Caroline Smith and The Good Night Sleeps :: Closing the Doors
For those of you who enjoy good female vocal leads and instrumentals that make you wanna dance with someone, this is your group. I have been hearing Caroline Smith and The Good Night Sleeps on 89.3 The Current for quite sometime now, but I always confused them with the musical stylings of Ingrid Michaelson. However, this morning, I was paying attention and learned the real name of the group who has been signing a song I can't get out of my head as of late. I also learned that they're based in Minneapolis - which means I am so going to see them when they're next in town :)
Thus begins our summer music circuit. I hope you all enjoy this new group as much as I do!
i heard this song a couple of weeks back, but recently happened upon it again whilst listening to 89.3 The Current. i really dig this woman and after doing some research, i get so excited it's noticeably obvious! turns out Haley Bonar is a fellow midwesterner (from South Dakota) who is based out of St. Paul, Minnesota! *swoon!* so clearly i am completely interested in this musician from the start.
she's got a few records out (the first put out in 2003), with her latest album titled Big Star having been released earlier this past year. she has also won a couple of Minnesota Music Awards, which is super exciting as well...not to mention having her album featured in the Star Tribune, City Pages, The Onion, and Pulse magazine.
what i really enjoy about Haley Bonar is that she sounds like a nice blend of midwestern country meets hippie folk...not your typical twangy country singer, not quite weird enough to be super folky...i like how calm her music is too. she makes me want to take a road trip and buy all her music and spend 22 hours listening to just her while i leave the concrete and buildings and traffic behind and watch the corn fields and dirt roads pass me.
i am really excited for this musician and even more excited to be able to move to the Twin Cities so that i can add her to the list of artists to try to see on a regular basis!
the end. love, meggo.
Something Great :: Haley Bonar
(i tried to find the lyrics online, but couldn't so i did the best i could...if anyone has any corrections, feel free to leave them in the comment section!)
you've been talkin bout something great but you don't really know what you're sayin i guess that goes without to say that you don't really know what you're payin for
but it's in the way it's in the way you see it's in the way it's in the way you see me
my mother told me this yesterday that girls like me only get to somewhere it's not really much of the things you say but how you look at them and who does your hair
the skin you take the kids you face baby the skin you take might take your place baby
you'd be talkin about something great but you don't really know what you're saying i guess that goes without to say that you don't know really what you're paying for what you're paying for what you're paying for
today's blog is about how awesome 89.3 The Current is. i recently became a contributing member to the minnesota public radio station and i am so glad i did! they really do play some quality music, and a lot of it is stuff you wouldn't hear on just any radio station. they also have their own radio feed on itunes, so you can listen to them anytime, anywhere (provided you're near a computer w/internetaccess).
anyway, today's song is by Mates of State. this husband and wife duo started making music in 1997 and they've been rockin it ever since. what sets this group apart from other musical acts is their primary use of drums and organ, as opposed to most bands, that utilize guitar, bass, etc... anyway, they are fun and catchy and i hope you all enjoy them :) the end. love, meggo.
Better Now :: Mates of State Forget your politics for a while Let the color schemes arrive
Come on board, it's a curious site Absorbing sound that's never been right Never ahead of, never behind it Occasionally guarded, just keeps us surrounded It's luck
Everything's gonna get lighter, even if it never gets better
I propose a less serious boat Don't mistake for a party of jokes You are never ahead of, never behind us Floating in circles, there's more to remind them of less
Everything's gonna get lighter, even if it never gets better
Forget your politics for a while Let the color schemes arrive
BONUS SONG! also...if you haven't listened to Andrew Bird, you maybe should do that too...we will probably blog about him another time, but until then, enjoy this song!
Caroline Smith and The Good Night Sleeps :: Closing the Doors
