an amazing a cappella rendition of "loch loman," which makes me yearn HARD for my live music on saturday nights at favorite irish pub in atlanta.

it also makes me yearn hard for more travel.  mexico for a week this summer is potentially in the works, but i need to get back to europe soon.

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"beautiful drug," by zac brown band:

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i'm having trouble letting go of christmas music.  still listening.  oops.

this is one that i discovered this year - "love is christmas," by sara bareilles:

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"christine," by christine and the queens:


i saw this band on the daily show (which i have only sporadically been watching since jon stewart left, so i'm glad i caught this episode!), and i love how they sound.

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"chateau lobby #4 (in C for two virgins)," by father john misty:


turns out he's real, master of none fans.  but maybe you are cooler than me and already knew that.

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"crop comes in," by chatham county line:

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i'm late to the game on this one (like usual), but love her voice: "skinny love," by birdy:

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"great big storm," by nate ruess - i'm dancing around when this plays just as much as he does in this music video.

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i am in love with this song and darius rucker's voice (but that's old news), and i WILL belt it out in the car whenever it comes on.  some of the lyrics (she hates faulkner?  she's tan in the winter?  she likes billy graham?) are problematic to me, but i do not let that stop me from singing along at full volume.

"southern style," by darius rucker:

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90% of what is on the radio - even the stations i like - is such overplayed crap.  perhaps i will think about this song in a few weeks, but i am loving it now.  "renegades," by x ambassadors:

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another favorite from a walk in the woods - "the lake," by tim grimm:

 

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i really enjoyed the movie adaptation of bill bryson's a walk in the woods.  no, it is not super faithful to all the details of the book, but i laughed SO much, i loved the soundtrack, and i felt great nostalgia for the mountains of north carolina, which holds my heart.

this song - "brother," by lord huron - is in the movie and i found it lovely:

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i'm listening to this haunting and beautiful song by an artist i don't know well (some ingrid michaelson music led me to him). the rhythm is stuck in my head right now.  i heard a live (not studio-polished) version first, so that's what i wanted to share with you.

"boys in the street," by greg holden:

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"on top of the world," by imagine dragons:


this was the final song played at christie's wedding a few weeks ago, and i loved dancing to it with her and all my friends!

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from the finale of the daily show with jon stewart, this gorgeous song - "land of hope and dreams," by bruce springsteen:


i must admit that i have a tiny crush on bruce.  how can you not?!

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"geronimo," by sheppard - another song with a great beat that i have a hard time not dancing to:

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"photograph," by ed sheeran:

(p.s. i am totally captivated by this video, which is home videos of ed sheeran growing up.)

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i'm currently binge watching season two of rectify, a fictional tv show that imagines what life is like for a man, his family, and his small town when he is released from prison after 20 years on death row.  this song played over the credits recently, and i thought it was beautiful - and then discovered that it's a band i know and love!

"the wine we drink," by drew holcomb and the neighbors:

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he has a beautiful voice, and i have loved discovering this song (thank you, pandora!).

"my stunning mystery companion," by jackson browne:

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when i first heard this song on the radio, i was certain it was some 80s song making a comeback…it just has that beat that i associate with 80s music, though in reality it's a song from just last year.  i really like it - "shut up and dance," by walk the moon: