Thursday, February 27, 2014

February's Underappreciated Music: the links

The monthly assembly of undervalued and often nearly "lost" music, or simply music the blogger in question wants to remind you reader/listeners of....



Patti Abbott: Tuesday Night Music; Saturday Night MusicOpening Credits and Theme Songs

Bill Crider: Song of the Day; One-Hit Wonders

Brian Arnold: some favorite cover versions of Beatles songs


Lalo Schifrin Orchestra: from Bullitt


Heather Drain: Gleamng Spires

Martin Edwards: Crime and Romance: Melodies for Valentine's Day

Jerry House: Darlene Love;  Leonard Cohen;  Eric Von Schmidt;  "Ragtime Cowboy Joe"; Hymn Time 

Fairport Convention: "Eastern Rain" (composed by Joni Mitchell)


George Kelley: Royalty of Soul: Aretha Franklin and Otis Redding box sets

Aimee Mann (with Howard Kramer and Kulap Vilaysack): Who Charted?

Todd Mason: Lee Hays in the Weavers and the BabySitters; 3rd Stream Music;  More 3rd Stream, for Valentines;  hits, in their compass: funk and related

Tara McGinley: Lydia Lunch and The Pharmacy

Lawrence Person: Shoegazer Sunday

Charlie Ricci: Chicago 16

Aimee Mann: "I'm Cured"

4 comments:

George said...

Love that classic Aretha cover!

Todd Mason said...

CBS did a lot of things rather well, back when...even if this album was one of those "fake nightclub" albums they would occasionally do...excellent music, for the most part...

Phillyradiogeek said...

I have a late entry, if that's OK. Thanks!

http://meandyouandablognamedboo.blogspot.com/2014/02/februarys-underappreciated-music-covers.html

Todd Mason said...

Thanks, Brian. How do you like Monsoon's "Tomorrow Never Knows"?