Stopped me in my tracks the first time I heard it: “Stand by Me” by the Staples Singers. 🎵
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Bless Brother Ali. He can be righteously angry on one track and beautifully moving on another. Indeed, using your heart for what hearts are for.
Sierra Ferrell’s harmony on this song takes me straight back to childhood in Trinity Pentecost Mission in Springville.
- One of the smoothest key changes I’ve ever heard.
- Canst thou shred on a mandolin? Yea, verily.
New song from Nick Shoulders: “Apocalypse Never.”
Cling to joy, don’t let it die
Like the waters, we will rise
He’s also selling a poster (image attached) that will benefit the Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund.
Like Ray Charles’ “Night time is the right time,” Waylon Jennings’ “Amanda” is a song made by its backup singers.
If you ever take a notion to listen to some cowboy music, Don Edwards' album Saddle Songs is worth your time. I found it a few weeks ago at Half Price Books.
Two more things from the show last night:
- They opened with “The World Can Wait.” Linford said the song was about JOMO: the joy of missing out.
- They played some new, unrecorded music. Folks, when you get your ears on “Bella Luna,” you’re going to love it.
Song in my head today: Marty Robbins, “Bouquet of Roses”
This is a great piece on Eminem’s boxes of rhyming notes. Via Austin Kleon’s Friday newsletter.