veselykh sviat'! & a musical gift

{sunset, riverlot 56, dec.26}

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{aspens & birches + blue sky, riverlot 56, dec. 26}

Here are some songs to sample, a sort of best of 2006 in no particular order. I've tried to provide mp3s for as many as I can, but I'm having some technical issues, so some are missing or linked to other sites where you might hear the songs. Nevertheless, enjoy! Please let me know what you think... If you would like a mix cd consisting of a similar musical mélange, do let me know, it could perhaps be arranged.

1. Lion's Jaws -- Neko Case (Fox Confessor Brings the Flood)
2. Lived in Bars -- Cat Power (The Greatest)
3. Scenic World -- Beirut (Gulag Orkestar)
4. On the Radio -- Regina Spektor (Begin to Hope)
5. Green Grass -- Cibelle (covering Tom Waits) (The Shine of Dried Electric Leaves)
6. Wild Sage -- The Mountain Goats (Get Lonely)
7. The Modern -- Frida Hyvönen (Until Death Comes)
8. Willow's Song -- Isobel Campbell (Milk White Sheets)
9. For the Turnstiles -- The Be Good Tanyas (Neil Young cover) (Hello Love)
10. Chinese Translation -- M. Ward (Post-War)
11. Emily -- Joanna Newsom (Ys)
12. Ramblin' Man -- Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan (Hank Williams cover) (Ballad of the Broken Seas)
13. Golem Hora -- Golem! (Fresh Off Boat)
14. Parentheses -- The Blow (Paper Television)
15. Hypnotize -- Ani Di Franco (Reprieve) -- hear the track streamed here
16. I Was A Lover -- TV on the Radio (Return from Cookie Mountain)
17. Put in a Penny in the Slot -- Fionn Regan (The End of History)
18. Listopad 2004-oho roku -- Haydamaky (Ukraine Calling)
19. Benton Harbour Blues -- The Fiery Furnaces (Bitter Tea)
20. Vincent and Theo -- Jacob Borshard (The Last Brontosaurus) -- can be obtained here in its entirety on Jacob's webpage
21. May be the last time, I don't know -- Ndidi Onukwulu (No I Never) -- listen to a sample here
22. Springfield (or Bobby had a shadfly caught in his hair) -- Sufjan Stevens (The Avalanche)
23. The Gates of Istanbul -- Loreena McKennitt (An Ancient Muse) -- you can hear a snippet here
24. Mountains -- Sparklehorse (Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain)
25. The Ukrainians -- vitaminsforyou (The Legend of Bird's Hill)
26. Pieces of Sky -- Beth Orton (Comfort of Strangers)

I could make another list of other music I have been saturated in over the course of the year that was not produced in 2006, but that would be even longer...