From her full-length Storm & Grace album. Play on Grooveshark or Spotify (embedded below). File under: roots rock.
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Best Tracks of 2013
I was invited to play my favorite music of 2013 on The AP Hour, ARTxFM.com radio, 12/26/13. Here are the 13 tracks that I picked, with an additional 74 minutes that I could not fit into the 1-hour show. YouTube, Spotify, and Rdio playlists embedded below.
Forecastle 2013 artists playlist
155 songs and over 11 hours of music on Mog.com in preparation for Louisville’s Forecastle Festival, July 12-14.*
Used by permission from The Forecastle Festival
I’m hoping Robert Plant will play a Zeppelin tune or two, like this totally reconfigured “Black Dog” performance last year. I’m not even going to mention any other “must see” artists for fear of leaving anyone out, but here are a few of the headliners: The Black Keys, The String Cheese Incident, The Avett Brothers, Alabama Shakes, The Flaming Lips, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, Toro Y Moi, Jim James, and Big Boi.
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Best Songs of 2012
A YouTube playlist of my favorite videos and/or songs released in 2012. I generally prefer the studio tracks, but a few of these are live versions, mainly because there is no official studio version on YouTube. Also, in some cases, I enjoy the official video better than the song itself, and vice versa.
A few of these YouTube videos will not play on mobile platforms. I’ve attempted to make the same list on Spotify (also embedded below), although not all the songs are available there, either!
A “Best Albums” post (which requires a lot more thought) is forthcoming by the end of the month.
- 2CELLOS (Sulic & Hauser) – “Hurt”
- Bat for Lashes – “Laura”
- Bjӧrk – “Mutual Core”
- Bonnie Raitt – “Right Down the Line”
- Chilly Gonzales – “Train of Thought”
- David Guetta – “She Wolf (Falling to Pieces) [feat. Sia]”
- David’s Lyre – “Only Words” (Live)
- Diplo – “Express Yourself (ft. Nicky Da B)”
- Django Django – “Introduction” / “Hail Bop”
- Ellie Goulding – “Anything Could Happen”
- Epic Rap Battles of History – “Mitt Romney vs. Barack Obama”
- Fiona Apple – “Every Single Night”
- Florence + The Machine – “Spectrum”
- Gary Clark, Jr. – “Numb”
- Gotye – “Easy Way Out”
- Gregory Porter – “Be Good (Lion’s Song)”
- Hot Chip – “Night & Day”
- Jesca Hoop – “Born To”
- Jessie Ware – “Wildest Moments”
- Kaci Battaglia feat Ludacris – “Body Shots”
- Kimbra – “Come Into My Head”
- Mr. Gnome – “House of Circles”
- Muse – “Madness”
- Neil Young with Crazy Horse – “Ramada Inn”
- No Doubt – “Push and Shove (ft. Busy Signal, Major Lazer)”
- P!nk – “Try”
- Paul McCartney – “My Valentine”
- PSY – “Gangnam Style”
- Pussy Riot – “Punk Prayer: Mother of God Drive Putin Away”
- Rodriguez – “Crucify Your Mind” (on Letterman)
- Rufus Wainwright – “Out of the Game”
- Scissor Sisters – “Let’s Have a Kiki”
- Sigur Rós – Fjögur píanó” (See the entire valtari mystery film experiment)
- Silversun Pickups – “The Pit”
- Solange – “Losing You”
- tUnE-yArDs – “My Country”
- Y.N.RichKids – “Hot Cheetos & Takis”
Embedded playlists after the jump… Read more Best Songs of 2012