The songs are back! I recently got a web host that offers unlimited space(!) and I aim to test that offer to the limits. The bandwidth isn't unlimited, but I do have 50gb a month, and all of these songs together only add up to less than 3gb. If my bandwidth ever starts looking dangerous, I'll post a "hold off" notice. If my web host suddenly decides "HEY! WE DIDN'T **REALLY** MEAN UNLIMITED!" the songs might well disappear. We'll see about that.
I'm going to take up the first several posts as "placeholders" because there's a limit on how big posts can be. In the old Suspended In Gaffa thread I had to split the songs up, and they weren't together. I want to make sure I have enough room in the first several posts to play with. So, I know it'll look weird that I'm posting in my own thread several times, but those posts will be filled with songs.
I'm still in the process of uploading songs, and luckily I had a copy of my old post, so to change the links I just did a Search and Replace. Everything won't be tested right away, so you might come across broken links. Please tell me if you do, but hold off a day or so until I get everything uploaded.
Right now I'm just posting them in the same order/way they were before. I reserve the right to move things around. I know I want separate posts for specific people. I just have to figure out how I want to do it.
I apologise for letting the old thread die, even when Sean was nice enough to sticky it. I didn't have control of the mp3s so when the links died, I just let the thread fade away, right there in plain sight. It's not Yngve's fault, he lost his access. It was my fault for letting, at various times, apathy, depression, flakiness and me being me keep me from paying attention, keeping up, answering posts. I can be a regular disappearing act (Peter and Krys know. Why they like me anyway is beyond me :) ) I frustrate and confuse a lot of people a lot of the time. That's me all over. I only say this stuff because if it happens again, you should be prepared. :) We'll see what happens.
This was my original post:
Hey there, all you nice Kate Bush-loving music lovers!
As some people know, I used to have a radio show called Suspended In Gaffa. It ran for 6 years on one radio station, 4 years on another, and a variation of it ran on Internet Shoutcast off and on for a few years. The main reason I loved producing my radio show was that I could program it with lots of female artists that listeners might not have heard before, or at least, heard played on the radio. I miss playing music for people. The radio show is long gone, and thanks to our DSL ISP being run out of business, the Shoutcast is no more.
What I can do though, as long as I'm allowed, is offer various mp3s so people can hear some of the artists talked about in the Other Artists section. I've upped my amount of web space, and as long as I'm not blatant about it, and stay away from high profile artists (so, no Norah Jones, no Tori, well, maybe some rarities sometimes) this might work. For a while.
I'd like to stick to artists who are more obscure and harder to find, but I'll put up a more known artist for a short time if someone hasn't heard them and requests them (for instance, perhaps someone has heard of Sinead O'Connor, but not heard her. There's a first time for everybody). Even I'm limited though, in space and mp3s. I have a lot of mp3s, almost all from my own CD collection, but there are hundreds of artists I don't have. Since Napster shut down, I don't do the file sharing programs (like Kaaza, or however it's spelled) so I can't just go and get someone. I will take requests if I have the/an mp3 to play. Please forgive me in advance if I have to say no a lot.
I culled through other threads, made notes of artists and picked out selections by artists that I knew I had (I do read, I just can't always respond with anything articulate). I have more, but not the space to put them all up at once. The mp3s will be ever-changing, so if you want them, get them while you can and check back. Feel free to discuss them, and also let me know if a link is bad.
I won't put up files by artists who have spoken out against file sharing, as long as I know about it. That would include artists such as Aimee Mann and Kristen Hersh. If you see someone on my list, and you've seen an article where that person spoke out against Napster or other file-sharing programs, please let me know. I'll take them down and won't put them back up. Thanks!
Kate is far and away my main #1 head honcho musical Goddess. She's been my main musical Deity since 1980 (or thereabouts) and she always will be. But, after her, I'm a die-hard Happy Rhodes fan (for 15 years!) so there will always be more Happy Rhodes mp3s than anyone else, enough so that she'll have her own section. It just has to be that way. I'm besotted. What can I say? She's so indie she puts the I in the word indie (she has a day job!), so people aren't likely to be as exposed to her elsewhere.
Thanks for understanding. :)
Enjoy!
HTR list (there are more songs in the Happy Rhodes thread):
Happy Rhodes - The Chariot (1998 Many Worlds Are Born Tonight)
Happy Rhodes - Winter (1998 Many Worlds Are Born Tonight) (not a cover of the Tori song)
Project Lo with Happy Rhodes - Mercy Street (cover of Peter Gabriel song)
Happy Rhodes - Glory (1994 Building the Colossus) (starts slowly and quietly, be patient)
Happy Rhodes - Temporary And Eternal (1993 Equipoise)
Happy Rhodes - Summer (1993 RhodeSongs version)
Happy Rhodes - Words Weren't Made For Cowards (1991 Warpaint)
Happy Rhodes - Warpaint (1991 Warpaint)
Happy Rhodes - Would That I Could (1986 Ecto) (Happy's Midsummer Night's Dream)
Happy Rhodes - Off From Out From Under Me (1986 Ecto) (the song that hooked me)
Happy Rhodes - Project 499 (1986 Ecto)
Happy Rhodes - Don't Want To Hear It (1987 Ecto, probably her most Kate-like vocals)
Happy Rhodes - Ode (1987 Ecto)
Happy Rhodes - 'til the Dawn Breaks (1986 Rearmament) (one of my all-time favorite songs, it really shows off her range)
Happy Rhodes - Oh The Drears (1986 Rhodes I)
Happy Rhodes - The Wretches Gone Awry (1986 Rhodes I)
Happy Rhodes - The Keep 04 - The Yes Medley
Happy Rhodes - Life On Mars [New recording of unreleased 1986 song] (1995 The Keep)
(Audience recordings, not official live songs)
May 9, 1996 - Tin Angel - Philadelphia, PA - 2nd show
Happy Rhodes live - Lily Of The Valley / Possessed (yes, a cover of the Queen song)
Happy Rhodes live - Here Comes The Flood (yes, a cover of the Peter Gabriel song)
Featured artist who's not going away no matter how many times you skip over her.
