Music That Speaks To You
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Hearts of Space had a very nice program recently
https://blog.hos.com/2019/04/pgm-1211-electron-traveler-4.html
https://blog.hos.com/2019/04/pgm-1211-electron-traveler-4.html
One song I've found meaningful for the last twenty years, Carbon Leaf's "Blue Ridge Laughing."
Carbon Leaf was a band I discovered in college, when I was attending the University of Richmond. They were playing a KA party the weekend the fraternity lodges opened, and my roommate had decided to pledge KA, and he suggested I attend. So, in a dark fraternity lodge, drinking Milwaukee's Best (the campus drink!), I saw Carbon Leaf perform for the first time. I bought their first CD, Meander, for eight dollars, and a love affair with a band and their music began that continues to this day. My collection contains some rarities (the From Godwin to Scotland live album, which I got signed by the band last year, and "Easy to Love," a marketing song for the city Richmond that was done circa 2001 with another local Richmond artist, Regan). I still attend 2 or 3 Carbon Leaf gigs a year.
As for why I find this song personally meaningful, it reminds me of a woman who was briefly in my life in late '99, about the time the album it was on (Ether Electrified Porch Music) came out. It's a wistful song, about people who pass briefly through other lives, and when I think of her, it's with with great fondness, and the memories I have are happy ones. And even though the feeling isn't to do with her, the song brings with it feelings of hope and joy. It brightens my spirits.
I also love the lines, "The red star is Mercury or Venus / to tell the truth / I don't really know / space brings back boyish wonder / and if we run, we run behind."
Carbon Leaf was a band I discovered in college, when I was attending the University of Richmond. They were playing a KA party the weekend the fraternity lodges opened, and my roommate had decided to pledge KA, and he suggested I attend. So, in a dark fraternity lodge, drinking Milwaukee's Best (the campus drink!), I saw Carbon Leaf perform for the first time. I bought their first CD, Meander, for eight dollars, and a love affair with a band and their music began that continues to this day. My collection contains some rarities (the From Godwin to Scotland live album, which I got signed by the band last year, and "Easy to Love," a marketing song for the city Richmond that was done circa 2001 with another local Richmond artist, Regan). I still attend 2 or 3 Carbon Leaf gigs a year.
As for why I find this song personally meaningful, it reminds me of a woman who was briefly in my life in late '99, about the time the album it was on (Ether Electrified Porch Music) came out. It's a wistful song, about people who pass briefly through other lives, and when I think of her, it's with with great fondness, and the memories I have are happy ones. And even though the feeling isn't to do with her, the song brings with it feelings of hope and joy. It brightens my spirits.
I also love the lines, "The red star is Mercury or Venus / to tell the truth / I don't really know / space brings back boyish wonder / and if we run, we run behind."
Current obsessions include Sara Barellis's songography, especially "She Used to be Mine." Jennifer Nettles released a new EP with an old song: "King of the City." 1997's "I'll Be" by Edwin McCain. Epilogue and End Credits of II by James Horner.
She can still put me in tears.I hadn't heard "Perfect" by Ed Sheeran, yet. But, a line in that song "We were just kids when we fell in love..." created a waterfall of tears. 18 years later, my first and only love, and music, can move me to tears.
She can still put me in tears.I hadn't heard "Perfect" by Ed Sheeran, yet. But, a line in that song "We were just kids when we fell in love..." created a waterfall of tears. 18 years later, my first and only love, and music, can move me to tears.
This is a cover band on YouTube, doing a country song by Keith Whitley, and eventually, Alison Krauss. I love this cover!
My obsession with Sugarland continues...
My obsession with Sugarland continues...
Everything I've heard from her has driven me to tears of appreciation.
Ah, A Carbon Leaf fan
I first came across them while I was searching for music on the old mp3.com website. At that point they were still very much in their early beginnings, but I remember thinking, "This band is going to be big."And so years later, I wasn't completely surprised to see them all over the place. I got reintroduced to them via Great Big Sea as there was quite a bit of overlap, and they had performed together on the cruises GBS had put together. Would have been fun to be on those. I did introduce a friend to the band's music and eventually he became an even bigger fan than I was. Funny how that goes. Love their sound.
As for music, I just came across this earlier this week. It really made me take notice:
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Amaris
Guest
Bill Douglas
“Heaven In A Wildflower”
(Original poem “Auguries of Innocence” by William Blake)
“Heaven In A Wildflower”
(Original poem “Auguries of Innocence” by William Blake)
Pink Floyd
"Comfortably Numb"
"Comfortably Numb"
Ah, A Carbon Leaf fan
Cheers!
mp3.com! I remember those days. I have CL's exclusive EP that was sold on mp3.com circa 2000. Not sure that it plays anymore.
Great Big Sea is a band that I've seen live, but haven't ever delved into. I should really rectify that.
In 2010, they both played DC's Shamrock Fest, and they performed together with the actor Russell Crowe. While I've attended this festival a lot, I didn't attend that year, a lapse that I still regret.
I filmed about ten minutes of Carbon Leaf and Gaelic Storm performing together at last year's Annapolis Irish Festival, though I've not even looked at it since.
I have a number of friends who were introduced to Carbon Leaf via a Doctor Who fanvid. It was around 2006 -- I was still living in Raleigh at the time -- someone made a fanvid of "What About Everything?" with Doctor Who clips. The band was a fan of it, as it introduced people to their music, but the BBC had it pulled. When my friends were sharing the video, before it was pulled, on LiveJournal and going, "Who are these guys? They're amazing," I would chime in, explain who they were, and suggest where to go next.
Early on, I remember saying, "They sound like R.E.M.," but now they're an interesting fusion of alt-rock and American roots music with Celtic flourishes. I can't think of anyone who's quite where they are sonically.
GBS were my favourite for a long time. I have all their albums, and seen them multiple times. Out of their studio albums, I prefer their first 3; Up, Play and Turn, where I felt they were most energetic. Starting with Sea of No Cares their sound started changing a bit too much for my tastes. Something Beautiful, Fortune's Favour, and Safe Upon The Shore were from an era that I wasn't too fond of. Of course, seeing as they were primarily a live band, you can't go wrong with any of their live albums such as Road Rage & Courage, Patience and Grit. I was sad and bitter for a long time after they had suddenly split up around 2013 without much fanfare or explanation.
Yeah, that's a good way to describe them. I can only think of a few bands that are similar, GBS being one of them. Most of the time it seems to be taken in the other direction of celtic rock. One other band that I got into that I could see you liking is a Canadian band called Spirit of the West. Again, like Carbon Leaf, there are a lot of Celtic flourishes in their music.
Speaking of Gaelic Storm, yeah, they're another band I've heard loads about, but never ended up getting into them. Time and all that
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