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Tradacoustic series no. 268

Music, mostly recent, a few days, a few months...

created on: 2023/08/28

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Monday Playlist week of 9/4/2023

Monday Playlist week of 11/13/2023

Mix 2

Related tracks: This Is My Life W/ Janne Hennie

Monday Playlist week of 1/1/2024 "Happy New Year"

Thank You to the amazingly talented artists on this list who shared their fantastic songs with me to help promote the new radio show The Unsigned Radio Hour. I am so grateful I can share their music with others and I look forward to sharing many other artist on the show.  

Sadly these songs are not available on SoundCloud. I have added another song by Jeff Roberts but Linda Dwyer is not on SoundCloud. 

Jeff Roberts - An Open Book 

Linda Dwyer - The Man Caves Coming Down

Unsigned Radio Hour Sneak Peak

Loner

Written by Andrew Marlin (Mandolin Orange)
Bass fiddle, guitar, Mandolin, vocals; Josh McAlexander

Cavalry

(Im Stahlnetz)

Words and music K.Gennery
image not my own

Best not dare go near your mind
you won't be held responsible
for the darkness that we may find
guess that makes you unsavable

Sway and swagger don't really matter
cause I believed in you

Something's cooking in your kitchen
I can taste and feel the heat
noise erupting plates go crashing
flooded water under your slippery feet

Immerse yourself in pityfull play
I don't understand you at all
guess youve always been that way
set up the height then nudge us to fall

Prim and proper don't really matter
cause I believed in you

Something's cooking in your kitchen
I can taste and feel the heat
noise erupting plates go crashing
flooded water under your slippery feet

Everything I said and done made no difference at all
All the things I tried to do, could not get through to you
you shut out the voices you'd hear
except for the ones in your head I tried my best.

Something's cooking in your kitchen
I can taste and feel the heat
noise erupting plates go crashing
flooded water under your slippery feet

somethings cooking

青年心城之撐起青春 - Heart City Hong Kong, Prop Up Youth

Just a little song that I wrote awhile back.  I intended to rework but
never got around to it.  I kinda lost interest in it.  Oh well, seems I 
have a lot of these unfinished projects

Let It Roll  (Original)

Written by: Hoyt Axton, Kenneth Elvin JR. Higginbotham
Produced by: Josh McAlexander

Evangelina

Written and Produced by: Josh McAlexander

Nowhere To Run {Original}

Clown Shopping

This is an unusual one for us as we were asked by a friend to do a cover of Alan Jackson’s country song, “Small Town Southern Man” using slightly modified lyrics to personalize it for a family member. Without access to the kind of instruments we would need to replicate Jackson’s recording we opted for something we’ve never done before, a modified karaoke track! With the instrumental track easily secured Nat and I simply added our vocals using the provided modified lyrics. 
Nat added Piano on the track to personalise it.   
The photo cover here shows a glimpse of downtown Shepherd, Michigan and we hope the person for whom it is intended gets a kick out of it. We had some fun doing it. With that said, this track goes out to our friend Larry, with Super Bowl/Valentine’s week best wishes to all our friends out there in music land! 🍻🏈💝

Vocal Copyright Daniels & Durgy 2023 - Gentle Rain Records
Piano, Vocals and Production, Nat Daniels & Craig Durgy

Small Town Shepherd Man

Compositeur; Philippe SEGUINARD Auteur mélodiste: Guillaume DULER
Accordéon: Jonathan MARTEEL https://www.facebook.com/AupaKantuzAnglet/?locale=fr_FR  Charango: Coralie NAZABAL https://www.coralienazabal.com/  https://soundcloud.com/jonathan-marteel/ah-si-ladour
Choeurs: Coralie , Jonathan , Philippe et Guillaume
Lyrics:
Nos vies sont des bateaux que les années emportent
Sur des océans calmes ou bien des mers trop fortes
On navigue au hasard et l'on cherche fortune
Prêt à livrer bataille pour décrocher la Lune