Featured artist who's brilliant no matter if you took a listen and didn't like. Please try again.
Featured artist who requires careful listening, an open mind and heart and a very bent sense of humor.
Featured artist who only made this one album and the world is poorer for it. Luckily she didn't quit music altogether.
Mary Margaret O'Hara - Miss America 01 - To Cry About
Mary Margaret O'Hara - Miss America 02 - Year In Song
Mary Margaret O'Hara - Miss America 03 - Body's In Trouble
Mary Margaret O'Hara - Miss America 04 - Dear Darling
Mary Margaret O'Hara - Miss America 05 - Anew Day
Mary Margaret O'Hara - Miss America 06 - When You Know Why You're Happy
Mary Margaret O'Hara - Miss America 07 - My Friends Have
Mary Margaret O'Hara - Miss America 08 - Help Me Lift You Up
Mary Margaret O'Hara - Miss America 09 - Keeping You In Mind
Mary Margaret O'Hara - Miss America 10 - Not Be Alright
Mary Margaret O'Hara - Miss America 11 - You Will Be Loved Again
This is rare and a wonderful treat. You can thank me when you realize it.
Mary Margaret O'Hara - Christmas EP 01 - Blue Christmas
Mary Margaret O'Hara - Christmas EP 02 - Silent Night
Mary Margaret O'Hara - Christmas EP 03 - What Are You Doing New Year's Eve
Mary Margaret O'Hara - Christmas EP 04 - Christmas Evermore (you WILL be assimilated)
New Mary!
Apartment Hunting is a Canadian movie that Mary Margaret wrote the soundtrack for. Here are some songs. All of these have vocals.
Mary Margaret O'Hara - Apartment Hunting 01 - Was You
Mary Margaret O'Hara - Apartment Hunting 02 - Never Come Back Again
Mary Margaret O'Hara - Apartment Hunting 03 - Rain
Mary Margaret O'Hara - Apartment Hunting 04 - Dream I Had (I)
Mary Margaret O'Hara - Apartment Hunting 07 - Scary Latin Love Song (grins and giggle-inducing)
Mary Margaret O'Hara - Apartment Hunting 09 - I Don't Care
Mary Margaret O'Hara - Apartment Hunting 11 - Have You Gone
Mary Margaret O'Hara - Apartment Hunting 14 - If You See My Love(II)
Mary Margaret O'Hara - Apartment Hunting 15 - Chez Le Nez Suite (8 minutes of total, wonderful weirdness!)
Mary Margaret O'Hara - Apartment Hunting 16 - Dream I Had (II)
Mary Margaret O'Hara - September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill - Furchte Dich Nicht
A few Mary Margaret O'Hara covers, and a collaboration:
Cowboy Junkies - You Will Be Loved Again
Sue Garner - To Run More Smoothly 02 - Dear Darling
This Mortal Coil - Blood 15 - Help Me Lift You Up
Gary Lucas with Mary Margaret O'Hara vocals - 1980-2000 14 - She Was Showing Me
A.C. Marias - One Of Our Girls (Has Gone Missing) - Trilby's Couch (edgy ethereal)
A.C. Marias - One Of Our Girls (Has Gone Missing) - Just Talk ****
A.C. Marias - One Of Our Girls (Has Gone Missing) - There's A Scent Of Rain In The Air
A.C. Marias - One Of Our Girls (Has Gone Missing) - To Sleep ****
A.C. Marias - One Of Our Girls (Has Gone Missing) - Sometime
A.C. Marias - One Of Our Girls (Has Gone Missing) - One Of Our Girls Has Gone Missing
Agnes Buen Garnas - Jan Garbarek - Rosensfole_Medieval Songs from Norway - Innferd
Agnes Buen Garnas - Jan Garbarek - Rosensfole_Medieval Songs from Norway - Rosensfole
Alkistis Protopsalti - Kathreftis (Greek singer, cool song)
Amazulu - Cairo
Anita Lane - Dirty Pearl - Sugar In A Hurricane
Anita Lane - Dirty Pearl - Lost In Music
Anna Domino - This Time - Lake ****
Anna Domino - Anna Domino - Rhythm (voice like honey)
Anne Pigalle - Everything Could Be So Perfect (JapaneseRelease) - Intermission (the gods are bored) ****
Anne Pigalle - Everything Could Be So Perfect (JapaneseRelease) - Why Does It Have To Be This Way
Anne Pigalle - Everything Could Be So Perfect (JapaneseRelease) - Via Vagabond
Anne Pigalle - Everything Could Be So Perfect (JapaneseRelease) - He Stranger
Anne Pigalle - Everything Could Be So Perfect (JapaneseRelease) - The 1000 Colours Waltz ****
Area - The Perfect Dream - 25 (beautiful, ethereal)
Area - The Perfect Dream - With Louise
Area - The Perfect Dream - I'll Gather Flowers
Ashley Maher - Hi - Hush Child (Apostle)
Ashley Maher - Pomegranate - The Flow ****
Ashley Maher - Pomegranate - Laughter In The Rain
Ashley Maher - Pomegranate - Dream Rhymes
Banderas - Ripe - The Comfort of Faith
Banderas - Ripe - May This Be Your Last Sorrow
Bel Canto - White-Out Conditions - Capio ****
Bel Canto - Shimmering Warm and Bright - Unicorn
Bel Canto - Shimmering Warm and Bright - Spiderdust ****
Bel Canto - Birds of Passage - The Glassmaker
Bel Canto - Birds of Passage - Intravenous (never enough Bel Canto)
Bel Canto - Birds of Passage - A Shoulder To The Wheel
Bel Canto - Birds of Passage - Picnic On The Moon
Bel Canto - Magic Box - Freelunch In The Jungle
