Green River Ordinance recently released an EP of covers of their favorite songs from before they were born. Appropriately, it is titled “Songs We Like From Before We Were Born.” The EP is available exclusively through GRO’s Bandcamp page.
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“Landfill” by Daughter
Grab your free download of “Landfill” by Elena Tonra (aka. Daughter) from Direct Current. The track is from her EP, His Young Heart.
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“Landfill” by Daughter
Image and mp3 courtesy of Direct Current.
“Wire” by Alessi’s Ark
In April Alessi’s Ark will release the follow up to Notes From The Treehouse through Bella Union with her new record, Time Travel.
The first release from the new album is the song “Wire”.
Image courtesy of Alessi’s Ark’s Artist page on Bella Union.
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“Wire” by Alessi’s Ark
mp3 courtesy of Bella Union Soundcloud.
“My Little Girl in Tennessee” by Chris Thile and Michael Daves
Mandolinist Chris Thile and guitarist Michael Daves will release an album of sixteen cover songs by bluegrass icons. It is called Sleep with One Eye Open and it will be available on Nonesuch Records on May 10th.
You may pre-order it from the Punch Brothers’ websites. First, listen to the single “My Little Girl in Tennessee” and download it below for free.
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“My Little Girl in Tennessee” by Chris Thile and Michael Daves
Image courtesy of the BLUEGRASS BLOG.
“Southerner” by Trent Dabbs
Trent Dabbs taps into his roots with his new conceptual album, Southerner. Dabbs has released six solo albums and has co-written several other songs with a number of artists. Among his songwriting credits is “Add It Up” from The Ladder by Andrew Belle. In addition, Dabbs founded the Ten Out of Tenn Tour in 2005. Lastly, Dabbs’ music has been featured on several seasons of the hit WB drama, One Tree Hill.
Image courtesy of American * songwriter: the craft of music.
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“Southerner” by Trent Dabbs
mp3 courtesy of NoiseTrade.
“Codeine” by Jason Isbell
Jason Isbell has written us a story. It goes like this. “There’s one thing I can’t stand. This bar and this cover band—trying to fake their way through ‘Castles Made of Sand’. There’s one thing I can’t take. The sound that a woman makes about five seconds after her heart begins to break. She should be home by now but she ain’t (pause) because one of my friends has taken her in and given her codeine. One of my friends has taken her in and given her codeine. One of my friends has taken her in and given her codeine.” So on and so forth.
Image courtesy of the villiage VOICE Blogs.
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“Codeine” by Jason Isbell
mp3 courtesy of The Current Song of the Day – Minnesota Public Radio Podcast. Subscribe to it on iTunes.
“Seed in the Ground” by Jason Spooner
Sarathan Records launched Sarathan Online Services (SOS) a few months ago. As a thank you to its listeners, the SOS division gave away three mp3 downloads today, including this tune by Jason Spooner. Subscribe to the mailing list and get yours here.
Jason Spooner is a singer-songwriter from Portland, ME. His latest album is titled Sea Monster. Click here for more on Jason Spooner. You may also stream more songs from him SongCircleMusic profile.
Image courtesy of SongCircle.
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“Seed in the Ground” by Jason Spooner
“Old Rusty Tavern” and other tracks by Robby Overfield
I’m a sucker for acoustic ballads. I love the poetry of their words and the story within their poetry. Embellished or straight-forward, they are usually those based-on-a-real-experience narratives.
Robby Overfield has a tell-tale approach accompanied by a voice full of reminiscent emotion. He reminds me of the soulful folk-lyricist Amos Lee.
“Old Rusty Tavern” recounts a typical night at a usual venue. The night, however, becomes memorable because of an unusual visitor. She’s not someone whom the regulars and the locals are used to seeing in their dive. But the “smoky old room” with the “dusty dim lights” whiffs of the “ghosts who shared the very same seats before”. Chances are, she’s not really there.
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“Old Rusty Tavern” by Robby Overfield
Robby and I share a hometown in Michigan. He found his way to Durango, Colorado as he went looking for breathtaking mountain views and amazing desert canyons. The song “Lucky” illustrates the pleasure he gets from climbing the mountains and exploring the deserts. He describes it as finding all the “secrets of this untouched land”.
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“Lucky” by Robby Overfield
To stream several more songs by Robby please click the audio player below.
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“This House” by Robby Overfield
“If I Don’t Make It Out The Trees” by Robby Overfield
“Hard to Find (Live)” by Robby Overfield
“She Ain’t Foolin’ Me (Live)” by Robby Overfield
Image and mp3s courtesy of Robby Overfield.
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“Dark Road” by Daniel Martin Moore
mySpoonful has offered up a track by folk-gospel artist Daniel Martin Moore. His Sub Pop debut of 2008 now has a follow-up entitled In the Cool of the Day. “The Dark Road will lead you to trouble, while the light road will lead you to rest.”
Image and mp3 courtesy of mySpoonful: a taste of new music
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“Dark Road” by Daniel Martin Moore
“Invisible” by Clare and the Reasons
New Amsterdam Records will release Letters to Distant Cities in stores on Tuesday, March 29. The project is a collaboration of Shara Worden (My Brightest Diamond) and Clare Muldaur Manchon (of Clare and the Reasons).
It is a spoken-word album bookended by two original songs: My Brightest Diamond’s “The Sea” and Clare and the Reasons’ “Invisible.”
Invisible from Letters to Distant Cities from New Amsterdam Records on Vimeo.