Et si le vent du nord
Gonflait nos voiles
Irions nous vers ces ports
Où rien ne se dévoile
Mais les hommes ont si peur
Du bruit de la fureur
De leur propre douleur
Et de leur créateur

On dérive parfois sur des courants d'hier
Les yeux pleins d'horizons pleins de frontières
De nos sillons blessés on revient les mains vides
Et ce temps qui nous double après la dernière ride

Et si le vent du nord
Gonflait nos voiles
Irions nous vers ces ports
Où rien ne se dévoile
Mais les hommes ont si peur
Du bruit de la fureur
De leur propre douleur
Et de leur créateur

Nos vies sont des bateaux que tout brise sans cesse
Pauvres marins échoués sans signal de détresse
Naufragés ridicules sur de pauvres écueils
On se noie dans un verre en buvant notre orgueil

Et si le vent du nord
Gonflait nos voiles
Irions nous vers ces ports
Où rien ne se dévoile
Mais les hommes ont si peur
Du bruit de la fureur
De leur propre douleur
Et de leur créateur

Et chantent les sirènes et partent les curieux
Tentés par des chimères et qu'importe le lieu
Courageux ambitieux sur les chemins du sort
Ignorant les étoiles et l'ange qui s'endort

Our lives are boats that the years carry away
On calm oceans or heavy seas
We sail at random and seek our fortune
Ready to fight for the moon

And if the north wind
Were to fill our sails
Would we head for these ports
Where nothing is revealed
But men are so afraid
Of the noise of fury
Of their own pain
And of their creator

Sometimes we drift on yesterday's currents
Eyes full of horizons full of frontiers
From our wounded furrows we return empty-handed
And this time that doubles us after the last wrinkle

And if the north wind
Would fill our sails
Would we head for these ports
Where nothing is revealed
But men are so afraid
Of the noise of fury
Of their own pain
And of their creator

Our lives are ships that are constantly being broken
Poor sailors stranded without a distress signal
Ridiculous castaways on poor reefs
We drown in a glass drinking our pride

And if the north wind
Would fill our sails
Would we head for these ports
Where nothing reveals itself
But men are so afraid
Of the noise of fury
Of their own pain
And of their creator

And the sirens sing and the curious depart
Tempted by chimeras and who cares where
Courageously ambitious on the paths of fate
Ignoring the stars and the sleeping angel

© Philippe SEGUINARD / Guillaume DULER Juin 2023

Le vent du nord (Coralie NAZABAL - Jonathan MARTEEL & JIM) TRANSLATED

Nebuleuse

Patroclus - Orchestra

Another conundrum.................cheers for having a listen


sometimes you want to find out but you don't want to know
when it's laid out straight and the facts still show

eyes can see in a minute
the deed don't fit the crime
you gave it to another now you've gone and put it all on the line
right place wrong time

when your head says yes but your heart says no
you push against the tide just to wash up on the shore

holding on for dear life
walking on the edge of a knife
cheques in your pocket but you're never gonna see a dime
right place wrong time

right place wrong time
when you're the only one who cannot see
it's all just dreaming, pie in the sky
it was never ever meant to be
right place wrong time

when you need to reach out but you don't want to talk
so you sit down with the night all alone with your thoughts

asking who you think you're kiddin
you start to get used to the life
what you gonna do when you gotta leave it all behind
cheques in your pocket but you're never gonna see a dime
you gave it to another now you gone and put it all on the line
for the right place wrong time

Right Place Wrong Time

Ethnic Iranian Music Collection (composed by Vera Arianna Stork)

another Blue......................cheers for having a listen


well i dont want to hear about it
i dont want to have to bite my tounge
not much we can do, so maybe tonight
we wont, have to blue
no i dont wanna blue

i dont want to know about it
keep your secrets to yourself
i got them too, and maybe tonight
we wont, have to blue

dont say nothing, when theres nothing to say
its only words, and they get in the way

oh i dont want to think about it
im trying to keep it of my mind
lets just enjoy the view, and maybe tonight
we wont have to blue
no i dont want to blue

and i dont want to talk about it
its all been said before
such a waste of time, and maybe tonight
we wont have to blue

Blue

What can I I say, so many John Prine songs and I love them all.  Would have loved to see him in concert but we still have his music

Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness( Cover - John Prine)

This composition started with a few earnest and honest piano chords. What emerged was a personal attempt to deal with loss through electronic symphony. 

