Music of the Moment

Just found this band a few months ago.  Indie/folk is how I'd describe them.  A duo, the lead singer died of Leukemia not long ago.  His lyrics really have a lot of depth to them in my opinion.

This is a "sea shanty'ish" song.   https://youtu.be/sVNniDvCVOc

This I think is one of their best.  The woman is on vocals on this one.  https://youtu.be/cW95ahUEsCg

Too many good ones to list them all....but here's another one (sea references) and they're both singing in this one.  https://youtu.be/zoqH9irCn3o

A quote from the song,

" When everyday’s like a war between the will to go on
And a wish that the world would spiral into the sun
Turn your head toward the storm that’s surely coming along

If the sun was always shining and our load always light
We’d be shaking like a leaf with every God given night
And we’d break under the weight of any pressure
That was ever applied"

One more from Brown Bird.  

For all the hard worker bees out there.  https://youtu.be/phWmok50QLk

St. Paul and the Broken Bones are a new throwback. Sound like an oxymoron? It just could be, but these guys (and the lead singer) will drop your jaw.

I love these songs!

R.E.D. by A Tribe Called Red


Working for the Government by A Tribe Called Red and Buffy St.Marie


Le temps qu'il faut by TAL

I've been doing some research on the actor Alan Ladd for one of my (many and often uncompleted) writing projects.

Last night I discovered he did a musical number in one of his movies, which was completely shocking to me. (although it really shouldn't have been, i think even today most actors/actresses are also singers and dancers, although obviously to various levels of skill.)

I now have "Tallahassee" earwoming it's way around my head.

Tallahassee (supposedly being sung by Alan Ladd and Dorothy Lamour)


And there is also this soundie but ... having listened to about 20 hours of his radio program Box 13 in the last couple of weeks, I'm fairly convinced that's not Alan Ladd's voice.

Then again...