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Monday Morning Video – A Tough Music Year Keeps Getting Tougher

Monday, November 21, 2016 By Mayer Danzig

It’s been a tough year for music fans as we continue to lose a generation of greats. Here are a quartet of videos from three that we’ve lost in the past two weeks. We’re gonna miss the spirit and songs of Leon Russell, Leonard Cohen and Sharon Jones.

Filed Under: Blues, In Memoriam, Pop, Rock, Soul/R&B, Videos Tagged With: Leon Russell, Leonard Cohen, Prince, Sharon Jones

Meatyard – Sweet Old Green Life

Thursday, December 02, 2010 By Shawn Underwood

Somewhere in the information that I dug up on Meatyard, it says something about how “Leonard Cohen would sound if he had a country band”. There are all kinds of implications in that statement, like future greatness, cult following, and even that somehow nothing Cohen does is country. I don’t subscribe to much of that, […]

Filed Under: Alternative, Americana, Folk, Reviews Tagged With: Leonard Cohen, Meatyard

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What is your favorite new release for week of November 6?

  • Eliot Bronson – Arrive (44%, 35 Votes)
  • Kings of Leon – O My Beloved (13%, 10 Votes)
  • Eddie 9V – Down Here (13%, 10 Votes)
  • Willi Carlisle – The Universal Bubba (11%, 9 Votes)
  • Grayson Capps – The Weight of the World (8%, 6 Votes)
  • Lizzie No, Olivia Ellen Lloyd, Brandi Waller-Pace – Outlaws’ Almanac (5%, 4 Votes)
  • Jack Blocker – Big Jefe (5%, 4 Votes)
  • Johnny Delaware – On God’s Time (1%, 1 Votes)
  • Lacy Green, Adam Wright, Thomm Jutz – Shakespeare’s Bones (1%, 1 Votes)
  • Michelle Malone – Christmas with Michelle Malone and The Hot Toddies (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Sufjan Stevens – Worst Christmas Ever! (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Janky Bungag – Hangin’ Out & Hangin’ On (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 80

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