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Sunday, February 7, 2010

Purple Travels 2/7/10

1. Fursaxa - Purple Fantasy
2. Pete Seeger & Arlo Guthrie - Hills of Glenshee
3. Jess Morris - Goodbye Ol' Paint
4. Paul Simon - Duncan
5. Lucky Dragons - Mirror Friends
6. Sharron Kraus - The Peacock's Wing
7. John Hammond - Little Birdie
8. Viking Moses - Sole Command of the Day
9. Rio en Medio - Frontier
10. Brethren of the Free Spirit - All Things are from Him, through Him and in Him
11. Tommy Settlers & His Blues Moaner - Big Bed Bug (Bed Bug Blue)
12. Devendra Banhart - Soon is Good
13. Samamidon - Falsehearted Chicken
14. Roger Green - Both Sides Now
15. MV & EE with the Golden Road - Easy Livin'
16. Bibio - The Ephemeral Bluebell
17. Philippos Pyros - Mandra (Shepherd's Tune)
18. Judy Collins - Albatross
19. Pete Seeger - Where Have All the Flowers Gone
20. Nelstone's Hawaiians - Fatal Flower Garden
21. Sibylle Bair - Colour Green
22. Simon Finn - Big White Car
23. Cannon's Jug Stompers - Feather Bed
24. Feathers - Past the Moon
25. Meg Baird - Dear Companion
26. Angels of Light - Purple Creek

Saturday, February 6, 2010

And you thought all that gurgling in Sung Tongs was somethin' else...

Friday, February 5, 2010

Nice New Song, Newsom

I can hear your cooing from the grave, Marika, especially since you (as well as I, and many, many of us) are rejoicing with the news of Joanna Newsom's triple LP Have One On Me coming out on February 23rd. For any of you who do any internet shopping, or are obsessed with this woman as much as I am, you can pre-order the album on Drag City.

Drag City also has two new tracks up for listening: One is the soulful "Good Intentions Paving Company," a rollicking piano number, which I find to be a pleasant new sound and direction coming from Newsom. What I like about this track is that it doesn't feel over-produced, there's still a rawness to it, but within it Newsom seems to promise us that she wants to expand her sound even more, painting a fresh coat of twangy, Americana to her ever-expansive canvas. I think I hear some echos of Joni Mitchell here. But go listen for yourself.
A song called “'81”was up the other week, adding to her collection of beautiful pastorals, fitting right in as a more polished Milk-Eyed Mender-era song.

I have a feeling that we'll see Newsom shooting in lots of different directions here, and it already seems like it will be a wonderful thing for her. From these two tracks alone, she stays true to her past while forging ahead with new experiments. Not to mention that both songs, especially “Good Intentions Paving Company,” showcase new facets of Newsom’s singular voice.

It's been 4 years, and I am so ready Joanna. Did I mention triple LP!!!