For most of The Aughts I compiled my favorite songs onto CDs and gave them to a few friends as Christmas presents. My tastes skew sharply toward acoustic folk music so there’s a good chance you’ve never heard of anything that I like. A few of my people love it too, though, and they tend to be less diligent (obsessive) about finding the new stuff than I am. That’s where I come in. I claim no authority. These are just the songs that opened my eyes the widest from 2000–2009. Because I’d never stop if I didn’t impose some kind of limit, I have picked songs that fit on one CD (plus some honorable mentions). […]
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On this one score, I sided with Dad. I was raised on bluegrass and country music, most likely to my mother’s chagrin. I can’t remember not knowing the words to “Rocky Top” and “I Walk the Line,” and I have it on good authority that as a child I may have attempted to dance with my aunt on Saturday nights when my grandparents took me up into the mountains in their camper. This last is as baffling to me as it will be to anyone who knows me now. It must have been back before the drummer in my head grew so loud and offbeat as to render all other attempts at syncopation futile. […] |
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"There are times I've wished I said all the folly in my heart and not the wisdom in my head." ~ A.J. Roach |
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