Tagged: sleepingsickness

Today I have listened to this song about 38 times. That might be a slight exaggeration, but I have listened to it a hell of a lot. Thank you to the favourite who introduced me to City and Colour. Frankly it's a sham that I wasn't aware before. City and Colour - Sleeping Sickness ( YSI ) City and Colour's new album, ' Little Hell ' drops in June 2011, pencil that in your diaries. x

Seventeen years since Gen X'ers in gestation and Airwalk-rocking pre-teens mourned the loss of Kurt C. - the de facto choice for last American rock star and chief inspiration for Collective Soul. Nirvana occupy a bizarre space in the collective American psyche. They're still idolized by those who have never heard "Where is My Mind," and music snobs tend to treat them with an elitist disdain usually reserved for Jim Morrison. And like the Mr. Mojo Magazine cover boy, I'd argue that any argument against their excellence can be deaded by the way they sing the blues. Disclaimer: [...]

• Leadbelly - Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
• Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night

Another tune tonight, coming from Canadian Dallas Green 's solo acoustic-folk side-project City and Colour . On the song in question, Sleeping Sickness, the legendary Gord Downie lends his incredible vocals to the track. Up until Gord begins singing I really enjoyed the song. However, when his voice cut in I was stopped dead in my tracks. His voice completely haunts the song and turns it into an incredible piece. Sleeping Sickness appears on the second album from City and Colour Bring Me Your Love , which was released in February of 2008. [...]

Another tune tonight, coming from Canadian Dallas Green 's solo acoustic-folk side-project City and Colour . On the song in question, Sleeping Sickness, the legendary Gord Downie lends his incredible vocals to the track. Up until Gord begins singing I really enjoyed the song. However, when his voice cut in I was stopped dead in my tracks. His voice completely haunts the song and turns it into an incredible piece. Sleeping Sickness appears on the second album from City and Colour Bring Me Your Love , which was released in February of 2008. [...]