Bel Canto - Magic Box - Big Belly Butterflies
Bel Canto - Shimmering, Warm & Bright - Unicorn
Bel Canto - Shimmering, Warm & Bright - Waking Will
Bel Canto - Shimmering, Warm & Bright - Shimmering, Warm & Bright
Bel Canto - Shimmering, Warm & Bright - Le Temps Dégagé
Bel Canto - Shimmering, Warm & Bright - Mornixuur
Bel Canto - White-Out Conditions - Blank Sheets
Bel Canto - White-Out Conditions - Agassiz
Bel Canto - White-Out Conditions - White-Out Conditions
Björk with Sugarcubes - Life's Too Good - Birthday ****
Björk with Sugarcubes - Planet
Björk - Bjork (1977) - Arabadrengurinn
Björk - Gling-Glo - I Can't Help Loving That Man
Blackgirls - Happy - Happy (cracked folkish, cool violin, good stuff for tolerant people) ****
Blackgirls - Happy - Cathedral
Blackgirls - Happy - Letter
Blackgirls - Happy - Thunder
Blackgirls - Happy - The I Love You Song
Blackgirls - Procedure - Too Many
Blackgirls - Procedure - Moonflower ****
Blackgirls - Procedure - Translator
Blackgirls - Procedure - A Visit to the Behaviorist
Blackgirls - Procedure - One Lie
Bobo In White Wooden Houses - Bobo - Aside Of The Road
Bobo In White Wooden Houses - Bobo - Beg Your Heart
Bobo In White Wooden Houses - Ever The Wind
Carmel - The Drum Is Everything - Bad Day
Catherines, The - Angels On Your Pillow (a short-lived, but wonderful band)
Catherines, The - Here And Gone
Catherines, The - The Tears Of This
Catherine Lara - Aral - Aral (If you don't download this I will haunt your dreams. PLAY IT LOUD) ****
Chris and Cosey - Feel To Me
Cocteau Twins - Pearly-Dewdrops Drops (12in Version) ****
Cocteau Twins - Treasure - Ivo
Cocteau Twins - Treasure - Pandora
Cocteau Twins - Treasure - Amelia
Cocteau Twins - Pink Opaque - Aikea-Quinea.mp3
Cocteau Twins - Lonely Is An Eyesore - Crushed
Cocteau Twins - Fruitopia Commercial 1
Cocteau Twins - Stealing Beauty sountrack - Alice
Cocteau Twins - Winter Wonderland
Cocteau Twins with Harold Budd - The Moon and the Melodies - Sea, Swallow Me (Liz Fraser vocals)
Cocteau Twins with Harold Budd - The Moon and the Melodies - Eyes Are Mosaics (Liz Fraser vocals)
Cocteau Twins with Harold Budd - The Moon and the Melodies - She Will Destroy You (Liz Fraser vocals)
Cocteau Twins with Harold Budd - The Moon and the Melodies - Ooze Out And Away, Onehow (Liz Fraser vocals)
Craig Armstrong feat Liz Fraser - This Love
Danielle Dax - Dark Adapted Eye - When I Was Young ****
Danielle Dax - Dark Adapted Eye - Flashback
Danielle Dax - Dark Adapted Eye - Inky Bloaters
Danielle Dax - Dark Adapted Eye - Touch Piggy's Eyes **** (slightly scary, but fun)
Danielle Dax - Dark Adapted Eye - House-Cat
Dave -not that one- Stewart and Barbara Gaskin - I'm In A Different World ****
Dave -not that one- Stewart and Barbara Gaskin - Siamese Cat Song ****
Dave -not that one- Stewart and Barbara Gaskin - The Locomotion
Dave -not that one- Stewart and Barbara Gaskin - Busy Doing Nothing
Dave -not that one- Stewart and Barbara Gaskin - It's My Party
Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal - De Profundis
Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal - Mesmerism ****
Dead Can Dance - The Serpent's Egg - Song Of Sophia
Dead Can Dance - Lonely Is An Eyesore - The Protagonist
This Mortal Coil - Lonely Is An Eyesore - Acid, Bitter and Sad
Dead Can Dance - Lonely Is An Eyesore - Frontier
Diamanda Galas - You Must Be Certain Of The Devil - Double-Barrel Prayer (very scary, beware)
Diamanda Galas - You Must Be Certain Of The Devil - You Must Be Certain Of The Devil (scary gospel)
Downey Mildew - Offering (one of the few songs I love by them)
Dulce Pontes - Caminhos - Fado Português ****
Eddi Reader - Mirmama - What You Do With What You've Got (one of the best albums ever recorded, IMHO)
Eddi Reader - Mirmama - Honeychild ****
Eddi Reader - Mirmama - Dolphins
Eddi Reader - Mirmama - The Blacksmith
Eddi Reader - Mirmama - Cinderella's Downfall
Ekova - Chant Of Diem (imagine a cross between Sheila Chandra and Lisa Gerrard, though not quite on their level)
Ekova - Heaven's Dust - La Nef Des Fous
Ekova - Soft Breezes and Tsunami Breaks - Starlight in Daden Remix
Eleftheria Arvanitaki - Dinata (Home coming - Album version) (Greek pop goodness)
Eleftheria Arvanitaki - Meno Ektos
Eleni Mandell - Thrill - Pauline (an artist you should know) ****
Eleni Mandell - Thrill - He Thinks He's In Love
Eleni Mandell - Thrill - No Good, No More ****
Eleni Mandell - Thrill - Action Is Action
Eleni Mandell - Wishbone - I'm Your Girl
Eleni Mandell - Wishbone - Snake Song
Eleni Mandell - Wishbone - To Dream Of Sarah
Emma Shapplin - Carmine Meo - Vedi Maria
Eva Ayllon - Rebeca - Bandida (Spanish goodness)
Fibonaccis - Leroy (Ever see the movie The Bad Seed??)
