This episode was released 17 October 2008
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1. Window by Ronny Morris
A very nice song about reflections on life and how they sometimes aren’t all that pleasant. In spite of the less than uplifting theme of the song, the music is fantastic, well arranged and well played.
Ronny Morris lists his home town as Copenhagen, Los Angeles, Stockholm and Denmark. His career has him world hopping as well. He has worked on an album with Ron Wood from the Rolling Stones, some of his music has been used in the TV shows “The Ghost Whisperer” and “One Tree Hill”. He has been working on a new album, which will be released as soon as they can work out something with a distributor.
URL:
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www.garageband.com/artist/ronnymorris
2. Mutated Monkey Boy by Andy Buscemi
This is a wacky little ditty about a boy who was born a mutated monkey. The web page that was given by the Podsafe Music Network seems to be inoperative, so I haven’t been able to find out about the artist, but is very good music and the wacky lyrics make the whole thing fun to listen to.
URL:
http://www.andybuscemi.com/
3. Doctor Motxo by Goo Goo Cluster
Doctor Motxo (pronounced Mojo) is being sought to help a young man out with his bad luck in finding someone to love.
The band is great, mixing reggae, rhythm ‘n blues and funk. The sound a little like the Black Crows with a horn section, but their music is very original and fun to listen to.
From their album
Goo Goo Cluster
UFL:
http://googoocluster.free.fr/english.html
4. Never Get Out by Brad Sucks
This is a bit of a trippy song. It reminds me of train rides I took when I was a kid. the drummer sets the beat in kind of a hypnotic beat, with the bass player helping out. They have some great synthesizer adding that spacy groove and the vocals pull it together into a great trip.
If the program you are listening to this on has a visualization function, fire up the best one you have and enjoy the ride!
From their album
I Don’t Know What I’m Doing.
URL:
http://www.bradsucks.net/
5. Marsoul Il Hob by Hasna
Hasna is a fine Moroccan singer who appeared suddenly on the middle-eastern music scene and in no time made it to the top with a number of superb songs. Marsoul El Hob is her latest song composed by the Moroccan musician Abdel Wahab el-Doukali.
From their album
Ana Kul Leik
URL:
http://www.orientaltunes.com/listening_page11b.html
7. Breathe by Plunkett
I love this song! It is has an accoustic, sort of a british folk-rock feel with very nice harmonicacoming and going throughtout the song. The musical arrangements are very good and the good vocals are the topping on the cake.
From their album
14 Days
URL:
http://www.magnatune.com/artists/albums/plunkett-days/
8. Mari-Mac by Great Big Sea
This song features some incredibly fast singing! It’s about a man and his love, Mari-Mac who is being pressured to marry by their mothers, and how they really don’t mind the idea.
When asked about their origins, they said ‘”Great Big Sea is a bastard. Forged from the loins of Figgy Duff and Ryan’s Fancy, GBS found its feet on the unforgiving streets of St. John’s, and stood their ground when others faltered. When asked about their unlikely success, founding member Bob Hallett is typically candid: “We weren’t the best musicians in town,” he says, “we just wanted it more. We were driven by a bloody-minded need to succeed and we were rewarded for our bleeding.”’
From their album
Up
URL:
http://www.greatbigsea.com/
9. Rich Man, Poor Man by Mr. Completely
This is another of my favorite songs. It sounds very much like if Lynard Skynyrd traveled back in time to the 1960’s San Francisco and jammed with Jorma Kaukonen of the Jefferson Airplane. I love the waa-waa the lead guitar contributes, and the singer does an excellent job adding the vocals to the musical mix..
From their album
Twice on Sundays
URL:
http://www.mrcompletely.ca/