The Joy Formidable’s The Big Roar was one of my favorite album’s of 2011 and after listening to the band’s latest tracks (“This Ladder Is Ours” and “Cholla”), i’m even more excited for the follow up Wolf’s Law, which will be released on Jan 21st. While you wait, catch the band on tour and enjoy “This Ladder Is Ours” below.
More holiday tunes to look forward to!
Starbucks’ label, Hear Music, and Concord will release a compilation of artists covering holiday classics on Oct 30th. Holidays Rule will feature the likes of The Civl Wars, Eleanor Friedberger, The Head and The Heart, Paul McCartney, Rufus Wainwright (who also has a touring Christmas show with his sister Martha), Sharon Van Etten, and many, many more. Check out the complete track list while enjoying Rufus and Sharon’s rendition of one of favorites, “Baby It’s Cold Outside”. Enjoy.
01 fun.: “Sleigh Ride”
02 The Shins: “Wonderful Christmastime”
03 Rufus Wainwright with Sharon Van Etten: “Baby, It’s Cold Outside”
04 Paul McCartney: “The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)”
05 Black Prairie: “(Everybody’s Waitin’ for) The Man With the Bag” [ft. Sallie Ford]
06 The Civil Wars: “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day”
07 Calexico: “Green Grows the Holly”
08 AgesandAges: “We Need a Little Christmas”
09 Holly Golightly: “That’s What I Want For Christmas”
10 Irma Thomas with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band: “May Everyday Be Christmas”
11 Heartless Bastards: “Blue Christmas”
12 Eleanor Friedberger: “Santa Bring My Baby Back to Me”
13 Fruit Bats: “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas”
14 Y La Bamba: “Señor Santa”
15 The Punch Brothers: “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel”
16 The Head and The Heart: “What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve”
17 Andrew Bird: “Auld Lang Syne”
Atlas Genius perform “Islands” (The xx) acoustically at Crown City Studios. Through the Glass EP available now. Full-length debut out in Winter 2013.
Our Nature out October 16th. Stream it now at My Old Kentucky Blog.
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Obviously this isn’t music related, but it’s for a good cause. You, or somebody you know, has most likely been affected by Alzheimer’s, so please join me in bringing awareness to this truly awful disease. Personally, Alzheimer’s scares the shit out me. The way it consumed my Grandpa is reason enough for me to support this cause.
For the last 5 years, i’ve been taking part in the Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk®. Since 1989, Memory Walk has raised $300 million for Alzheimer care, support and research. By teaming up with others, I’m hoping to do my part to fight this deadly disease and show my support for the more than 5 million Americans living with Alzheimer’s disease. Funds raised through Memory Walk go towards research to treat and prevent Alzheimer’s, and programs to improve the lives of millions of Americans already affected.
I’m hoping you’ll join me this year. Whether it’s in the form of a donation, or simply joining my team (Team “Lori and Grams”), every little bit helps. My team will be walking in this Saturday’s (Oct. 13) Memory Walk in Chico, CA, but be on the lookout for your local Memory Walk this year…more than likely there’s at least one nearby.