![]() ![]() Scottish musicians, Jim and Susie Malcolm are a highlight of the next curious mix of songs, featured as much for their introductory stories as the fine songs that follow. I’m a stranger in my own land, and from a million miles away, I can’t shout loud enough to reach you. There are a thousand native tongues that I don’t understand. The classic notes of Nate Butler’s Shiny Shiny Black guitar dive in next with “Hometown Stranger.” The song, along with the guitar, captures that 50’s sense of isolation, ala James Dean. Here he demonstrates that he can echo the feeling of the great Leo Kottke, by performing a tribute called, “Blame it on Leo.” The song emulates so much of the fingerpicking stylings Kotke is known for that draws on blues, jazz, and folk music, and for those syncopated, polyphonic melodies. Next up is Southside Denny Snyder, A blues rocker, originally from South Bend, Denny has been living in Montréal since 2007 and has continued to develop new material and execute it with marvelous precision. ![]() ![]() Then you cast it to the wind/ And I chased it like an idiot, to see if I could capture it/to see what I could hold./Hold on baby. Sunde, heads up the next number, “Love Gone to Seed.” The song, “Love Gone to Seed,” has a Buddy Holly beat and a rock’n’roll refrain, and feels as if it rolled right out of 50’s jukebox while Sunde’s signature vocal style adds even more 50’s mythos to the mix. The song, recorded on the band’s “Still Life” album, has been co-produced by Siri’s fellow bandmate, Adie Strei, also an accomplished songwriter.Īnother Minneapolis-based songwriter, the philosophical, J. Headed up by the literary songwriting talents of Siri Undlin, and sung by the same, the song’s clever arrangement uses a variety of synthesizer effects to add swells and Moog textures to enhance its theatrical presentation. The episode begins with an entrancing piece, entitled, “May,” by the Minneapolis band, Humbird. The program is introduced by Audio Producer, Nate Butler, Wild Rose Moon’s new director, Maggie Kubley, and long-time host of the program, George Schricker. The “Best of 1922” program was delayed for release because of last-minute scheduling difficulties so is being released in February, as opposed to January. ![]()
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