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From the daily archives: Sunday, April 8, 2012
Winding down this evening with a great acoustic cut from Margaret’s Daughter with ‘Halo’ captured live on their 2011 summer tour in Cape Town, South Africa. Elegant guitar work interwoven with beautiful and inviting vocals – this track has such a wonderful groove to it and is great way to end a peaceful [...]
Gritty in the way Green Day used to be oh so long ago.. these kids [trust me, they're just kids] are crafting some really good songs, displaying some honest intensity on-stage, and generally enjoying the whole process. Adding ‘Compelled to Rebel’ by Workin’ On Fire to the Big Med Playlist for The Big [...]
With one of the most unexpected breaks I’ve ever heard in the midst of a hard rocking song, this is ‘Taken Away’ by UK-based The Particles. This song is an epic rock almost opera in an easy-to-digest condensed format that smacks of a wholly original world meets metal sound. The imagery [...]
It’s funny. Of all the versions of this song, it is one of the earliest vids that caught my ears’ attention. Here’s ‘Loose Lips’ performed by two-thirds of The Ballroom Thieves – Martin Earley & Devin Mauch captured live in a livingroom somewhere in time. The Ballroom Thieves now includes Rachel [...]
Holy crap. It’s the second coming of Eno & Byrne with Tom Verlaine riding shotgun. Boston-based Randy Vera’s hallucinogenic ‘CFA’ is the latest add to the Big Med Playlist for The Big One and this tune will most assuredly carry you through any parts of your next shift that threaten occasional bouts of [...]
A delightfully engaging slice of alt country life in this add to the Big Med Playlist for The Big One with Chris Cosby’s ‘Southern Youth.’ “In the absence of a demanding grace…. I love this town and I love your face… and it won’t last long …you’re here then you’re gone….unless you roll [...]
Dan McCormick’s words in ‘Coney Island Girl’ are stand-alone gorgeous. This song is masterful on multiple levels – the understated vocals allow the listener the mental space to weave imagery around the music. I’ve never been to Coney Island however Dan McCormick’s song allowed me to visit with my own memories of beaches, [...]
Adding ‘Six Places’ by Paul Cook and The Chronicles this Sunday morning. A beautifully-crafted song that sounds like it might have come out of another era altogether with shades of Simon & Garfunkel and maybe even a few ghost whispers of The Mamas & The Papas.
In late 2009 singer-songwriter Paul Cook began [...]
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