True Love Ways — Buddy Holly

SONG OF THE DAY “True Love Ways” by Buddy Holly (The Buddy Holly Story, Vol. 2, Coral Records, 1960). Co-written by Buddy Holly and Nor­man Petty. Recorded with the Ray Ellis orches­tra in Octo­ber 1958, four months before the singer’s death, and released posthu­mously. VIDEO OF THE DAY

Ain’t No Sunshine — Matt Andersen

SONG OF THE DAY “Ain’t No Sun­shine” by Matt Ander­sen, as per­formed at the 2009 Van­cou­ver Folk Music Fes­ti­val. Writ­ten by Bill With­ers. From hubpages.com There isn’t much infor­ma­tion about Matt Ander­sen on the inter­net; most likely because he is a local artist. He’s also one of the most engag­ing per­son­al­i­ties that I have ever seen …

Sunny Day Song — Chloe Albert

SONG OF THE DAY “Sunny Day Song” by Chloe Albert (Ded­i­cated State, cdbaby.com, 2008). WHERE I HEARD IT This track is brought to you (and me) by dear ol’ Dad, who is gra­ciously lis­ten­ing to CBC Radio 2 for me since I don’t live near a Cana­dian bor­der any­more. FROM CDBABY.COM In Chloe Alberts debut album, a …

Waiting — The Devlins

SONG OF THE DAY “Wait­ing” by The Devlins (Wait­ing, Uni­ver­sal Records, 1997). allmusic.com With their brogue-tinged har­monies set to acoustic-based melodies,Colin and Peter Devlin con­tinue to build on the suc­cess of their alt-rock duo, the Devlins. Their 1993 debut album, Drift, pro­duced byDaniel Lanois and recorded in Lanois’ New Orleans stu­dio, showed hints of their abil­ity to craft a …

When I Was A Young Girl — Rasputina

SONG OF THE DAY “When I Was A Young Girl” by Rasputina (Frus­tra­tion Plan­ta­tion, Instinct Records, 2004). allmusic.com The New York City-based trio Rasputina was led by singer/songwriterMelora Crea­ger, a classically-trained cel­list who backed Nir­vana on the group’s final tour. In 1992, Creager placed a want ad seek­ing other cel­lists to form a rock band; among those responding …

Great Lakes Song — Pat Dailey

SONG OF THE DAY “Great Lakes Song” by Pat Dai­ley (Look­ing Back, Olympia Records, 1994). ALLMUSIC.COM Peo­ple who attend shows put on by singer/songwriter Pat Dai­ley know what they’re going to get. They like the trig­ger phrases he sends out that sig­nal it’s time for audi­ence par­tic­i­pa­tion. They like the way he teases them. They like …

So Into You — Atlanta Rhythm Section

SONG OF THE DAY “So Into You” by Atlanta Rhythm Sec­tion (A Rock and Roll Alter­na­tive, Poly­dor, 1976). Writ­ten by Buddy Buie, Dean Daugh­try & Robert Nix. INTERESTING FACTS (a la wikipedia) — A Rock and Roll Alter­na­tive is an album by south­ern rock band Atlanta Rhythm Sec­tion, which fea­tures the band’s biggest hit, “So into You”, which peaked at …

If A Song Could Get To You — Marit Larsen

SONG OF THE DAY “If A Song Could Get To You” by Marit Larsen (The Chase, EMI Records, 2008). Writ­ten by Marit Larsen & KÃ¥re Vestrheim (the album’s pro­ducer). INTERESTING FACTS (a la wikipedia) — “If A Song Could Get Me You” is Nor­we­gian singer-songwriter Marit Larsen’s first inter­na­tional sin­gle. — In Nor­way the sin­gle entered the chart …