Fibonaccis - Old Mean Ed Gein
Fibonaccis - Romp of the Meiji Sycophants
FM Einheit - Stein - Educacão (Katharina -Rainbirds- Franck vocals)
FM Einheit - Stein - Hymne (Witch burn) (Diamanda Galas vocals) (Scary!!!)
Frente - Marvin The Album - Labour Of Love
Frente - Marvin The Album - Ordinary Angels
Frente - Marvin The Album - Accidently Kelly Street
Frente - Marvin The Album - Dangerous
Frente - Whirled - Last To Know
Future Neighbors - I Fall To Pieces (Wispy, ethereal, somewhat surreal country-ish cover)
Future Neighbors - Jimmy Whalen
Grace Jones - The Fashion Show (my favorite Grace song)
Haysi Fantayzee - Shiny Shiny
Heather Nova - Oyster - Island
Heather Nova - Oyster - Verona ****
Heather Nova - Oyster - Walk This World
Heather Nova - The Craft - I Have the Touch< (Peter Gabriel cover)
Heidi Berry - Heidi Berry - Mercury
Heidi Berry - Heidi Berry - The Moon And The Sun
Heidi Berry - Heidi Berry - One-String Violin
Helen and The Horns - Surrey With The Fringe EP (vinyl) - Surrey With The Fringe On Top
Hetch Hetchy - Hard On Lydia (Michel Stipe's sister, good band, long gone)
Hetch Hetchy - Present ****
Hetch Hetchy - Urgent
Humpe Humpe - Yama-Ha (a veeeery silly song, but I love it!)
Humpe Humpe - Don't Know Where I Belong (they don't just do novelty)
Humpe Humpe - Geschrien Im Schlaf
Humpe Humpe - Happiness Is Hard To Take ****
Humpe Humpe - You Didn't Want Me When You Had Me
Innocence Mission, The - Glow - Keeping Awake
Innocence Mission, The - Self-titled - Paper Dolls
Innocence Mission, The - Self-titled - Surreal ****
Innocence Mission, The - Umbrella - My Waltzing Days Are Over/Minta's Waltz
Innocence Mission, The - Umbrella - And Hiding Away
Innocence Mission, The - Umbrella - Revolving Man ****
In Tua Nua - The Innocent and the Honest Ones (their one truly great song)
Iris DeMent - Infamous Angel - Let The Mystery Be ****
Iris DeMent - Infamous Angel - Hotter Than Mojave In My Heart
Iris DeMent - Infamous Angel - Mamas Opry
Iris DeMent - My Life - Sweet Is The Melody ****
Iris DeMent - My Life - You've Done Nothing Wrong
Iris DeMent - My Life - No Time To Cry (she's country, in the very best way)
Iris DeMent - My Life - Troublesome Waters
Iris DeMent - My Life - Easy's Getting Harder Every Day
Iris DeMent - The Way I Should - Wasteland Of The Free ****
Iris DeMent - The Way I Should - The Way I Should
Iris DeMent - The Way I Should - Letter To Mom
Jane Siberry - No Borders Here - Symmetry (The Way Things Have To Be)
Jane Siberry - The Speckless Sky - Map Of The World (Part II)
Jane Siberry - The Walking - The Walking (And Constantly) ****
Jane Siberry - Bound By The Beauty - Everything Reminds Me Of My Dog
Jane Siberry - Bound By The Beauty - Bound By The Beauty
Jane Siberry - When I Was A Boy - Sail Cross the Water
Jane Siberry - The Walking - The White Tent The Raft
Jevetta Steele - Bagdad Cafe Soundtrack - Calling You (Haunting, stark) ****
Jody Grind, The - One Man's Trash - One Man's Trash Is Another Man's Treasure
Jody Grind, The - One Man's Trash - It Ain't Necessarily So
Judie Tzuke - For You
Judie Tzuke - Sukarita
June Tabor and The Oyster Band - Freedom And Rain - Mississippi
June Tabor and The Oyster Band - Freedom And Rain - Night Comes In
June Tabor and The Oyster Band - Freedom And Rain - All Tomorrow's Parties
June Tabor and The Oyster Band - Freedom And Rain - Finisterre
