21 Monday Aug 2017
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Monday, polarized-lensed eyeglass wearers take advantage of the extra darkness to sneak in some additional dancing.
Thanks to YouTuber MusicMike’s “Flashback Favorites”
14 Monday Aug 2017
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performance, song, music, songwriting, Michael Jackson, Beat It
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Monday morning, trouble brewing.
Live from Toronto, 1984, with all the Jackson brothers joining Michael.
Thanks to YouTuber Dorian Diaconu
10 Thursday Aug 2017
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Burton Cummings, Diane Linkletter, Guess Who, jazz, music, performance, Randy Bachman, rock, She's Come Undone, song, songwriting, Undun
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Burton Cummings of the Guess Who does a great vocal on his bandmate Randy Bachman’s quirky and evocative song. Some may recall the story of Diane Linkletter…
04 Friday Aug 2017
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music, performance, song, songwriting, The Beatles, This Boy
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One of the early Beatles ballads from A Hard Day’s Night with John singing lead.
Thanks to YouTuber gardner9
31 Monday Jul 2017
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Bright as You Can, folk, Mike and Ruthy, Mike Meranda, music, performance, Ruthy Ungar, song, songwriting, Summer Hoot
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Monday morning, it’s Mike and Ruthy again with another great song performed at the Ashokan Summer Hoot.
27 Thursday Jul 2017
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CLearwater, folk, Mike and Ruthy, Mike Meranda, music, performance, rock, Rock On Little Jane, Ruthy Ungar, song, songwriting, The Mammals
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Mike Meranda and Ruthy Ungar are two incredible Hudson Valley musicians who I had the pleasure of meeting this week. Here they are singing at the Clearwater Festival 2015. The song was written for their little daughter Opal, but as Mike says, it was hard to rhyme with Opal, so they used Jane. The song is my new morning waker-upper.
Thanks to YouTuber Jim Motavalli
24 Monday Jul 2017
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21 Friday Jul 2017
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jazz, June Christy, music, performance, Something Cool, song
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According to Ever-Reliable Wikipedia, after her death, June Christy was called “one of the finest and most neglected singers of her time.” I only stumbled across her songs this week, and I’m really surprised I hadn’t known of her before that.
To me, she is reminiscent of Rosemary Clooney, Keely Smith, and also Anita O’Day, who she replaced as singer for the Stan Kenton Orchestra. The melancholy bar song, “Something Cool” was one of her biggest hits.
Thanks to YouTuber MexicoCityFood
17 Monday Jul 2017
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How High the Moon, jazz, June Christy, Mel Torme, music, Nat King Cole, performance, song, songwriting
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Monday morning swings with moon-messaged melody
June Christy, Nat King Cole, and Mel Torme
Thanks to YouTuber PUNISHER6002
13 Thursday Jul 2017
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antiwar, Country Joe and the Fish, Fixin' To Die Rag, Joe McDonald, music, performance, protest music, song, songwriting, Vietnam War, war
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As we continue making war in Afganistan and Iraq, and head towards more war in Syria, let’s remember Country Joe and the Fish, back in the day when there was actually an anti-war movement.
