New Faves 02/26/2022 – Part 2

“We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.”

– Winston Churchill, June, 4, 1940 

Kate Wolf

When it comes to crate digging with the Jean, I’m hard to impress and often feel I’ve heard it all before- and from better. Many of my new faves in 2022 are lesser known songs from the 20th century and frankly sound a bit strange- almost spooky- which may reflect the times in which we are living as well as explain their obscurity and why it took them so long to reach my ears. 

Superchunk

These new faves may also reflect my own current thoughts about life, the meaning of which I know includes getting some enjoyment out of it especially through music that moves the spirit. If there is another thread connecting these 40 songs then it may be they are consciously and/or subconsciously tied to my plans to write a thriller/romance/adventure novel about a protagonist’s struggle against overwhelming evil forces while living in a cabin in the remote Adirondacks circa 1995. Enjoy!

Kate Wolf

01. Kate Wolf – “Green Eyes (Live)” (1982 or 1983)

02. Golden Smog – “Glad and Sorry” (1995)

03. The Beat – “End of the Party” (1983)

04. Linda Perhacs – “Chimacum Rain” (1970)

05. Kate Wolf – “The Redtail Hawk” (1976)

06. Peter Gabriel – “Here Comes the Flood” (1990)

07. Emmylou Harris – “Sweet Old World” (1995)

08. Kathy McCarty – “Living Life” (1994)

09. Superchunk – “This Night” (2022)

10. Lloyd Cole and the Commotions – “Why I Love Country Music” (1985)

11. Stephin Merritt – “One April Day” (2003) 

12. Jamey Johnson – “In Color” (2008)

13. Honeybus – “Story” (1969)

14. Mercury Rev – “Holes” (1998)

15. Bob Mould – “Voices in My Head” (2016)

16. Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks – “Gardenia” (2008)

17. Michael Chapman – “You Say” (1969)

18. Tom Waits – “Somewhere (from ‘West Side Story’)” (1978)

19. William Tyler – “The Great Unwind” (2016)

20. Chuck Prophet – “Bad Year for Rock and Roll” (2017) 

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