Sea Of Heartbreak
Rumbleseat - Sea of Heartbreak
I love this song. Somehow the fact that Rumbleseat did a cover slipped under my radar.
Don Gibson’s swinging version is hard to beat but these boys do it proud.

Stop Breakin' Down
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The White Stripes - Stop Breaking Down (1999)
Charlie Parr - South of Austin, North of Lyle

If We Can Land a Man on the Moon, Surely I Can Win Your Heart
Beulah / If We Can Land A Man on the Moon, Then Surely I Can Win Your Heart
The American Analog Set - Aaron and Maria
This song makes me weepy in all of the best ways. the most beautiful use of a cuss word i have experienced in a long while…
East Texas soul siren Barbara Lynn performs “What’d I Say” with Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown in 1966.
Listen to Lynn talk about her life in music on this week’s American Routes.
The Disrupters’ “Young Offender” single came out January 15, 1982.
Willie Nelson doing a short acoustic tender and ragged cover of Nirvana’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’
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Gold on the Ceiling
The Black Keys - Gold on the Ceiling
Because your morning needs this, and I love you.
The Cramps - Goo Goo Muck (via MmeLEnfer)
Miracles of Modern Science covering Foster the People’s Pumped Up Kicks. Yeah.

The weeping willow
Ladies and Gentlemen of Tumblr. This is a video story on Dr. Erika Brady, professor of Folk Studies at Western Kentucky University and the host of Barren River Breakdown, a public radio show dedicated to American Music with roots. She received a Governor’s Award in the Arts for her work in media.
She is also my mentor in life, the universe, and everything. I’ve known her for around 15 years. She’s the reason I became a folklorist. And she’s among the most interesting human beings on the planet. The woman has stories that will literally knock your socks off.
This video, though it only scratches the surface, is a nice tribute to a dear friend. Congratulations Erika. You are a treasure.
Dr. Erika Brady (by KYCreativeServices)

Somebody That I Used to Know (feat. Kimbra)
Gotye “Somebody That I Used To Know (feat Kimbra)”
This is my favorite song of 2011, on my favorite album of 2011.
