A very nice song about reflections on life and how they sometimes aren’t all that pleasant. In spite of the less than uplifting theme of the song, the music is fantastic, well arranged and well played.

Ronny Wood lists his home town as Copenhagen, Los Angeles, Stockholm and Denmark. His career has him world hopping as well. He has worked on an album with Ron Wood from the Rolling Stones, some of his music has been used in the TV shows “The Ghost Whisperer” and  “One Tree Hill”. He has been working on a new album, which will be released as soon as they can work out something with a distributor.

Used courtesy of GarageBandcom

URL: http//www.garageband.com/artist/ronnymorris

2.  Mutated Monkey Boy by Andy Buscemi

This is a wacky little ditty about a boy who was born a mutated monkey. The web page that was given by the Podsafe Music Network seems to be inoperative, so I haven’t been able to find out about the artist, but is very good music and the wacky lyrics make the whole thing fun to listen to.

Used courtesy of Podsafe Music Network

URL: http://www.andybuscemi.com/

3. Doctor Motxo by Goo Goo Cluster

Doctor Motxo (pronounced Mojo) is being sought to help a young man out with his bad luck in finding someone to love.

The band is great, mixing reggae, rhythm ‘n blues and funk. The sound a little like the Black Crows with a horn section, but their music is very original and fun to listen to.

From their album Goo Goo Cluster

UFL: http://googoocluster.free.fr/english.html

4. Never Get Out by Brad Sucks

This is a bit of a trippy song. It reminds me of train rides I took when I was a kid. the drummer sets the beat in kind of a hypnotic beat, with the bass player helping out. They have some great synthesizer adding that spacy groove and the vocals pull it together into a great trip.

If the program you are listening to this on has a visualization function, fire up the best one  you have and enjoy the ride!

From their album I Don’t Know What I’m Doing.

URL: http://www.bradsucks.net/

5. Marsoul Il Hob by Hasna

Hasna is a fine Moroccan singer who appeared suddenly on the middle-eastern music scene and in no time made it to the top with a number of superb songs. Marsoul El Hob is her latest song composed by the Moroccan musician Abdel Wahab el-Doukali.

From their album Ana Kul Leik

URL: http://www.orientaltunes.com/listening_page11b.html

7. Breathe by Plunkett

I love this song! It is has an accoustic, sort of a british folk-rock feel with very nice harmonicacoming and going throughtout the song. The musical arrangements are very good and the good vocals are the topping on the cake.

From their album 14 Days

Used courtesy of Magnatunes

URL: http://www.magnatune.com/artists/albums/plunkett-days/

8. Mari-Mac by Great Big Sea

This song features some incredibly fast singing! It’s about a man and his love, Mari-Mac who is being pressured to marry by their mothers, and how they really don’t mind the idea.

When asked about their origins, they said ‘”Great Big Sea is a bastard. Forged from the loins of Figgy Duff and Ryan’s Fancy, GBS found its feet on the unforgiving streets of St. John’s, and stood their ground when others faltered. When asked about their unlikely success, founding member Bob Hallett is typically candid: “We weren’t the best musicians in town,” he says, “we just wanted it more. We were driven by a bloody-minded need to succeed and we were rewarded for our bleeding.”’

From their album Up

URL: http://www.greatbigsea.com/

9. Rich Man, Poor Man by Mr. Completely

This is another of my favorite songs. It sounds very much like if Lynard Skynyrd traveled back in time to the 1960’s San Francisco and jammed with Jorma Kaukonen of the Jefferson Airplane. I love the waa-waa the lead guitar contributes, and the singer does an excellent job adding the vocals to the musical mix..

From their album Twice on Sundays

Used courtesy of GarageBandcom

URL: http://www.mrcompletely.ca/

I love this song! If I were to listen to it without knowing better, I’d swear that Ozzy Osborne was singing. However, the music is very much their own style. It also features some killer synthesizer! I highly recommend you check out their Reverbnation web site for some other tasty tunes.

Used courtesy of the Artists.

URL: www.reverbnation.com/k101ef

2. UK Places With ‘Z’ In The Name by Interröbang Cartel

An excellent song with some major funk about a guy wondering how many places in the UK have a Z in their name.

IBC make their music by doing a part and sending a sound file to whoever else wants to work on it, until they have a complete song finished. They do a great job here..

Credits:

Lyrics - Talysman the Ur Beatle (principally, but with mods by Major Zed) Vocals - (in order of appearance) Major Zed, Steve the Bear, Madge Instruments: Sony Acid Loops (Joe Vitale, Bradley Fish, Siggi Baldursson, et al.) Produced by Major Zed Special thanks to Sheryl Z. for looking up UK places with ‘Z’ in the name!

