Anthems

You Are a Tourist by Death Cab for Cutie

“You Are a Tourist” by Death Cab for Cutie (Codes & Keys, Atlantic Records, 2011). Written by Benjamin Gibbard.

Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You’re Going To) by Diana Ross

Praise You by Fatboy Slim

Long Black Veil — Levon Helm Tribute Week

“Long Black Veil” is a 1959 country ballad, written by Danny Dill and Marijohn Wilkin and originally recorded by Lefty Frizzell. The song has become a standard and has been covered by a variety of artists in country, folk and rock styles. In 1968, it appeared on The Band’s debut album, Music from Big Pink. …

The Weight — Levon Helm Tribute Week

“The Weight” was released by The Band as Capitol Records single 2269 in 1968, and appeared one week later on the group’s debut album Music from Big Pink. The song is listed as #41 on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time published in 2004, and Pitchfork Media named it the thirteenth best song …

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down — Levon Helm Tribute Week

Another track off that great 1969 album, The Band, and another track with the gritty, powerful lead vocals of the late, great Levon Helm, is “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”. According to Rob Bowman’s liner notes to the 2000 reissue of The Band’s second album, The Band, it has been viewed as a …

My Cat Stevens Playlist

“Time/ Fill My Eyes” (Mona Bone Jakon, 1970) “Katmandu” (Mona Bone Jakon, 1970) “I Wish, I Wish” (Mona Bone Jakon, 1970) “I Think I See The Light” (Mona Bone Jakon, 1970) “Trouble” (Mona Bone Jakon, 1970) “Lady D’Arbanville” (Mona Bone Jakon, 1970) “Father & Son” (Tea For Tillerman, 1970) “Miles From Nowhere” (Tea For Tillerman, …