Cool version of this song

But how long babe, can you search for what's not lost?

I'll Keep it with Mine - Nico

Everybody can’t ’a thought ’a everything

One little piece of endless sky
One little taste of cherry pie

This Machine Surrounds Hate and Forces it to Surrender

Ladies and gentlemen, Pete Seeger is no longer with us on planet earth.

But that's not completely true. He lives on in all the great music he left us. Here's to one of folk music's fathers.

 

Mr. Seeger had this great tv show where he had his friends and contemporaries come on and share songs and share stories. It was called Rainbow Quest. Here's an episode with June Carter and Johnny Cash:



And here's his beautiful banjo:

If you ever get the time baby

Please think on me

You Never Wanted Me - Jackson C. Frank


P.S. Jackson C. Frank is a new discovery for me, if you dig this song, you should definitely check him out.

Inside Llewyn Davis Trailer

I've got a soft spot for this time and place. What it must have been like living in Greenwhich Village back then! I also read somewhere that this story is loosely based on Dave Van Ronk's life which is way cool.

Inside Llewyn Davis

Who wants to see this with me?

Ben Shirley

I've only talked with Ben once, but I've worn his hat a couple times.

If you live in Richmond, you may have seen him busking around Carytown. If you do see him out there (hopefully he's not out in the bitter cold), do yourself a favor and stop and listen for a song or two. I got to hear his voice ring out one night at the Bistro and it was such a gift.

Here's to the humble ones, the ones out there living it.

p.s. Richmonders: Thursday nights at the Bistro. Some of the best music your ears'll ever hear.

i stole away and cried

He Was a Friend of Mine - Dave Van Ronk

pick up your tiny burden!

There is a War - Leonard Cohen

and a garden of such beauty

that the flowers seem to grin

Alas I Cannot Swim - Laura Marling

freedom is a word that I rarely use

without thinkin, uh huh
without thinkin, mmm hmm
of the time, of the time, when I've been loved

Probably one of the sweetest songs ever written. I heard it first on a Joan Baez record, but it was written by Donovan. Heres a live version with Pete Seeger on the banjo.

phone ringin' off the shelf

this song feels so classic, so soothing

Kurt Vile - Wakin On A Pretty Day

i went on a fast

a great cover of a great song. the economy of leonard cohen's lyrics is both heart piercing and humorous. every bit of this simple song just rings out pure and true.

Soko and Low Roar and Christine Owman - Tonight Will Be Fine (Leonard Cohen cover)

via this great 24b post

i've seen venus

venus leavin', i don't even know what it means

Anais Mitchell - Venus