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Song - Artist - Album
Mama You Been On My Mind - Jeff Buckley - Grace Legacy Edition 2004
Scandinavia To San Diego 11-02-10
Ludo Mlado - Dessy Dobreva - Tya E! - Dessy is from Bulgaria; visit www.dessy.us for more information on this sweet sounding artist.
Ticket To Heaven - Lisa Nilsson - Heart Warming Collection - Lisa Nilsson's style ranges from out and out pop music to soul-inflected ballads. She is originally from outside Stockholm.
Farewell Tae The Haven - Davy Steele - People and Songs of the Sea - A fine compilation CD celebrating the rich cultural heritage of Scottish fishing. This song tells of life in the late 1700s.
Whitechapel - The Vaselines - Sex With an X - New CD, part of my November reviews.
It's Alright - Sarah Bettens - Shine - Another former lead singer with a successful solo career. Sarah fronted the 90s rock band "K's Choice".
Latchkey Lover - Jez Lowe & The Bad Pennies - Britfolk - Jez is formost a songwriter, his songs have been made popular by Fairport Convention and The Dubliners, among others.
Mary From Dungloe - Emmet Spiceland - The First - This song was #1 on the Irish charts in 1968.
Water and Wood - Natasha Borzilova - Balancing Act - Great song from another CD that is part of my November reviews.
Rising of the Moon - Steve Reel - Celtic Knights - Two words, guitar mastery.
Green Sunday - Green Fever - Let It Grow - Subtitled "Hound Dog Sniffin' Blues"; tells a true story of a bust in a Nimbin cafe.
Sube Azul - Sofia Rei Koutsovitis - Sube Azul - Title translates to "Blue Rises", CD reviewed in my October listings.
The Plan - Lylit - Unexpected - New soul voice from Austria, not without R&B, hip hop, and jazz influences. www.lylit.com is her website.
Rock Island Line - The Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group - Troubadours of British Folk - Lonnie called it skiffle, Leadbelly -type rural tunes played on banjo.
What Have You Done - Within Temptation - What Have You Done - Symphonic rock from The Netherlands.
Girl of Your Dreams - LaFlora Venenosa - No Attachments Just A Dream - La Flora Venenosa, Spanish for poison flower, is the alias of Costa Rican singer Jazmin Trinidad Siguenza. Here is a music video of this song, enjoy the encore.
Mariposas - Shakira - Sale El Sol - I don't usually play really mainstream artists, but this wonderful cut buried in the middle of her new CD is an exception.
der kristall - Marc Brenken-Christian Kappe Quartet - Eight Short Stories - Reviewed as part of my November CD blog.
Dying Day - Gin Wigmore - Holy Smoke - Again, one of my current favorite singers hailing from Australia.
Sonny's Dream - The Clydesiders - Crossing The Borders - Ron Hynes' song done by one of my favorite Scottish groups.
Two songs in my little slice of Americana this week, the first I hadn't heard in years, so perhaps you hadn't either. The second, a dynamite song I find it hard to believe I didn't know about for so long.
Kay - John Wesley Ryles - Once In A Lifetime
King of Saturday Night - Charlie Taylor - Once Upon A Time