January 2011
The Lighthouse's Tale
Nickel Creek
“The Lighthouse’s Tale” by Nickel Creek
Cortez the Killer
Neil Young
Neil Young - Cortez the Killer
Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor
Mississippi John Hurt
Mississippi John Hurt: Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor
Leaning On The Everlasting Arms
Iris Dement
Iris DeMent - Leaning On The Everlasting Arms
Listen
The Camp Creek Boys—“Lonesome Road Blues”
Another from Camp Creek Boys: Old-Time String Band. Kyle Creed plays banjo on this one and Fred Cockerham takes up the fiddle.
Justin Townes Earle - Harlem River Blues
Justin Townes Earle - Harlem River Blues
Delicate
Damien Rice
Delicate - Damien Rice
Claremont
Western Massachusetts Sacred Harp Convention
“Claremont.”
Words: Alexander Pope, 1712.
Music: Merril & Temple, 1799.
“We are all a little weird and life’s a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love.”
—Dr. Seuss (via carouselinparis)
Single Girl, Married Girl
Levon Helm
Levon Helm—Single Girl, Married Girl
Jesus the Mexican Boy
Iron and Wine
Iron & Wine - Jesus the Mexican Boy
Listen
Bobby Womack—“Fire and Rain”
Kills me every time. Damn. From Communication (1971).
American Boy (Feat. Kanye West)
Estelle
“American Boy” - Estelle