From their album The Tribute Album

Used under the Creative Commons license, courtesy of the artists.

URL: http://interrobang.jwgh.org/

3. Blackship by East of Ealing

This song is a frenzied tale of shanghi’d sailors and their adventures at sea.

East of Ealing list their influences as “Celtic to Cajun, Ska to South African, Reggae to Russian and Zeppelin to Zanzibar”.

From their album State of the Ark

Used courtesy of Podsafe Music Network

URL: http://www.eastofealing.co.uk/

4. A Human Being by Valerian

This song is a commentary on the effects humans have had on the planet and comes from the Finnish group Valerian’s new albumi, which is a revolutionary album full of  angry msuic. Valerian has issues with “The Man” and the band doesn’t hold anything back,

From their album Guerilla Fighting Method

Used courtesy of Podsafe Music Network

URL: http://www.citycanyons.com/valerian/index.html

5. Be The One by The Pin-Up Girls

The Pin-Up Girls began playing 80’s-style New Wave music in their native Phillipines. Since then, they have evolved their style into what it is now, a little more mainstream and very pleasant to listen to. Be the One would fit very well with mainstream US radio. Not to mention that their singer has a great voice.

From their album All Seats Are Taken

Used courtesy of Podsafe Music Network

URL: http://www.thepinupgirlsmusic.net/

6. Two Funky Jews by Two Funky Jews

This song has some serious funni! The music is extremely funky and the bass playing is thunderous.

The funky jews happened in 1993 at the musicians institute in hollywood, california. Adam rosner and marvin vaisman teamed up and hit the coffe shops in L.A. And had a blast! Later other friends got on their instruments and jammed with Adam and Marvin. The funky jews played the L.A. scene for about 4 years and loved every minute of it

From their album In Da Studio

Used courtesy of GarageBand.com

URL: http://www.ilike.com/artist/TOO+FUNKY+JEWS

7. I Ain’t From Mississippi by Rusty Wright Blues

This is an excellent blues-rock song from some great players. They remind me of the Allman Brothers in a lot of ways, but playing everything their own way.

From their album Ain’t No Good Life

URL: http://www.rustywrightblues.com

This is a great version of the Rolling Stone’s classic. She gives it the African treatment and with Joss Stone joining her on vocals it is a very soulful, snappy song.

Angelique Kidjo, the four-time Grammy-nominated, much-celebrated singer, composer, and performer began in the Beninese port village of Cotonou, where she launched her career at the age of six. The political turmoil in her country led her to relocate to Paris, the capital of world music, and then ultimately to

From her album Djn Djin

Used courtesy of the Podsafe Music Network

Artist Web Page: http://www.kidjo.com/

2. Voglia di Italian by Girl’s Stuff

Due to the name, I suspect this song is in Italian, but am not sure. Regardless, the song has a soulful groove and I like it a lot. I Hope you do as well.

Girls Stuff are from Switzerland and was founded in 2006 because they “thought we had so many good pop and rock songs in our repertoire that we should use them”. Very soon after uploading them to the internet, they became podcast favorites

Used courtesy of the Podsafe Music Network

Artist Web Page: http://www.9t9.ch/go/?p=54.

3. Hop by Kapela na Dobry Dzien’

I couldn’t read the reviews of this song, since they were in Polish, but it is full of high energy with great vocals and harmonies and a solid rock foundation.

All of the members of this band come from towns in the Carpathian Mountains in Poland. In 2002 they founded this band, playing original music inspired by traditional music of the Carpathians. Their arrangements have different styles containing elements of folk, blues, jazz and rock.

From their album: Przez te; nasza; wies’

Thier music is licensed under the Creative Commons License and made available via Jamendo (http://www.jamendo.com)

URL: http://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/k.n.d.d Artist Web Page: http://www.kndd.pl/ [in polish]

4. Schipper mag’k oe overvoaren by Fluox speelt Fluox

I haven’t a clue about this one, other than the band is from the Netherlands and that it sounds pretty folksy and a bit wacky

Used courtesy of the Podsafe Music Network

Artist Web Page: N/A

5. Kedusha  by Ron Wiseman

The word “Kedusha” comes from a prayer that is about God’s holiness. and this songs extoles the virtues of God’s holiness in our lives. He accomplishes this without sounding preachy and doing it in to snappy Reggae music.

Refering to himself, he has said: “I guess I’m what happens when you take a secular Jew raised on blues, R&B, and reggae and imbue him with religion-you get the Jewish Reggae guy”  Ron Wiseman was born and raised in Canada, but now lives, writes and performs in Israel. His music delivers catchy, commercial, pop melodies merged with a thinking person’s poetic lyrics.

