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Song of the Day

This week I’ll be sharing songs from what I’m calling “Ones To Watch,” artists who are on the rise that I expect to blow up soon. Who better to kick things off than The Civil Wars, who most recently have been opening up for Adele on her current tour. The Civil Wars are a duo [...]

Love him or hate him, Bob Dylan has influenced popular music since he started performing. I for one love his music, and his song “Maggie’s Farm” marked a turning point for him when he went electric.  Here’s the live version from the infamous 1965 Newport Music Festival performance. Download: Amazon MP3 | iTunes

If there’s one album I’ve listened to more than any other this year, it’s Mumford & Sons’ Sigh No More. These guys also shared the stage with Bob Dylan and The Avett Brothers on the Grammys earlier this year. Their big hit has been “Little Lion Man,” but here’s another great song of theirs, “The [...]

The first time I saw The Avett Brothers in concert was in a college gymnasium with about 150 other people. They played their hearts out. About three years later, not only are they performing on The Grammys, they’re sharing the stage with Bob Dylan. Here’s “Kick Drum Heart” off their latest album, I And Love [...]

This is my favorite song, “Rococo,” off Arcade Fire’s latest album, The Suburbs, for which they just won the Grammy for Album Of The Year. There’s something really beautiful about the slow build of the song and its repetitive chorus. Hope you enjoy it too! Download: Amazon MP3 | iTunes

Welcome to the first installment of my Song of the Day! These will be short, daily posts where I share a song that I’m currently digging. It might be a song that’s currently at the top of the charts (like today’s song), it could be a classic from The Beatles, or it could be… well, [...]