And lo Christmas music doth play across the wintery vastness of #tincanland

December 22, 2019

The Tincanland Top 10 Albums of 2019

1. Kate Tempest – The Book of Traps and Lessons lol @ “no one thing you can buy will make you feel more complete.” This CD did.

2. Gary Clark Jr – This Land America in black and white.

3. Archie Roach – Tell My Why It’s been a long, often hard, life.

4. Joe Henry – The Gospel According to Water Bad news tends to make a man reflective.

5. Bruce Springsteen – Western Stars Completes his body of work.

6. Dido – Still On My Mind I’m not arguing with Dido dismissers.

7. Highwomen – The Highwomen Nobody puts these ladies in the corner.

8. J.S. Ondara – Tales of America Young Kenyan finds America befuddling. And scary.

9. Fontaines DC – Dogrel The new voice of Dublin; more VU than U2.

10. Charlie Parr – Charlie Parr Set yourself on the porch a spell.

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

• Amy Speace – Me and the Ghost of Charlemagne;
• Bellamy Brothers – Over the Moon (yes, those Bellamy Brothers!)
• Billy Strings – Home
• Blue Butter Pot – Let The Talk
• Bobby Rush – Sitting on Top of the Blues
• Brittany Howard – Jaime
• Carly Rae Jepsen – Dedicated
• Danny Schmidt – Standard Deviation
• Dave – PSYCHODRAMA
• Delines – The Imperial
• Ellis Paul – The Storyteller’s Suitcase
• Emily Scott Robinson – Travelling Mercies
• Flatland Calvary – Homeland Insecurities
• Greensky Bluegrass – All For Money
• Jaimee Harris – Red Rescue
• Jake Xerxes Fussell – Out of Sight
• Jeffery Lewis & The Voltage – Bad Wiring
• K.Flay – Solutions
• Kim Taylor – Songs of Instruction
• Lee Harvey Osmond – Mohawk
• North Mississippi Allstars – Up and Rolling
• Our Native Daughters – Songs of Our Native Daughters
• Purple Mountains (David Berman) – Purple Mountains
• Sturgill Simpson – SOUND and FURY
• Tom Russell – October in the Railroad Earth
• Trailer Hippies – Trailer Hippies For Life
• Van Morrison – Three Chords and the Truth.

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December 15, 2019

Here’s a Christmas #TinPodShuffle for the kiddies

I made this for my kids when they were 8-12ish. None are in jail or hooked on street drugs so it’s probably ok to play it for yours.

It’s a same-sex playlist this week on #tincanland:

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Don’t play is s/he, isn’t s/he with these. You’ll get it wrong.

This week’s #tincanland playlist: bridges

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Spanning many genres

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I’m confident you’ll like these.

 

This week’s #tincanland playlist: guns

November 10, 2019

Don’t shoot the messenger

 

This week’s #tincanland playlist: tools

Nov 3, 2019

Don’t put your eye out with this thing