Tunes Tuesday: Joshua Radin.

Joshua Radin is one of those artists that when you hear his songs you think to yourself I know this song where did I hear it. He has been featured on many tv shows such as Grey's Anatomy and Scrubs. He is also one of my most favorite singer/songwriters of all time. His voice is like honey. I have seen in him concert more than I have seen any other artist. Plus it doesn't hurt that he's pretty easy on the eyes, eh?

These are two of my very favorite songs from him. Both are from pretty early in his career. Give them a listen and tell me what you think. I think you'll recognize the second one as the song feautured in the Dear John trailer. He sings it with ex-girlfriend Schuyler Fisk, whom is also amazing. xoxo

Tunes Tuesday: Freelance Whales.

Wiki Bio:
Freelance Whales is an American indie rock band from Queens, New York, formed in 2008. Consisting of frontman Judah Dadone (lead vocals, banjo, acoustic and electric guitar, synthesizer, bass), and bandmates Doris Cellar (bass, harmonium, glockenspiel, synthesizer, vocals), Chuck Criss (banjo, bass, synthesizer, glockenspiel, harmonium, acoustic and electric guitar, vocals), Jacob Hyman (drums, percussion, vocals) and Kevin Read (acoustic and electric guitar, glockenspiel, mandolin, synthesizer, vocals). Their song "Location" from the Weathervanes album was featured in LOL, Starring Miley Cyrus and Demi Moore. Their song "Starring," also from "Weathervanes" was featured on an episode of Grey's Anatomy.

They're pretty good. I found them while I was on a desperate search for new music at work one day. I could listen to "Generator First Floor ^" over and over again. Give them a listen and tell me what you think. xoxo.

Tunes Tuesday: Cover 2.0.

It’s been a year since the last time Tunes Tuesday did a cover feature. Covers are some of my most favorite music. I love when people take something that has been heard so many times and make it something completely different. These are some of my favorites that I discovered or rediscovered this year.

1. Earth Angel (The Penguins Cover) by: Death Cab for Cuite
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h39viH0TgKA 

2. Can’t Help Falling in Love With You (Elvis Cover) by: Ingrid Michaelson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCslDGEOuzU 

3. Have a Little Faith in Me (John Hiatt Cover) by: Mandy Moore
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAWhSIH2d5c 

4. Don’t Worry Baby (Beach Boys Cover) by: Weezer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kE03T0q--I4 

5. I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight (Bob Dylan Cover) by: Norah Jones
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bujz4PYnuVc 

What are some of you favorite covers? Xoxo.

Tunes Tuesday: Duffy.

Duffy

Thanks! Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Aimée Ann Duffy (born 23 June 1984), known as Duffy, is a Welsh singer-songwriter. Her 2008 debut album Rockferry entered the UK Album Chart at number one. It was the best-selling album in the United Kingdom in 2008 with 1.68 million copies sold. The album was certified several times Platinum and sold over 7 million copies worldwide, spawning the hits "Mercy" and "Warwick Avenue". With "Mercy", Duffy became the first Welsh woman to achieve number-one on the UK Singles Chart since Bonnie Tyler topped the charts with "Total Eclipse of the Heart" in 1983.

In 2009, Duffy won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album for Rockferry, and she was nominated for two other Grammys at the 51st Grammy Awards. In 2009 she won three Brit Awards: British Breakthrough, Best Female Solo and Best British Album.

In 2010 she completed recording of her second album Endlessly that was released on 29 November and made her acting debut in the film Patagonia. In February 2011 it was announced that Duffy would take an extended hiatus from music before beginning work on her third album.

Love her she’s amazing. What’d you think? xoxo.

Tunes Tuesday: The Lumineers.

The Lumineers
Thanks! Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Lumineers are an American folk rock band based in Denver, Colorado. The core band consists of Wesley Schultz on guitar and lead vocals, Jeremiah Fraites on drums, percussion, mandolin and vocals, and Neyla Pekarek on cello, mandolin, piano, and vocals, with added musicians for tours. Their self-titled debut album was released on Dualtone Records on April 3, 2012, peaking at number 11 on the Billboard 200 chart.

History

Schultz and Fraites started writing songs together in the Fall of 2005. Originally based in Ramsey, New Jersey, they later relocated to Denver, where they met Pekarek after posting a Craigslist ad for a cellist.[3] In the Spring of 2011, they signed a management deal with Onto Entertainment managers Christen Greene and David Meinert, recorded an album in Seattle at Bear Creek Studio with producer Ryan Hadlock (mixed by Kevin Augunas) and then passed up major label offers to sign a deal with independent label Dualtone, who then licensed the album to Dine Alone Records in Canada, Inertia in Australia, and Decca for the rest of the world.