More will come...

Art by Jane Langvee.

The Way [DEMO]

Pic art by Nelson Masinde

This is the second part of this story . 
After "Finding peace", then "Turning the page"

Je Tourne La Page (Turning the page)

The message and Soul of this track identifies our reflections and hopefully takes you to an inner platform of peace.
Thank you Cecilia for your unique expressions that eloquently identified with the musical moods. 
Lyric -Cecila
Music-zdcom

Reflections Through The Eyes Of An Angel-ft Special Cecilia

for an old mate.............cheers for having a listen


sometimes i don't feel like being the social kind
catchup with you another day
i just need some time away, hope you don't mind

i did my time, paid my dues
wiped away my tears, sang my blues
said my goodbyes, some much too late
went to sleep with the devil, woke up a saint

if i could i think i would, get far away so im never found
but then again i don't like flying
so i'll just keep my good foot on the ground

i fought too much, sometimes not enough
tried to smooth out the edges, when its naturally rough
i've buttoned my lip, then yelled so loud
hung my head, then never felt so proud

to be a loner

Words/Music by Netta&McGill
Available on Spotify, YouTube, iTunes and other music streaming platforms.

———

I’ll be longing

The day is over, the pace dialed down to slow
On the sky above me, the stars begin to show
Jupiter there with its beautiful moons
Mars over there, red fiery gloom 

As I look through my fingers at Orion’s belt
I swear it was your presence I just felt
Knowing with certainty, i don’t have to tell
That you can see the same stars as well

And so it is my love, so it is …could it be any better
And ill be longing

A gentle breeze makes me heave for breath
I turn to see something bright in the west
For a second I see a smile on your face
Before I realize it’s just the evening haze

How tiny our silhouettes are under the sky 
It’s as if we never met and had to say goodbye
But through this words and a simple little song
I’ll see you soon, don’t you know
It won’t be long

And so it is my love so it is
Could it be any better
So it is my love so it is
Come with me and be a part of this
And so it is my love so it is
Could it be any better

So it is my love so it is
And ill be longing
And ill be longing
And ill be longing
And ill be longing

I'll Be Longing

Original by Gasolin 1976

Vocal : Janne Hennie

This Is My Life W/ Janne Hennie

peace...........thanks for listening



a mother said to her child
take your time while you're still young
and when they tell you that you're not from here
you say i was born under this sun

cos it saddens me
and brings a tear to my eye when i see what we've become
when you tell me it's not my land i say
i was born under this sun

the motherland told us once
no matter where you're from
you're welcome at my gates
we're all born under one sun

we run the human race
yet we're the only ones
who can change our wicked ways
 we're all born under one sun

a mother said to her child one day
walk tall and never run
cos you'll need every once of strength you got
when you're born under this sun

YeahNah

Improvisation LIVE REC - Αυτοσχεδιασμός Ζωντανή Ηχογράφηση

Love this CCR tune written by John Fogerty. Decided to try covering it.

Have You Ever Seen The Rain - Cover by Tony

there's is a lot that is wrong and a lot to be done. It won't happen if we don't do it. learn from the past.don't repeat mistakes.the world is the same anywhere you go. Differences among people are exaggerated insignificant quirks twisted by those who want to remain in power. we are all more alike than different


lyric

in the time that's left to me ,let me touch what's left to feel
in the time that's left to me, through the dim light let me see
I never needed to travel the globe cause the world always came to me

cause the sun,the moon, the rain the snow are constant everywhere
people laugh, people cry,people hope and people fear
nothing's different from here to there
it's all the same,nothing to fear

when will we learn that we have the power to turn dark into light
to feed the hungry and cloth the cold
with no damage to our body or danger to our soul

our lives are short but our legacy is long
the past must be our guide through the night to the dawn
so we can touch what must be touched
so we can see what must be seen
and not stay locked alone in ourselves for our tiny eternity

make a difference

The Cliffs of Moher form a famous cliff coast in Ireland. They are located on the west coast of Ireland's main island in County Clare near the towns of Doolin and Liscannor. 
Height: 155 m (509 ft)