Spiritual, conscious reggae - words and stories inspired by the Old Testament combined with modern Reggae rhythm From his album Mystical Mood Used courtesy of the Podsafe Music Network

Artist Web Page: http://kedusha.oneroots.com/

6. Tiu Tiu Ssu Hsiang Chi by Kou Chou Ching

I don’t speak Taiwanese, so don’t know the details of this song, but on MoShang’s web page, he has a description of their music that they wrote: “this song takes two Taiwanese folk tunes as its central structure. The first, Tiu Tiu Tang, comes from Ilan County in Taiwans northeast corner; while the second, Su Siang Khi, is from Hengchun, a town in the far south of the island. Together, the two tunes make this song a complete mix of north and south.”

Their name comes from the seasonal round of agriculture (spring planting, summer tending, autumn labor, winter hoarding), Chou Ching refers to the hard work of autumn harvesting. Meanwhile Kou has to do with the harvesters scythe. Together, the three words give the feeling of laborers plying their tools to bring in the harvest.

This is the “Little Dingdong Mix” from MoShang’s Asian Variations remix album

This song has been released under the Creative Commons license.and made available by asianvariations,com

URL: http://asianvariations.com/default.html Artist Web Page: http://www.kou.com.tw/

7. Under African Skies by African Cream Kids

This song is originally meant for children to let them know of the beauty and wonder of living in Africa, but I enjoy it as much as any child would. It has great singers and beautiful acousitc music.

African Cream Music, the successful record label responsible for bringing these tales to life in a new way, decided to launch African Cream Kids in 2006. Their vision was to capture the beautiful songs and tales of Mother Africa, and share them with children across the globe.

From the album Under African Skies Used courtesy of the Podsafe Music Network

URL: http://www.africancreammusic.com/web/content/view/35/27/

9. Raga 5 by A.P.U.

This is a great song that combines Indian forms of music with Jazz and just a bit of rock.

Here’s a bio about themselves from their web page:

“The Aseana Percussion Unit is a total percussion unit first formed in 1998 when 4 guys got together with the thought of experimenting on blending the sounds and rhythms of different types of drums and percussions. The group has since then grown and now has 11 highly skilled percussionists and musicians as its core members.”

From their album Colours of Rhythm

Thier music is licensed under the Creative Commons License and made available via Jamendo

URL: http://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/A.P.U. Artist Web Page: http://www.apu.com.my/aboutus.htm

8. Bajo Cero by Icarus Crash

I couldn’t find any English descriptions of this song or the band, but the song rocks out and I thought it would be a great song to end the show on a high note.

From their album 13 Segundos de Caida Libre

Thier music is licensed under the Creative Commons License and made available via Jamendo

URL: www.jamendo.com/en/artist/Icarus_Crash Artist Web Page: www.icaruscrash.net/

1. Bézèd’h by Bézèd’h

I discovered these folks looking around on Jamendo and really enjoy their music. They are from Brittany, Franch, a region that considers themselves Celtic and have distinctive music and traditions. Bézèd’h play great Celtic Rock, with the fiddler playing with the spirit of traditional Brittany fiddlers and blending in seamlessly with the rest of the band.

They have three albums and an EP available for free on Jamendo (Link below) and if you don’t mind everything being in French, they are worth downloading and burning to CD.

From their album “Les cent ciels”

Music available under the Creative Commons License, courtesy of jamendo.com

URLs: http://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/b.z.d.h [Their page is in French] http://www.bezedh.com/ [In French]

2. Lord of the Dance by White Owl

This song was originally a hymn written by the Shakers. a Christian sect from New England, USA that flourished in the late 1800s, early 1900s. There are still a few of them around in their communities, but since they believe in everyone being celebate, their numbers are dropping.

Lord of the Dance has been adopted by many folk musicians all over, and a version of it was used by Michael Flatley in his stage performance of the same name, and many people now believe it is acutally an Irish song.

White Owl is from Moscow, Russia. They take celtic folk music and plays it with somewhat of a Raggae/Rock beat, They call their music Folkcore. It’s somewhat frenzied and kind of wacky. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

From their album “Pepper”

Music available under the Creative Commons License, courtesy of jamendo.com

URL: http://www.jamendo.com/en/user/White%20Owl http://www.whiteowl.ru/eng/

3. The Maid on the Shore by Ceilli Moss

I firrst heard this song performed by the guy that taught me to play the fiddle and introduced me to celtic folk music. I believed then and still believe that his version is the best, but this one would be a close second.

It’s about a young lady that is kidnapped by a sea captain that saw her on the shore and fell in love with her right away. She came up with a very cleaver means of escape!

From their album “On the Shore”

Used courtesy of Podsafe Music Network

URL: http://www.ceilimoss.be/eng.htm

4. June Apple by Shira Kammen

June Apple is actually an American folk tune, but Shira Kammen plays a lot of Irish and Scottish folk music, so she does this one in a celtic style. The double-tracked fiddles sound very cool!

