July 2023 Music Appreciation 07Jul23

With some extensive listening on the new Nest Music Theater setup recently, my YouTube history is rife with appropriate content for this month's installment. While I liked the format of recent vs historic I can't repeat that this month ~ new stuff is just too juicy. Dropped recently:

• Abby Holliday on Audiotree Live 23Jun23 ~ Great new Nashville artist; in my wheelhouse with great sad songs and a beautiful voice. I prefer her songs where she doesn't use autotune to distort her voice... track 3 and later.
• Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway "San Joaquin" from Nashville 27Jun23 ~ The latest album is again bluegrass and the first 3 songs dropped from it/City Of Gold are about weed.
• Blondie "Atomic" from Glastonbury 25Jun23 ~ Plenty of footage from Glastonbury is worthy; this is classic and new all at once and Debbie is a 78 yr old punk rocker.
• Heavy Heavy from Jam In The Van 03May23 ~ Fabulous Brighton, UK duo/five-some band with 80's sounds we seem to know, but on all new songs and and with all new riffs. CCR meets Fleetwood Mac meets Pink Floyd ~ very cool reverb team.
  
• The Interrupters "Sorrow/Live" from Slovenia 28Apr23 ~ Can we catch them again?
• Billy Strings ft Willie Nelson "California Sober" 27Apr23 ~ Hell yes there's some mean pickin' of guit'-boxes and Willie & Billy doin' what they do.
• Wild Up Playing Juliet Eastman's "Stay On It" @ NPR Tiny Desk 26Jun23 ~ Classical modernized.
• Slacures [Catbite feat. Brian Fallon] Cover Slackers "Yes It's True" On Chris Gothard Show 08Jun23 ~ Very spooky SKA baby.
• Reina del Cid "Star Trek Beverages Rap" 16Jun23 ~ Weird geeky stuff from RdC & Toni.
• The Lone Bellow "Honey" & More @ The Bridge 10Mar23 ~ I've been a huge fan since a live show Kala & I saw @ Mackey Auditorium 2 yrs ago - gr8 songs, gr8 harmonies, and gr8 old instruments all through one mic!
• The Mysterines "Begin Again" From Their 2023 Tour Diary 28Jun23 ~ Only a few stanzas of their latest single from a tour diary tape (the official video is out too but...).

Ok - I undersold Abby Holliday... she's awesome and has two cool EPs ~ here's some more great lines and releases:

• “I don’t miss you enough” - “I should have loved you better by now…” - “If I don’t love you better by now"… Better By Now
• “I woke up and my best friend & I don’t talk anymore” - “8 Hours” For Tiny Desk Submission 07Jun21 or 8 Hours live in PHX
• “I’m not my type” - “Every day is the same” - Predictable Life 09Sep2
• idk What I Want  and Ohio Laundry Room