SONG OF THE DAY “If You Asked Me” by Meaghan Smith (The Cricket’s Orchestra, Sire Records, 2009). LINKS iLike.com – Listen to the full song: Here ya go! Meaghan Smith’s official website All Things Considered article, March 14th, 2010 INTERESTING FACTS (a la wikipedia) – Meaghan Smith is a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist. – Smith grew up …
SONG OF THE DAY “Good As Gold” by Melissa McClelland (Stranded In Suburbia, Orange Records Label, 2004). Written by Melissa McClelland. INTERESTING FACTS (a la wikipedia) – Stranded in Suburbia is the title of Melissa McClelland’s second album. – Melissa McClelland (born c. 1979) is an American-born Canadian singer-songwriter who lived in Burlington, Ontario in her youth and now bases …
SONG OF THE DAY “On Saturday Afternoons in 1963” by Rickie Lee Jones (Rickie Lee Jones, Warner Brothers Records, 1979). Written by Rickie Lee Jones. LYRICS The most as you’ll ever go Is back where you used to know If grown-ups could laugh this slow Where as you watch the hour snow Years may go …
SONG OF THE DAY “Silver Springs” by Fleetwood Mac (The Dance, Warner Bros./ Reprise Records, 1997). Written by Stevie Nicks. MY TAKE This song seems to seriously want me to blog about it this week! First, I’m singing along to it as I’m creating a birthday playlist for my Aunt Di (find the playlist below! …
SONG OF THE DAY “I’ll Be Here When You Wake” by The Reindeer Section (Son Of Evil Reindeer, Bright Star Recordings, 2002). Written by Iain Archer, Paul Fox, Bob Kildea, Gary Lightbody, Colin Macpherson, Jonny Quinn, Jenny Reeve, and Gareth Russell. MY TAKE This band is the most profound example of musical catch-22: these brilliant …
SONG OF THE DAY “Rain” by Patty Griffin (1000 Kisses, ATO Records, 2002). Composed by Patty Griffin. MY TAKE I first heard this artist on Putumayo’s American Folk album, performing her beautiful composition “Rowing Song”. This Putumayo collection has definitely been one of my favorite albums since 2007, when I started getting into Putumayo, because it essential served …
SONG OF THE DAY “Kite” by Patty Griffin (Impossible Dream, ATO Records, 2004). Written by Patty Griffin. MY TAKE The piano that opens this song is just so sad. I can’t find any more poignant or dramatic words to describe it beyond that, so I have to just leave it to you to hear it …
SONG OF THE DAY “I Had Something” by Lucy Kaplansky (The Red Thread, Red House Records, 2004). Written by Lucy Kaplansky and Richard Litvin. MY TAKE I first heard this song on Putumayo’s American Folk album, and have since bought Kaplansky’s album The Red Thread because this track peaked serious interest in me—which is saying something …
SONG OF THE DAY “If You Want Me To Say” by Sly & The Family Stone (Fresh, Epic Records, 1973). Written and produced by Sly Stone. MY TAKE Well, it’s hard to say anything profound about as critically-acclaimed a song and album as this, but I’ll tell you how it fits into my world and …
SONG OF THE DAY “Adiemus” by Karl Jenkins (Adiemus:Â Songs Of Sanctuary, Jenkins Ratledge Records, 1995). Written by Karl Jenkins. MY TAKE For a week, I have been desperately trying to think of a great childhood music memory to blog about today in honor of my sister Lili’s birthday, but kept thinking of Disney songs and …