Showing posts with label Folk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Folk. Show all posts
Thursday, April 25, 2019

Tisch Bumbass

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"Yes, you read right! This is the world-famous "Tisch-Bumbass". a real cool one man jazz band that requires absolutely no...
Wednesday, November 25, 2015

"Killing Me Softly With His Song" Lori Lieberman (1972)

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This song may be best known as Roberta Flack's signature song , but this was the original version of it, released a year before ...
Monday, November 16, 2015

"Like A Rolling Stone" The Living Voices (1966)

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The greatest version of this song. Ever.
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Monday, September 28, 2015

"Up With People" Up With People (1965)

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When I was a kid, I hated this record. Like smash this record to atoms, melt it into an unrecognizable blob, jump on it, toss it in...
Thursday, September 03, 2015

Before They Were Stars: Carly Simon

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You know Carly Simon as a legendary singer/songwriter of the '70s. But not many people outside of her most devoted fans know her record...
Tuesday, March 17, 2015

"Sure The Boy Was Green" Horslips (1977)

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Happy St. Patrick's Day!, Today, I thought I'd dig up something from an Irish rock band just about most rock fans in the US ...
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Tuesday, December 02, 2014

John Denver's Rocky Mountain Christmas TV Special (1975)

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Complete with original 1975 TV commercials! Yes kids, TV really did look like this in 1975. And who knew John Denver invented the Bi...
Friday, September 19, 2014

Bernie Sanders' Lost Folk Album

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You know Bernie Sanders as America's Senator, the lovable underdog determined to take on the Koch brothers, corporate greed mongers ...
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Thursday, September 04, 2014

"Emily's Illness" Nora Guthrie (Mercury, 1967)

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Listen It's needless to say a song with "illness" in the title probably doesn't get much pop radio airplay. And &qu...
Saturday, August 23, 2014

Before They Were Stars: Laura Branigan

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If there was one name that summed up Adult Contemporary music in the 1980s, it would be Laura Branigan. Her songs were staples on AC rad...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014

"I Was Only 19" The Herd feat. Redgum (2005)

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In 1983, there was a major hit record in Australia nobody in America has ever heard at that time. But one they should have. Sadly, it di...
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Saturday, February 01, 2014

"Tiptoe Through The Tulips" New Christy Minstrels (1962)

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This um, strange version of this song was recorded six years before  Tiny Tim made  this version famous. With vocals by Barry " E...
Sunday, November 03, 2013

"After The Gold Rush" Prelude (1974)

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Somehow, I've always liked this version better than Neil Young's original.