Here are this week’s five songs worth listening to. Tyler Childers–Long Violent History My boy from eastern Kentucky dropped a surprise album on us this week. I have a queue of songs to include in this here column, but Timothy … Continue reading Fab Five Friday–Sep. 18, 2020
Here are this week’s five songs worth listening to. Kathleen Edwards–Birds On A Feeder Kathleen Edwards walked away from music for a while, went through a couple of breakups, including with her guitarist, and started a coffee shop called Quitters. … Continue reading Fab Five Friday–Sep. 4, 2020
Here are this week’s five songs worth listening to. Maceo Parker–Right Place Wrong Time Starting out this week with some funky soul from a new album by an old name. Maceo is a saxophonist known for his work with James … Continue reading Fab Five Friday–Aug. 21, 2020
I’m a day late, but I missed last week too, so I wanted to get this one out there. Here are this week’s five songs worth listening to. Arlo McKinley–Die Midwestern I think this is the second song I’ve featured … Continue reading Fab Five Friday
Here are this week’s five songs worth listening to. I’ve had a few of these banked for several weeks and am falling behind on timeliness. But, I never said these were going to be brand new. Remember: my list, my … Continue reading Fab Five Friday–July 10, 2020
My friend Tommy Kent shared a post on Facebook this evening that is some targeted marketing on Facebook, and extremely tempting at that. It was a face mask featuring some of hip hop’s most famous tape and CD spines. Yeah, the purchase finger got real itchy. So, instead of insta-buying, I went to work in Spotify throwing these classics all into one playlist, including the additional albums on the shirt versions. This will be my work music for the next week or so, in all likelihood, and a workout list for much longer than that. The playlist is 35 hours … Continue reading N-1: The Classic Material
Here are this week’s five songs worth listening to. Ray Wylie Hubbard–Outlaw Blood ft. Ashley McBryde The Forgotten Outlaw has been one of Texas’ not-so best kept secrets. Well, he was “found” by super label Big Machine, who has some … Continue reading Fab Five Friday–May 22, 2020
It was tempting to just post my five favorite tracks from the new Zach Bryan album out today. I resisted that urge. So far. Here are this week’s five songs worth listening to. Ray Wylie Hubbard–Bad Trick ft. Ringo Starr, … Continue reading Fab Five Friday: May 8, 2020
A week or two ago, I posted something on Twitter about how we better be getting some outstanding songwriting done during this pandemic. Well, some Covid-related songs are starting to find their way out into the world, even if we … Continue reading Fab Five Friday–April 24, 2020
Here are this week’s five songs worth listening to. Wade Bowen & Randy Rogers–Rodeo Clown Starting this week off with some tongue-in-cheek country comedy from a couple of buddies pairing up once again. Wade Bowen and Randy Rogers have run … Continue reading Fab Five Friday–April 17, 2020
