This week I’m adding  a new aspect to the reaping.  While I would love to be able to give you a rating for each album listed, that just wouldn’t be possible, because I rarely have time to listen to all of the albums I will post.  But what I am going to do instead is highlight one of the albums in red to signify my most loved ♥ release of the week.

Lead singer Ryan O’Neil and bassist Dan Perdue of Sleeping At Last have started a new blog that I think is worth checking out.  So far it has just been some ramblings on their time on tour and random bits of whatever that they find interesting.

Paste Magazine has teamed up with the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival to bring us a free music sampler with songs from several artists that will be performing at this year’s festival, including She & Him, Dr. Dog, Blitzen Trapper and many more.  Click here to download your free sampler: 2010 Paste Magazine Bonnaroo Sampler.

20.April.2010

Aqualung

Magnetic North

The Doves

The Places Between (best of…)

Full Album Stream (courtesy of Spinner.com)

Horse Feathers

Thistled Spring  ♥

Kate Nash

My Best Friend Is You

The Radio Dept.

Clinging to a Scheme

Rufus Wainwright

All Days are Nights: Songs for Lulu

Willie Nelson

Country Music

Full Album Stream (courtesy of Spinner.com)

Late Night Performances of the Week

Jakob Dylan & Neko Case on Letterman

And with a rare live performance, the Colbert Report is a runner up with the Gorillaz’ “Stylo.”

Apparently Johnny noticed that his daughter had become obsessed with The Beatles and Southern California rock and pop music, and felt that she didn’t have a proper knowledge or understanding of country music.  So he gave her a list of “100 Essential Country Songs”  and told her as a part of her education she needed to learn them.  Fortunately for us, the list stuck with her and made an impact, and now she is sharing a piece of that list with us through this great album.

Don’t be mistaken, just because this songs she is covering on this album are country songs doesn’t necessarily mean that The List should be categorized as in the genre of country.   These songs really are that great and I feel like in the same way that they are able to transcend time, they are able to transcend genre.   Not to mention, Cash has four stellar guest performers on this album, none of which are country artists (Rufus Wainwright, Bruce Springsteen, Jeff Tweedy, and Elvis Costello).  You can listen to one of the tracks off of the new album here.

The List (Oct. 6th)

1. Miss the Mississippi and You
2. Motherless Children
3. Sea of Heartbreak (w/ Bruce Springsteen)
4. Take These Chains From My Heart
5. I’m Movin’ On
6. She’s Got You
7. Heartaches by the Number (w/ Elvis Costello)
8. 500 Miles
9. Long Black Veil (w/ Jeff Tweedy)
10. Silver Wings (w/ Rufus Wainwright)
11. Girl From the North Country
12. Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow