Everyone Waits For Tom

Well Xmas is now about 3 minutes old on the East Coast, so here's a little tribute to Mr. Tom Waits to well, I guess it doesn't fit too well into a stocking. Special thanks for the inspiration to put this together go to the website carnivalsaloon.blogspot.com.

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Whistlin' Past The Graveyard Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Jersey Girl Holly Cole

Innocent When You Dream Great Lake Swimmers

Looks Like I'm Up Shit Creek Again Nora O'Connor

Bronx Lullaby Vamosbabe & Pascal Fricke

Temptation Diana Krall

You Can't Unring a Bell These Immortal Souls

Going Out West Gomez

I Don't Want To Grow Up Petra Haden and Bill Frisell

Foreign Affairs Eleni Mandell

New Coat Of Paint Lee Rocker

Broken Bicycles Botanica

Green Grass Cibelle

Pony Sara Watkins

Walking Spanish The Silver Hearts

Blind Love Sarah Borges & Broken Singles

Come On Up To The House Sarah Jarosz

I Think I Hear Some Echo

Okay, it's 80s music again this week. But I bet it's been a while since you listened to Echo and the Bunnymen and probably haven't heard any of their newer stuff. In that spirit, I give you 18 tracks from the pride of Liverpool including a few cuts from their 2009 release The Fountain.

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Silver

Think I Need It Too

Happy Death Men

All That Jazz

Heaven Up Here

Scissors In The Sand

All I Want

Ripeness

History Chimes

Bring On The Dancing Horses

Drivetime

My Kingdom

Stormy Weather

Sideways Eight

Way Out And Up We Go

A Promise

Gods Will Be Gods

Villiers Terrace

Unconsolably Cat, Cline, and Cohen

Now I didn't just choose to put together Cat Power, Patsy Cline and Leonard Cohen in a mixtape because of their alliterative last names, but, well, it didn't hurt. :) So here's a couple of comps featuring those late night bards designed to keep you company in the winter nights ahead.

Both Discs

Disc One

You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It) Patsy Cline

Master Song Leonard Cohen

Song To Bobby Cat Power

Lord, Help The Poor & Needy Cat Power

Morning Glory Leonard Cohen

Your Kinda Love Patsy Cline

Half Of You Cat Power

Came So Far for Beauty Leonard Cohen

Why Can't He Be You Patsy Cline

Leavin' On Your Mind Patsy Cline

It Ain't Fair Cat Power

Winter Lady Leonard Cohen

If I Could See the World (Through the Eyes of a Child) Patsy Cline

Paths Of Victory Cat Power

Tower of Song Leonard Cohen

Disc Two

(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction Cat Power

Does Your Heart Beat for Me? Patsy Cline

Then You'll Know Patsy Cline

Story Of Isaac Leonard Cohen

He Was A Friend Of Mine Cat Power

Tacoma Trailer Leonard Cohen

If I Could Only Stay Asleep Patsy Cline

The Greatest (Solo Version) Cat Power

Who By Fire Leonard Cohen

One of Us Cannot Be Wrong Leonard Cohen

Baby Doll Cat Power

Strange Patsy Cline

I Can't Forget Leonard Cohen

Silver Stallion Cat Power

The Wayward Wind Patsy Cline

Pretty and High: A Roches Collection

I've never been very good at predicting what people will like and I'm especially bad at predicting which bands are due for a revival. That said, I do think those lovable quasi-folkies The Roches are about due for a comeback. Granted, they could be a tad precious occasionally....but their great harmonies, wry and inventive songwriting, not to mention Robert Fripp's guitar on their early works will always endear them to me. So here's a compilation to start the Roches revival train on its way. :)

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We

Down The Dream

Face Down at Folk City

My Sick Mind

Losing True

Steady with the Maestro

Pretty and High

I Love My Mom

Louis

Come Softly to Me

I Fell in Love

The Train

Mr. Sellack

The Scorpion Lament

Older Girls

This Feminine Position

The Married Men

The Angry Angry Man

Hammond Song

Keep on Doing What You Do/Jerks on the Loose