Merry Christmas from Carry You Away
No matter what you celebrate, Carry You Away would like to wish everyone a safe and enjoyable holiday season! Thanks for a good year, we'll see you in 2009 with our best songs from 2008.
The Christmas Song - Nat King Cole
O Holy Night - Troy Andrews
River - Rosie Thomas
Silent Night - Skye
Let It Snow - A Fine Frenzy
When I Get Home For Christmas - Snow Patrol
2000 Miles - Coldplay
White Christmas - Frank Sinatra
Christmas Time Is Here - Vince Guaraldi Tri... MORE
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The Best Albums of the Year
This year has been an incredible one for music. I don’t know if it was the full year of blogging about it, but I have learned and heard so much during the past year, making it incredibly difficult at times to really narrow down what was the best of the good. Looking back over the year, there were some clear choices, some not so clear, and a couple that surprised me. Already, 2009 is shaping up to look like a good year already.
Runners up: Always the Bridesmaid: Decemberists... MORE
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Best New Artists of 2008
Like last year, I came across a huge number of new songs and new artists. There were some that were very good, and some that were well worth forgetting. Here's my favorite new discoveries of 2008:
Bombadil
These guys out of North Carolina play a mean live act. There's energy, lots of hand-eye coordination and some very good songs. While not quite out there as an indie group such as the Decemberists, these guys have a quirky nature to their songwriting that really ... MORE
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Coming Up: The Albums of 2009
As 2008 comes to a close, everyone is starting to think about the upcoming year and what will be coming out. There's never a shortage of artists who we always want to be releasing new materials, and already, I've started looking for what will be coming out in 2009. Here's what I'm really looking forwards to:
Untitled - Carbon Leaf
Carbon Leaf is my all-time favorite band. I've seen them numerous times in concert, and for the past year and a half, there's been talk of... MORE
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Cover & Original : I Can See Clearly Now
It's been a while since I've done one of these features. Here's a wildly optimistic song from a while ago that I haven't heard in a very long time.
I Can See Clearly Now (Johnny Nash) - Ray Charles
I Can See Clearly Now (Johnny Nash) - Otis Redding
I Can See Clearly Now (Johnny Nash) - Bob Marley
I Can See Clearly Now - Johnny Nash
Hype - Buy
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New Alternate Routes Video Album
The Alternate Routes have a new video for an upcoming single from their next album, due out February 24th, 2009. Add it to the list people! The album is called A Sucker's Dream , and will have the following tracks on it:
01 On and On We Whisper
02 Ain't No Secret
03 All That I See
04 The Future's Nothing New
05 Just A Dream
06 Desdemona featuring Patty Griffin
07 Tow The Line
08 A Sucker's Dream
09 Already November
10 Never Gonna Be Rich
11 A Better Way
. ... MORE
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Winter Acoustic
Winter is finally here in Vermont. For some reason, I'm equating winter with acoustic rock, so here you go.
Hazelton - Bon Iver
Westward Bound - Fairline Parkway
Love and Some Verses - Iron & Wine
Rages of Babylon - Joseph Arthur
Northern Sky - Nick Drake
I Still Care For You - Ray LaMontagne
Saro - Samamidon
Falling Stars - Sarah Siskind
Hazy Shade of Winter - Simon & Garfunkle
Hype - Support
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Blood Bank EP
This is certainly worth coming out of the woodwork again - Bon Iver's announced a new EP, entitled Blood Bank , due out January 19th, 2009.
Here's the tracklisting:
1 -Blood Bank
2 -Beach Baby
3 -Babys
4 -Woods
Blood Bank , according to Bon Iver's website, is about warmth, where For Emma was about the cold. I'm eagerly awaiting it.
Bon Iver's going out on Tour, and I'm hoping to catch him later next month on Boston:
12/03/08 Dublin, Ireland - Dublin National Stad... MORE
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Blood Bank EP
This is certainly worth coming out of the woodwork again - Bon Iver's announced a new EP, entitled Blood Bank, due out January 19th, 2009.
Here's the tracklisting:
1 -Blood Bank
2 -Beach Baby
3 -Babys
4 -Woods
Blood Bank, according to Bon Iver's website, is about warmth, where For Emma was about the cold. I'm eagerly awaiting it.
Bon Iver's going out on Tour, and I'm hoping to catch him later next month on Boston:
12/03/08 Dublin, Ireland - Dublin National Stadium
12/05/08 Renne... MORE
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