The Lumineers' popularity continued to build in 2012 with sold-out shows and favorable reviews for their self-titled debut album. The Lumineers was released on April 3, 2012 on Dualtone Records and went on to peak at number 14 on the Billboard 200 chart. As of August 8, 2012, the album was No. 14 on Billboard's Overall Current Chart, No. 1 Folk, No. 2 on the Indie Chart (where it peaked at No. 1 the prior week) and No. 3 on the alternative album chart and No. 10 on the overall digital chart. Of the album's success, Schultz told American Songwriter that "It's really arbitrary to any of us, especially to Jer and Neyla and I... because we've never really had an album out in this way... I'm really thrilled, but I also take it with a grain of salt... I think basically, I feel really lucky because I know how fickle the business, the industry is."

On June 14, 2012, the album's first single "Ho Hey" debuted at number 90 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, their first song to do so. In its second week on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, it jumped from number 90 to number 73. "Ho Hey" later peaked at number 32 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making it their first Top 40 single, and as of August 8, had sold 505,000 copies. By June 23, "Ho Hey" hit No. 1 at commercial Triple A radio, where it has spent 8 weeks, and was quickly moving up the commercial Alternative radio chart.

The group tours July/August 2012 with Old Crow Medicine Show (supporting their new album Carry Me Back), The Milk Carton Kids, and Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three. The tour visits such cities as: Louisville, Cincinnati, Nashville, Richmond, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, New York,Boston, and Atlanta.

Musical style

Fraites emphasizes the simplicity of the group's style . .
"We’re not reinventing the wheel or doing anything that different, the songs are super simple. The ideas themselves are very simple ideas. Anyone who can play an instrument can play a Lumineers song I think there’s a certain cinematic aspect of our music that I really like."

Aren’t they fantastic?! xoxo.

Autumn Playlist.

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Here's a nice chill autumn playlist, perfect for driving around and watching the leaves change. xoxo.

Tunes Tuesday: Call Me Maybe.

Any day anytime ZEfron....

I know you've all heard it and probably hate it but I simply can not get enough of it. It's already played on my itunes 23 times. What is it about pop music that is catchy? My poor boyfriend is ready to scratch his own eyes out if I play the song one more time but I just can't help it. Plus have you seen the ridiculously adorable video of Selena Gomez (LOVE HER), Justin Bieber, and Ashley Tisdale. It's amazing. xoxo

Tunes Tuesday: Mandy Moore.

Yes the pop princess Mandy Moore... are you over it now? Good. If you've heard any of the music she has released in the last ten years you would know how amazing of a musician she has become. Her lyrics are incredible meaningful and beautiful. She is pretty much the love of my life. I would recommend anything off of Coverage, Wild Hope, or Amanda Leigh, they are all fantastic albums... I think Wild Hope is my favorite. Check her out and let me know what you think.  PS Mandy I'm pretty sure its time to come up with a new album. xoxo

A cover of Umbrella by Rihanna that is to die for.

My favorite song from Coverage. Have A Little Faith in Me by: John Hiatt.

I have been singing this one all day today. I Could Break Your Heart Any Day of the Week from Amanda Leigh.

Of course a classic. Only Hope from A Walk to Remember.

This is my favorite of all time. Most of Me from Wild Hope.

Tunes Tuesday: Buddy Holly.

Buddy Holly

America’s Original Hipster

Who loves Buddy Holly? This girl. I will admit before it was a mere admiration of how adorable he was and how well he wore those black wayfarer glasses (first I might add), but once I listened to Rave On: A Tribute to Buddy Holly, I realized how much of his music that I loved and had no idea who sang it. To me they were just classic songs from the 50’s and 60’s and the artists weren’t that important because it was just a song I heard on the radio every once and a while but now that I know they’re Holly tunes they will be getting a lot more play on the old itunes. His songs can go quickly from light and cute to deep and heartfelt. He really was a great musician.

Tunes Tuesday: Do You Hear What I Hear?

It's almost Christmas time! Who's excited?! This girl. At Christmas I like everyone else on the planet like to listen to Christmas music. I have probably a gigabytes worth of it saved on my computer. I like to find new stuff every year but I always find myself going back to the same songs. Here's a little playlist of my favorite Christmas songs. Happy Holidays. :)

1. Do You Hear What I Hear by: 

Martina McBride

2. Baby It's Cold Outside by: 

Zooey Deschanel and Leon Redbone

3. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) by: 

Death Cab for Cutie

4. Happy Xmas (The War is Over) by: 

John Lennon

5. Last Christmas by: 

Lea Michele and Cory Monteith

What are your favorite Christmas songs?!