Shira has spent much of her life playing early music (Renaissance, etc.), Ethnic, Folk and Traditional music. She has released an amazing amount of recordings and is fun to listen to.

From her album: “The Almanac”

Music available under the Creative Commons License, courtesy of Mangatune

URL: http://www.magnatune.com/artists/shira_kammen http://www.shirakammen.com/

5. Bulls Head Bay Dawn/The Cat’s Bagpipes by Sean Smith

I met Sean on the internet in the alt.religion.kibology newgroup and we were both surprised we not only shared musical interests, but both played the bouzouki. What are the odds of that happening in a newsgroup where wacky jokesters hang out?

Sean wrote the first tune after being inspired by spending the night sleeping on a park bench near Bulls head Bay in Ireland. When he woke up a kind native treated him to tea and a bite to eat. The second is a traditional tune that he does a great job on!

He has a new CD EP available called “Only a Demonstration” that you can purchase from his web site.

Used with the permission of the artist.

URL: http://www.freewebs.com/seansmithmusic/

6. The Mermaid by Great Big Sea

I first heard this song performed by a Canadian group named Ryan’s Fancy, back in the mid-1970’s on a radio show. I have searched for a recording of it ever since. While gathering the music for this show I ran across it and was not only amazed I found it, but happy that it’s a good version.

It’s about a sailor that met a mermaid on his first journey out, fell in love and joined her to live under the sea. Listen for the fun twist in the end.

The members of Great Big Sea are from Newfoundland, Canada are are former members of Figgy Duff and Ryan’s Fancy. They list their influences as “Bob Marley, the Clash, Fergus O’Byrne, Ron Hynes, Johnny Cash, Donal Lunny, and who knows what else.”

From their album “The Easy and the Hard”

Used courtesy of Podsafe Music Network

URL: http://www.greatbigsea.com/

7. Banks of the Lee by Green Man

Green Man plays an interesting style of music. They call it a “cinematic soundscape ranging from Celtic to Appalachian to Arabic. Dark, beautiful, layered, hallucinogenic, and smart”. All I know it that on this song, they play it in a traditional style using extremely non-traditional instruments and it works extremely well.

The song is an old, traditional song about a couple who love each other deeply, but the man must leave and cross the sea. When he returns, he finds she has died and he must morn instead of have a loving reunioin.

It is representative of many of the older Irish songs, sad, but hauntingly beautiful. One big difference is that often in the old songs, the man is the one that causes the demise of his love.

From their album “lovedeathbeauty”

Music available under the Creative Commons License, courtesy of Garageband.com

URL: http://www.garageband.com/artist/green_man http://www.myspace.com/greenmanmusic

This week, we’ll hear from Antarhes, Kepay, Interröbang Cartel, Lisle Engle, Vika, Sea and Field, BuDDy and the Sneakers, and Big Bang Radio ..

1. Different Way by Antarhes

I tried to find more info in the group, but it was all in french, so I ran it through the Bablefish translation page and came up with this on a review posted to Jamendo

(Mangled English courtesy of Bablefish):

“It is a rock’n'roll very percuttant and very pleasant. For me, this album would largely have its place on the large waves radio.”

Now all I need to do is find out if precuttant is really a word.

This is available courtesy of the band who released it on Jamendo under the Creative Commons license.

From their album: Breathin’ Again

Web Page:     http://www.antarhes.com/ [in French]

http://www.jamendo.com/en/user/Antarhes [in French]

2.  Cule Cula Bom Bom by Kepay

This a cool song with a somewhat reggae/ska beat, high energy and lots of party-sounding fun. I don’t speak spanish, and couldn’t find a description on the web, but it’s still cool and fun to listen to.

Once again,I tried to find some info on Kepay on Jamendo. Using Bablefish to translate it, I came up with this (In it’s full, wacky translated glory):

“From Guadalajara from the bottom of the ass of the world the KEPAY appear fantastic… Our music, does not concentrate in particular in any style and the result is a mixture of different musics and tendencies, with direct an funny one. The basic formation of integrates it to the group: battery, low, two guitars and two voices; recently a teclista to this formation has been gotten up.”

This is available courtesy of the band who released it under the Creative Commons license.

From their album: Desde el Fondo

Web Page: http://www.jamendo.com/en/search/all/kepay

3. Black Custard Throwing by Interröbang Cartel

This one comes to us from theirr IBC Tribute Album in which they pretend that other musicians are doing covers of their songs. This one is supposed to be covered by Oasis and is a song about the Nethack computer game.

