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Bob Marley ?No Woman No Cry?
2008-03-05 20:33:00
I wanted to put a Bob Marley video up today but it was difficult to pick one. I finally decided on this. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Bob Marley “No Woman No Cry”", url: "http://stopandhearthemusic.com/2008/03/0 5/bob-marley-no-woman-no-cry/" });
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John Gorka ?I?m From New Jersey?
2008-03-03 20:15:00
“Give me the token,” she said as we pulled up to the toll both. “I can get it in the basket from here.” She beamed with excitement as she rolled down the passenger side window. She took the token from me, undid her seat belt and started climbing out the window. “What are you doing?” I ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "John Gorka “I’m From New Jersey ”", url: "http://stopandhearthemusic.com/2008/03/0 3/john-gorka-im-from-new-jersey/" });
More About: Folk

Gene Harris ?Summertime?
2008-02-27 20:38:00
When I was little I thought this was the jam. My father had a recording of it and I used to listen to it all the time. I especially liked the ending. I remember re-winding the tape so that I could hear Summertime over and over again until it snapped. I don’t think my ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Gene Harris “Summertime”", url: "http://stopandhearthemusic.com/2008/02/2 7/gene-harris-summertime/" });
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Bruce Springsteen ?Born in the USA?
2008-02-25 22:15:00
I remember making the drive several times a year from Vermont to my parents’ house in New Jersey . Long drives like that are most tedious when you’re alone. I’d stop as little as possible, desperate to make good time. I’d ignore the numbness of my butt and try my best not to be hypnotized by ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Bruce Springsteen “Born in the USA”", url: "http://stopandhearthemusic.com/2008/02/2 5/bruce-springsteen-born-in-the-usa/" });
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Herbie Hancock ?River: The Joni Letters?
2008-02-20 18:01:00
Since Herbie Hancock won Album of the Year for River : The Joni Letters , I thought I’d post this video about the making of the album. This video has a short interview with Herbie and some shots of them recording tracks on River: The Joni Letters. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Herbie Hancock “River: The Joni Letters”", url: "http://stopandhearthemusic.com/2008/02/2 0/herbie-hancock-river-the-joni-letters/" });
More About: Jazz , Folk

Prince ?3121?
2008-02-18 22:17:00
I bought this CD at the mall after seeing a movie. The movie and the CD are in no way related. I don’t even remember what the movie was, but I still listen to the CD all the time. On the way home a pelican pooped on the car. It was terrifying. We were grooving ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Prince “3121″", url: "http://stopandhearthemusic.com/2008/02/1 8/prince-3121/" });
More About: Pop , Funk , Soul

Music Review Carnival 4
2008-02-15 17:15:00
Jonathan presents The Lionheart Brothers live review posted at Jonathan Deamer. Jim presents Death of Modern Rock - With Mario R. Martin - #1 posted at Chicks With Guns. Sarah presents New/old versions of “Metal Heart” by Cat Power posted at SARAHSPY. Marilyn Terrell for Suzanne Hackett presents Belizean Music ian Andy Palacio: A Remembrance posted at Intelligent Travel. Michael ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Music Review Carnival 4", url: "http://stopandhearthemusic.com/2008/02/1 5/music-review-carnival-4/" });
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Amy Winehouse ?I?m No Good/Rehab? Live Grammy Performance
2008-02-13 18:22:00
I watched the Grammys on Sunday night. It was full of all the usual awkward prescript-ed banter. It had many unlikely and ridiculous duets. The most ridiculous one was Kid Rock and Keely Smith singing That Ol’ Black Magic. There was a very corny performance by Herbie Hancock and Lang Lang. I don’t know who ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Amy Winehouse “I’m No Good/Rehab ” Live Grammy Performance ", url: "http://stopandhearthemusic.com/2008/02/1 3/amy-winehouse-im-no-goodrehab-live-gram my-performance/" });
More About: Pop , Soul

Jasmine Jamillah ?When Heaven Falls?
2008-02-11 20:47:00
I usually listen to music when I clean. Saturday is my big house cleaning day. I stick in a good CD–something I can sing along too–and clean every inch of our apartment. We have a small apartment so it doesn’t take long. This past Saturday I listened to Jasmine Jamillah’s When Heaven Falls while I ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Jasmine Jamillah “When Heaven Falls”", url: "http://stopandhearthemusic.com/2008/02/1 1/jasmine-jamillah-when-heaven-falls/" });
More About: Soul , Folk

