iTunes Shuffle 2/26/15

1. Widespread Panic - "Chilly Water"
2. Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds - "Typical Situation" (live, from Live At Luther College)
3. OG Boobie Black - "Thoughts 2.0"
4. The Vaselines - "Son Of A Gun"
5. Major Lazer ft. Amber Coffman - "Get Free"
6. Fang Island - "Daisy"
7. Gogi.Ge.Org - "Post Industrial Boys"
8. Tori Amos - "Strange"
9. ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - "Awestruck"
10. Middle Brother - "Middle Brother"

Oh good, this mix starts by telling you I am a Southern white boy. Widespread Panic is ... Widespread Panic. I won't even attempt to defend it. However, if you are a Dave Matthews hater, you are not as cool as you think you are. The rest of the mix works nicely with Tori, Middle Brother and "Post Industrial Boys" as highlights.

iTunes Shuffle 2/19/16

1. Katie Herzig - "Water Fear"
2. Jonny Lang - "I Am"
3. Elle King - "Good To Be A Man"
4. Young Jeezy - "Tony Montana" (remix) (orig. by Future ft. Drake)
5. Gucci Mane ft. Future - "Lambo"
6. Jenny & Tyler - "Little Balloon"
7. Ani DiFranco - "I'm No Heroine" (live from Living In Clip)
8. Dar Williams - "Family"
9. Katie Herzig - "Sumatra"
10. Rocky Votolato - "Start Over"

I like how several times in the past few weeks an artist has come up twice in the same list. This time it's Katie Herzig, one of my newer favorites. She is lovely. The Jonny Lang song was in one of these mixes in December. Funny how that happens with 40,000 songs on your iTunes and counting.

Bunch of other lady singer/songwriting stuff here, including Ani and Dar Williams, who are essential to my music collection. And right in the middle of it, some hip-hop. Jenny & Tyler is just the cutest little Christian duo ever. Etc.

Oh, and Rocky Votolato. Just wow.

iTunes Shuffle 2/12/16

1. Humming House - "Chim Chim Cher-ee" (live, cover of original from Mary Poppins, sung by Dick Van Dyke and Julie Andrews)
2. Chase Pagan - "Dream Like A Child" (live at Daytrotter)
3. Coldplay - "42"
4. Indigo Girls - "Romeo And Juliet" (Dire Straits cover)
5. Cocteau Twins - "Golden-Vein" (BBC Sessions)
6. The Memphis Dawls - "Artificial Bliss"
7. Reid Jamieson - "Winterlong" (demo)
8. The Soft Moon - "Repetition"
9. David Gray - "Lately" (live in Dublin 2011)
10. Adam Green - "Crackhouse Blues"

My iTunes is just sweet talkin' me now. The Humming House cover of the Mary Poppins tune = the best. Chase Pagan = lovely country-fied singer songwriter.

Indigo Girls doing Dire Straits is one of the best things ever, if you grew up in the 90s and listened to that sort of music. And SO ON. Sorry, half of it ain't on Spotify this week.

iTunes Shuffle 2/5/16

1. Indigo Girls - "Shed Your Skin"
2. Sleeping At Last - "Next To Me"
3. Richard Barone - "Tangled In Your Web"
4. Missy Elliott - "Pussycat"
5. Talib Kweli ft. Chris Webby & Joell Ortiz - "Purest Heart"
6. Dent May - "Home Groan"
7. Tracy Chapman - "Remember The Tinman"
8. Indigo Girls - "You Left It Up To Me"
9. Margot & The Nuclear So and So's - "Quiet As A Mouse"
10. The Mountain Goats - "Genesis 30:3"

Ooh, Indigo Girls TWICE. The first song, "Shed Your Skin," I have so many memories of seeing that song done live in the 90s. Richard Barone is another highlight. And The Mountain Goats song is one of the most beautiful things you'll hear this week. Oh, and Margot & the Nuclear So and So's!

So I say this a lot, but awesome mix all around. The way the two hip-hop numbers flow into each other is partic nice. Oh, and all on Spotify this week, so just let it play.