mairead

I'll be the first to say I'm not entirely knowledgeable about hip hop. At least, not as much as I'd like. The stuff they play on the radio is horrible and offensive. (Please explain to me the logic of a young woman listening to songs that degrade her?) Then again, most music on the radio sucks...

I bought their album Good News for People Who Love Bad News back in like 2004 and thought every other song besides Float On was horrible. For some reason I kept the album on my iTunes for years and downloaded some off of their newer album We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank and never even...

1. Blind Willie McTell (1889 or 1901 or 1903 - 1959) -A 12 string finger-picking Piedmont blues Guitarist. Recorded 149 songs between 1927 and 1956 Boll Weevil http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdDZJ0YueQ4 2. Muddy Waters (1913 -1983) -Considered the father of Chicago Blues. In 2004 Waters was...

1. Sam Cooke (1931-1964) -Considered one of the pioneers and founders of soul music. A Change Is Gonna Come is probably his best song, which I think came out posthumously after he was killed. I can't find the song on youtube, just people trying to sing it from their living rooms and such. But...

Mairead's Music: Part Sept -Jazz / Big Band Edition 1. Billie Holiday -...pioneered a new way of manipulating wording and tempo, and also popularized a more personal and intimate approach to singing... Summertime- http://www.youtube.com/v/n4PSju9HYwU 2. Charles Mingus -First of all...

1. Santogold I played "Creator" by her on the Shizz the other night. After it played, I was threatened with a punch to the uterus and am sure there was much bitching in the chatroom. At any rate, she's a little similar to MIA and her latest album is pretty great. L.E.S. Artistes -...

This time around there's more mainstream artists. 1. Elvis Costello. -He's been a bit of an obsession lately. Besides "Wave A White Flag" which I posted about earlier, everyone's pretty familiar with "Alison". I recommend the entire "My Aim Is True" (1977) album...

1. Charlotte Sometimes -Taking her stage name from the children's book or perhaps the Cure song, Jessie Poland, is a new singer from NY that was recently signed to Geffen records. Her debut album came out on May 6th. She's a bit like Ingrid Michaelson meets Fiona Apple, 'cept more poppy, if...

1. Daniel Johnston American singer, songwriter, musician, artist, and the subject of 2006's documentary "The Devil and Daniel Johnston." He's bipolar and despite being 47 years old, his songs come off very child-like. Here's an interesting story: During a tour with Sonic Youth, Daniel was...

1. Gogol Bordello Gogol Bordello is a multi-ethnic Gypsy punk band from New York. I first heard of them when they opened for Flogging Molly here a few years ago. They're very similar bands in that they're both punk fused with some kind of ethnic folk music. Most of the members of Gogol Bordello...

I do this over at TMF and some people seem to like it, so I thought I'd try it here. Unfortunately, TMF allows embedding of youtube videos, which makes things a bit easier, but I've posted the links to the videos instead. Seems good music is hard to find these days, so in hopes of bringing to...