
The Price Of Love

"Wine is sweet and gin is bitter -
Drink all you can but you won't forget her."
Classic:

Sarah Jane Morris - For a Friend b/w Wild Flowers & Men Just Want to Have Fun

"The body changes but the soul remains. . ."
For a Friend

"I remember all the reasons why I had to run away. . ."
Wild Flowers

"when you hold up a condom just watch them run. . ."
Men Just Want to Have Fun

Jerry Lee Lewis - Rock & Roll Time b/w Mississippi Kid & Blues Like Midnight

"Goodness gracious great balls of fire!" Jerry Lee is still burning!

"If sometimes it seems I'm falling behind, remember I'm running, on rock and roll time!"
Rock & Roll Time

"I'm not looking for no trouble, but nobody dogs me 'round."
Mississippi Kid

"I wish a tornado would blow my blues away"
Blues Like Midnight

"I'm not afraid to die. . ."
Stepchild

Old timey wild one while waiting for more new videos:

Pre-Jerry Lee Mississippi Kid =:-)

Eric Gales - E2 (Note To Note)

Guitar duel/duel with Eric Johnson =:-)
E2 (Note To Note)

No new videos yet. So, enjoy this oldie as interlude. . .

The Living Sisters - Harmony Is Real b/w Baby Wants a Basketball for Christmas & Jingle Bells

"Harmony begins with one, but without two we have none..."
Harmony Is Real

"He wants to play a game, he wants to score. . ."
Baby Wants a Basketball for Christmas

"What fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh. . ."
Jingle Bells

Billy Cobham - Pomegranates

Pomegranates

Studio version has much better sound, but what a treat to witness a live show. . .

Eartaster: reality show that means something:

Ellis Marsalis Trio - The Breeze and I b/w Things You Never Were

The Breeze and I

Things You Never Were

No new videos. Yet. This live gig will whet your thirst. . .

Sweet. . .

Idina Menzel - Holly Jolly Christmas

Holly Jolly Christmas

Pentatonix - White Winter Hymnal b/w Winter Wonderland & Silent Night

Acapella version of Fleet Foxes =:-)
White Winter Hymnal

Fun medley
Winter Wonderland - Don't Worry Be Happy

Classic
Silent Night

Earth, Wind & Fire - Holiday

No better way to start the holiday season - Joy To The World with a dance beat! "Come on! Yes!"
Holiday

"Let Earth Receive Her King"

Annie Lennox - I Put A Spell On You

Making Halloween a lot more palatable this year with an hour of savory spell-binding videos. . .

"I can't stand it cause you put me down.
I put a spell on you..because you're mine.."
I Put A Spell On You

Annie

Jay

Nina

Creedence

David

Bette


Van

Joe

Eric

Joss

Animals

Jay Live

You+Me - From a Closet in Norway

"I would rather be anyplace else than here. . ."
From a Closet in Norway

"Since the world is round now, why can't we have everything?"

yMusic - Balance Problems

No problems for this eartaster. Fine fine flavors.
Balance Problems

The Cookers - Double or Nothing

Seven Cookers sound like a full jazz dance orchestra. Delicious.
Double or Nothing

An oldie:

Ryan Keberle & Catharsis - Inevitable Blues

No words required.
Inevitable Blues

Marcia Ball - Like There's No Tomorrow

"Come with me my friends to where the fun begins for a little while."
Like There's No Tomorrow

Shame. No video yet. That's okay - start chewing on this hot tamale, baby

Yusuf - Gold Digger

"Mister, can you hear my children cry?"
Gold Digger

No video yet, so enjoy the oldie:

Northern Soul: The Film Soundtrack (2014)

2 CDs - 54 dance tunes from the 60's for less than $9. No way to lose when purchasing this set. Except a few pounds. The film itself was okay, but ultimately irrelevant; the soundtrack is simply outstanding. Melanie is missing from the soundtrack, but I think it was used in the movie largely as a joke on what was playing on the radio at the time compared to all the great music that wasn't being played. No different than 2014, right?

