Fiona Apple: Slow Like Honey [ Purchase ] As far as song similes go, this one has more than it's fair share. Pretty much every line con...

Whiskeytown: Drank Like a River [ purchase ] Slow start this week... Here's one to get everybody ramped up again. This is Ryan Adams a...

Fats Waller : Your Feet‘s Too Big [ purchase ] Fats Waller was one of the great talents from the time before jazz had a name. Starting in th...

All Gods' Children: Peace Fills Your Head [ purchase ] From the mid '80s to the mid '90s, New Brunswick, NJ had a very fertile ...

Mark Kozelek: Up To My Neck In You [ purchase ] AC/DC: Up To My Neck In You [ purchase ] Though I'm a coverblogger at home, I tend to f...

Slim Harpo: Baby Scratch My Back [ purchase ] "Ahhh, itchy! And I don´t know where to scratch..." You may know Slim Harpo because ...

The Naysayer: My Liver Needs a Lawyer [ Purchase ] The Naysayer is the music of Anna Padgett. She makes folk/country music and most of her ...

Lou Reed: Foot of Pride [ purchase ] Here's a song to bridge the gap between last week's theme and this week's. Back in 1992, I...

The Balancing Act : Fishing in Your Eye [ purchase ] This post happened by accident. The Balancing Act was an undeservedly obscure band on t...

Dar Williams: Mortal City [ purchase ] This song took a while to grow on me; for years, I skipped past it, looking the harder, more upbeat ...

The Poozies : Ma Plaid/ Freya Dances [ purchase ] Ma Plaid is a traditional Scottish tune which, as recorded by The Poozies, comes in at abo...

Ali Farka Touré & Ry Cooder : Diaraby [ purchase ] I first thought of posting the great Ethiopian singer Mahmoud Ahmed, but then to my ...

Television: Marquee Moon [ purchase ] Well it seems like a lot of the SMMers are on summer vacation, so here's another one from the new...

Steely Dan : Deacon Blues [ purchase ] Steely Dan, in their heyday, made a habit of being sneaky. They would use all these jazz harmonies in...

Fleetwood Mac: Future Games [ purchase ] I was extremely happy to see Boyhowdy post the original Fleetwood Mac version of "Black Magic...

Fairport Convention : Matty Groves [ purchase ] My first thought when I learned of this week’s theme was, “There must be one of those Englis...

Weird Al Yankovic: Albuquerque [ purchase ] Weird Al Yankovic: Genius in France [ purchase ] Weird Al Yankovic: Trapped in the Drive-Thru...

St. Germain: Rose Rouge [ purchase ] My first trip to Amsterdam was as an adult, in March of 2000; my wife had just miscarried after several...

Cream: White Room [ purchase ] I'm still in overwhelmed/numb/mourning/introspective mode... and this song certainly fits the bill - ...

Fleetwood Mac: Black Magic Woman [ purchase ] As I noted in back in February over at the coverblog , most folks have no idea that Santana si...