Song of the Day - Bright Eyes - Lua

A simple-sounding song by Bright Eyes. Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes) does a lovely duet of this song with Gillian Welch, but I couldn't find a good video for it.

Oh, and by the way, that word at the end of the first chorus that they edit out.... is "shit"!

Song of the Day - Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat - Lucky

just a fun song.....

Song of the Day - Brett Dennen - Ain't No Reason

Another singer/songwriter, Brett Dennen, singing "Ain't No Reason".

There's an interesting note by Brett in the notes to this video on YouTube.

Song of the Day - The National - Lucky You

This is one of my favourite songs from the band "The National". It's from their 2003 album "Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers.

I didn't really listen to the National, even after I got their CD - it just sat there, on my PC, until one day, I finally gave it a good listen. I got hooked and accumulated their other albums. Their latest is "High Violet" which just came out a couple months ago.

I apologize for the video. It's all I could find online (besides crappy quality live recordings).

Song of the Day - Danny Michel - Sweet Things

Danny Michel is a Canadian singer/songwriter from Ontario.

"Why can't I see the sweet things until they're all gone?"

I'm sensing a bit of a trend in my SOTD's (I'm surely not the first one to use this acronym!). I guess I'll try to make this "Canadian singer/songwriter week"!

My favourite song by Danny is called "I Will Love You for Miles".

Song of the Day - Hawksley Workman - No Beginning No End

Hawksley Workman is from a small town in Ontario, but moved to Toronto for his music career. I finally got a chance to see him live a couple years ago - it was just him on his guitar and a pianist he called "Mr. Lonely".

For some reason, I still think of him as NEW, but his first album was over a decade ago. This song comes from his second album I believe, and it contains one of my favourite Hawksley lines: "Don't dive shallow in deep dark waters".

Song of the Day - Ron Hawkins - Don't Be Long

Ron Hawkins is an indie musician from Toronto. This song is from his lastest CD, called "10 Kinds of Lonely". I've followed his career for 15 years - he's been in different bands, including The Lowest of the Low.

I cover a handful of his songs, including this one!

Song of the Day - Alexi Murdoch - Breathe

A fine guitar player, fine singer, fine songwriter - Alexi Murdoch. He reminds of Nick Drake....

Song of the Day - Josh Ritter - Change of Time

Josh Ritter has been a regular on the sampler CDs that come out monthly Paste Magazine. He's a wonderful singer/songwriter. This is from his new-ish CD.

Song of the Day - Arcade Fire - Neon Bible

I've been on an Arcade Fire kick since their new album came out last week. This song - Neon Bible - is from an older album, and this video is from a 'documentary' about the band from a few years ago. They've all crammed into an elevator to play the song live!

Song of the "Day"? --- Hannah Georgas - The Beat Stuff

I've decided to try to post a song each day. It can be any song that I'm currently listening to, or is stuck in my head. It can be a new song that I've just discovered, or an old favourite (that's right, "favourite" has a U in it!). The only criterion is that the song doesn't suck. I realize that this, of course, is a value judgment, so I need to be more specific: the song doesn't suck to ME!

I realize that I may be over-ambitious here. Ideally, I'd post a song each day here. But I have to be realistic (hence the quotation marks around "Day"). I'll do what I can, with the goal of a song each day!

My first song is by a Canadian woman named Hannah Georgas. I've heard her name before but not heard any of her music, so I had some time this morning and I YouTubed her (can I make a verb out of YouTube?). Anyway, she's from BC, and this song is called "The Beat Stuff".