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2012 Year in Review (Part 2): Top 12 Songs of the Year
Ahhh, the well crafted song. There’s nothing better than when musical notes and poetry come together to create a beautiful union. A good back-beat, well planned musical flourishes, instrumental solo’s, background vocals, a prefectly timed hand-clap breakdown; these are the things I look for in a great song. That and listenability, playability, and the overall feeling of the song. Regardless of how you listen, we all know a good song when we hear it. So here are my favorites of 2012. Enjoy.
Top 12 of 2012:
12. Ben Gibbard – Teardrop Windows
11. Ben Folds Five – Do It Anyway
10. Heartless Bastards – Parted Ways
9. Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – Man On Fire
8. Justin Townes Earle – Look the other way
7. Dr. Dog – That Old Black Hole
6. The Lumineers – Ho Hey
5. Lee Fields – Faithful Man
4. Jack White – Love Interruption
3. Dr. John – Getaway
2. Michael Kiwanuka – I’ll Get Along
1. Alabama Shakes – Hang Loose
Honorable Mention:
Gary Clark Jr. – Bright Lights
Neil Young – Oh Susannah
Alabama Shakes – Rise to the Sun
Dr. Dog – Lonesome
Michael Kiwanuka – Home Again
This Must Be The Place: Shady Groove Podcast #73
These are the tracks that were played on this weeks podcast:
The Black Keys – Dearest ++ Alabama Shakes – Be Mine ++ David Wax Museum – Will You Be Sleeping ++ The Wood Brothers – Ain’t No More Cane ++ Ween – Your Party ++ Modest Mouse – Missed The Boat ++ Dr. John – You Lie ++ Gregg Allman – Just Another Rider ++ Talking Heads – This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) ++ Pavement – AT&T ++ Bob Dylan – Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues ++ Doug Sahm – Blues Stay Away From Me ++ Aretha Franklin – The Weight ++ The Gourds – Bottle And A Dime.
Looking for Trouble with the Shady Groove: Podcast 71
The Shady Groove would like to thank you for listening to todays podcast. We here at the Groove had a mighty fine time spinning some tunes for y’all so please, enjoy. And listen loud.
These are the audio tracks that made the cut for this weeks podcast:
Patrick Sweany – Them Shoes ++ Alabama Shakes – Heartbreaker ++ The Wood Brothers – Get Out My Life Woman (live) ++ John Hammond – Shake For Me ++ Jack White – Hip (Eponymous) Poor Boy ++ The Black Keys – Little Black Submarines ++ The Hollies – Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress) ++ Bruce Springsteen – Factory ++ The Ziggens – My Paycheck Bounced ++ Sublime – Doin’ Time (Uptown Dub) ++ Grateful Dead – Friend of The Devil ++ Billy Bragg & Wilco – Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key ++ Old Crow Medicine Show – Wagon Wheel ++ Carolina Chocolate Drops – Trouble In Mind ++ The Gourds – I’m Troubled (live).
Goin’ To A Party At The Shady Groove: Podcast #70
These are the fine audio tracks that were included in this weeks podcast:
Joe Pug – Speak Plainly, Diana ++ Chris Kasper – Ain’t No Saint ++ Lucinda Williams – Can’t Let Go ++ Justin Townes Earle – Move Over Mama ++ Alabama Shakes – Goin’ To A Party ++ Booker T. Jones – Progress (feat. Jim James) ++ John Hiatt – Memphis In The Meantime ++ Stevie Wonder – Boogie On Reggae Woman ++ Bob Marley – Mellow Mood ++ Grateful Dead – Shakedown Street ++ Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Pump It Up ++ Wilco – A Shot In The Arm ++ The Beach Boys – God Only Knows ++ G. Love & Special Sauce – This Ain’t Living ++ Doug Sahm – Juan Mendoza ++ The Gourds – Piss & Moan Blues.
What’s In A Track Number? Shady Groove Podcast #69
Howdy, all you Shady Groovers out there. Though I’d try something new on this weeks podcast. Here we explore the art of track selection on albums. Each song on this podcast is selected in succession in terms of track number on its own given album. For example, track #1, Floating Bridge by Gregg Allman, is the 1st track on Low Country Blues, California Stars is track #2 on Billy Bragg and Wilco’s Mermaid Avenue, and so on and so forth. My hope was that it would “flow”, like listening to an album the whole way through. Let me know what you think.
Podcast 69 included these finely tuned and well-placed musical tracks:
Gregg Allman – Floating Bridge ++ Billy Bragg and Wilco – California Stars ++ Leon Russell – Make You Feel Good ++ Alabama Shakes – Rise To The Sun ++ Brother Josephus – O Moses ++ Michael Kiwanuka – Bones ++ Elvis Costello – (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes ++ Boz Scaggs – Loan Me A Dime ++ The Black Keys – So He Won’t Break ++ Bob Dylan & The Band – Apple Suckling Tree ++ Cake – I Bombed Korea ++ Mark Mothersbaugh – Piranas Are A Very Tricky Species ++ The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Bold As Love ++ The Gourds – Pushed Her Down
Download Shady Groove Podcast #69