Don’t know exactly why I didn’t post this in the first place…let’s see if the links work!

The kids are on spring break; we’re spending lots of time at the library and the book stores, hanging out, avoiding the cold rain of…hmm…April. A couple of big projects need to be finished soon, too, so there’s not a lot of time to write epic blog posts.

So we’re mellowing out in a folkie kind of way.

Harry Chapin – Corey’s Coming

Bob Dylan – Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright

Blue Mountain – Emily Smiles

A.C. Newman – The Cloud Prayer

Beau Brummels – Cherokee Girl

Jesse Winchester – Twigs and Seeds

John And Buffy Stewart – July, You’re A Woman

Too tired to think…so I’ll just listen.

Grateful Dead – Scarlet Begonias

Ersel Hickey – Goin’ Down That Road

Little Walter – Blues With Feeling

The Buckinghams – Mercy, Mercy, Mercy

Ruthie Foster – Joy On The Other Side

Blind Faith – In The Presence of The Lord

Albert Hammond – A Job Is A Home To A Homeless Man

The Younghearts – A Little Togetherness

A.C. Newman – Secretarial

A.C. Newman, the solo moniker for Carl Newman, was a member of Superconductor and Zumpano in the 1990’s and, in 2000, became the leader of the New Pornographers.

His second album, Get Guilty, was released about 2 weeks ago and is getting all kinds of hype on eMusic.

His wiki says he’s compared with Ray Davies and Harry Nilsson. I don’t quite hear the Nilsson connection on this record, but there’s a certain working class UK quirkiness about it (even though he’s from Canada).

I quite like these cuts, which I gave listen to this afternoon. They remind me of some of the stuff I played in the clubs back in the 1980’s.

There Are Maybe Ten Or Twelve
Like A Hitman, Like A Dancer
All Of My Days And All Of My Days Off