Kate and Anna McGarrigle - Heartbeats Accelerating
Kirsty MacColl - The Real MacColl - Innocence (Guilt Mix) ****
Kirsty MacColl - Kite - Days ****
Kirsty MacColl - Kite - Dancing In Limbo
Kirsty MacColl - Electric Landlady - Walking Down Madison
Kirsty MacColl - Electric Landlady - Children Of The Revolution
Kirsty MacColl - The RealMac Coll - You Just Haven't Earned It Yet Baby
Kirsty MacColl - Electric Landlady - My Affair (never enough Kirsty)
Kirsty MacColl - Electric Landlady - He Never Mentioned Love
Kirsty MacColl - Electric Landlady - We'll Never Pass This Way Again
Kirsty MacColl - Electric Landlady - The One And Only
Kirsty MacColl - Kite - No Victims
Kirsty MacColl - Kite - Fifteen Minutes
Kirsty MacColl - Kite - Tread Lightly
Kirsty MacColl - The Essential Collection - Eighty year Old Millionaire
Kirsty MacColl - The Essential Collection - Until The Night
Kirsty MacColl - The Essential Collection - They Don't Know
Kirsty MacColl - The Essential Collection - Please, Go To Sleep
Kirsty MacColl - The Essential Collection - A New England (12in Version)
Kirsty MacColl - Titanic Days - You Know It's You
Kirsty MacColl - Titanic Days - Angel
Kirsty MacColl - Titanic Days - Bad
Kirsty MacColl - Titanic Days - Just Woke Up
Kirsty MacColl - Titanic Days - Tomorrow Never Comes
Kirsty MacColl - What Do Pretty Girls Do - Don't Come The Cowboy With Me Sonny Jim
Kirsty MacColl - What Do Pretty Girls Do - Still Life
Kirsty MacColl - Days CD Single - Days
Kirsty MacColl - Days CD Single - Please Help Me I'm Falling
Kirsty MacColl - Days CD Single - Still Life
Kirsty MacColl - Days CD Single - Happy
Komeda - Pop På Svenska - Vackra Kristaller (Way fun pop from Sweden, I think)
Komeda - Pop På Svenska - Medicin
Komeda - Pop På Svenska - Stjarna
Komeda - The Genius Of Komeda - Rocket Plane (Music on the Moon)
Komeda - The Genius Of Komeda - Top Star
Komeda - What Makes It Go - It's Alright Baby ****
Komeda - What Makes It Go - Flabbergast
Komeda - What Makes It Go - Happyment ****
Komeda - What Makes It Go - Our Hospitality
Kristen Vigard - Grace of My Heart soundtrack - God Give Me Strength
La Pat - Angels (Lots of fun, I play this song over and over) ****
Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares - Polegnala E Todora ****
Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares - Svatba ****
Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares - Erghen Diado
Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares - Strati Na Angelaki Doumasche
Lene Lovich - The Stiff Years Volume 1 - Bird Song ****
Lene Lovich - The Stiff Years Volume 1 - Say When
Lene Lovich - The Stiff Years Volume 1 - Lucky Number
Lene Lovich - The Stiff Years Volume 2 - New Toy ****
Lene Lovich - I Think We're Alone Now (Japanese)
Lili Haydn - Lili - Mama
Lisa Germano - On the Way Down From the Moon Palace - Hangin' With a Dead Man
Lisa Germano - On the Way Down From the Moon Palace - Dark Irie ****
Lisa Germano - On the Way Down From the Moon Palace - Simply Tony
Love Is Colder Than Death - Questo Mostrarsi (Gothic)
Madeleine Peyroux - Dreamland - Dreamland (channeling Billie Holiday)
Madredeus - O Pastor ****
Madredeus - O Pomar Das Laranjeiras ****
Madredeus - A Andorinha da Primavera
Madredeus - O Sonho
Madredeus - O Porto Claridade
Maggie Reilly vocals - Mike Oldfield Discovery - To France (wonderful song!)