Founded on Usenet in April of 2003 by Jacob Haller, Interröbang Cartel is the world’s first and greatest international Internet punk band, or perhaps it’s a zydeco or New Wave band. No one’s really sure. In any case, humorous posturing by the various band members eventually lead to people actually writing songs, and (wonder of wonders) recording them.

Used courtesy of the Artists

From the album Interröbang Cartel Tribute Album

Web Page: http://interrobang.jwgh.org [In serious need of finishing, so be ready for missing pages]

4. Inside 4 U by Lisle Engle

This is a nice, soulful acoustic rock song. They include some uncommon instruments for rock, including the tabla drum and a fiddle. I found it very enjoyable and hope you do as well.

Lisle Engle combines influences from Pink Floyd to Peter Gabriel to U2; he has composed a collection of works through personal experience that should both conveythoughts and capture emotions that most of us as human beings on planet Earth should find easily familiar.

Used coursety of Podsafe Music Network.

From the album: California Miles

Web Page: http://web.mac.com/lisleengle/LisleEngle.com/Home.html

5. The Rain by Vika Vasilevich

We first heard from Vika in the last episode of the podcast. She returns with this rocking song. It’s a little more mellow than I’m Not Alone, but is still a great song. I have fallen in love with how great her voice is and being in Russian makes it even cooler.

Used courtesy of the artist.

Web Page: http://www.vikamusic.com.ua/

6. Matelot by Sea and Field

This is another great rocker that is sung in French. Rather than look up another wacky translation, I will just leave it to you to enjoy the song. I don’t know anything about them other than that they are French, but they sound influenced by Celtic music, which, in France,  is largely found in the Brittany region and is a hidden gem for Celtic music lovers.

This is available courtesy of the band who released it under the Creative Commons license.

Web Page: http://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/sea.and.field

7. The Ballad of the Devil Weed by BuDDy and the Sneakers

A very funny Country and Western song about people who smoke medicinal marijuana, sung from the outlook of a small town sheriff.

Used coursety of Podsafe Music Network.

Web site: N/A

8. Radio by Big Bang Radio

Big Bang Radio consists of five guys representing South Florida and booming hard funk and power rock. They have played with several national acts through renowned venues and festivals.

Used coursety of Podsafe Music Network.

Web Page: http://www.myspace.com/bbrmusic

1. I’m Not Alone by Vika Vasilevich

This song proves that not only that Vika has a beautiful voice, but that the Russian language is well suited to great rock songs. When I contacted her for permission to use this song, she was also very nice and easy to work with.

She is currently holding the number 1 most requested song on the radio in Kiev, Ukraine. she started writing lyrics at the age of seven and composed her first complete song at 14.

http://www.vikamusic.com.ua/

Used courtesy of the artist.

2. In the Circle by Hungry Lucy

This song sound very otherworldly, but with a solid rock foundation.

Hungry Lucy had been creating intoxicating “trip-pop” with beautiful female vocals. Seamlessly traversing the musical spectrum from pop music, folk, world music & synthpop since 1988.

Used cvourtesy of Podsave Network. http://music.podshow.com/index.php

3. Drowsy Maggie/The Mountain Road/Ram Lin by Athas

This set of tunes is slightly outside the theme of the show, however, it does featur a very nice female fiddler named Heather Lewin-Tiarks. The tunes are a set of traditional Irish folk tunes featuring some very nice fiddle and guitar work.

Athas is a band firmly rooted in the traditions of Irish music, constantly seeking inspiration from the past masters and passing on their knowledge by teaching throughout Milwaukee.

http://athasmusic.tripod.com/

Used courtesy of the artist

4. All Thumbs Up by Jeriko

Jeriko comes out of Los Angeles, California with some snappy Pop/Rock that’s fun to listen to. It’s only a matter of time before we see her in the mainstream of music.

http://www.jukeboxalive.com/jeriko

Used Courtesy of Podsafe Music Network. http://music.podshow.com/index.php

5. Goodbye, So Long by Christelle Radomsky

Christelle has a very nice, sultry voice that has been called “a rare combination of heart stirring soulfulness, breathtaking clarity and bone chilling power.”

She’s a singer, songwriter and musician from Winnipeg, Canada and her original songs range from straight ahead pop/rock tunes to soulful ballads  featuring honest lyrics, catchy melodies and soaring harmonies. Web Page: http://www.christelle.ca/index.php Used courtesy of Garageband.com http://www.garageband.com

6. Blue by Girl’s Stuff

Coming to us out of Luzern, Switzerland, Girl’s Stuff plays music in many styles, from dance to hip hop. Blue has a snappy pop rock, techno feel that I think you’ll enjoy a lot.

