John Prine - Angel from Montgomery. What magic Bonnie Raitt, Dave Matthews, and so many others do with this song still comes back to John’s beautiful songwriting.
Chris Thile and Michael Daves: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert. Can Bluegrass be young and cool? With “Jude Law” on mandolin, yes.
The Head and the Heart - Down in the Valley (Live on KEXP). Sweet live tune from Seattle’s recent addition to Sub Pop.
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Wilco - One Sunday Morning (Song For Jane Smiley’s Boyfriend). Live at The Wilco Loft on Daytrotter 12/12/2011
Charles Bradley - Why Is It So Hard (Live on KEXP). Otis Redding died in 1967, way too young at the age of 26, in a plane crash. Now where did this guy Charles Bradley come from, who evokes the funk and soul like Otis? If it’s raining wherever you are today, listen to this great track.
“You cannot stay on the summit forever…
“You cannot stay on the summit forever; you have to come down again… So why bother in the first place? Just this: What is above knows what is below, but what is below does not know what is above… There is an art of finding one’s direction in the lower regions by the memory of what one saw higher up. When one can no longer see, one can at least still know.” -René Daumal, Mount Analogue
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How Come You Never Go There - Leslie Feist
Feist, How Come You Never Go There
From the eagerly anticipated new album.