Maggie Reilly - There And Back Again - To France (different, but another good version)
Mandalay - All My Sins
Mandalay - You Say
Mari Wilson - Cry Me A River (killer cover)
Marianne Faithfull - A Child's Adventure - Falling From Grace ****
Marta Sebestyen and Muzsikas - Muzsikas - Vetettem violát ****
Marta Sebestyen - Aprocrypha - Szerelem, Szerelem (Hungarian coolness) ****
Marta Sebestyen - Aprocrypha - Tavasz Tavasz
Marta Sebestyen and Muzsikas - Muzsikas - Teremtés
Mary Coughlan - Tired and Emotional - Seduced (play this for your guy) ****
Mary Coughlan - Tired and Emotional - Lady In Green (Kinda jazzy, Irish and appalled)
Mary Coughlan - Under The Influence - My Land Is Too Green (angry at Ireland)
Mary Coughlan - After The Fall - Dilemma (never ever enough Mary)
Mary Coughlan - After The Fall - Poison Words
Mary Coughlan - After The Fall - That Face
Mary Coughlan - After The Fall - The Black Crow
Mary Coughlan - Live In Galway - The Beach
Mary Coughlan - Long Honeymoon - Dark Clouds
Mary Coughlan - Long Honeymoon - Blues Got The World (Bruce Cockburn song)
Mary Coughlan - Love For Sale - Moon Over Bourbon Street (Sting cover)
Mary Coughlan - Love For Sale - Love For Sale
Mary Coughlan - Sentimental Killer - Hearts
Mary Coughlan - Sentimental Killer - Magdalen Laundry (NOT a cover of the Joni Mitchell song)
Mary Coughlan - Sings Billie Holiday CD1 - God Bless The Child
Mary Coughlan - Sings Billie Holiday CD2 - You've Changed
Mary Coughlan - Tired and Emotional - Lady In Green
Mary Coughlan - Uncertain Pleasures - Mother's Little Helper (yep, that one, and she knows)
Mary Coughlan - Under The Influence - The Laziest Girl ****
Mary Coughlan - Under The Influence - The Ice Cream Man
Mary Coughlan - Under The Influence - The Ice Cream Van
Mary Coughlan - Under The Influence - Parade Of Clowns ****
Mary Coughlan - Under The Influence - Coda
Mary Coughlan - Under The Influence - Ancient Rain ****
Mary Coughlan - Under The Influence - Strange Fruit
Mary Kelley - Ghostriders In The Sky (I love these songs, but AFAIK, this EP is the only thing she's ever released)
Mary Kelley - Goodbye Cruel World
Mary Kelley - It'll Be Alright ****
Mary Kelley - Describe Your Dream Mary Ellen
Mazzy Star - She Hangs Brightly - Halah
Mazzy Star - She Hangs Brightly - Ride It On
Mazzy Star - She Hangs Brightly - Taste Of Blood
Mediaeval Baebes - How Death Comes
Mediaeval Baebes - Verbum Caro
Mila Drumke - Gathering My Name - A Play of St. Nicholas (excerpt)
Mila Drumke - Gathering My Name - Someone
Mila Drumke - Gathering My Name - All Things Told
Mila Drumke - Illinois - Constance ****
Mila Drumke - Illinois - Motorboat ****
Mila Drumke - Illinois - Hip To Hip
Mila Drumke - Illinois - Under The Ivy (yes, Kate cover) ****
Milla - The Divine Comedy - Gentlemen Who Fell ****
Milla - The Divine Comedy - Reaching From Nowhere
Milla - The Divine Comedy - Charlie
Milla - The Divine Comedy - In A Glade
Miranda Sex Garden - Gush Forth My Tears (Source Mix) ****
Miranda Sex Garden - Gush Forth My Tears (A Capella)
Miranda Sex Garden - Gush Forth My Tears (Ambient Mix)
Miranda Sex Garden - Gush Forth My Tears (The First Steppes Mix)
Nan Vernon - Manta Ray - Elvis Waits (an artist you should know) ****
Nan Vernon - Manta Ray - No More Lullabyes
Nan Vernon - Manta Ray - Lay Down Joe
Nan Vernon - Manta Ray - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Nan Vernon - Manta Ray - Iron John ****
Nan Vernon - Manta Ray - Johnny's Birthday
Nan Vernon - Manta Ray - Manta Ray (wonderful oddness, may take a few listens) ****
Najma - Qareeb - Neend Koyi (you will love this!) ****
Najma - Qaree - Dil Laga Ya Tha
Nico - Chelsea Girl 02 - These Days
Nina Simone - The Best of Nina Simone 02 - Mississippi Goddam ****
Nina Simone - The Best of Nina Simone 04 - Sinnerman
Pamela Golden - Happens All The Time - Eerie Song (my god, where did she go??) ****
Pamela Golden - Happens All The Time - Ballet Dream ****
Pamela Golden - Happens All The Time - Happens All the Time (channeling Jane) ****
Penelope Houston - Birdboys - Wild Mountain Thyme (not typical of her) ****
Penelope Houston - Birdboys - Summers Of War
Penelope Houston - Birdboys - Stoli
Poe - Hello 02 - Trigger Happy Jack (Drive By Go-Go)
Poe - Hello 05 - Angry Johnny
Rainbirds - Two Faces - Big Fat Cat (What? You don't know Rainbirds?) ****
Rainbirds - Blueprint (Extended)
Rebecca Pidgeon - The Raven - Kalerka (folkish, better singer than actress) ****
Rebecca Pidgeon - The Raven - Grandmother ****
Rebecca Pidgeon - The Raven - Her Man Leaves Town
Rebecca Pidgeon with Ruby Blue - Down From Above - Primitive Man
Rebecca Pidgeon with Ruby Blue - Down From Above - Stand Together ****
Rebecca Pidgeon with Ruby Blue - Down From Above - Bloomsbury Blue
Rebecca Pidgeon with Ruby Blue - Down From Above - Not Alone
Rebecca Pidgeon with Ruby Blue - Down From Above - Song Of The Mermaid
Rickie Lee Jones - Flying Cowboys - Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying
Rickie Lee Jones - Flying Cowboys - Atlas' Marker
