I took a couple of days to clear my head, and today I felt like I had reawaken my musical mind. I'm a little more open-minded than I was the other day. I'm picking mostly songs that I heard while working on my other blog project.
Los Super Seven, "Calle Dieceseis": If you are intrigued by the Latin sound, particularly salsa music, check out one of Los Super Seven's albums. This one comes from Canto, a great record in its own right. I was sucked in by the singing and music.
John Hammond, Jr., "Big Black Mariah": Did you know that in New Orleans they call a hearse a "big black Mariah"? I didn't until I was reading about this song when I happened upon this nugget. I love this song! Just a great blues song covering Tom Waits. This is off the Wicked Grin album.
John Hammond, Jr., "Murder in the Red Barn": Another one off Wicked Grin. This is a haunting song and one of Hammond's best vocal performances.
Lucinda Williams, "American Dream": This song's lyrics are so powerful and a statement of how the American dream really turns out to be. This is off the album World Without Tears.
Lucinda Williams, "Real Live Bleeding Fingers and Broken Guitar Strings": This song just rocks out! It sort of reminds me of Oasis' song "Fadeaway", which is another terrific song. I could easily hear Sheryl Crow doing this song, though.
Arcade Fire, "The Suburbs": I really could say the whole album, but this song is just a groovy song. Every time I hear this song and album I feel like it gets better. This is truly a unique band.
R.E.M., "I Don't Sleep, I Dream": I have been trying to learn to play this song for a while. I like the quiet-to-loud-to-quiet parts and Bill Berry's drumming. Just a cool song off of Monster.
Hopefully tomorrow is another day of fun listens!
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