Nathaniel Bellows The Moat New York-based folk singer-songwriter Nathaniel Bellows releases his new EP, The Moat, an exploration of how the defenses people construct to protect themselves, like a moat, can also serve as prison walls, isolating them from others and from what it means to be human. Bellows released his album The Old Illusions […]
Anna Tivel unveils her seventh long player, entitled Animal Poem, which explores and reveals the pervasive degradations that the socio-cultural constructions of the world at large impose on the planet’s inhabitants. In a way, Animal Poem reflects a search for the meaning of life. Tivel shares, “I think about being here. How brief it is. […]
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Truth is a rabbit, is a rabbit, is a rabbit Truth is a rabbit in a bramble bush. “Truth is a Rabbit” by Randy Brown from the CD Dream Big This month’s lyric is from one of my songs from my first solo record, released in 2006. This was before I added the “Lewis” to […]
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“One is the loneliest number that you’ll ever do” From the song: One – By Harry Nilsson “One” is a song written by Harry Nilsson and made famous by Three Dog Night whose recording reached number five on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1969 and number four in Canada. Nilsson said he wrote the […]
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“Time is the wildest bird It flutters just beyond your reach It does not argue judge or preach No time flies, time flies” Randy Brown from the album Dream Big In case you are wondering why “Randy Brown” recorded this month’s lyric, I wrote and recorded this song “Tempus Fugit” long before I added my […]
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“Money, It’s a crime Share it fairly, but don’t take a slice of my pie Money, So they say Is the root of all evil today” Written by Roger Waters and recorded by Pink Floyd “Money” is a song off Pink Floyd’s record breaking album “Dark Side of the Moon”. Released in 1973 on Harvest […]
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“Ignore the man behind the curtain Ignore the puppets strings Ignore the lies and nonsense Of those who would be king” Wind of Change by Randy Lewis Brown I don’t normally use my own songs when I write about music stuff but this particular lyrical reference to the title song from my upcoming album was […]
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Americana Highways brings you this premiere of Joe Bourdet’s song “Songbird Revisited” from his forthcoming album Meadow Rock. The album was recorded at Mountain Sounds Recorders and Palomino Sound, Los Angeles, CA, and engineered by Joe Bourdet and Jason Soda. “Songbird Revisited” is Joe Bourdet on acoustic and electric guitars, Hammond organ, slide guitar solo […]
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