Rickie Lee Jones - Girl at Her Volcano - Walk Away Rene (kinda rare) ****
Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates - We Belong Together
Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates - Skeletons
Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates - The Returns
Riz - Self-Portrait - The Empty Sky Impression ****
Sally Oldfield - Water Bearer - Water Bearer ****
Sally Oldfield - Water Bearer - Nenya
Sally Oldfield - Water Bearer - Mirrors
Sally Oldfield - Water Bearer - Child Of Allah.mp3
Sandy Denny - The Best Of - Listen, Listen ****
Sandy Denny - The Best Of - Stranger To Himself
Sandy Denny - The Best Of - Who Knows Where The Time Goes
Sam Phillips - Cruel Inventions - Tripping Over Gravity (formerly Leslie) ****
Sam Phillips - The Indescribable Wow - Remorse ****
Sam Phillips - The Indescribable Wow - What Do I Do ****
Sarah Harmer - Don't Get Your Back Up
Scott Walker - Jackie (from Scott Walker Sings Jacques Brel)
Sheila Chandra - Nada Brahma - Raqs (my favorite Sheila track) ****
Sheila Chandra with Monsoon - Third Eye - Third Eye and Tikka T.V. (Indian-flavored pop)
Sheila Chandra with Monsoon - Third Eye - Wings of Dawn (Prem Kavita)
Sheila Chandra with Monsoon - Third Eye - Tomorrow Never Knows
Sheila Chandra with Monsoon - Third Eye - Eyes
Sheila Chandra with Monsoon - Third Eye - Ever So Lonely ****
Sheila Chandra with Monsoon - Third Eye - And I You
Shona Laing - South - Soviet Snow (these are great songs!) ****
Shona Laing - South - (Glad I'm) Not A Kennedy ****
Sinead O'Connor and The Edge - Heroine (kinda rare, I think) ****
Sinead Lohan - No Mermaid - No Mermaid (another interesing Irish Sinead) ****
Sinead Lohan - No Mermaid - Don't I Know
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Hyæna - Dazzle (these are some of my very favorite S&tB songs. I guess I am partial to the singles)
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Hyæna - Take Me Back ****
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Hyæna - Swimming Horses
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Juju - Halloween
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Kaleidoscope - Red Light
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Once Upon a Time-The Singles - Happy House ****
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Once Upon a Time-The Singles - Christine ****
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Once Upon a Time-The Singles - Israel
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Once Upon a Time-The Singles - Spellbound ****
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Once Upon a Time-The Singles - Arabian Knights ****
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Peepshow - The Killing Jar
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Peepshow - Burn-Up
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Peepshow - Turn to Stone
Siouxsie And The Banshees - The Killing Jar - The Killing Jar (Lepidopteristic Mix)
Siouxsie And The Banshees - The Last Beat Of My Heart - El Dia de los Meurtos (Espiritu Mix)
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Through The Looking Glass - Trust In Me ****
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Through The Looking Glass - Strange Fruit
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Through The Looking Glass - You're Lost Little Girl
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Tinderbox - The Sweetest Chill
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Tinderbox - Cities In Dust ****
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Tinderbox - The Quarterdrawing Of The Dog ****
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Tinderbox - Cities In Dust (Extended Version)
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Dear Prudence EP (vinyl) - There's A Planet In My Kitchen
Snakefarm (Anna Domino vocals) - Songs From My Funeral - St. James
Sophie Zelmani - Fire (Single Version)
Steeleye Span (with Maddy Prior) - Cam Ye O'er Frae France
Stina Nordenstam - Memories Of A Color - Another Story Girl ****
Stina Nordenstam - And She Closed Her Eyes - Viewed From The Spire
Stina Nordenstam - And She Closed Her Eyes - Hopefully Yours
Stina Nordenstam - Memories Of A Color - Alone At Night
Style Council - The Paris Match (Tracey Thorn vocals) ****
Suburban Lawns - Flavor Crystals (garage band punky, but fun. are generally atrocious though)
Sundays, The - Blind - I Feel (all Sundays are good)
Sundays, The - Blind - Goodbye
Sundays, The - Blind - Life & Soul
Sundays, The - Blind - Wild Horses
Sundays, The - DGC Rarities Vol. 1 14 - Don't Tell Your Mother
Sundays, The - Reading Writing & Arithmetic - Skin & Bones
Sundays, The - Reading Writing & Arithmetic - Here's Where The Story Ends
Sundays, The - Reading Writing & Arithmetic - You're Not The Only One I Know
Sundays, The - Reading Writing & Arithmetic - I Kicked A Boy
Sundays, The - Reading Writing & Arithmetic - My Finest Hour
Syd Straw - Surprise - Sphynx (my favorite song by her)
Takako Minehawa and Cornelius - Milk Rock (Japanese silly pop-love it!)
