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Calexico - Coyoacan

If there was a band that just exuded the 'American southwest', Calexico is it. This song is awesome.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqD14Zq ... u.be&t=31s

Utah Phillips - Walking Through Your Town in the Snow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZajCcGIP7Q

I've been rocking these two a lot lately.

The Motet - Supernova. Such a fun, toe-tapping tune.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syA4XN97Dt8


TAUK - Rainwalk. A real laid back instrumental.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYfCJ5Yot_k

I had forgotten about this thread! Lots of good music here. Time for me to catch up.

Joey Dosik - Running Away
If you dig soulful ballads, you might like this one


Cory Wong and The Green Screen Band
Good, funky, toe tapping music.


Vulfpeck
I love everything by these guys. So funky, so good.

and one more.

Nickel Creek - The Smoothie Song (with Rob Trujillo, bassist from Metallica, making an appearance). Great instrumental track...it's gotten a lot of repeats here.

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Sara Watkins - The Ward Accord
a simple track, but it's the simple ones that are usually the most beautiful.

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a little heavy, but good Irish rock.

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Flogging Molly - Saints and Sinners

74novaman wrote:I doubt many of you will like this stuff, but I enjoy it, so there ya go....

Love Bassnectar!! Nice to see another fan on here.

One of my favs:
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Oldgringo wrote:Music died when The Beatles, and other noxious metallic noise makers, were allowed into, and to remain in, the colonies.

Do you tell kids to get off your lawn?

One band that I've been enamored with over the past 8 years or so is Calexico. When I discovered them, it was if they had created the perfect music for me. Being a fan of the desert, and the southwest US, there really wasn't any music (aside from Ennio Morricone) that put those pictures in to music...until I found Calexico. The core of which is two guys from Tuscon, and they collaborate with Mariachi's, a few others from TN and Germany, and somehow it all works. They incorporated traditional Mexican music instrumentation and rhythm in to a sort of indie-Americana fusion of rock, country, pop, surf, etc. Here are a few of there tracks that I am quite fond of.

Quattro (Worlds Drift In)
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Minas De Cobre
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Wash
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The Ride
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Para (Off of their upcoming album...a little different than their past stuff, but it's real mellow and sounds great!)
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a great Minnesota garage band from the 60's. The Gestures.

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and I've always loved The Zombies.

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and last, but not least...The Left Banke. My Mom told me about the time they came to her high school in Bed Sty Brooklyn, performed a few tracks, and were promptly arrested for marijuana possession.

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too funny! I was just listening to that earlier today. Easybeats were great!

WildBill wrote:video here

It took me a bit, but the Avett Brothers grew on me and I like a lot of their stuff. Have you seen / heard the Punch Brothers?

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No YouTube link, but here's the audio.

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This is a track by the band Umphrey's McGee. They are sort of a Prog Rock / Jam Band type. Sort of inline with moe. They have a TON of great tracks, but I'll always listen to this one. The live version blows away the studio version.

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love that song!