Les Falaises de Moher forment une célèbre côte de falaises en Irlande. Elles se trouvent sur la côte ouest de l'île principale irlandaise, dans le comté de Clare, près des localités de Doolin et Liscannor.
Hauteur: 155 m (509ft)
Production: Lillithe

Journey To The Cliffs Of Moher

written by Netta&Mcgill
a little song about appreciation and sticking together............thanks for listening and merry christmas


you're the blue up in my sky
the twinkle in the eye
aint no mountain seem too high
when you are by my side

you're the no and i'm the yes
you're the answer i'm the guess
everything just seems a mess
without you by my side

sometimes the days aint long enough
to do what we gotta do
and get on with what really matters
like taking care of me and you

my island in the sun
a place to hide when i'm on the run
i could easily come undone
without you by my side

cool me down like summer rain
seek me out when i'm lost again
among enemies you're my friend
who stands right by my side

like a dusty road that never ends
the long goodbye, to part as friends
just know that we'll meet again
and we'll walk side by side

Side X Side

This is a cover of the time honored Christmas classic that grew to particular popularity and meaning during WWII for American soldiers fighting far from home. Nat and I both love the song but we wanted to try something a little more lively while maintaining the ultimate melancholy of the words. We send this out with the hope that it reaches all our friends with its longing for home and the eternal loving spirit of Christmas. (Photo: Ralph Morse)

I'll Be Home For Christmas (Cover)

In Memoriam and as a Lasting Tribute to the Late Great, Allen Bailey....Gone, but Never Forgotten. This is a wonderful Allen Bailey Original Tune that I just loved from the moment I first heard it. I sent some ideas for a Collab contribution to Allen, and he graciously re-recorded to allow me to better integrate my vocals, guitar, drums, etc... We liked how it sounded, and then Gabe Vanore of VanGabriel Production took this one to another level for us. Thanks, Allen and Gabe for pushing this one down the rails, and for letting me ride this rather magical train. I feel genuinely privileged to have been a contributor on this joyful project.

Last Train - Ft. Allen G Bailey (RIP - Dear Friend) - VanGabriel Production Mix

All Country fans like Hank William's music…hope you enjoy this track.				
Original Country Lyrics by Tony Harris 2016				
Vocal and Music Production/Mix by Riff Beach (Hess)				
				
  NO TEARS IN HANK'S BEER				
				
HANK WAS A BIT COCKY				
UNEASY AT THE SAME TIME				
SOMETIMES A BIT SHAKY				
BUT IT WAS HIS YEAR TO SHINE				
				
EIGHTEEN MONTHS ON THE OPRY				
GAVE HIM DRAWING POWER				
HIS SONGS WERE PURE POETRY				
HE WAS THE MAN OF THE HOUR
				
CHORUS				
THE YEAR WAS FIFTY ONE				
HIS BIGGEST YEAR				
BIG CROWDS STOOD IN LINE				
NO TEARS IN HANK'S BEER				
YEA, NO TEARS IN HANK'S BEER				
				
POP STARS WERE COVERING HIS HITS				
HE PLAYED SOME TV SHOWS				
HE SIGNED A MOVIE CONTRACT				
BROKE IT BY BEING A NO SHOW				
				
THE MILES HE TRAVELED 				
INCREASED HIS BACK PAIN				
BUT HE MADE THE BIG TIME				
CAUSE COUNTRY MUSIC WAS IN HIS VEINS				
				
(REPEAT CHORUS)				
				
WHY DID HE HAVE TO DIE SO YOUNG				
IN THE BACK OF THAT OLD CADLLAIC				
				
				
© 2016 Lyrcis by Tony Harris

No Tears in Hank's Beer - (Lyrics by Tony - Featuring Riff Beach)- Original

Version #1 Vocals, Music and Mix by Eddie Harrison
Lyrics by Tony Harris 2012 (BMI)

