1) fleet foxes - ragged wood
2) iron and wine + calexico - prison on route 41
3) teddy thompson - down low
4) gillian welch - red clay halo
5) red house painters - another song for a blue guitar
6) bonnie "prince" billy - lay and love
7) wilco - forget the flowers
8) teddy thompson - walking the floor over you
9) neko case - i missed the point
10) sufjan stevens - romulus
11) sun kil moon - salvador sanchez (acoustic)
12) damien jurado - i am the mountain
13) califone - wingbone
14) gillian welch - i dream a highway
taking requests.
13 comments:
dude, what about bon iver...
mmm... first of all, isn't bon iver a french name? that's a huge no-no for any self-respecting americana fan.
j/k. i considered putting a bon iver song on, but i think he's a little too abstract and intense for what's going on in this mix... i just think the narratives in these songs are really powerful, and bon iver, while compelling, isn't very narrative.
i was gonna say 'bon iver' too. something like skinny love. but in general, how about having only one artist per? i noticed gillian welch was on twice. just a consideration to diversify the mix.
i vote for either bon iver or decemberists.
hm... when i said "taking requests", maybe you thought i meant "taking suggestions"...
bon iver and the decemberists are both great, and you can justify them on the mix, but they don't really fit the context of the mix... for bon iver, he's too serious, intense and abstract. the decemberists are cool and i like them a lot, but i think they're too poppy for the other songs on the mix... they'd make the other songs sound bland, which isn't fair to their subtlety and narrative.
trust me, i thought long and hard about each song... maybe there are a few mistakes or weak spots but adding more songs would also be a mistake i think.
o and diversifying is pretty key dave... but i'd rather put two very different gillian welch songs on over something that may not fit as well.
Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy
how the hell does everyone here know bon iver?
give me one. i'm gonna make a mix too soon. i feel it in my fingers.
Berry nice. I see you are continuing on this "americana" streak. At this rate you are well on your way to becoming a factory worker or farmer. I imagine listening to this music while reading "The Grapes of Wrath" or in the background while getting ready to jump off a bridge. Or at some dimly-lit elitist coffee house surrounded by art nouveau and skinny grad students with beards.
Anyway Kris: gimme
dude me too
and me. and the other mix too.
haha dan doesn't like bon iver anymore.
kris: grrr8 mix. except the last gillian welch track isn't "i dream a highway," it's "pancho and lefty." come on!
this is really good chris, hahaha
for the longest time, I thought Americana was the name of the artist/group...
I really like 10 and 1.
this is really good chris, hahaha
for the longest time, I thought Americana was the name of the artist/group...
I really like 10 and 1.
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