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Song of the Day: Katie Cole’s “Graceland”

Cole Graceland

Singer-songwriter Katie Cole takes us to church in her new single, “Graceland.” Cole, who was born in Australia but now lives in Nashville, was inspired to write the song with co-writer Sam Brooker after a visit to Elvis Presley’s home.

“Graceland” is in the voice of someone who has wronged their lover. Cole’s wonderful voice gives an emotional depth to the song, while sometimes a choir backs her up. Check it out.

It’s a long road I’m on to get me here,
When all the lights have gone out but the stars;
So I’ll follow them, wherever they lead me dear,
Far away, far away from your heart.

“Graceland” is from Katie Cole’s EP, Things That Break, Pt. 1. We hope to hear more from her in the near future.

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Nina Simone: “To Love Somebody” (Cover of the Day)

Allison Russell: “The Returner” (Song of the Day)

Allison Russell’s “Nightflyer” (Song of the Day)

Connie Smith: “Once a Day” (Song of the Day)

Etta James: “Almost Persuaded” (Song of the Day)

Cover of the Day: Mo Pitney Sings “If Hollywood Don’t Need You”

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Jeff Tweedy Sings “Pecan Pie” from Bed for Charity

Pecan Pie

Wilco leader (and Uncle Tupelo legend) Jeff Tweedy recently performed the song “Pecan Pie” in a video for Bedstock, a music benefit sponsored by MyMusicRx for the Children’s Cancer Association. Bedstock features artists making videos of performances from bed in solidarity with ill children and teens. The event started in 2014.

“Pecan Pie” first appeared on the album Down By The Old Mainstream (1995) by Golden Smog. The band was a 1990s alt-country supergroup that included Tweedy.

Tweedy performs a solo acoustic version of “Pecan Pie” in the video for Bedstock. Check out what is maybe the best love song that says so much about pies.

And a piece of pecan pie,
And you that’s all I want;
Just a piece of pecan pie,
And all I want is you.

Tweedy will be releasing his memoir, Let’s Go (So We Can Get Back): A Memoir of Recording and Discording with Wilco, Etc., on November 13, 2018. Not long after that, he is releasing a solo album, Warm, on November 30, 2018.

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Uncle Tupelo’s Last Concert on May 1, 1994

New Track from Jeff Tweedy: “I’ll Sing It”

Son Volt Goes to Bakersfield on “Honky Tonk”

Anniversary of Uncle Tupelo’s “March 16-20, 1992”

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Full Concert of Ray Charles in 1981

If you never got to see Ray Charles live, you may find some solace in watching this outstanding complete performance from 1981. Apparently, Charles gave this performance at Edmonton’s Jubilee Auditorium on January 27, 1981. The show features the Edmonton Symphony backing up Charles.

This video was originally released on laserdisc and videotape and entitled, An Evening With Ray Charles: With Sid Feller conducting the ITV Concert Orchestra. The orchestra name in the title was another name used by the Edmonton Symphony, and conductor Sid Feller was well-known for his great work with Charles.

After the opening song, “Riding Thumb,” the setlist includes songs such as “Busted,” “Georgia On My Mind,” “I Can’t Stop Loving You,” and “What’d I Say” before closing with “America the Beautiful.” 2024 UPDATE: Unfortunately, the entire concert video is no longer online, but you can check out Charles performing “Take These Chains From My Heart” from the same concert.

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That Time Willie Nelson Got a Little Emotional Singing with Leon Russell and Ray Charles

Ray Charles & Barbra Streisand: “Crying Time” (Duet of the Day)

Wilco Live in Chicago, 1996

“What’d I Say”: The Accidental Hit By Ray Charles

Willie Nelson & Ray Charles: Who are the “Seven Spanish Angels”?

(Back in the) USSR Established on Today’s Date

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Loretta Lynn: “Ain’t No Time to Go”

Wouldn't It Be Great

Loretta Lynn has released a new album to glowing reviews, Wouldn’t It Be Great (2018). To promote the album, Lynn has released a video for one of the new songs she wrote for the album, “Ain’t No Time to Go.”

The album highlights Lynn’s skills as a songwriter, as she shows herself in wonderful voice at the age of 86. In addition to new songs by Lynn, the album also features new recordings of “God Makes No Mistakes” (from Lynn’s album Van Lear Rose) and Lynn’s classic “Coal Miner’s Daughter.”

Lynn’s daughter Patsy Lynn Russell and Johnny Cash’s son John Carter Cash produced the album. Russell also co-wrote “Ain’t No Time to Go” with Lynn.

The video for “Ain’t No Time to Go,” by director and photographer David McClister, features Loretta Lynn on a country porch contemplating mortality. But it is a happy contemplation, featuring laughter and dancing. Check it out.

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The First Song Loretta Lynn Ever Wrote

I Love Trash

Enjoy the History of Country Music with Cocaine & Rhinestones Podcast

Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson Put Johnny Cash’s Poetry to Music

John Prine Releasing New Album, “For Better, For Worse”

The First Farm Aid

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Weird Al Yankovic Joins Weezer in Video for “Africa”

Weird Al Toto

Following an odd grassroots campaign to get Weezer to cover Toto’s hit song “Africa,” Weezer now has its first Hot 100-charting single in twelve years. To help promote and celebrate the band’s unlikely cover, Weezer has produced a video with “Weird Al” Yankovic leading the band.

In the video, Yankovic portrays Weezer front man Rivers Cuomo. And he busts out his accordion near the end of the song for a solo. Check it out.

The “Toto” video may look familiar to Weezer fans. The look copies Weezer’s own video for “Undone (The Sweater Song).” Here is the video for that song.