Used Courtesy of Podsafe Music Network. http://music.podshow.com/index.php

7. Is It Any Wonder? by Dona Oxford

Donna has played with Keith Richards, Buddy Guy and Bob Weir among many other musical legends. This tune is very bluesy, with horns that give it a jazz sound and the band gives a solid rock and roll foundation. It comes to us from her album “Step Up”.

Her Web Page: http://www.donaoxford.com/index.htm

Used Courtesy of Podsafe Music Network. http://music.podshow.com/index.php

8. Home (Female Mix) by DJ Stu

This is probably the best Dance music song I’ve heard yet. I couldn’t find a lot of information about them, but I would love to find out who the singer is. she’s great!

Used Courtesy of Podsafe Music Network. http://music.podshow.com/index.php

1. Get By by Box of Rain

I wouldn’t be surprised at all to see Box of Rain make the big time. Get By is a serious rocker with some excellent music and great vocals.

Used courtesy of garageband.com

URL:    http://boxofrainmusic.com/

2. Salala by Angelique Kidjo

Angelique Kidjo is a four-time grammy nominated singer-composer. She was born in Benine, Africa, where she began singing at the age of six. Due to political turmoil, she left Benine, moving to Paris and then to New York City.

On her album Djin Djin, she returns to her roots in Benine for inspiration and is joined by several famous musicians, including Carlos Santana, Alicia Keys and Josh Groban. On Salala, she is joined by Peter Gabriel, who’s voice compliments hers and the music of her band very nicely. We’re very fortunate that Ms. Kidjo was kind enough to allow us to use this song!

From her album Djin Djin

Used courtesy of Podsafe Music Network

URL:    http://www.kidjo.com/

3. Pinata Boy by Derek Sonderfan

Derek Sonderfan is a self-taught pianist and accordionist. In Pinata Boy, he tells of the trials of a boy who was born a Pinata. It’s a sad, but hillarious tale with some perky music.

From his album Love is Kinda Funny Sometimes

Used courtesy of Podsafe Music Network

URL:    http://www.esoderek.com/

4. The Mermaid by Great Big Sea

Great Big Sea come to us from Newfoundland, Canada and bring us this shanty about a sailor who fell in love with a mermaid, in spite of warnings from his father.

From their album The Hard and The Easy

Used courtesy of Podsafe Music Network

URL:    http://www.greatbigsea.com/

5. Goodbye, So Long by Christelle Radomsky

Christelle Radomsky also comes to us from Canada. She hasn’t been playing music for too many years, but has it down pat. Goodbye, So Long is a fantastic song and I have fallen in love with her voice.

From her album Unison

Used courtesy of garageband.com

URL:    http://christelle.ca/

6. Leis a Lurrighan by Celi Moss

In describing themselves, Celi Moss said: “We like to define ourselves as acoustic folk-rock under Celtic & pan-European influence, not afraid of colouring outside of the lines.”

Leis a Lurrighan is a cool sea shanty about an ill-fated sea voyage from Scotland.

From their album On the Shore

Used courtesy of Podsafe Music Network

URL:     http://www.ceilimoss.be/eng.htm

7. She by Tenpenny Joke

Tenpenny Joke comes to us from Melbourne, Australia. and brings us some solid eock and roll.

Their song She begins with a middle-eastern groove and comes to life with some great rock.

From their album Ambush On All Sides

Used courtesy of garageband.com

URL:    http://www.tenpennyjoke.com/

8. Roof Top by JAZ Rice

JAZ Rice is a world pop afro-folk fusion artist currently living in Geneva, Switzerland. He spent five years living in New York City and Roof Top sums up his time there.

From his album Roof Top

Used courtesy of garageband.com

URL:    http://www.jazair.com/

1. Lovin’ the Money by Ted Robertson

Ted began his musical career in the mid fifties singing with local gospel groups. Since the early sixties he has been playing in a variety of bands and touring all over the place. The last 25 years, he as been making backing tracks for musicians and vocalist who didn’t have a band. Lately, he has decided to do his own music, and is doing a good job of it.

Lovin’ the Money is smooth, bluesy tune that’s a little R & B, and a little Rock. I think you’ll really enjoy it.

He doesn’t currently have a CD, but you can listen to, and purchase his songs from his web site on iSOUND.

Used courtesy of Mr. Robertson.

URL: http://www.isound.com/ted_roberson

2. Captain Organic Vegetable Man by Moosebutter

My daughter recommended Moosebutter to me after finding one of their CDs at the local library. Not only do they do some amazing vocals, but most of their songs are pretty funny as well.

Captian Organic Vege Man is a a funny a-capella ode to organic vegetables.

From their album: See Dee

Used courtesy of the artists

URL: http://www.moosebutter.com

3. Have You Ever Been Hit by a Flying Saucer? by Al Foul

Al played punk music for a time, then after a move from Boston to Tuscon, Arizona, he became known for offering what most Rockabilly bands at the time lacked: a raw poise and straightforwardness. Lately he’s been playing as a one-man band.

