Tomorrow will be taken up in my house with preparations for the arrival of Hurricane Irene, so I don’t expect to have time for another post...

Jimmy Cliff : Universal Love (Beyond The Boundaries) [ purchase ] It seems we've posted Bob Marley 4 times, but we've y...

Danny O‘Keefe : The Road [ purchase ] I posted this song two years ago on my own blog, Oliver di Place, and it drew the most comments ...

Turtle Island String Quartet: Crossroads (Robert Johnson cover) Turtle Island String Quartet: A Night In Tunisia (Dizzy Gillespie co...

Eagles of Death Metal : San Berdoo Sunburn [ purchase ] The Libertines : I Get Along [ purchase ] Larrikin Love : Six Queens [ purchas...

Grace Jones : Love Is The Drug (Roxy Music cover) [ purchase ] Grace Jones : Inspiration [ purchase ] I came thisclose...

Ben Harper : Sliding Delta [ purchase ] I first heard Ben Harper in 2000, like so many other people. He had been releasing albums sinc...

The Seatbelts : Slipper Sleaze The Seatbelts ft. Mem Nahadr : Butterfly The Seatbelts ft. Raj Ramayya : Ask DNA [ purchase...

Hayseed Dixie: Back In Black [ purchase ] Coverlovers know 2001 as the year that Hayseed Dixie released their debut album "A H...

Calexico : Chrystal Frontier (Widescreen Version) [ purchase ] The name of the band Calexico arises by combining California with Mexic...

Jonatha Brooke: Linger [ Purchase ] It's funny the things you remember. I was only ever in Missouri for a few hours, when I...

Silverbullit: Joy [purchase] Silverbullit - one of all of those great bands destined to die in obscurity. Though they partly have...

Charlie Robison (with Natalie Maines) : The Wedding Song [ purchase ] The Wedding Song is a duet, and it came out on a major label from...

Richard Hawley : Baby, You’re My Light [ purchase ] Richard Hawley, a former member of Britpop groups Longpigs and Pulp, has produce...

Jump, Little Children : Angeldust (Please Come Down) [ purchase ] Jump, Little Children was an alt-rock band made up of students...

David Byrne : Broken Things [ purchase ] By 2001, new wave music had happened twenty years earlier. Talking Heads had made some of the...

Bob Dorough: Three Is A Magic Number [ purchase ] De La Soul: Magic Number [ purchase ] Jack Johnson: The 3 R's [ ...

Pieta Brown : # 807 [ purchase ] Number 807 is a street address, and Pieta Brown takes us to the front door, and then opens it. This b...

Third World : 1865 (96 Degrees In The Shade) [ purchase ] This song has both date and temperature – a twofer! It describes the...

Squeeze: 853-5937 [ Purchase ] 853-5937 is one of those songs I liked as a child and I can look back on and say I am proud of ch...