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Posted by Music Is My Savior Blog 3 months ago.
Today’s Song for the Day is “Twice A Year”, by the late Jay Bennett.This is from Jay’s upcoming album Kicking At The Perfumed Air. On May 24, the one-year anniversary of Jay’s death will mark the founding of the Jay Bennett Foundation, an organi...
Posted by Music Is My Savior Blog 3 months ago.
Today’s Song for the Day is “Lua”, by Bright Eyes, from the album I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning.For those of you, dear readers, who don’t know me well, I sometimes play this little “See if you can guess where I am now” game by email with a ...
Posted by Music Is My Savior Blog 4 months ago.
Today’s Song for the Day is “Reminds Me of You”, by Van Morrison.I got through almost the whole day today before realizing what the date was. And that’s what prompted this tune. Or maybe it came up because, over the weekend, I had queued up a bunc...
Posted by Music Is My Savior Blog 4 months ago.
Today’s Song for the Day is “Atlantic City”, by Bruce Springsteen.This tune was released on Springsteen’s seminal 1982 album, Nebraska.The album is very sparse, most of it recorded on cassette tape in Bruce’s kitchen. It was quite a departure fr...
Posted by Music Is My Savior Blog 4 months ago.
Today’s Song for the Day is “Denver”, by Clem Snide, released on their latest album called The Meat of Life. The new album was released just about six weeks ago, and has gotten quite a bit of airplay at my house.The opening track, “Walmart Parking...
Posted by Music Is My Savior Blog 4 months ago.
Today’s Song for the Day is “I Want You To Want Me”, originally released by Cheap Trick in 1977 on an album called In Color. However, the version of this tune which probably got the most radio play was the version released on the live album At Budok...
Posted by Music Is My Savior Blog 4 months ago.
Today’s Song for the Day is “Requiem”, by M. Ward, from the Post-War album, released in August of 2006.If you don’t have this album in your collection, you should. Get it on iTunes here.I chose today’s song because I recently learned that the br...
Posted by Music Is My Savior Blog 5 months ago.
Today’s Song for the Day is “Ain’t No Grave”, which is the title track from Johnny Cash’s American VI: Ain’t No Grave album.This is the sixth (and presumed last) of the Rick Rubin-produced American Recordings series. The vocal tracks for this ...
Posted by Music Is My Savior Blog 5 months ago.
Today’s Song for the Day is “Troublesome Houses”, from The Wonder Show of the World, the new album from Bonnie “Prince” Billy & The Cairo Gang.This album came out earlier this week, and although I am nowhere near done mourning the loss of Ma...
Posted by Music Is My Savior Blog 5 months ago.
Today’s Song for the Day is a cover of Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here”, by Sparklehorse.I think this tune might have been, a number of years ago, my first introduction to the work of Sparklehorse, the recording moniker of artist Mark Linkous.I w...
Posted by Music Is My Savior Blog 6 months ago.
Today’s Song for the Day is “Terrible Things” by April Smith & The Great Picture Show.I’m sorry that it’s been awhile since I’ve updated the blog, but I’ve been busy with some things. Some terrible things. One thing is that I’m trying ...
Posted by Music Is My Savior Blog 6 months ago.
Today’s Song for the Day is “Julie Ocean” by The Undertones.You might be wondering why I’m reaching all the way back to 1981 for today’s tune. Well, here’s what happened:My good friend Kevin Lust, who is six feet seven and one-half inches tall...
Posted by Music Is My Savior Blog 6 months ago.
Today’s Song for the Day is “Something, Somewhere, Sometime” from the upcoming collaboration of Ben Sollee and Daniel Martin Moore. The album on which this song appears Dear Companion, is due to be released by Sub Pop records next week, and it sound...
Posted by Music Is My Savior Blog 6 months ago.
Today’s Song for the Day is “When You Sleep” by Angie Hart.Angie Hart is an Australia singer-songwriter who used to front the band Frente!, who were responsible for that strange acoustic cover of “Bizarre Love Triangle” more than a dozen years a...
Posted by Music Is My Savior Blog 6 months ago.
Today’s Song for the Day is “Pancho and Lefty” as performed by Steve Earle.I have more than one reason for choosing this song today. It’s in honor of my good friend Jamie’s birthday, as it is one of Jamie’s all-time favorite songs. It is also ...
Posted by Music Is My Savior Blog 7 months ago.
Pardon me, Dear Reader. It’s been a long time since I’ve updated this blog. I have been away, travelin’ and unravelin’, and I am still nowhere near done mourning the passing of Vic Chesnutt. But I have not forgotten about you, Dear Reader, nor hav...
Posted by Music Is My Savior Blog 7 months ago.
Today’s Song for the Day is “When The Bottom Fell Out”, by Vic Chesnutt.I’m sorry, dear reader, but I am nowhere near done mourning the passing of Vic Chesnutt.There was a Fresh Air with Terry Gross broadcast on NPR last week, featuring remembranc...
Posted by Music Is My Savior Blog 7 months ago.
Today’s Song for the Day is “Closer To That Moment”, by Clem Snide.I got this tune -- one of my all-time favorite tunes about masturbation -- on the Have A Good Night (Live Recordings 1999-2005) compilation disc released a few years ago. I don’t h...
Posted by Music Is My Savior Blog 7 months ago.
Today’s Song for the Day is “Let’s Rock and Roll”, by Bobby Bare, Jr.We saw Bobby Bare Jr’s live show at Off Broadway in Saint Louis on New Year’s Day, and he was in fine form. It was a really good show; he played most of the tunes on the setl...
Posted by Music Is My Savior Blog 7 months ago.
Today’s Song for the Day is “2006”, by Hello Saferide. Like yesterday’s tune, it’s a New Year’s song. It happened to be written for New Year’s Day 2006 (hence the title), but it’s really good and has stood the test of time on my iPod. Anni...
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