Happy July 4th Friends!Before I delve into today's music selection, I'd like to share with you all a quote from Sylvia Plath's, "The Bell Jar," that I found oh so very appropriate for today!
"I wanted change and excitement and to shoot off in all directions myself, like the coloured arrows from a 4th of July rocket."
Feel free to put that in your pocket and save it for later.
Okay, thank you for putting up with me while I geek out over a few pretty words strung together.
Focus Maggie, FOCUS. Music. Right. Well, boy do I have a little something special for YOU!
Since it's the holiday an' all, thought I'd do something extra, hope you like!
Steel Train's latest album, which is self titled and a truly rad record, was released last year. Along with it they also released a sister companion album called, "Terrible Thrills Volume 1," in which twelve female artists covered each track from it's brother.
Jack Atonoff, the lead singer of Steel Train, has said the women who are on this companion album are all artists that he and the band find inspiring both musically as well as who they are as humans in general.
So, I pulled some of my personal favorites from said sister companion album!
In no particular order, here they are!
Tegan & Sara covering "Turnpike Ghost"
Angel Deradoorian covering "You Are Dangerous" (It moves me to tears. TEARS! So good.)
Holly Miranda (Shout out to my first "official" Music Monday artist!) covering "You & I Undercover"
and lastly, Rachael Cantu covering "Soldier In The Army"
So, these are some of my favorites, but the others are equally as good, honest. I mean with names like Amanda Palmer, Scarlett Johansson, Anna Waronker and Jack's sister Rachel Atonoff, how can it be anything other than totally, completely and utterly awesome?!
Hope you enjoyed the selections!
Catch you all Friday for a feel good tune!
Be safe, take care and much love!
XoXo
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