Donny Hathaway ?Someday We?ll All Be Free?
2008-02-06 16:08:00
This is a great song by Donny Hathaway from his Extension Of A Man album. I don’t really have much to say about it. I’m just putting it up because I like Someday We’ll All Be Free a lot. Enjoy! SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Donny Hathaway “Someday We’ll All Be Free”", url: "http://stopandhearthemusic.com/2008/02/0 6/donny-hathaway-someday-well-all-be-free /" });

Johnny Vanderlip ?Lydia?
2008-02-04 20:22:00
The accordion lay in the middle of the living room floor for days. The strap broken now. The words Jesus Saves in sparkly letters across the front. He’d pick it up and play daily. A thin brown belt looped over his shoulder replacing the accordion’s strap. “I don’t play accordion,” he’d say. And I’d wonder how ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Johnny Vanderlip “Lydia ”", url: "http://stopandhearthemusic.com/2008/02/0 4/johnny-vanderlip-lydia/" });
More About: Rock

Gamma, Like Very Ultra
2008-02-01 17:09:00
My old college roommate got in touch with me through MySpace recently. I love hearing from old friends. I especially love hearing from old friends who are making good music. I just wanted to do this fast post so that you can hear some of her stuff. The band is called Gamma, Like Very ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Gamma, Like Very Ultra ", url: "http://stopandhearthemusic.com/2008/02/0 1/gamma-like-very-ultra/" });

Keith Jarrett Video
2008-01-30 22:05:00
When I was in my late teens, I went with my father to see Keith Jarrett at Carnegie Hall. A friend of his had gotten some tickets to the concert and we went with him. We sat in the balcony. Once Keith Jarrett came out on stage my father’s friend got up and left to ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Keith Jarrett Video ", url: "http://stopandhearthemusic.com/2008/01/3 0/keith-jarrett-video/" });
More About: Jazz

Ibrahima Faye ?Gudd Fann Live Long?
2008-01-29 00:45:00
Sometimes all I want to do is sit and think about where I’m going and where I’ve been. Sometimes I need to close to close my eyes and be transported to another place. That’s what Ibrahima Faye’s Gudd Fann Live Long does for me. Faye is heavily influenced by his Senegalese roots. He interweaves traditional and ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Ibrahima Faye “Gudd Fann Live Long”", url: "http://stopandhearthemusic.com/2008/01/2 8/ibrahima-faye-gudd-fann-live-long/" });
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The Half of It ?The Half of It?
2008-01-25 19:08:00
The Half of It’s newly released self-titled CD has recently found its way into my CD collection. This Philadelphia based quartet’s brand of jazz fusion makes you sit up and take notice. I’m a writer and I usually listen to music while writing. Some music is good for that. This CD isn’t and that’s a good thing. When ...
More About: Jazz

Talking Heads ?(Nothing But) Flowers?
2008-01-23 20:30:00
I bought the Talking Head’s album  Naked at a used record store. It was an LP so I could only listen to it at home on my nearly broken record player. The record player had gotten to the point where I had to tape a penny to the arm to keep the needle  from ...
More About: Flowers , Pop , Rock , Heads

Earth Wind & Fire ?All ?n All?
2008-01-21 18:24:00
In my sixties style orange mini-dress and large plastic beaded necklace, I was ready for the party. I was never very social but I went through a stage of wanting to go to every party no matter how painful I knew it would be. Parties are usually painful for the socially awkward like me. Getting ready for the party ...
More About: Funk , Earth , Wind , Soul , Fire

Gary Jules ?Mad World?
2008-01-18 16:25:00
I wasn’t going to post anything today but I saw this video and wanted to put it up. It’s better to do it now than wait until next week and forget.
More About: Pop , World , Rock , Gary , Gary Jules

