George Jones (click on link to George’s biography in the Country Music Hall of Fame) Anyone who has read my blog for awhile knows that George Jones is my favorite country singer. There is something about not only the range of his voice but the genuine passion with which he sings that has nobody else…
Tag: #Mixed Music Bag
#MMB week 16 — John Hiatt, “Icy Blue Heart”
John Hiatt John Robert Hiatt (b. 8/20/52) is an American singer-songwriter. His parents were Robert and Ruth Hiatt. He is the sixth of seven children in a Roman Catholic family from Indianapolis, Indiana. When he was 9 years old, Hiatt’s 21-year-old brother Michael died by suicide. Two years later, his father died after a long…
MMB 14 (and Music that strikes a chord repost)– JP Hoe’s, “Safe and Sound”
JP Hoe JP Hoe is a Manitoba, Canada musician that has a voice that sings melodies that I would follow to the ends of the earth. How he is not better known is a true mystery to me. Discography:The Dear John Letters (2008)Mannequin (2012)Hideaway (Deluxe) (2015)Brighten Up The Night (2020)Botanicals (2022) He also did a…
MMB 2024 Week 9 — Iris Dement
Click on the above link to take you to an NPR interview with Iris. Iris DeMent is an American singer-songwriter and musician. DeMent’s musical style includes elements of folk, country and gospel. DeMent was inspired to write her first song, “Our Town,” at age 25 by a drive through a boarded-up Midwest town. The song…
MMB 2024 Week 8 Elvis Costello, “King of America” (repost from 2/23)
First posted in February of 2023. Elvis Costello, King of America album cover Stripping away much of the excess that cluttered Punch the Clock and Goodbye Cruel World, Elvis Costello returned to his folk-rock and pub rock roots with King of America, creating one of his most affecting and personal records. Costello literally took on…
#MMB 2024 Week 7 (repost of Music That Strikes a Chord: Cat Stevens, “Longer Boats”)
(First posted 11/28/20) Surfing the electronic database at the library last week, Cat Stevens popped into my head. I used to have more than just his “Foreigner” album; I had “Matthew & Son” and “Tea for the Tillerman.” “Tea for…” was borrowed; on the way out to my mom’s this past week, I listened to…
#MMB 2024 Week 6 — Cake 2fer
Cake For February’s C-D prompt, my choice is to write about a band I’ve written about several times and apparently can’t seem to get enough of: Cake. When my younger son went away to college, he rode with his high school buddy. The buddy loved Cake so my son was force-fed cake for 3 years…
Tao Talk 