Tag: #SOTD

#songoftheday = METALLICA: “ONLY HAPPY WHEN IT RAINS (LIVE)” (#songsforourtimes #20) + A-HA: “LIVING AT THE END OF THE WORLD (#songsforourtimes #21)

April 20, 2020

Yeah, yeah, I know, this isn’t exactly a hopeful song and it isn’t about the end of the world either. But I do feel like “Only Happy When It Rains,” a Garbage song which Metallica covered at the Bridge School Benefit on 10/27/07, has the vibe many of us are feeling right now.
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#songoftheday = DAVID ARCHULETA: “AIMING FOR HOPE” (#songsforourtimes #19)

April 10, 2020

The chorus of this gorgeous ballad by David Archuleta says it all: “When you’re alone And don’t know when the night will end
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#songoftheday / #amlistening = DOE PAORO: “MIDNIGHT CHOIR”

July 26, 2019

“We’re never-ending,” sings the always impressive singer/songwriter Doe Paoro as the chorus of her inspiring new song “Midnight Choir” comes to its finish, her voice sounding like that of an angel singing to us from up above the clouds.
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#songoftheday / #amlistening = CIARAN LAVERY: “13”

June 22, 2018

‘”13″ is the latest single from Irish singer/songwriter Ciaran Lavery and it’s like Ryan Adams, Conor Oberst and none other than Bob Dylan sat in a room together and churned out a song. “Love is like a suicide,” Lavery sings, his lyrics raw and his voice a bit raspy.
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#songoftheday / #amlistening = KAT CUNNING: “Make U Say”(Live)

June 20, 2018

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#songoftheday / #amlistening = SALT: “HELIUM”

April 3, 2018

Today we have “Helium,” the excellent second single from the artist simply known as Salt. I love the way the track blends synthesizers and snappy beats with her sometimes ethereal vocals. The artist she most reminds me of is the great Florence Welch (a.k.a. Florence + The Machine), especially in terms of the production, which…
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Tag: #SOTD

#songoftheday = METALLICA: “ONLY HAPPY WHEN IT RAINS (LIVE)” (#songsforourtimes #20) + A-HA: “LIVING AT THE END OF THE WORLD (#songsforourtimes #21)

#songoftheday = DAVID ARCHULETA: “AIMING FOR HOPE” (#songsforourtimes #19)

#songoftheday / #amlistening = DOE PAORO: “MIDNIGHT CHOIR”

#songoftheday / #amlistening = CIARAN LAVERY: “13”

#songoftheday / #amlistening = KAT CUNNING: “Make U Say”(Live)

#songoftheday / #amlistening = SALT: “HELIUM”