New Jason Isbell

New song from Jason Isbell titled 'Only Children'. He just keeps writing great tunes!! I've only listened to it four or five times tonight. From his new album to be released next week. One that I'm feeling extreme excitement about. Feels like old times, this anticipation for a new record. And there's nothing quite like the experience of listening to a new album for the first time.

OPB Playlist

Stay at home order in effect and being followed. Time for another OPB Playlist ….

• Marika Hackman - Blow
• Phoebe Bridgers - Motion Sickness
• Sam Phillips - Don't Do Anything ….. Love when an musician/band pops up on OPB's playlist who I can claim to be a longtime fan of.
• Rilo Kiley - Portions For Foxes ..... It's looking a little like it's a female artist spotlight type of night. Not that there's anything wrong with that. 
• Eyelids - The Minutes
• Andrew Bird - Fallorun
• Patti Smith - Dancing Barefoot ….. I should know this and am embarrassed to even ask here, even as I know no one will likely read this page but is this a cover version? Seems like I know this song by another musician. 
• Sandy) Alex G - Hope
• The Antlers - Hotel
• Dirty Projectors - Overlord
• Jose Gonzalez - This Is How We Walk on the Moon

A quick search and the discovery that 'Dancing Barefoot' is an early U2 song. No wonder it sounded so familiar. A B-side that appeared years later as a bonus track and one of the reasons that I loved the concept of bonus tracks on compact discs. But why didn't I just recognize it without the research? 

• Jonathan Something - Unfortunately Blue
• Lomelda - Interstate Vision
• Sharon Van Etten - One Day
• Alela Diane - Moves Us Blind ..... Nothing quite like being up at 2:00am, sipping orange juice,  listening to internet radio and discovering new sounds. I never know when to stop, always telling myself: "Just one more."
• Black Belt Eagle Scout - My Heart Dreams *****
• Y La Bamba - November ***** ..... Was thinking: Who does this tune remind me of? Oh Yeah, The Sundays!!
• Houndstooth - No News From Home

Saturday Evening Radio Playlist

Saturday evening. Too wet and chilly to be running about outside. So a little Oregon Public Broadcasting music stream is in order. Always with some new and different sounds mixed with a few classics for these aging ears.

• Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside - God's Away On Business
• The Devil Makes Three - All Hail
• Daniel Norgren - Dandelion Time
• STRFKR - Open Your Eyes
• Dan Dan - Circuit
• David Bowie - The Stars (Are Out Tonight) *****
• Andy Shauf - Things I Do
• Jeff Tweedy - Family Ghost
• The Prids - Summer Cult *****
• Alvvays - In Undertow
• Lala Lala and WHY? - Siren 042
• Saintseneca - The Awefull Yawn
• Toro Y Moi - Girl Like You
• Tommy Alexander - Time and Time Again
• She-Devils - Hey Boy

I keep saying to myself: "Time to end this and move on to whatever's next in my evening …. But maybe just one more song." Because the alternative tonight was watching my list of Twitter followers go up and down.

• Bon Iver - Naeem
• Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Heavy Metal
• Dana Buoy - Bloom
• Corridor - Junior *****
• La Luz - Cicada

New Music Discovery

Let it never be said that I am stuck exclusively on the music from my youth. Or that I refuse to give a chance to modern possibilities. I noticed this album listed on several Best Music of 2014 lists. It stood out as the common denominator between a group of serious music fans. Titled "Lost In The Dream" by The War On Drugs.

All Music Guide

After listening start to finish, it's likely my choice for album of the year.

Denying The Vanishing Physical Music Magazine Blues

There are not many physical publications still standing in the music magazine world but thankfully Relix is still there. Originally dealing mostly with all things related to the Grateful Dead, it's branched out into the Jambands scene then into the Bluegrass, Newgrass, Americana, Singer/Songwriter and other genres. Full of interesting columns, feature articles and reviews. There's also a free disc of new music included with each issue, primarily of up and coming musicians and groups, but also a few established names. Well worth searching out in the magazine racks of book stores.

It's published bi-monthly with a few exceptions through the year where it comes out monthly. It's also available in a online digital format.

The sampler disc has led to my personal discovery of several new acts in the past eight years ..... Greensky Bluegrass, Cary Brothers, Delta Moon, Colin Lake & Wellbottom, P.J. Pacifico, Great Lake Swimmers and others.