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SXSWfm: Bearded Sunshine – Mar 8
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SXSWfm: Bearded Sunshine – Mar 8

Listen to Americana music on the Bearded Sunshine SXSWfm specialty radio show stream that is now available on MixCloud. The award winning and revolutionary SXSWfm Americana music show “Bearded Sunshine“ is hosted by resident musical scholar and SXSW staffer Matt Small. Join Matt weekly as he dives into the aforementioned Americana music, current events, humor and other listener favorite topics. This is the opposite of every show you’ve ever liked.

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SXSWfm is the official internet radio stream of the South by Southwest (SXSW) Music Festival. Last year its 30th anniversary was celebrated in Austin, Texas with over 2,200 official performers from more than 67 countries and it will happen again from March 13-19, 2017. This is a great way to discover new music.

 

Bearded Sunshine 23 – SXSW Meet and Greet Round 2 (3/8/2017) – 1 hr 5 min

 

The city of Austin is abuzz with the excitement of SXSW 2017’s triumphant arrival. Matt celebrates the start of SXSW by having one more all-2017 artist playlist. Nothing will get your mind right for the big event better than episode 23 of Bearded Sunshine!!

Playlist

This mix includes the following artists and songs.

  • Real Estate – Darling
  • M. Ward – Never Had Nobody Like You
  • Run River North – Mr. Brightside
  • The Avett Brothers – Head Full of Doubt / Road Full of Promise
  • David Ramirez – The Bad Days
  • Tall Heights – Spirit Cold
  • Spoon – I Summon You
  • Future Islands – A Dream of You and Me
  • The Roomsounds – Baby’s Got The Bluest Eyes
  • Star Parks – Theoretical Girls
  • The Band of Heathens – All I’m Asking
  • The Secret Sisters – Tomorrow Will Be Kinder
  • Aldous Harding – Horizon
  • She Drew the Gun – Poem
SXSWfm: Bearded Sunshine – Mar 1
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SXSWfm: Bearded Sunshine – Mar 1

Listen to Americana music on the Bearded Sunshine SXSWfm specialty radio show stream that is now available on MixCloud. The award winning and revolutionary SXSWfm Americana music show “Bearded Sunshine“ is hosted by resident musical scholar and SXSW staffer Matt Small. Join Matt weekly as he dives into the aforementioned Americana music, current events, humor and other listener favorite topics. This is the opposite of every show you’ve ever liked.

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SXSWfm is the official internet radio stream of the South by Southwest (SXSW) Music Festival. Last year its 30th anniversary was celebrated in Austin, Texas with over 2,200 official performers from more than 67 countries and it will happen again from March 13-19, 2017. This is a great way to discover new music.

 

Bearded Sunshine 22 – Now Introducing SXSW 2017 Musical Acts (3/1/2017) – 1 hr 13 min

 

We are just mere weeks away from the start of SXSW 2017. In honor of the closeness of the event Matt has made up a playlist to introduce some of this years artists. Some are familiar faces and some are new. Of course, yes of course, we are also talking about the Oscars.

Playlist

This mix includes the following artists and songs.

  • The Avett Brothers – Live and Die
  • The Accidentals – Michigan and Again
  • Matthew Logan Vasquez – Halfcolt
  • Future Islands – Ran
  • The Shelters – Rebel Heart
  • Hurray for the Riff Raff – Hungry Ghost
  • The Lonesome Heros – Steel
  • Langhorne Slim – Land of Dreams
  • Elijah Ford – The Lion
  • Slow Leaves – Life of a Better Man
  • Future Generations – Stars
  • Spoon – The Way We Get By
  • Whitney Rose – Three Minute Love Affair
  • Wild Rivers – Wandering Child
  • The Shacks – No Surprise
  • Ben Sollee – Prettiest Tree On the Mountain
SXSWfm: Bearded Sunshine 21 (The Missing Guitar) – Feb 22
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SXSWfm: Bearded Sunshine 21 (The Missing Guitar) – Feb 22

Listen to Americana music on the Bearded Sunshine SXSWfm specialty radio show stream that is now available on MixCloud. The award winning and revolutionary SXSWfm Americana music show “Bearded Sunshine“ is hosted by resident musical scholar and SXSW staffer Matt Small. Join Matt weekly as he dives into the aforementioned Americana music, current events, humor and other listener favorite topics. This is the opposite of every show you’ve ever liked.