I think “Have You Ever Been Hit by a Flying Saucer?” could be called “Roots Rockabilly” since it has the simplicity of a jug band song but features great music..The humorus lyrics add a lot as well. Contrary to what you might think, it’s about being having a cup of coffee thrown at him.

From his album: The One, The Only.

Used courtesy of The Podsafe Music Network

URL: http://www.alfoul.net/ 4. Saying That I Love You by Caitlin Evanson

Caitlin explains the song is about being “for all the times we’ve beat around the bush when we just want to get in someone’s face. In someone’s face that just cut us to the heart and made us FEEL something huge.”

She grew up in Seattle and moved to Nashville, Tennessee a while back, where she is an author and a musician that shares what life is to her.

From her album: Caitlin Evanson (available on her web site)

Used courtesy of garageband.com

URL: http://www.caitlinevanson.com/

5. Dive by Mole

Dive is a great song from the Swedish band Mole. It’s a little mellow, but still rocks out.

From their EP: Mole

Used courtesy of BeatPick FairPlay Music Label

URL: http://www.beatpick.com/Mole

6. Potato People by Peaceful Tadpoles

The Potato People tell us about how they do things with potatoes that we just wouldn’t understand. They also invite us to join them, however, I’m not so sure I would really care to.

Used courtesy of the artists.

URL: http://www.garageband.com/artist/peacefultadpoles

7. Rattlesnake by Fosterchild

Rattlesnake is a hard-driving metal song, with some exceptional musicianship.

From their album: Independance Day

Used courtesy of The Podsafe Music Network

URL: http://www.myspace.com/fosterchildmusic

Episode 5

1. 4 KG by John Clarkson

In describing his music, John said: “Quite a bit of my music is quirky, light-hearted, wacky, and reflects my unique take on life. My intent is to rip your head off with my guitar playing, write well contructed, off-beat rock tunes that might make you laugh, occasionally write something serious when the mood strikes me, and sing as good as I can.”

4 KG is an instrumental with some fantastic guitar work.

From his album Toast

Used courtesy of garageband.com

URL: http://www.jonclarkson.com/

2. Jewel (The Magical Dog) by Classic Tragic Hero

A tribute to Jewel, the magical dog, who goes around befriending dragons, defeating dark lords and saving the day in general.

From their album: That’s Life

Used courtesy of The Podsafe Music Network

URL: http://myspace.com/classictragichero

3. Making Me Nervous by Brad Sucks

Brad Sucks began his musical career making music on his computer since the early 90’s and has come a long way. Making me Nervous is s fine danceable song that will have you bopping around your room in no time.

From his album: I Don’t Know What I’m Doing

License: Creative Commons by-nc-nd 2.5

URL: http://www.bradsucks.net/

4. Penguins On The Moon by Sack Trick

A little ditty about an expedition of penguin scientist to the moon to do research and make a better life for all.

From their album Pengiums on the Moon

Used with the artist’s permission.

URL: http://www.sacktrick.com/

5. And You by Ardent Octopus

Ardent Octopus is primarily but not totally a cyber band that began in 1984. And You is a very pleasant, mellow song.

From their album Ardent Octopus

Used courtesy of The Podsafe Music Network

URL: http://www.ardentoctopus.podshow.com/

6. Young Human Body Transplant 13 by Interröbang Cartel

This is one of my favorite Interröbang Cartel tunes. It was created by the avant-garde musician Talysman the Ur Beatle and contributed to their album “Needs More Wanger”.

From their album Needs More Wanger

License: Creative Commons by-nc-nd 2.5

URL: http://interrobang.jwgh.org/

7. Cold by Taj Weekes & Adowa

Listening to this song reminds me of a stroll on a Caribbean beach with the gentle wind blowing through your hair. Some very fine raggae

From their album Hope & Doubt

Used with the artists permission.

URL: http://www.garageband.com/artist/tajandadowa

8. Weekend Full of Weekends by Vanderveen

Hard driving rock and roll. Perfect to listen to with the top down on your convertable, cruising down the highway.

Used courtesy of garageband.com

URL: http://www.garageband.com/artist/vanderveen

1. Cod Liver Oil by Great Big Sea

A lament about how effective Dr. John’s Cod Liver Oil is in the recovery of his sickly wife, which isn’t necessarily such a good thing.

From their album: The Hard And The Easy

License: Creative Commons 2.5

URL: http://www.greatbigsea.com/themusic/thte.aspx

2. Percocets by The Wandering Carmelluccis

This one is dedicated to a friend who recently had back surgery and is now struggeling to free herself of the aftermath of several months of Oxycodon and Fentenal pain treaments. What better way to deal with out problems than to laugh at them?

