music for your Monday

I had a slightly traumatic weekend, so I'm listening to Bibio with Lovers' Carvings to calm my nerves on this rainy Monday morning.

music for your Monday

Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles singing Just A Kid

music for your Monday

Paper Bird singing "Hold It Down."

music for your Monday

Sydney Wayser singing "Alright."

music for your Monday

Pokey LaFarge. Look this guy up. And if you get the chance to see them live, then lucky you.

music for your Monday

Caitlin Rose singing "I Was Cruel."

music for your Monday

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros "That's What's Up" from Austin City Limits on Vimeo.

Did anyone catch Austin City Limits this past weekend? Loved seeing Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. Here they are singing That's What's Up.

music for your Monday

Widowspeak singing In The Pines

music for your Monday

Wilco, Nick Lowe, and Mavis Staples (who sang the original backup vocals) covering one of my many favorites, The Weight by The Band.

music for your Monday

First Aid Kit singing Emmylou

music for your Monday

Caroline Smith and the Good Night Sleeps singing Darling Light.



Caroline Smith and Jesse Schuster singing a cover of Bonnie Raitt's I Can't Make You Love Me.



Caroline Smith singing She Ain't Got It.

music for your Monday

Earl Scruggs and The Byrds jamming.

music for your Monday

Bahamas, the solo project of guitarist Afie Jurvanen.

music for your Monday

Hurray for the Riff Raff.

By jingo. YouTube really is pretty fantastic.

music for your Monday

The Avett Brothers singing A Fathers First Spring. Such a sweet, sweet song.

When I'm in the sweet daughters eyes
my heart is now ruined for the rest of all time
there's no part of it left to give
there's no part of it left to give

I never lived til I lived in your light
and my heart never beat like it does at the sight
of you baby blue
God blessed your life
I do not live less I live in your light

music for your Monday

Last fall, thanks to my friend, Paul, I was introduced to the music of the Alabama Shakes. If you didn't check them out when I told you about them back then, give them a listen today. Lucky for me, I got the chance to see them live this summer and, just as I presumed, it was fantastic. Love them. And so will you.

Seriously. Go download their album, Boys and Girls. Now. I'm not joking. Right now.

"put them worries on the shelf. Learn to love yourself. Don't be your own worst enemy. Hang loose. Hang loose. Let the ocean worry 'bout being blue."

music for your Monday

I was in the mood to listen to Johnny Nash singing this song. Which led me to Joss Stone's cover. Bonus!




Joss Stone singing Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye

music for your Monday

Sarah Jaffe singing Clementine.

music for your Monday

The Lumineers singing Ho Hey.

music for your Monday

The Lumineers singing Flowers In Your Hair.