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SXSWfm is the official internet radio stream of the South by Southwest (SXSW) Music Festival. Last year its 30th anniversary was celebrated in Austin, Texas with over 2,200 official performers from more than 67 countries and it will happen again from March 13-19, 2017. This is a great way to discover new music.

 

Bearded Sunshine 21 – The Missing Guitar (2/22/2017) – 1 hr 2 min

 

On this episode of Bearded Sunshine, Matt tells the tale of his journey to a Neil Young tribute show. The playlist this week will have a very Neil feel to it. We will also dive into the story of a guitar that was missing for over 40 years.

Playlist

This mix includes the following artists and songs.

  • Neil Young – Ohio
  • Leon Bridges – Coming Home (live)
  • Shakey Graves – Dearly Departed
  • Creedence Clearwater Revival – Fortunate Son
  • Alabama Shakes – I Ain’t the Same
  • White Denim – Pretty Green
  • Matt Pond PA – New Hampshire
  • Houndmouth – Sedona
  • Norah Jones – Little Broken Hearts
  • Heartless Bastards – Parted Ways
  • Neil Young – Cinnamon Girl
  • Matthew Logan Vasquez – Personal
  • The Dead Weather – I Can’t Hear You
  • The Kills – Black Balloon
  • Charlie Sexton – Regular Grind
SXSWfm: Bearded Sunshine 20 – Feb 15
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SXSWfm: Bearded Sunshine 20 – Feb 15

Listen to Americana music on the Bearded Sunshine SXSWfm specialty radio show stream that is now available on MixCloud. The award winning and revolutionary SXSWfm Americana music show “Bearded Sunshine“ is hosted by resident musical scholar and SXSW staffer Matt Small. Join Matt weekly as he dives into the aforementioned Americana music, current events, humor and other listener favorite topics. This is the opposite of every show you’ve ever liked.

SXSWfm_bigger

SXSWfm is the official internet radio stream of the South by Southwest (SXSW) Music Festival. Last year its 30th anniversary was celebrated in Austin, Texas with over 2,200 official performers from more than 67 countries and it will happen again from March 13-19, 2017. This is a great way to discover new music.

 

Bearded Sunshine 20 – Extravaganza (2/15/2017) – 1 hr 2 min

 

Bearded Sunshine is in uncharted territory by reaching episode number 20!! Matt celebrates by bringing you Americana covers in this week’s playlist. Many other fun surprises are also in store for this historic episode.

Playlist

This mix includes the following artists and songs.

  • Catfish And The Bottlemen – Read My Mind
  • The Civil Wars – Barton Hollow
  • Band of Horses – The Great Salt Lake
  • James Bay – Forever
  • Bear’s Den – Above the Clouds of Pompeii
  • Black Prairie – How Do You Ruin Me?
  • Mumford and Sons – Tessellate
  • Lord Huron – Ends of the Earth
  • Boy & Bear – Feeding Line
  • The Lone Bellow – Then Came the Morning
  • Paper Aeroplanes – Race You Home
  • Real Estate – Talking Backwards
  • Angel Olsen – The Waiting
The Avett Brothers
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The Avett Brothers

Listen to Americana music by The Avett Brothers on their most recent album True Sadness.

This was the #1 played album on the Top 100 Albums of the Year recently announced by the Americana Music Association. They have been nominated for 2 Grammy awards: Best Americana Album: “True Sadness” and Best American Roots Performance: “Ain’t No Man”.

