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Today’s Song for the Day is “Five Feet High and Rising”, by Johnny Cash. I’ve chosen it in honor of the fact that today is international Blog Action Day, which this year is designed to bring attention to Climate Change, and to highlight the global...
Posted by Music Is My Savior Blog 2 years ago.
Today’s Song for the Day is “Society Sue”, by Vic Chesnutt.Seems like every time I turn around, Vic Chesnutt releases a new album. There was the acclaimed Dark Developments with Elf Power and Amorphous Strums released about a year ago. Then there wa...
Posted by Music Is My Savior Blog 2 years ago.
Today’s Song for the Day is “You and I”, by Wilco, from Wilco (The Album).This tune features Leslie Feist, aka Feist, singing this duet with Mr. Tweedy. I’ve chosen it today in honor of the fact that I will see Wilco perform this evening at The Cr...
Posted by Music Is My Savior Blog 2 years ago.
Today’s Song for the Day is the title track from the Avett Bothers’ newest album, released just this week.I apologize for not getting this to you before today. This was also one of my most anticipated album releases of the Autumn, and I should have fe...
Posted by Music Is My Savior Blog 2 years ago.
Today’s Song for the Day is “Pretty Little Thing”, by K.C. McKanzie, from her last album Hammer & Nails, released in 2008.She has a new album out, called DryLand, released just a couple of weeks ago. I’ve only just received my copy and I haven...
Posted by Music Is My Savior Blog 2 years ago.
Today’s Song for the Day is “Say Yes”, by Langhorne Slim, from his new album Be Set Free, released today.I got my copy last night, and I’m really liking it. It’s worth a purchase, if you’ve ever liked anything Langhorne Slim has put out previo...
Posted by Music Is My Savior Blog 2 years ago.
Today’s Song for the Day is “John Allyn Smith Sails” by Okkervil River.I have no idea why I’ve never featured this song. I love this song. I especially love it when they bust out the Beach Boys’ “Sloop John B” near the end.This song has been...
Posted by Music Is My Savior Blog 2 years ago.
Today’s Song for the Day is “We’ll Meet Again” as performed by Johnny Cash.This album was the fourth American Recordings release, produced by Rick Rubin and subtitled The Man Comes Around. This tune is the last song on the album, and this album wa...
Posted by Music Is My Savior Blog 2 years ago.
Today’s Song for the Day is “I Wish I Was The Moon” by Neko Case.I first came across this song as a track on a Bonus Disc that came with my copy of Fox Confessor Brings The Flood. However, this track appears on the earlier Blacklisted album (release...
Posted by Music Is My Savior Blog 2 years ago.
Today’s Song for the Day is “Smokin’ From Shootin’” by My Morning Jacket, from their Evil Urges album. I am still stunned by this album every time I hear it, even though it was released more than a year ago. Astute readers of this electronic mis...
Posted by Music Is My Savior Blog 2 years ago.
Today’s Song for the Day is “Blake’s View”, from M. Ward’s latest album, Hold Time, released this past February.Astute readers of this electronic missive may remember that I featured M. Ward’s cover of “Rave On” back around the release dat...
Posted by Music Is My Savior Blog 2 years ago.
Today’s Song for the Day is “Milk Thistle”, from Conor Oberst’s eponymous solo album released a year ago last August.This is the album I first featured in July 2008 with the song “Danny Callahan”; it was recorded in Tepoztlán, Morelos, Méxic...
Posted by Music Is My Savior Blog 2 years ago.
Today’s Song for the Day is “Guitar Man”, the title track from the 1972 album by Bread.I’ve chosen this song today because the music business has seen yet another great musician pass away: Larry Knechtel, famous keyboardist and bassist and Rock ...
Posted by Music Is My Savior Blog 2 years ago.
So I’ve been traveling like dizzy spells, and real life has prevented me from posting here for a bit, but in case anyone is wondering, I am nowhere near done mourning Jim Dickinson yet.Today’s Song for the Day is “Kizza Me”, by Big Star, from thei...
Posted by Music Is My Savior Blog 2 years ago.
Today’s Song for the Day is from Jim Dickinson, who passed away this weekend at the age of 67.According to his son Luther, his epitaph reads, “I’m just dead. I’m not gone.”Jim Dickinson is the father of Luther and Cody Dickinson, the brothers at...
Posted by Music Is My Savior Blog 2 years ago.
Today’s Song for the Day is a cover of “Book of Love”, which originally appears on The Magnetic Fields’ incomparable 69 Love Songs triple album.The version we’re featuring here is performed by Robin Pecknold of the Fleet Foxes, and it was record...
Posted by Music Is My Savior Blog 2 years ago.
Today’s Song for the Day is a cover of “Sea of Love”, performed by Tom Waits, from his incomparable Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards box set.I can’t feature a Tom Waits song without mentioning that he will be playing the devil (not a devi...
Posted by Music Is My Savior Blog 2 years ago.
Today’s Song for the Day is “Love Vigilantes”, originally recorded by New Order, but covered here today by Iron and Wine.I’ve previously featured a different cover of this tune, that cover by Laura Cantrell, which I wrote about way back in April o...
Posted by Music Is My Savior Blog 2 years ago.
Today’s Song for the Day is “Under The Milky Way”, originally recorded by The Church, but covered here today by Nicole Atkins.This cover tune was released on an EP called Nicole Atkins Digs Other People’s Songs on September 9, 2008, and I haven’...
Posted by Music Is My Savior Blog 2 years ago.
Today’s Song for the Day is “Rollercoaster” by M. Ward.M. Ward performed at Austin City Limits last night for a taping of a show that will air on October 31, 2009. Although he didn’t play today’s Song for the Day, the setlist does look quite nic...
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