Old Is Still New!

With all the new artist today, it's easy to leave the old guys behind.  But, did you know there's been some great music released in the last year by some of the folks you've known for decades?  This week's playlist consist of mainly new music, but I had to include a few of my favorite songs of the past just to mix it up a bit.  When's the last time you listened to Elton John?  Are you a David Gilmour fan?  NFW... you don't know David Gilmour?  Pink Floyd ring a bell?

This week's playlist is dedicated to artist that have been playing music for over 40 years and have released an album within the last year.  All the artist on this weeks playlist meet the criteria except for two exceptions.  Red Hot Chili Peppers are mere pups!  They've only been around for 33 years.  But since there new album was released last week, and it's damn good, I had to include them!  The other exception is Robert Plant.  His latest project was released a little over a year ago.  But, it's Robert Plant, so give me a freek'n break:)  Unfortunately, Spotify has let me down this week.  They don't have Robert Plant's newest album "Lullaby and the Ceaseless Roar".  So if you like what's on the playlist, head over to iTunes to listen to more.

Chili Peppers.  I became a fan when "Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magic" was released.  Didn't think they could top it... then there was "Californication"... then there was "Stadium Arcadium"... now "The Getaway".  They just keep evolving and getting better.  So really "evolving and getting better" is why I enjoyed putting this playlist together.  Elton John said in an interview on the release of his new album, there was a certain freedom as an artist when you no longer are chasing fame and fortune.  You can focus on the art of making music.  They're are plenty of new artist out there that don't chase fortune and fame, but we don't hear of them much!

Last month, Eric Clapton release "I Still Do".  Not much to say here, but listen to the master.  Late last year David Gilmour released his newest work.  It's amazing what he can do with a guitar.  His wife of over 20 years, is a novelist and writes the lyrics to all his music. She says he speaks with his music, she just puts it into words.

A little confession here, I haven't been much of an Elton John fan since "Captain Fantastic", but I have to give him props for still going strong.  His newest work has received a lot of praise from his long time fans.

Did you know Tom Petty grew up in Gainsville FL?  Did you know he was in a band called Mudcrutch that played locally around the area before he hit the big times?  Did you know Mudcrutch just released there second album?  Wow, look at all the things you learn just by putting up with my blog:)

Not only is Keith Richard still alive, he's still releasing solo albums outside of the Stones.  His latest is a hit and miss.  There are several great tunes and it gets better the more you listen.  He definitely stays true to his blues rock roots.

That's it for this week... no wait, that's not it!  There are two playlist links below.  The first one is this week's playlist.  The second one is the first of the "that's what I was thinking of" playlist.  When I started sending out music to my sisters, I just texted out three artist each week without a playlist.  It was up to them to go check them out.  This week, I'm including the playlist of the music from the first "Music Artist" text I sent out.

https://open.spotify.com/user/1281390552/playlist/38UbCSrDoKnlKv3BVAKG8A

https://open.spotify.com/user/1281390552/playlist/5sVlC7jsOw6ahnxA8phu0M


Enjoy the Music!

Craig

Orlando United

June 21, 2016 Blog

If anyone was wondering "why a weekly'ish music list"?  It's really not to educate my sisters about what's out there today.  It's just another adventure in the joy of music.  Music which has always been by my side through life.

Last week, there was no music list sent out because there was little joy in Central Florida.  Keep in your hearts and support the victims of the tragedies which recently hit Orlando.

On Saturday, the 11th of June, I started a blog to go along with the week's music list.  This week, I decided to send it out to all.

June 11, 2016 Blog

So excited!  Lots of stuff to cover.  So much, a blog is in order!

Warning:  I was inspired by Saturday night’s concert to make a playlist, my sisters will not like!  If you haven’t journeyed into experimental or post-hardcore music scene, you too will not venture far with me this week.

Since my sister won’t get through the first song on the “Ready for This” playlist, I decided to add a “if you can’t handle it” playlist.  It’s a mixture of several artist, starting with MÆ.

Next is ZZ Ward.  She’s been known to jump around in music, bluesy rock to rap doing collaborations with guys like Kendrick Lamar and Childish Gambino.  Btw… both great rappers, but we won’t venture into that music, yet!

“Head and The Heart” released a single this past week.  And it’s a damn good one!  I’m sure most of you are fans and I’m sure their new stuff won’t disappoint.  For some reason, following up with “Monsters and Men” just seems like the right thing to do.

Finishing up the playlist with some Lykke Li.  Interesting… She kind of grows on you.

Music Mix if you can’t handle the other:

https://open.spotify.com/user/1281390552/playlist/5pO3TVSqVmhtT82FqidWVf

So, back to this week’s real playlist! Saturday night, Peyton and I went to see one of our favorite bands.  We saw them three years ago on their last tour before breaking up.  Turns out the band re-united and released a new album two weeks ago.  Thrice is considered an experimental rock band.  They first caught Harrison’s attention with the Alchemy Index albums.  Two albums, with a theme… Fire, Water, Air, & Earth.  Cool concept with a few songs each about the four classical Greek elements.  Thrice has changed so much over the years, if you like the newer music, you may not like the older stuff.  If you like any on the playlist, check out the Beggars album.

Another “Experimental” band is The Deer Hunter.  Talk about theme albums.  The band was formed and named “The Deer Hunter” to tell a story about the life and death of a boy named “The Deer Hunter”.  If you run across any of the “Acts I through IV” albums, you know it’s part of the story.  But wait, they took a break a few years back to release 9 Eps, each a single “color” of music.  The Color Spectrum set was a total departure from the Acts.  Several songs representing 9 different colors.  It’s not hard to imagine, so let’s play a little word game.  I type a color and then will put down the first word that comes to mind…

Black – Dark; Red – Hard; Green – Earthy; Yellow – Smooth

You get the idea!

Keeping with the theme bands, Coheed and Cambria has got to take top honors!  The band was formed in order to put the lead singer’s (Claudio Sanchez) science fiction story to music.  The Armory Wars has been made into a comic book series as well as a novel.  Pretty interesting story line, but I’m not going to bore you with it here.  If you can handle the music, start your Coheed & Cambria journey with “Good Apollo I’m Burning Star IV Volume One: From Fear Through The Eyes Of Madness”.  Yes, that is an album name!

https://open.spotify.com/user/1281390552/playlist/3JeMW4DuQGfyvAN5wwg0k7

Enjoy the Music!