Northern Soul: The Film Soundtrack

Martha Tilston - Lovely On the Water

"sons are gone to face the foe where the blundering cannons roar"
Lovely On the Water

No videos yet of the new version of this old tune. In the meantime enjoy the music of the moon. . .

Neil Young - I Want To Drive My Car b/w I'm Glad I Found You

"I need a place to go. Further and further on down the road. I need to find my way."
I Want To Drive My Car

"I'm no different than anyone else. . ." I'm Glad I Found You

Julian Lage & Chris Eldrige - Stone Cross

Pickin' on a dream. . .
Stone Cross

Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loca - Rumba SoYo

Rumba SoYo

No can find video of Rumba SoYo, So Dikulusu wid yo feets.

Live:

Trigger Hippy - Rise Up Singing

"I get up in the morning, hear the work bell warning, shuffle to my 9 to 5
I come home in the evening I get that feeling - Lord, I start to come alive"
Rise Up Singing

The Stanley Clarke Band - Pop Virgil b/w Last Train to Sanity

James Brown visits Stanley & pops him one in the virgil! Good fun!
Pop Virgil

Retuning to the jazz root dances with savvy guests from the symphony.
Last Train to Sanity

Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn - Bye Bye Baby Blues b/w And Am I Born to Die

Bye Bye Baby Blues

And Am I Born to Die

Keren Ann - Lay Your Head Down

The movie was over. Right at that moment I thought "that was a waste of 90 minutes" this song started playing. Made the entire movie disappear from my head and a new movie start - worth twice the price of admission. Velvet joy.

"The way you ride those waves makes me want to follow you blind."
Lay Your Head Down

Bill Frisell - Rumble b/w Telstar

Rethinking songs which predicted the 21st century through 21st century ears.
Rumble

Telstar

Lennon reinventions worth digging into - live!

Tiken Jah Fakoly - Diaspora b/w Saya

"Il est enfin que s'envole notre destin"
Diaspora

"Vous êtes tous invités"
Saya

No new videos, so here's a free ticket to a classic show:

Neil Diamond - Melody Road b/w First Time & Something Blue

"I know every song you lead me to is gonna be my friend."
Melody Road

"It's your time for making it happen!
. . .Get out your bed!"
First Time

"You showed what a little bit of love could do.
You opened my eyes and a light came through."
Something Blue

Drunk guy sings 'Bohemian Rhapsody' inside police car

Why in the world this showed up when I was searching you tube for a Minnie Driver video I'll never know. Serendipity is my guess. It's several years old, so everybody on earth has probably seen this but me. You get extra credit if you can watch this more than 4 minutes!

Minnie Driver - Master Blaster b/w Tell Me Why & Love Song

An album of ancient tunes presented with a Minnie attitude.

Master Blaster

Tell Me Why

Love Song

From the park I hear rhythms
Marley's hot on the box
Tonight there will be a party
On the corner at the end of the block

When you're moving in the positive
Your destination is the brightest star

Stevie feelin' as pretty as Minnie:

Glenn Tilbrook - Everybody Sometimes

"With the affable patience of the ruling class. . ."
Everybody Sometimes

Colbie Caillat - Never Gonna Let You Down b/w Land Called Far Away

Pure happy pop =:-)
Never Gonna Let You Down

"Everywhere I go I see a trail of broken hearts."
Land Called Far Away

Bryan Adams - She Knows Me b/w You've Been A Friend To Me

"There's a constant fire inside of her. . ."
She Knows Me

"I ain't to proud to say You've Been A Friend To Me"

Chris Duarte Group - Jump The Trane'

Good Saturday night instrumental dance groove. Not available as single :( Jump The Trane'

No new videos yet. Here's a 14 year old show to fill the Saturday night blues dance hour.

