The album does not come out until February but here is another first look of what you will be hearing. With a 70’s vibe that will have you digging out your Roberta Flack records, this one is a stunner.
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Live Video of the Day: Beth Hart -Baby Shot Me Down
We can’t think of a better way to get the new year cranking up than to start with Beth Hart’s scorching live version. This is from her Live at the Albert Hall release. It is very much worth checking out.
Video of the Day: All Them Witches – Diamond
All Them Witches is one of the better new Rock bands coming out of Nashville. Their new record ATW is out now.
Playlist of the Day: Putting the Muscle in Muscle Shoals
In listening to a lot of diverse styles of music it is amazing how many of the albums that are the soundtrack of your life have been recorded at 3614 Jackson Highway, Muscle Shoals, Alabama. There have been so many albums record in the iconic studio from Dylan’s Slow Train Coming, Willies, Phases and Stages, and even Paul Simon’s There Goes Rhymin’ Simon, that this playlist is probably more notable for what has not been included than for what I have selected here. I am contractually liable to keeping the playlist at the mandated 15 songs. Mixing it up a bit with the new school “Call Me” courtesy of St. Paul and the Broken Bones, the Jimmy Cliff classic “Sitting in Limbo,” and J.J. Cales “Lies” are also included. The Muscle Shoals band plays on most of these songs. “Hey, Jude” is worth the price of admission alone.
It is guaranteed that you will have many “of course it was” moments any time you find out one of your favorite tunes was recorded in Muscle Shoals.
01. Muscle Shoals Nitty Gritty – Herbie Mann
02. Brown Sugar – The Rolling Stones
03. I’ll Take You There – The Staple Singers
04. Hey Jude Wilson Picket
05. What’s Your Name – Lynyrd Skynyrd
06. Call Me – St.Paul and the Broken Bones
07. Tell Mama – Etta James
08. We’ve Got Tonight – Bob Seger
09. Sitting in Limbo – Jimmy Cliff
10. Dorothy Monroe – Misty Blue
11. Lies – J.J. Cale
12. Gotta Serve Somebody – Bob Dylan
13. Take A Letter, Maria – R.B. Greaves
14. Sweet Soul Music – Arthur Conley
15. Yeah Man – Eddie Hinton
Video of the Day: The Spinanes – Sunday
If you are of a certain age and are from the Pacific Northwest you have heard of the Spinanes. Led by Rebecca Gates and drummer Scott Plouf they have been around since their debut album in 1993 and just released their new record, Manos, in December.
Video of the Day: The Raconteurs – Sunday Driver
Jack White is back making music with his side piece band, The Raconteurs. “Sunday Driver is the A side of a newly released single with “Now That Your Gone” as the also very groovy B side.
Live Video of the Day: Rival Sons – Wild Horses (The Blues Kitchen Presents)
Rival Sons are in the studio right now. In advance of their release early next year we are treated to a fine live version of the Rolling Stones “Wild Horses”. These guys look like real Rock Stars.
Playlist of the Day: Afterthoughts and Complicated Scenes
This playlist features cover songs performed by prominent Country artists. You might find many of these artists under the Americana genre, but be careful, most of them hate to be classified that way. They prefer to be called Country artists. Here we have a mix of new school and old school including Waylon Jennings, Amy Helm, newcomer Kirby Brown, and many more.
01. Romeo’s Tune – Nicki Bluhm
02. Baker Street – Waylon Jennings
03. Mandolin Wind – Amy Helm
04. My Fathers Gun – Miranda Lambert
05. Mona Lisa’s and Mad Hatters – Maren Morris
06. Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For – Kirby Brown
07. Wish You Were Here – Cody Jinks
08. Come A Little Closer – Willie Deville
09. Purple Rain – Dwight Yoakam
10. Right Down The Line – Bonnie Raitt
11. Dark End of the Street – Ry Cooder
12. Before The Next Teardrop Falls – Linda Martell
13. Cry Like a Baby – Hacienda Brothers
14. You Got Lucky – Blackberry Smoke
15. Abraham, Martin and John – The Band of Heathens
Five Cool Ones: Five Cool Americana Roots Rock Records You May Have Missed
Kirby Brown – Uncommon Prayer
“Gimme a week and a ride to the downtown station with a dollar to my name, I don’t much care where it’s going, just anywhere that’s gone.” With your introduction to a new musician that you have never heard before jumping right out at you between your ears like it does on “Gimme a Week” from Kirby Brown’s highly excellent 2018 release Uncommon Prayer there is cause for celebration. Don’t sleep on his cover of “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”. It is worth the price of admission alone.
Ruby Boots – Don’t Talk About It
If you are looking for a place to find really cool new music you could not go wrong wandering over the Bloodshot Music site and searching through any of the number of artists in their stable. Ruby Boots and her latest, Don’t Talk About It, look forward to meeting you there.
Kevin Gordon – Tilt and Shine
The musicscapes created here all first rate and read like a Cormac McCarthy novel. Whether it’s “Drunken Man In Town,” “One Road Out (Angola Rodeo Blues),” or “Gatling Gun” Kevin Gordon has captured the short story in a three-minute song.
Larkin Poe – Venom & Faith
These young girls take Country Blues to the next level. The songs are all gritty, down in the gutter with Tom Waits. If you don’t believe it, just check out “Hard Time Killing Floor Blues”.
Sam Morrow – Concrete and Mud
Outlaw Country is alive and well and his name might be Sam Morrow.
Live Video of the Day: Hootie and the Blowfish – I Only Wanna Be With You (The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon)
After a highly successful crossover career Darius Rucker, aka Hootie, has reassembled his band The Blowfish and will be releasing an album in early 2019.
Rock Is The New Roll 