1. Title: Stagolee
Artist: Beck
Album: Avalon Blues: A Tribute To Mississippi John
Hurt (2001)
Submitted By: noteethleroy
Comments: I wish Beck would do more simple stuff, he’s
damn good at it.
2. Title: Sun Comes Up, It’s Tuesday Morning
Artist: Cowboy Junkies
Album: Acoustic Junk (2009)
Submitted By: erschen
3. Title: American Tune
Artist: Darrell Scott (Paul Simon)
Album: Modern Hymns (2008)
Submitted By: @philnorman
Comments: One of my favorite Paul Simon songs, covered by
one of my favorite singer-songwriters. A song that never fails to touch my
soul.
4. Title: Black Mother Pray
Artist: Tarrus Riley
Album: Mecoustic (2012)
Submitted By: tincanman2010
Comments: No-end-to-his-talent young singer’s latest
dares you to take a spiritual inventory. More here: http://bit.ly/HOU94Z
5. Title: The Foothills
Artist: Sara Watkins (written by Watkins and Blake Mills)
Album: Sun Midnight Sun (2012)
Submitted By: Mando Lines
Comments: Big acoustic instrumental tune, sounds like a
movie theme. One of two instrumentals on Watkins’ great new record, which
contains a duet with Fiona Apple as well as guest vocals by Jackson Browne and
Taylor Goldsmith (Dawes).
6. Title: East Nashville Skyline
Artist: Todd Snider
Album: What The Folk – Belcourt Theater –
Nashville TN (2005)
Submitted By: toomuchcountry
Comments: This version of ENS is much different than the
one Snider included on his Peace, Love & Anarchy release of demos and
rarities or that he now performs in his shows. And frankly, I like it better. I
was really fortunate to be in the audience the night of this show to hear it.
Todd’s show that night capped a great triple-header. Tommy Womack opened and
was then followed by Hayes Carll. Todd then took center stage as the headliner
and was accompanied by Womack and Jeff Austin of the Yonder Mountain String
Band.
7. Title: Stuck on the Inside
Artist: DeepSeaGreen
Album: Acoustic Sessions (2011)
Submitted By: @popa2unes
Comments: DeepSeaGreen are a garage-rock band from London
formed in late 2008. The four piece is made up of brothers Jon and Daniel
Jefford (on guitar and drums respectively), Trent Halliday (vocals, guitar) and
Marco Menestrina (bass).
8. Title: Loveless Park
Artist: Jason and Alison
Album: Woodshed (1995)
Submitted By: Ryan (Verbow @ altcountrytab.ca)
Comments: Before forming Verbow, Jason Narducy and Alison
Chesley played together as an acoustic duo and put out this album. This is one
of my favorite songs – simple, beautiful melody that betrays somewhat downer
lyrics. Great song.
9. Title: We Can’t Make it Here
Artist: James McMurtry
Album: unreleased (2004)
Submitted By: Rockstar Aimz
Comments: I yanked this acoustic version off of
McMurtry’s web site a while ago. Very few bands and artists write topical or
political songs, and even fewer do it well. McMurtry excels at it, and when all
is said and done, this song may be the song that best represents the 2000’s.
10. Title: Iso-Residue (acoustic)
Artist: Will Johnson (Centro-matic)
Album: Original on Candidate Waltz (2011)
Submitted By: Slowcoustic
Comments: I always was a big fan of Will Johnson and here
he shows he can also take an more upbeat Centro-matic tune and give it the solo
Will Johnson acoustic touch. This guy can rarely do wrong acoustically in my
books.
11. Title: Anastasia
Artist: Loomer
Album: BBC Live Session Track from 2005 (from the
Songs of the Wild West Island album 2006)
Submitted By: Simon
Comments: Fell in love with this track when I first heard
it and it remains a favourite, it’s a different tempo and mood (and all the
better for it in IMHO) than the album version.
Not sure if the band are still together or recording a
quick Google revealed little accept a parked website but you can listen to
Anastasia and other tracks from the album here
http://music.cbc.ca/#/artists/LOOMER and download at eMusic.
http://www.emusic.com/listen/#/album/loomer/songs-of-the-wild-west-island/11255770/
12. Title: Question
Artist: The Old 97’s
Album: Hit By A Train: The Best Of Old 97′s (2006)
Submitted By: BoogieStudio22
Comments: This one goes out to Laura. I surprised her
with ‘the question’ over 22 years ago.
13. Title: Coffee Blues (Live)
Artist: Mississippi John Hurt
Album: Salty Dog (orig. 1963, comp. album 2009)
Submitted By: Gorrck
Comments: Acoustic, but with a microphone. Does that
still count? I traded the Bluesmobile for a microphone.
14. Title: Broken Man
Artist: Lauderdale
Album: Moving On (B Sides/unreleased) (2011)
Submitted By: Corey Flegel – This Is American Music
15. Title: Candy Cane Crawl
Artist: Greg Dulli
Album: non-album, live track from 2010 acoustic
tour
Submitted By: April @ Now This Sound Is Brave
Comments: Submitting this track on Greg fucking Dulli’s
46th birthday. It’s one of my favorite songs by my favorite artist, containing
nearly all the elements that make me love him – the cinematic sweep, the
perfectly imperfect vocals, and the knife that cuts my soul right in two and
lets all the dirt and light and blood and secret beauty pour right out. He’s
accompanied by Dave Roesser on guitar and backing vocals, and Rick Nelson on
cello.
16. Title: Goodbye California
Artist: Jolie Holland
Album: Escondida (2004)
Submitted By: Brad Kelley
Comments: Jolie Holland was in the Be Good Tanyas, but I
only recently discovered her. Love her voice and inflections.
17. Title: Elk River Blues
Artist: Ernie Carpenter
Album: Tales of Elk River Country (1986)
Submitted By: Truersound
Comments: The Elk River runs through central WV and was
dammed off in 1958 to form Sutton Lake. Ernie Carpenter wrote this tune while
sitting on the ridge looking down at Sutton Lake as it covered what used to be
his family’s old homeplace. Such powerful emotions from just one fiddle.
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