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Tuesday, December 24, 2024

MORE? HERE’S A WHOLE CHRISTMAS CONCERT | Richard Thompson (feat. Zara Phillips) Dec 16, 2020

Richard Thompson & Zara Phillips "What We Did On Our Holidays” 


Recorded at Richard's home studio in Montclair, NJ on Dec 16, 2020, he and wife Zara perform a couple Christmas covers as well as songs throughout his career

N.B. This is nearly an hour and a half long in case you get into it and are distracted by plum pudding . . . . . . . . 



Oh you wanted something Christmassy!? | Here’s Chris Wood - While Shepherd’s . . . .

 


from his facebook page . . . . . 

The Book Of Love - The Magnetic Fields



O My Soul

"No one can lift the damn thing.” O My Soul

Elliott Smith - Going Nowhere [New Moon]

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Sound and Artist of the Day | Phoebe Bridgers - Chinese Satelite [Punisher]




we love Phoebe don’t we?



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Monday, December 23, 2024

Nick Drake - Day Is Done | Le Ramasseur De Mégots

day is done

When the day is done 
Down to earth then sinks the sun 
Along with everything that was lost and won 
When the day is done. 
When the night is cold 
Some get by but some get old 
Just to show life’s not made of gold 

When the night is cold. ..

Le Ramasseur De Mégots


Katie Crutchfield | WAXAHATCHEE NPR Tiny Desk performance 5 Songs 16th December 2024

MUSIC OF THE DAY / WEEK/ MONTH / YEAR!?

WAXAHATCHEE

Elle Mannion | December 16, 2024

The last time Waxahatchee performed at the Tiny Desk, things looked — and sounded — a bit different. In 2013, Katie Crutchfield, sporting baby bangs, performed her bare-boned, devastating songs alone with her eyes mostly closed. "I rolled out of the tour band … I sort of didn't really know what I was doing at all. My amp broke in the middle [of the set]," Crutchfield says of her 2013 performance. And while she was already earning her place as one of the most profound lyricists of the 21st century, much has changed since then for the now Grammy-nominated artist. Across Crutchfield's six albums as Waxahatchee, plus country duo Plains, she's strayed from her DIY punk roots and settled into something more akin to Americana. In this Tiny Desk concert, Crutchfield is cool and cozy behind the Desk; she sways with an easy smile as she kicks off the set with her latest single, "Much Ado About Nothing," alongside a five-piece band. She performs one of NPR Music's best songs of 2024, "Right Back To It," as well as Tigers Blood's title track and an album standout, "Crowbar." She and the band end with "Fire," a song that, as the first single from 2020's Saint Cloud, marked the beginning of a beautiful transformation of Waxahatchee's music. "I'm really happy that that exists," Crutchfield says of her 2013 Tiny Desk. "And I'm really happy to be back to show you this new version of the band." SET LIST "Much Ado About Nothing" "Right Back to It" "Crowbar" "Tigers Blood" "Fire" MUSICIANS Katie Crutchfield: vocals, acoustic guitar Eliana Athayde: upright bass, background vocals Cole Berggren: piano, banjo Spencer Tweedy: drums, background vocals Colin Croom: pedal steel, dobro, guitar Clay Frankel: guitar, background vocals TINY DESK TEAM Producer: Elle Mannion Director/Editor: Maia Stern Audio Technical Director: Josh Newell Host/Series Producer: Bobby Carter Videographers: Maia Stern, Joshua Bryant, Kara Frame, Estefania Mitre Audio Engineer: Andie Huether Production Assistant: Ashley Pointer Photographer: Michael Zamora Tiny Desk Copy Editor: Hazel Cills Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed Series Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins