Discovered In August 2022 Mixed Tape
Released in 2022
Hey All…Here is your monthly digest of music I have discovered in hot and steamy August.
Maybe you might find something that will give you goosebumps. Because you know that is what it is all about.
Of course, it may just make you dance around like a hopped-up kangaroo on something from a local bush pharmacy.
Jack White-Entering Heaven Alive- Worth your time to dip your toes into the second album of the year from Jack. Taking Me Back (Gently) is a top-notch song.
Derek Senn- The Big 5-0 Some interesting and timely and humorous songs.
Something Borrowed, Something New-A Tribute To John Anderson- Dan Auerbach puts his stamp on a tribute that is better than most. Anderson has written so many songs over his 40-year career that listening to this collection truly shows off his skills. John Prine contributed posthumously but all of the other artists recorded their songs in the studio. They were not mailed in.
Some of the others contributing are Sierra Ferrell, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, The Brothers Osborne, Jamey Johnson, and the one and only Sturgill Simpson.
The Brothers Comatose-Turning Up The Ground- The Bluegrass Band from San Francisco covers all of their bases with sweet singing and picking.
King Stingray-King Stingray-This is a perfect debut record. If you don’t find yourself wanting to put this on when Friday comes around, get your pulse checked. Of course, the link to Youth Yindi is evident, this is fresh and alive. Take a bite.
Record Of The Month-There Is A Tie! So let’s call it Records of the Month! I am so creative…
The Crosswinds of Kansas-Bill Scorzari-Not one bad moment in this collection. Most records that run over an hour have some filler, but there is no additives here. Deep, soulful, introspective lyrics by a New York native who just popped up on my radar. Pay attention and listen, this is not background music. Word.
Marcus King-Youngblood-Listen to this record and you are unsure if it is new or something that was recorded in the 70s. King has his guitar turned up to 11 and brings on his best Steve Marriott rocker vocals to a record that he said could have been his last. He was on a downbound train but he found love and a woman to help him recover. Marcus King is here to stay and this is a statement. Think Free, Bad Company, and once again produced by the man who is everywhere, Dan Auerbach.
King sounds and talks very much like an old soul — and given his musical touchstones, it’s tempting to think that he should have been born in an earlier time. It’s a notion he once believed himself.
“I felt like that before, when I was a bit younger,” he says. “But, you know, it’s a pretty tumultuous time in the world right now. So I think maybe I was born right when I needed to be.”