Underappreciated Music: May (and a bit of June) 2019: the links to performances and more

Doris Day and friend

The monthly assembly of undervalued and often nearly "lost" music, or simply music the blogger/poster in question wants to remind you reader/listeners of...among those we'll remember: Doris Day, Dr. John (Mac Rebennack), Leon Redbone and Tony Glover...

Don Berryman: John Coltrane: Coltrane '58: The Prestige Recordings

Jayme Lynn Blaschke: Friday Night Videos 

Paul D. Brazill: Elizabeth Everts; Shaun Carlyle Rogan

Jim Cameron: Jimmy Ford & Stephen Fulton: Volume II
and Koerner, Ray and Glover: "Honey Bee"


Sean Coleman: Harry Nilsson: Aerial Ballet; Stan Rogers: Northwest Passage; Neil Young and Crazy Horse: Everyone Knows This is Nowhere; Crosby, Stills & Nash 

Jim Freund: Joan Baez and Dar Williams: "The Dangling Conversation"


Jeff Gemmill: Top 5s; Bruce Springsteen: "Hello Sunshine", "There Goes My Miracle"; Charlie Marie: Charlie Marie; PledgeMusic-funded albums; Molly Tuttle: When You're Ready; Bob Dylan: Bringing It All Back Home 

Ted Gioia: Dr. John Band: "Iko Iko"


Keiko Hassler: West Side Story 1961 film soundtrack cast: "Gee, Officer Krupke!" 


Jerry House: Music from the Past; Hymn Time; Music for Cinco de Mayo

Jackie Kashian: Valerie Tosi on concerts and venues; Ebony Jones on Beyoncé Knowles and her peers

George Kelley: Ain't Too Proud to Beg: The Life and Times of the Temptations; The Cher Show; Fun Home: The Musical; Rolling Stone Presents Female Singer-Songwriters; Dear Evan Hansen: The Musical

Kate Laity: Magazine: "Light Pours Out of Me"

Steve and Jonathan Lewis and Michael Shonk: Music I'm Listening To 

Barry Malzberg: Netherlands Bach Society: "Cum Sancto Spiritu" from Mass in B minor BWV 232 and

Zuzana Růžičková and the Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra: Concerto for Harpsichord and Small Orchestra H 246 (Bohuslav Martinů) and

Radio Kamer Filharmonie: Alexander's Feast, or The Power of Musick (Handel)


Todd Mason: Folk-rock with strong jazz flavors: Fairport Convention, The Byrds, Pentangle, Joni Mitchell, Fotheringay, Eclection

Joe Megalos: Bill Callahan: NPR Tiny Desk Concert 
and Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions: "Move On Up"

Laura Nakatsuka: Members of the Holy Cross Chapel at the Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology: "Lord of the Powers"

A related recording


Thao Nguyen et al.: Nobody Dies: A Short Film About a Musician, Her Mother and Vietnam
The most amusing moment might be when, after Nguyen has played one of her more alt-country-influenced songs for her extended family, gathered in a house in her mother's home town, they spontaneously are inspired to sing John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads" to her in response. TM





Natasha Padilla: Gauche 

Charlie Ricci: Boston 

Richard Robinson: The Best of The Motels; Greatest Go-Go's 

Nancy Ryan: Imogen Heap: "Little Bird"

The Howlin' Brothers: 3 Songs from Lost River Sessions


Workin' Man Blues: Country Music in California


Doris Day: "Love Me or Leave Me"


Abbe Lane and Tito Puente's Orchestra: "Whatever Lola Wants"


Leon Redbone: "Shine On, Harvest Moon"