John Oszajca - Music Marketing Manifesto

You know, as huge as the music business is, it is always gratifying to find folks in the field that bend over backwards to be sure we all stay engaged. Earlier this week I received an email from John with a link to his most recent posting. Since he mentioned he was interviewing an artist I love, I of course clicked. Once there I found the interview was available on iTunes. I almost skipped the whole thing because I despise plugging my devices into my computer. It's a step that is no longer necessary and wastes time.

I decided what the heck, I'll post a quick reply to the list & ask he place the podcast feed on Stitcher so I could listen without having to go through he iTunes hassle. Amazingly the response was close to immediate and Stitcher took awhile to sync everything, but I got to hear the interview this morning.

So, why tell you? Well, I know most of the folks that leaf through this blog are also musicians looking for a place to get some publicity. If you ever find yourself in need for marketing expertise, I know for a fact that John went the extra mile in order for one of his many readers to be able to have access in the way I wanted. That is dedication to the highest degree - caring about one in the midst of many.

John's website is Music Marketing Manifesto/. The specific article that started this diatribe is Here’s How You Release The Number #1 Blues Album In America.

Billy Crudup - Home b/w Sing Along

"I don't know where the days have gone, but I know where I belong..."
Home

"Honesty changes all completely. Tread carefully. . ."
Sing Along

Also on the album worth hearing over and over:

Rudderless playing Over Your Shoulder, Beautiful Mess, Stay with You, Real Friends, & Wheels On The Bus.

Ben Kweller & Selena Gomez singing Hold On

Ben Limpic singing A*Hole

Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives - Saturday Night Sunday Morning

To many tasty treats on here to separate the wheat from the chaff. Buy the whole CD and enjoy a full seven course meal with specially selected wine to add depth to each flavorful bite!

Saturday Night Sunday Morning

Stevie Nicks - Starshine

"You used to make me shiver."
Starshine

Bob Seger - Ride Out b/w Adam & Eve, California Stars & Listen

"Ride out with your soul and your spirit
take a chance and get near it
everybody needs a dream."
Ride Out

"He smiled at her and she broke the rules."
Adam & Eve

"I'd give my life to lay my head tonight on our bed of California stars."
California Stars

"If you listen past bravado, if you listen past the whine...
everyone's so busy the truth gets left behind."
Listen

Jesse Winchester - A Reasonable Amount Of Trouble

"I can lose my car keys, mislay my hat
I can leave my cell phone in the laundry mat
But I never forget to boogie

Say that again well I lost the thread
I can't believe it but what I think you said was
You said your sorry, you said we're through
You said I'm good for nothing
But honey that's what I do
But I never forget to boogie
It's uppermost in my mind"

A Reasonable Amount Of Trouble

No more concerts this time around, but lots of cool videos on youtube to keep us company.

Red Sky July - Here Then Gone b/w Warm My Heart

Here Then Gone

Warm My Heart

While waiting for new videos, be astounded:

Jackson Browne - The Long Way Around b/w Walls And Doors & Here

"When I was a kid everything I did was trying to be free...
Now I'm a long way gone down this wild road I'm on"
The Long Way Around

"There can be freedom only when nobody owns it
I'm going to say that again
Because I know you know it
There can be freedom only when nobody owns it"
(Written by Carlos Varela, translation by Jackson Browne)
Walls And Doors

"The city waking up off in the distance
They're all working on some other existence
But you don't quite seem to care
It's like you know they're not going anywhere"

"You wait for the tears to fall but they won't
You think you should know what to say but you don't"
Here

Carlos Varela plays after Jackson translates the poem:

The Earls of Leicester - Big Black Train b/w Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down & Shuckin’ The Corn

"I've got a one way ticket and I won't be back."
Big Black Train

"I've been all around this big ol' world."
Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down

Instrumental gourmet bbq vegetable
Shuckin’ The Corn

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