Used with the author’s permission.

URL: http://www.garageband.com/artist/carmelluccis

3. Standing Still Faster by Marco Mahler

Marco is the first artist to contacted me about using his music and so a big thanks goes out to him!

Standing Still Faster is a very nice instrumental piece that is both mellow and has some gorgeous finger picked guitar.

From his album: Design In Quick Rotation

Used with the author’s permission.

URL: http://www.virb.com/marcomahler

4. Miss Becky by SwampDaWamp

These guys do the blues right in this one. In addition to great playing, they have some killer slide guitar.

From their album: SwampDaWamp

Used courtesy of the Podsafe Music Network (http://music.podshow.com/)

URL: http://www.swampdawamp.com/

5. The Toilet Song by Séamas Ó Neachtain

The first line says it all: “There’s nothing like a public toilet to bring people together” The orchestra is also a nice touch.

From his album: Cleas Amhrán

Used courtesy of the Podsafe Music Network (http://music.podshow.com/)

URL: http://www.scoilgaeilge.org/ceol/cleasamhran/cleas.htm

6. Food by Heirstyle

Heirstyle is an electronic duo from Vienna, Austria.

Food is a bit Dance music, as well as a little electronica. It features the vocals of Saskia Drennig, whose voice makes the song.

This along with many other tasty tunes are available for free from the Comfort Stand Net Label (http://www.comfortstand.com/index.html).

From their album: Heirstyle

URL: http://www.comfortstand.com/catalog/040/index.html

7. Swing Down by Beau Hall

Beau Hall’s music has been described as “the soundtrack to mating tyrannosaurs “. Swing Down has some extremely funky bass and great guitar and is, of course, a killer song.

From his album: Unh!

Used courtesy of the Podsafe Music Network (http://music.podshow.com/)

URL: http://www.beaurocks.com/beau/

8. Hell Bound Train by Jeff Fetterman Band

Hailing from Pennsylvania, the Jeff Fetterman Band brings us some soulful blues-rock that will rock your socks off.

From their album: The Long Hard Road

License: Creative Commons 2.5

URL: http://www.garageband.com/artist/jefffettermanband

1. Cortez & Pizarro by Slim

This was written after a trip from San Francisco to Honduras and was inspired by rural Mexican constabulary, corrupt federales, 12 year-old Guatemalan paramilitaries in black pajamas with AK-47s

Slim is fronted by Mike Baker and features former members of Primus, Counting Crows, 3rd Eye Blind, Mazzy Star, Van Morrison’s band.

From their album: Interstate Medicine

License: Creative Commons by-nc-nd 2.5

URL: http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/3100/

2. Bacon Wine by Jim Tyrrell

An ode to the consumption of that heavenly concoction (as well as a warning concerning the of the same).

Jim Tyrrell is a singer/songwriter from New Hampshire. He plays original music in smoky bars at night. He also has a day job, which friends and family have urged him not to quit.

From his album: Hey You

License: Creative Commons by-nc-nd 2.5

URL: http://www.jimtyrrell.net/

3. Condoms and Candy by The Malamondos

In the tradition of the great surf music guitar instrumentals, we have Condoms and Candy. It’s snappy and makes you want to twist on the beach.

The Malamondos have brought their brand of evil sleazed out garage punk since 2002. Described as “an episode of Scooby Doo made for adults”

From their album: It’s a Bad World, Baby!

License: Creative Commons by-nc-nd 2.5

URL: http://www.malamondos.com/

4. Kitten Knitting Blues by Interröbang Cartel

Ever get the urge to get some yarn and knit up a kitten? Here’s a blues song about just such a goal from our old friends in Interröbang Cartel. The lyrics are by Talysman the Ur-Beatle and the arrangement and recording by Jacob Haller.

From their album: Right to Reply

License: Creative Commons by-nc-nd 2.5

URL: http://interrobang.jwgh.org/

5. Ventres Jaunes by Au Lit les Momes

We first heard from these guys in our first show, and I just had to play this one. Since I don’t speak French, I haven’t a clue as to what the song is about, but it has some great harmonies and tight, wacky delivery.

From their album: Au Lit Les Momes!

License: Creative Commons by-nc-nd 2.5

URL: http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/441/

6. If Farts Were Made Out of Superball Stuff by Cookie Cutter Girl

Not in the best taste, perhaps, but isn’t a little juvenile humor great every now and again? This pretty well covers everything about the subject you would ever want to know. Cookie Cutter Girl has a great voice and the music is exceptionally good, not exactly what you’d expect from a fart song..

From her album: Cookie Cutter Girl

License: Creative Commons by-nc-nd 2.5

URL: http://www.cookiecuttergirl.com/