Listen Up: 11-28-12

1. Timshel (Africa Mix) – Mumford And Sons – This works so much better than it has any right to,  Mumford is almost chanting and the backing track is a xylophone playing an African melody, like the time Vampire Weekend dream of writing – Grade: A

2.  Ready Go – Juniel – It is liked getting mugged by a children’s gameshow, but in a really good way – Grade: A
 
3.  The Might I Learned How Not To Sing – Iris Dement – Congratulate yourself, you are listening to the saddest song ever written – Grade: A
 
4 .Doom And Gloom – The Rolling Stone – Great first verse – Great: A-
 
5. Highway In The wind – Arlo Guthrie – It isn’t melancholy because he is melancholy now, it was melancholy when he wrote it – Grade: A
 
6. Quite Early One Morning – Pete Seeger – A very positive noise, so ring freedom’s bells already – Grade: A
 
7.Ambulance – My Chemical Romance – Not a great glam rocker, but a good one for sure – Grade: B
 
8.You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) – Sylvester – This is so hot it makes modern dance feel like pretenders to a throne Sylvester died before he could claim once and for 
 
9. Love And Only Love – Neil Young – He opened with this (I guess!)
 
10. Hello Dolly – Louis Armstrong – From 1971, five months before his death and "one of those good ol' young ones", Satchmo's scatting here is remmarkable, he slides right through the lyric – Grade: A
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