It's time for another mix, and the concept for this one is pretty simple. It includes songs that have the name of a city or state in the title. While putting this mix together, it surprised me the number of songs that are written about cities and states. I'm sure a lot of songs are born because of something that stands out to the songwriter about the cities and states that they pass through as they tour across the country. Also, a lot of songs are written about the hometowns or states that they grew up in. It's interesting to me to get a glimpse of a songwriter's perception of a certain place at a certain moment of time.
Billy Bragg & Wilco - California Stars [Buy Album] [iTunes]
Bob Dylan - Oxford Town [Buy Album] [iTunes]
Whiskeytown - Jacksonville Skyline [Buy Album] [iTunes]
Ben Gibbard & Andrew Kenny - Carolina [Buy Album] [iTunes]
Steve Tannen - San Francisco [Buy Album] [iTunes]
Sufjan Stevens - Decatur, or, Round of Applause... [Buy Album] [iTunes]
Damien Jurado - Denton, TX [Buy Album] [iTunes]
Iron & Wine - Sodom, South Georgia [Buy Album] [iTunes]
Okkervil River - Kansas City [Buy Album] [iTunes]
The Damnwells - Texas [Buy Album] [iTunes]
All-Time Quarterback - Cleveland [Buy Album] [iTunes]
Gob Iron - East Virginia Blues [Buy Album] [iTunes]
Great mix, great to see people I'm into blogged:)
Posted by: Joe | August 30, 2007 at 03:00 PM
Oh yea check out, 'The Weepies' and 'The Submarines' if you like Steve Tannen esp The Weepies:)
Posted by: Joe | August 30, 2007 at 03:04 PM
In addition to Steve's music, I'm a big fan of The Weepies, as well as, Deb Talan's solo stuff. I have not heard of The Submarines, but I'll definitely check them out. Thanks for the recommendation.
Posted by: Brandon | August 30, 2007 at 10:12 PM