V-1. HE GOT HIS RECORD DEAL TODAY
A SILVER EAGLE BUS IS ON THE WAY
HE'S ON TOP OF THE WORLD
BUT - UP IS SOMETIMES DOWN

CHORUS
AS THE WORLD GOES ROUND AND ROUND
UP IS SOMETIMES DOWN
THE GRASS IS NOT ALWAYS GREENER
ON THE OTHER SIDE
UP IS SOMETIMES DOWN
UP IS SOMETIMES DOWN

V-2. HE'S BEEN ON THE ROAD FOR A YEAR
GIRLS ARE SCREAMING AT EVERY SHOW
IT'S NO LONGER ABOUT THE MUSIC
UP IS SOMETIMES DOWN

REPEAT CHORUS

V-3. MAMA TAUGHT HIM RIGHT FROM WRONG
BUT FAME CAN DRAG YOU DOWN
IN THIS WORLD WE LIVE IN
UP IS SOMETIMES DOWN

REPEAT CHORUS

ENDING
AS THE WORLD GOES ROUND AND ROUND
UP IS SOMETIMES DOWN
AS THE WORLD GOES ROUND AND ROUND
UP IS SOMETIMES DOWN
UP IS SOMETIMES DOWN
UP IS SOMETIMES DOWN

Up Is Sometimes Down (Lyrics Tony Harris - Music / Vocals by Eddie Harrison) Original 2012

Lyrics by Tony Harris 
Vocals, Music and Mix by Glen Granthem
The lyrics listed below inspired Glen to create this track.

SHE LEFT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
ON A WARM SUNDAY MORNIN'
HAD NO REASON TO STAY 
THAT'S WHY SHE WAS LEAVIN'

TRYED HER HAND AT ACTIN'
IT DIDN'T WORK OUT
WOUND UP WORKIN'
LEARNIN' TO DO WITHOUT

MET A HANSOME YOUNG MAN
GONNA SHOW HER THE ROPES
HIS PLAN WAS THE WRONG PLAN
LEAVIN' HER WITH NO HOPE

WITH LA IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROW
SHE WAS HEADED BACK HOME
LEAVIN' NOTHING BUT SORROW
WHY'D SHE WAIT SO LONG

(CHORUS)
HEADIN' FOR THAT MISSISSIPPI LINE
WITH BILOXI ON HER MIND
TWO THOUSAND MILES AWAY
HEADED HOME TO STAY
THAT MISSISSIPPI LINE
WITH BILOXI ON HER MIND
YEA, BILOXI ON HER MIND
BILOXI ON HER MIND…........

DRIVIN' ACROSS SEVERAL STATES
MEMORIES CAME TO MIND
PRAYIN' IT'S NOT TOO LATE
AS SHE CROSSED THE MISSISSIPPI LINE

ARRIVIN' IN THE NIGHTTIME
WOULD SHE BE WELCOMED
SHE'D BEEN GONE A LONG TIME
WHAT WOULD BE THE OUTCOME

PULLIN' INTO THE DRIVEWAY
THE PORCH LIGHTS CAME ON
SAID MAMA I'M HERE TO STAY
BILOXI'S ON MY HOME

SHE WAS GLAD TO SEE HER
GREETED HER WITH OPEN ARMS
STARTIN' A NEW CHAPTER
A SHELTER IN THE STORM

(REPEAT CHORUS)

2019 © Lyrics by Tony Harris (BMI)

Biloxi (on her mind) - Lyrics by Tony Harris - Featuring Glenny G's "One Man Band" - Original

not a single day

Whipped up a variation of a previously created backing track that I had arranged using BIAB, and then added a contemporaneous lead while listening and playing along on my Fender Mustang. Mixed it all up and named it 'Light It Up'. Hope it's enjoyed. We all can use a little Light about now.

Sunny Beaches

Light It Up ©

Demos and sketches of songs, mostly recorded in my home studio.
Part of the Netta&McGill duo.
Thanks for having a listen.

Blue

Jim Mcgill