Carrie Newcomer : Up in the Attic [ purchase ] We all have parts of our lives that we pack up in boxes and stash away, never to be seen again. In Up in the Attic, Carrie Newcomer's narrator finds one of these boxes, and the memories it contains. The song comes from her album My Father's Only Son. Newcomer plugs in and rocks out in some songs on this album, and those songs sound better than the rock efforts of many of her contemporaries among folk artists of that time. [...]
Kris Delmhorst: Hummingbird [ purchase ] Bette Midler: Skylark [purchase] Carrie Newcomer: I Heard an Owl [ purchase ] I must say I was quite pleased when I heard what this week's theme was to be... because I had made a Birds mix [...]
Carrie Newcomer : The Rooms My Mother Made [ purchase ] As we journey through life, and as we journey through this week's posts, we experience a variety of emotions about mothers. From the unconditional love we experience in early childhood, through the resentful feelings that some experience in their teenage years, and on to a bittersweet appreciation and acceptance that hopefully comes in later life, feelings about motherhood are complicated. In The Rooms My Mother Made, Carrie Newcomer doesn't shy away from any of these feelings and more, But acceptance [...]
After nearly twenty years of creating some of the most acclaimed and enduring modern folk of our time, singer/songwriter Carrie Newcomer says she's "peeled back another musical and emotional layer" on her forthcoming February 23 album Before and After (Rounder), adding that "there is something unguarded and naked about this album." As with her fine 2008 album Geography of Light , Newcomer's penchant for opulent production, impeccable ear for melody and warm, inviting vocal style make Before and After a sterling example of contemporary adult songwriting . You won't find [...]
Not sure why I woke up singing this song. Figured it was a good reason to post. Had nothing else lined up for today. Listen: Carrie Newcomer ∞ When It's Gone It's Gone More: Randomness Use some of your 50 FREE DOWNLOADS from eMusic to get more randomness.
A dedicated reader prompted me to do a post on shoes. I hope this is what he had in mind. Paolo Nutini ~ New Shoes Lori McKenna ~ Ruby's Shoes (live) Danny Hutchens ~ Sensible Shoes Bird ~ Shoes Should All Cost The Same The Cat Empire ~ Two Shoes Rosie Thomas ~ 2 Dollar Shoes Covay, Don & The Jefferson Lemon Blues Band ~ Why Did [...]
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