Holiday At The Sea's Favorite 2020 Music Mix (Volume 02)

Volume 02 of some of Holiday at the Sea’s favorite 2020 music. I chose 75 albums this year and the playlists total 74 songs since “Microphones in 2020 by the Microphones” is 45 minutes long and I didn’t want to include the whole album as part of a mix.

Anyways, enjoy!

Tracklisting:

1. “Single For The Summer” by Christian Lee Huston

2. “Off My Mind” by Hazel English

3. “Crimson Tide” by Destroyer

4. “NTE” by Buscabulla

5. “We Don't Smoke It No More” by Neil Young

6. “If The Truth Ever Shows Up” by David Nance

7. “Die Before You Live” by Sammy Brue

8. “Not Penny’s Boat” by Huntingtons

9. “Empty Bottle” by Rose City Band

10. “Out The Window” by Café Racer

11. “Nektar” by Kahil El'Zabar & David Murray

12. “Jams From The Sun (Part III)” by Oregon Space Trail of Jazz

13. “F&N” by 75 Dollar Bill

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Holiday At The Sea's Favorite 2020 Music Mix (Volume 01)

Volume 01 of some of Holiday at the Sea’s favorite 2020 music. I chose 75 albums this year and the playlists total 74 songs since “Microphones in 2020 by the Microphones” is 45 minutes long and I didn’t want to include the whole album as part of a mix.

Anyways, enjoy!

Tracklisting:

1. “(Brother Lee) Womblife Blues” by Dire Wolves (Just Exactly Perfect Sisters Band)

2. “exile” by Taylor Swift

3. “Tattooed Love Boys” by Beauty Pill

4. “Good News” by Mac Miller

5. “Djatigui Baro” by Babani Koné

6. “I Know Alone” by Haim

7. “Flourish” by Modern Nature

8. “Murder Most Foul” by Bob Dylan

9. “Picture Of My Dress” by the Mountain Goats

10. “We” by the Soft Pink Truth

11. “Shout Across Mountains” by Growing Concerns Poetry Collective

12. “Mystic Mountain” by Chris Forsyth & Garcia Peoples

13. “Angels And Demons At Play” by Sun Ra Arkestra

14. “Heavy Baloon” by Fiona Apple

15. “The Wicked Shall Not Prevail” by Angel Bat Dawid & Tha Brothahood

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Eishan Ensemble Live For Phoenix Central Park

Eishan Ensemble’s Afternoon Tea At Six has been one of my favorite albums 0f 2020. In fact, I recently featured the track “Signs” on my Apothecary of Wonders playlist.

The group’s official website says:

“Led by acclaimed Persian-Australian tar player and composer, Hamed Sadeghi, the quintet Eishan Ensemble draws on contemporary and classical music traditions of both East and West. Eishan’s repertoire consists predominantly of Sadeghi’s original compositions with diverse improvisatory idioms featured powerfully. Variously described as “Persian chamber jazz” and “Middle-Eastern jazz fusion”, Eishan defies neat labels.”

Here is a three-song live set they did earlier this year for Phoenix Central Park.

The deets:

Eishan Ensemble:

• Hamed Sadeghi | Tar

• Pedram Layegh | Acoustic guitar

• Michael Avgenicos | Saxophone

• Elsen Price | Double bass

• Adem Yilmaz | Percussion

Songs:

• Black and White

• Signs

• Street

  • Composed by Hamed Sadeghi

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Rainer Plays That Voodoo Music

The relevant information:

Rainer Ptacek performing "Voodoo Music" in the kitchen of "The 818 Club" during a live cablecast of the local music show "Electric Window".

• Hosted and Produced by Chris Wagganer

• Cameras: Don Dalen, Chris Babbie, Ben Minot

• Audio: David Slutes

• Engineering: Roy Knappenberger, Chris Babbie

• Cablecast Support: Mark Taylor

June 6, 1986

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Holiday at the Sea's Favorite 2019 Music Mix (Volume 04)

Today we dive in to Volume 04 of a 4-volume playlist of some of my favorite music of 2019. And, just to review one last time: there are 50 songs, but only 49 albums represented, since ‘Sideways’ by Seryn was released as a single. We’ve already heard a lot of great music and this last installment is no exception if I do say so myself (and I do).

I hope you enjoy this last installment of the series.

Volume 04:

Volume 04 Tracklisting:

1. ‘Come On Up To The House’ by Joseph from the album Come On Up To The House: Women Sing Waits

2. ‘Spinning Song’ by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds from the album Ghosteen

3. ‘U.F.O.F.’ by Big Thief from the album U.F.O.F.

4. ‘Goin’ by Wet Tuna from the album Water Weird

5. ‘Walk Through The Fire’ by Yola from the album Walk Through The Fire

6. ‘All Mirrors’ by Angel Olsen from the album All Mirrors

7. ‘Utopia In Blue’ by Eamon Fogarty from the album Blue Values

8. ‘Margaritas at the Mall’ by Purple Mountains from the album Purple Mountains

9. ‘My Phoenix’ by Pedro the Lion from the album Phoenix

10. ‘Be Kind’ by Matt Valentine from the album Preserves

11. ‘Her Arrival’ by Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah from the album Ancestral Recall

12. ‘Endless Dave’ by L'Eclair from the album Sauropoda

13. ‘Good Ol' Vilayati’ by Sarathy Korwar from the album More Arriving

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Holiday at the Sea's Favorite 2019 Music Mix (Volume 03)

As I’ve explained, rather than just give a context-less list, I’ve made a four-volume playlist of some of my favorite music of 2019. Each mix is as close to an hour as I could get it.