Music Review Carnival 2
2008-01-16 16:44:00
old-wizard.com presents Old-Wizard.com / Music / Top 10 Bands of the Nineties posted at Old-Wizard.com. Amanda presents CD by John Fogerty - Revival posted at Pajama Mommy » Mommy Blogger Community. GrrlScientist presents Songs About Birds — Can You Name Some? posted at Living the Scientific Life. Mission Rock Star presents Brightwood?s Song, ?Sit Still? (lyrics) posted at ...
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Leonard Cohen ?Hallelujah? and ?Chelsea Hotel?
2008-01-16 05:34:00
I don’t know when or where this was recorded but it’s great. I love random television appearances like this. I don’t know what I love about this most–the lip syncing, the set, the people swaying in the archways, the smoke machine, or the leaves all over the floor. The people pretending to sing the hallelujah part are ...
More About: Chelsea , Hotel , Rock , Folk , Hallelujah

Tom Waits ?Innocent When You Dream (78)?
2008-01-14 21:50:00
You don’t normally think of a cemetary as a place to hang out, but Hope Cemetary was different. It was included in the area tourist brochures as a place to see. I used to go there sometimes alone, but mostly with friends. We’d wander amoung the tombstones–talk and take pictures. Snow crunched beneath our winter boots. That ...
More About: Rock , Innocent , Dream , Tom Waits

Kirk Adams ?Love a Lie?
2008-01-09 18:12:00
This is a video of a very serious man with a very serious face singing a very serious song. I think it’s seriously good.
More About: Love , Rock , Adams , Kirk

John Coltrane ?Dear Old Stockholm?
2008-01-08 02:46:00
I was sixteen when I moved out of my parents house. I started attending school at a small liberal arts college halfway across the country. I remember the day they dropped me off. They helped me unpack. My roommate had already moved in but was nowhere to be seen. She’d already covered the walls with ...
More About: Jazz , Stockholm , John , John Coltrane , Coltrane

Emiliana Torrini ?Sunny Road?
2008-01-02 22:05:00
This is a song that was on the Putumayo Presents: Women of the World - Acoustic CD that I mentioned in the previous post. I’d never heard of Emiliana Torrini before hearing this CD. Her voice is quite interesting. Sunny Road is on Fisherman’s Woman, which was released in 2005.
More About: Pop , Folk

Sandrine Kiberlain ?M?envoyer des Fleurs?
2007-12-31 20:28:00
I’ve been learning French recently and  I’m terrible. French pronunciation is impossible for me. I don’t know why it can’t be easier like Korean or Chinese. I bought one of those Berlitz language courses about a year ago. I tried to do it for a month. Then I gave up. A few months ago my husband decided ...
More About: Pop

Oscar Peterson ?Night Train?
2007-12-26 20:58:00
My father is a jazz pianist and he loves Oscar Peterson. I remember him listening to Oscar Peterson records when I was little. He?d tap his feet and hum along. ?Oscar can really swing,? he?d say. ?That cat can swing.?   I had an Oscar Peterson cassette. The album was called Night Train . I don?t ...
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John Lennon ?Happy Christmas (War Is Over)?
2007-12-25 02:01:00
I’ve never liked Christmas music. I guess I’m lacking the Christmas spirit I hear so much about at this time of year. Being the John Lennon fan that I am, this is the only Christmas song I can tolerate.
More About: Rock , Happy

The First Music Review Carnival
2007-12-20 05:12:00
Jamie Eilerman presents Album Review : Circa Survive “On letting Go” posted at rockademic. Amanda presents Review: John Hinson CD posted at Pajama Mommy » Mommy Blogger Community. Ian EBH presents Coliseum-No Salvation LP (Relapse, Auxiliary) posted at Going Through the Motions. Maria Fernandez presents Learn a foreign language - blog: Mecano - Hijo de la ...
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The Stop the Violence Movement ?Self Destruction?
2007-12-19 20:58:00
In college, I had a friend named Matt who was interesting to say the least. He didn?t have a car so I used to drive him around?to the store to buy cigarettes and to various yard sales. He loved yard sales. Once we got lost on some dirt roads in the mountains because we were ...
More About: Hip Hop , Destruction , Violence , Stop

The Charlie Hunter Quintet ?Right Now Move?
2007-12-17 22:58:00
For a long time whenever I got into my husband?s car Right Now Move was playing. I like this CD so it made riding in my husband?s car more enjoyable. Normally I don?t like his car. I especially don?t like driving his car. I?m not saying that his car is any worse than my car. ...
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