True Sadness (2016) – 12 songs, 51 min


More The Avett Brothers music, videos, and links

Eilen Jewell
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Eilen Jewell

Listen to Americana music by singer-songwriter Eilen Jewell from Boise, Idaho on her latest album Sundown Over Ghost Town.

Sundown Over Ghost Town (2016) – 12 songs, 37 min

 

More music by Eilen Jewell: albums, videos and links …

Stephen Bennett: Tone Poet & Even More Beatles
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Stephen Bennett: Tone Poet & Even More Beatles

Listen to harp guitar music by Stephen Bennett on his latest albums Tone Poet and Even More Beatles, both released in 2016. Widely regarded as one of the most respected fingerstyle guitarists of his generation, Stephen Bennett is also an acknowledged master of the harp guitar.

New Albums

Enjoy his latest albums.

Tone Poet (2016) – 14 songs, 1 hr 1 min

 

Beatles

If you like his harp guitar arrangements of Beatles music, then you will probably like his newest album, along with two earlier albums.

Even More Beatles (2016) – 13 songs, 34 min

 

More Beatles (2014) – 14 songs, 41 min

 

Beatles Acoustic Guitar Solos (2005) – 15 songs, 40 min

 

Classic Rock

And if you like old classic rock tunes, check out these arrangements for harp guitar.

A Whiter Shade of Pale on In-A-Gadda-Da-Stephen (2010) – 1 song, 3 min 59 min

 

Theme for An Imaginary Western on In-A-Gadda-Da-Stephen (2010) – 1 song, 4 min 19 sec

 

The Court of the Crimson King on In-A-Gadda-Da-Stephen (2010) – 1 song, 4 min 57 sec

 

Traditional

These harp guitar arrangement of traditional tunes are also some of my favorites.

Gabriel’s Oboe on Still On the Line (2014) – 1 song, 4 min 20 sec

 

Shenandoah on Good Wood (2009) – 1 song, 2 min 32 sec

 

The Water is Wide on No Net (1999) – 1 song, 4 min 38 sec

 

Photo credit: Tone Poet @ Amazon (album cover).

Christmas 22 – Pop
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Christmas 22 – Pop

Enjoy some pop Christmas music. I show their rank in my Top 50 Christmas Favorites.

13. Gene Autry
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 Vince Guaraldi Trio
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Mannheim Steamroller
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 Mindy Smith
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Listen to more pop Christmas music on internet radio …

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Folksy Christmas (Playlist)

Here is a folk music Christmas playlist created by Spotify.

Folksy Christmas (Playlist) – created by Spotify – 157 songs, 9 hr 23 min

Play these festive songs upon a winter’s night, and have yourself a folksy little Christmas now…

 

This Is: Leonard Cohen
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This Is: Leonard Cohen

Listen to music by Leonard Cohen on a special playlist created by Spotify.

The Canadian singer, songwriter, poet and novelist died on November 7, 2017 at the age of 82 after more than 50 years of sharing his music. His work explored religion, politics, isolation, sexuality, and personal relationships. Cohen was inducted into both the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame as well as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He was a Companion of the Order of Canada, the nation’s highest civilian honour.

Playlist

This Is: Leonard Cohen (Playlist) by Spotify – 54 songs, 4 hr 6 min

Thank you for all that you created. We’ll miss you dearly. In memory of Leonard Cohen.

 

Videos

Here are several music videos including recent live performances.

Hallelujah – 7 min 9 sec

 

Dance Me to the End of Love – 6 min 9 sec

 

I’m Your Man – 5 min 54 sec

 

So Long, Marianne – 5 min 32 sec

 

Everybody Knows – 5 min 24 sec

 

Famous Blue Raincoat – 4 min 39 sec

 

Closing Time – 5 min 56 sec

 

Suzanne – Live at the Isle of Wight (1970) – 4 min 15 sec

 
Listen to more of his music at my Leonard Cohen post with additional albums, videos, and links. This playlist and videos have also been included there as well.

Photo credit: Spotify (Playlist image)