Today we dive in to Volume 03. Also, just to review again: there are 50 songs, but only 49 albums represented, since ‘Sideways’ by Seryn was released as a single. After lots of finagling, I just decided to leave it alone and enjoy the music. It is what it is and it is all great. I hope you enjoy this third installment.

Volume 03:

Volume 03 Tracklisting:

1. ‘Shadow Conductor’ by Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society from the album Mandatory Reality

2. ‘Ptah, The El Daoud’ by Sunwatchers from the album Illegal Moves

3. ‘Spider Web Pt. 1’ by The Budos Band from the album V

4. ‘One Step Behind’ by Garcia Peoples from the album One Step Behind

5. ‘Water Bearing One by Dire Wolves from the album Grow Towards The Light

6. ‘Telephone Song’ by Xylouris White from the album The Sisypheans

7. ‘Love Is Everywhere’ by Wilco from the album Ode To Joy

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• Listen to Volume 01 of my 2019 Year-End Playlist

• Listen to Volume 02 of my 2019 Year-End Playlist

• Listen to Volume 04 of my 2019 Year-End Playlist

Holiday at the Sea's Favorite 2019 Music Mix (Volume 02)

As I mentioned yesterday, we’re doing something different this year with my year-end list of my favorite music of 2019. I’ve made four different playlists so you can hear a representative song from each album I picked.

Today we dive in to Volume 02. Each mix is as close to an hour as I could get them. And as I already mentioned, there are 50 songs, but only 49 albums represented, since ‘Sideways’ by Seryn was released as a single and I’ll present the complete list at the end of the week. I hope you enjoy this second installment.

Volume 02:

Volume 02 Tracklisting:

1. ‘Shepherd’s Welcome’ by Bill Callahan from the album Shepherd In A Sheepskin Vest

2. ‘Miri’ by Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba from the album Miri

3. ‘Autobiography Of The Upsetter’ by Lee “Scratch” Perry from the album Rainford

4. ‘Vagabond’ by Steve Gunn from the album The Unseen In Between

5. ‘U (Man Like)’ by Bon Iver from the album i,i

6. 1 Milli by Davido from the album A Good Time

7. ‘Three Chords and the Truth’ by Van Morrison from the album Three Chords and the Truth

8. ‘Anybody’ by Burna Boy from the album African Giant

9. ‘To See Darkness’ by Elkhorn from the album Sun Cycle / Elk Jam

10. ‘Hot Potato Soup’ by One Eleven Heavy from the album Desire Path

11. ‘Out of Darkness’ by Some Dark Hollow from the album Out of Darkness

12. ‘Comeback Kid’ by Sharon Van Etten from the album Remind Me Tomorrow

13. ‘Carrier 32’ by Eluvium from the album Pianoworks

14. ‘Bloom’ by Joe Henry from the album The Gospel According to Water

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• Listen to Volume 04 of my 2019 Year-End Playlist

Holiday at the Sea's Favorite 2019 Music Mix (Volume 01)

I love year-end lists.

I love to see what other people loved. Especially people I respect who can introduce me to new music (and to a lesser extent, have my tastes validated by people cooler than me). But I don’t dig ranking everything. After all, it’s all subjective in the first place. You may not like what I like, and I probably don’t like what you do, and that’s OK. The past couple of years, I’ve done unranked, alphabetical lists. But this year I’d doing something different. (though there will still be an unranked, alphabetical list at the end).

Over the next several days, I’ll post four different playlists of some of my favorite music of 2019; selections from my favorite albums. Each mix is as close to an hour as I could get it. There are 50 songs, but if you want to be specific, there are only 49 albums represented since ‘Sideways’ by Seryn was released as a single and not part of an album. After lots of finagling, I just decided to leave it that way. It is what it is and it is all great. I hope you enjoy. Here’s the first installment.

Volume 01:

Volume 01 Tracklisting:

1. ‘Out Of The Blue’ by Bruno Bavota from the album RE_CORDIS

2. ‘Cuatro Proverbios’ by Aziza Brahim from the album Sahari

3. ‘Tetuzi Akiyama’ by 75 Dollar Bill from the album I Was Real

4. ‘All My Relations’ by Cochemea from the album All My Relations

5. ‘Family and Loyalty’ by Gang Starr from the album One Of The Best Yet

6. ‘Harmony Hall’ by Vampire Weekend from the album Father of the Bride

7. ‘Taqkal Tarha’ by Tinariwen from the album Amadjar

8. ‘Tomorrow Might as Well Be Today’ by Chris Forsyth from the album All Time Present

9. ‘Wiwasharnine’ by Mdou Moctar from the album Ilana (The Creator)

10. ‘Slabs of the Sunburnt West’ by Hemlock Ernst and Kenny Segal from the album Back At The House

11. ‘Fall in Your Love’ by Moon Duo from the album Stars Are The Light

12. ‘I Need a Teacher’ by Hiss Golden Messenger from the album Terms of Surrender

13. ‘Gold Past Life’ by Fruit Bats from the album Gold Past Life

14. ‘Sideways’ by Seryn // Released as a single

15. ‘Afous Dafous’ by Tartit from the album Amankor / The Exile

16. ‘Fear Song’ by Rose City Band from the album Rose City Band

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• Listen to Volume 02 of my 2019 Year-End Playlist

• Listen to Volume 03 of my 2019 Year-End Playlist

• Listen to Volume 04 of my 2019 Year-End Playlist