Tunes Tuesday: Hey, It's Christmas!

Hey all. Happy Tunes :). This week I found a GREAT Christmas Playlist. It's from the website Hey, It's Christmas. You can stream the playlist there or download it for FREE! It's really great guys. I highly recommend it. Also it's finally acceptable to be listening to Christmas music and breaking out the Classics. Yay.

Tunes Tuesday: You and I.

I'm still pretty tired so I apologize for this being a little short. This week I fell in love with the song "You and I" sung by Lady Gaga. I'm not usually a huge fan of Gaga but this is such a fun song with a driving melody. Thanks to RIB (Ryan, Ian, Brad) with Glee for introducing it in this season's mash up episode. It's a great song for driving around with your windows down and dancing around while getting ready for work.

Gaga's Version

Glee Mash Up

Wilco and Feist

Ok you caught me this is a different "You and I" but its one of Matt and I's songs so I just HAD to sneak it in there for ya.

As always suggestions are more than welcome.

Tunes Tuesday: Blind Pilot.

I discovered a new band today thanks to Entertainment Weekly aka my favorite magazine ever. The band is called Blind Pilot. I was intrigued because EW said if you like Snow Patrol you'll like them, I like Snow Patrol so I thought I'd check them out and I was pleasantly surprised. Here some info:

Blind Pilot is an American indie folk band based in Portland, Oregon. Their debut album, 3 Rounds and a Sound, reached number 13 on the Billboard Top Digital Albums chart.

Discography

3 Rounds and a Sound (2008)

iTunes-only EP (2009)

We Are the Tide (2011)

Members

Israel Nebeker

Ryan Dobrowski

Luke Ydstie

Kati Claborn

Ian Krist

Dave Jorgensen

Enjoy. Suggestions are always welcome.

Tunes Tuesday: Moon River.

Todays Tunes Tuesday is actually Wednesday. Sorry about that. Yesterday was kind of crazy. My old roommate Jesse came into to town for a bit and so I lost track of time and before I knew it Matt was home, so I thought I would wait until today when I could actually put time into the post.

When I was cruising the blogosphere this weekend I was really taken back by the Honey Trees cover of "Moon River." It is one of my favorite songs and it is cover quite often but something about this particular cover really stuck me as beautiful. I found in on one of my favorite blogs, Her Library Adventures, a must read if you don't already. After listening to the song quite a few times I decided that Moon River would be the theme for Tunes Tuesday this week.

The tune was originally written in 1961 for the movie Breakfast at Tiffany's, another must, if you haven't see this movie watch it. It's fantastic, although I recommend reading the short story by Truman Capote first, as I actually enjoyed it more. However since Breakfast at Tiffany's it has been covered by many artists, here are a few of my favorite covers:

The Honey Trees

Sophie Madeleine

Louis Armstrong

Andy Williams

Audrey Hepburn (Original)

Which is you favorite? What would you like to see as the next Tunes Tuesday?

"Made me give you the eye and then panic"

Halloween is less than a week away so I thought I'd put together a couple of my favorite Halloween-time songs for you guys. Enjoy!

1. Sword of Damocles from: Rocky Horror

2. Thriller/Heads Will Roll from: Glee

3. Monster Mash by: Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers

4. Witchy Woman by: The Eagles

5. This is Halloween from Nightmare Before Christmas

What are some of your favorites?

"Sure... When it's Autumn, wind always wants to creep up and haunt you..."

It's Tunes Tuesday. This week I've compiled an Autumn Playlist. Fall is a great time to listen to chill music. This music is perfect for driving to nowhere with the windows down.

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What's on your Autumn Playlist?

Tunes Tuesday.

Hey all its time for the first ever Tunes Tuesday! I'm super excited about this feature because I love music and I love discovering new music. I haven't decided exactly what this feature will be but I'm thinking it will probably be either a playlist, an artist, or an album I will feature each week. This week its going to be a playlist with some of my favorite covers. I love covers if they are done right, what about you guys?

Meghan's Favorite Covers:

1. Dia Frampton - "Someone Like You" (Adele cover)

2. Ingrid Michaelson - "Creep" (Radiohead cover)

3. Jeff Buckley - "Hallelujah" (Leonard Cohen cover)

4. The Killers - "Romeo and Juliet" (Dire Straits cover)

5. Neil Young (Jimmy Fallon) & Bruce Springsteen - "Whip My Hair" (Willow Smith cover)

What are your favorites?