Life, Love, and Liberty

Classic Irish singer Van Morrison provides us with two picks today.

-Brown Eyed Girl to be soaked up on The Best of Van Morrison.

-Moondance to be enjoyed on (who would have guessed!) Moondance.

In honor of my stepsister Roxy’s graduation from high school today, she’ll be providing our song of the day. The pick is the song Bowl of Oranges from the band Bright Eyes. Look for it on Lifted Or the Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground that Roxy tells me is her favorite ablum from this group.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers have produced some very groovy sounds worth highlighting.

-Under the Bridge

-Otherside

-By the Way

-Road Trippin’

Fortunately, you can check out all of these songs with one purchase.

Thanks to Chris for helping me discover one of today’s tunes…

-Dirty Work found on Can’t Buy A Thrill.

Credit Steely Dan for blessing us with this song and Chris for tipping me off to them.

-All The Things She Said found on (Surprise surprise!) All The Things She Said.

Tatu has an extremely catchy sound.

The exploration of new genres continues with two opera sounds today by Andrea Bocelli.

-Canto Della Terra

-Songo

Look for these two tunes and more on Songo.

Time to tackle a new genre with Now We Are Free by Enya.

Check it out by taking a look at the Gladiator sound track.

Well, I’m feeling tired but I am going to weather the storm and blog it up anyway. Man, I am in love with writing and music. Often when I need a break from the troubles of life, music is a wonderful escape.

I’ll throw out another mixture of good listens.

-Baby I Need Your Loving from Essential Tops.

-To Love Somebody from The Bee Gees-Their Greatest Hits:The Record.

-War, What is it Good For from The Very Best of Edwin Starr.

-Runaround Sue from Dion & Belmonts - Greatest Hits.

Lots of different artists to promote today.

-Drown In My Own Tears from Ray Charles:Ultimate Collection.

-Good Thing from The Raw & and the Cooked .

-Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy from Queen’s Greatest Hits.

-Time After Time from Time After Time.

Music is such a wonderful part of life.

Jimi Hendrix awed countless crowds throughout his career with brilliant guitar work in songs like Purple Haze. Look for it on the collection Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix.

Aretha Franklin has plenty of classics worth checking out but I’d like to highlight the song she performed in the Blues Brothers. It was her 60s hit Think that folks can find on the album Aretha’s Best.