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Music Monday: Cheap | New | Free 3.14.11

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It's Music Monday and you need some good new music at a good price. Here you go!

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The National | "Conversation 16"

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I can't express how much love I have for The National. I found them by reading good reviews on three previous albums: Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers (2003) | Alligator (2005) | Boxer (2007). Their 2010 release which was my #2 album of 2010 is High Violet. A stunner. I listened to it again on Saturday and it's oh, so good. It's also only $3.99 (as I write his post). That sale will end any moment, so please rush to grab this amazing album, full of passion and art. And enjoy "Conversation 16" starring, from Mad Men, John Slattery...

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Damien Jurado | Tiny Desk Concert

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I saw Damien Jurado in concert a few years back. His band was opening for Okkervil River. The show was compelling, but I really didn't dig into his music right away. I liked his 2009 album, Caught In The Trees. But his latest release, Saint Bartlett, is what made me a fan. Here's his recent Tiny Desk Concert. Hear Ya calls Jurado "wildly underrated." Maybe so. If you are looking for slick, super-polished, and ready to sell--this isn't it. It's a dude, his guitar, and good songwriting. Enjoy!

Samantha Barks as Eponine

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My family loves to watch and listen to Les Miserables. We own the 10th Anniversary Dream Cast in Concert DVD. Today we've been watching the The 25th Anniversary Concert and I was taken by Samantha Barks' rendidtion of "On My Own" from the character, Eponine (Lea Salonga is also amazing on the 10th Anniversary edition). It's one of my all time favorite songs, and it's here for you. Lyrics are below if it's new to you. Also look to DVR the concert as it's showing on PBS right now.

And now I'm all alone again nowhere to go, no one to turn to
I did not want your money sir, i can not hear 'cause i was told to
But now the night is near
And I can make believe he's here

Sometimes I walk alone at night
When everybody else is sleeping
I think of him and then I'm happy
With the company I'm keeping
The city goes to bed
And I can live inside my head

On my own, pretending he's beside me
All alone I walk with him till morning
Without him, I feel his arms around me
And when I lose my way I close my eyes
And he has found me

In the rain the pavement shines like silver
All the lights are misty in the river
In the darkness, the trees are full of starlight
And all I see is him and me forever and forever

And I know it's only in my mind
That I'm talking to myself and not to him
And although I know that he is blind
Still I say, there's a way for us

I love him, but when the night is over
He is gone,
The river's just a river
Without him the world around me changes
The trees are bare and everywhere
The streets are full of strangers

I love him, but every day I'm learning
All my life I've only been pretending
Without me his world would go on turning
A world that's full of happiness that I have never known

I love him
I love him
I love him
But only on my own

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After Governor Quinn signed a new tax law, Amazon has terminated all Illinois Associates. Many of my links go through Amazon. It costs you nothing extra, and it supports my me and my family by helping me buy books (I have no book budget at my church), music, and recently my Kindle. Starting April 15th, this revenue ends.

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Junip | "In Every Direction"

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Here's "In Every Direction" off of Fields by the José González-led trio, Junip. One of my favorite tracks off the album.

LYRICS

still protecting the magic feather
holding tight to a supporting crutch
writing scripts on worn out leather
still waiting on a divine touch 

try to ride on waves of activity
in every direction
you're the center and you're always free
in every direction

feeling safe enough to abandon the void
ban the zero, ban the noise
quiet sounds picked up and dissected
all faint shadows reflected

try to ride on waves of activity
in every direction
you're the center and you're always free
in every direction

Music Monday: Cheap | New | Free 3.7.11

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The Joy Formidable: The Big Roar

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The new album from The Joy Formidable: The Big Roar (out March 15th) is streaming FREE at NPR. I'm very impressed with my first listen and hope others will check it out. Their debut, A Balloon Called Moaning, has a couple of the same songs (they changed labels) and is only $5.99. 

The Quietus review says of The Big Roar, "The centrepiece of the album is the shattering wonder of 'Whirring' which is, quite possibly, one of my favourite singles of the last five years." Here's the official video for "Whirring"...

$5 Albums for March

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Here's the best of the best from Amazon's $5 albums for March. So many!

Music Monday: Cheap | New | Free 2.28.11

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$5 ALBUMS FEBRUARY - Today is last day!

  • My fav $5 albums (Arcade Fire, Avett, Black Keys, Gillian Welch, Sleigh Bells, Justin Townes Earle, Ray LaMontagne, more!)
  • My March list is coming soon!

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Music Monday: Streaming | Coming Soon 2.28.11

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Here are some "coming soon" albums you can stream free now...

Split EP | Brooks Ritter & Jamie Barnes

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739026670-1 I recently told you the Split EP -- Brooks Ritter: The War EP & Jamie Barnes: The Mercy Seat EP -- was coming.

It's here. Buy it today or stream it online for free. It's great and I think you'll love it. 

I also highly recommend the previous albums from Sojourn Music. These albums, along with the new split EP, are the only albums my kids insisted I put on their iPods...