Takako Minekawa - Fantastic Cat ****
Takako Minekawa - Plash
Texas - Southside 05 - Prayer For You
This Mortal Coil - It'll End In Tears 07 - Another Day (Liz Frasier vocals)
This Mortal Coil - It'll End In Tears 08 - Waves Become Wings (Lisa Gerrard vocals)
This Mortal Coil - It'll End In Tears 10 - Dreams Made Flesh (Dead Can Dance-Lisa Gerrard vocals)
Toyah and Fripp's project Sunday All Over the World - Kneeling At The Shrine 01 - Sunday All Over The World
Toyah - Ophelia's Shadow 02 - The Shaman Says
Toyah - Prostitute 13 - Ghosts In The Universe ****
Vanessa Daou - Slow to Burn - How Do You Feel
Vanessa Daou - Zipless - Sunday Afternoons ****
Vanessa Daou - The Daou-Head Music - Surrender Yourself
Varttina - Oi Dai - Oi Dai (Finnish vocalese)
Vas - Sunyata - Ningal (beautiful, Lisa Gerrard/Sheila Chandra/Sally Oldfield-ish) ****
Vas - Sunyata - Saphyrro
Vas - Sunyata - Refuge ****
Vas - Sunyata - Sunyata
Vas - Sunyata - Apsara
Vas - Sunyata - Astrae ****
Vas - Sunyata - Iman
Vas - Sunyata - Remembrance
Vas - Sunyata - At Siva's Feet
Veronique Sanson with Catherine Lara - Entre Elle Et Moi
Victoria Williams - Count Your Blessings - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas ****
Victoria Williams - Count Your Blessings - A Holy Thing
Victoria Williams - Happy Come Home - Shoes
Victoria Williams - Happy Come Home - Frying Pan (Victoria is an aquired taste, be warned)
Victoria Williams - Happy Come Home - Merry Go Round
Victoria Williams - Happy Come Home - Happy
Victoria Williams - Happy Come Home 05 - TC ****
Victoria Williams - Happy Come Home 06 - I'll Do His Will
Victoria Williams - Happy Come Home 07 - Big Fish
Victoria Williams - Happy Come Home 09 - Main Road
Victoria Williams - Happy Come Home 10 - Lights
Victoria Williams - Happy Come Home 11 - Opelousas
Victoria Williams - Happy Come Home 12 - Statue of a Bum
Victoria Williams - Happy Come Home 13 - Poetry
Victoria Williams - Loose 02 - You R Loved
Victoria Williams - Loose 03 - Harry Went To Heaven
Victoria Williams - Loose 04 - Crazy Mary
Victoria Williams - Loose 08 - What A Wonderful World ****
Victoria Williams - Loose 12 - Happy To Have Known Pappy
Victoria Williams - Swing The Statue promo 01 - Tarbelly and Featherfoot
Victoria Williams - Swing The Statue promo 02 - Boogieman
Victoria Williams - Swing The Statue promo 03 - I Can't Cry Hard Enough
Victoria Williams - Swing The Statue promo 04 - Summer of Drugs
Virginia Astley - From Gardens Where We Feel Secure - Too Bright For Peacocks
Vienna Teng - Waking Hour - Between (Note: these Viennas are ogg files)
Vienna Teng - Waking Hour - Drought
Vienna Teng - Waking Hour - Unwritten Letter #1
Vienna Teng - Waking Hour - Soon Love Soon
Virginia Astley - From Gardens Where We Feel Secure - Sanctus.mp3 ****
Virginia Astley - Hope In A Darkened Heart - A Summer Long Since Passed ****
Virginia Rodrigues - Canto Pra Exu
Wendy MaHarry - Fountain Of Youth 02 - Too Busy Looking Out The Window
Wendy MaHarry - Fountain Of Youth 05 - How Do I Get Over You
Wendy MaHarry - Fountain Of Youth 08 - Brother
Wendy MaHarry - Wendy MaHarry 04 - Madman's Got It Made
Wendy MaHarry - Wendy MaHarry 05 - Cool Water Running ****
Wendy MaHarry - Wendy MaHarry 06 - Jungle Birth
West India Company - New Demons 01 - Alaap - Shankara (Priya Khajuria vocals) (Indian vocals/Modern music mixture) ****
West India Company - New Demons 02 - My Shooting Star (Asha Bhosle vocals) ****
West India Company - New Demons 05 - O Je Suis Seul (Asha Bhosle vocals) ****
West India Company - New Demons 07 - Bengalis From Outer Space (Priya Khajuria vocals) ****
Yma Sumac - Voice Of The Xtabay 13 - Cuncho (The Forest Creatures)
Yma Sumac - Voice Of The Xtabay 14 - Llulla Mak'Ta (Andean Don Juan)
Yungchen Lhamo - Tibet, Tibet - Lama Dorje Chang
Celtic/Gaelic-flavored:
Capercaillie - A Prince Amoung Islands EP - Fagail Bhearnaraidh
Capercaillie - A Prince Amoung Islands EP - The Lorn Theme
Capercaillie - A Prince Amoung Islands EP - Gun Teann Mi Ris Na Ruinn Tha Seo
Capercaillie - Coisich a ruin (Walk My Beloved) - The Islay Ranters' Reels (Instrumental)
Capercaillie - Coisich a ruin (Walk My Beloved) - Coisich a ruin (12in Version)
Capercaillie - Crosswinds - Puirt A Beul - Snug In A Blanket ****
Capercaillie - Crosswinds - Glen Orchy - Rory MacLeod (Instrumental)
Capercaillie - Crosswinds - Brenda Stubbert's Set (Instrumental)
Capercaillie - Crosswinds - My Laggan Love - Fox On The Town (Instrumental) (that's how it's spelled on the album)
Capercaillie - Sidewaulk - Balindore (Instrumental)
Capercaillie - Sidewaulk - Fosgail an Dorus _ Nighean Bhuaidh' Ruadh
Mary Jane Lamond - Suas É! - Bóg a'Lochain
Mary Jane Lamond - Suas É! - Horo Mo Nighean Donn Bhoidheach nan Gormshuil Meallach (A Love Song)
Mary Jane Lamond - Suas É! - Horo Ghoid Thu Nighean (Stepping Song)
Stellamara - Star Of The Sea - Maris
Love 'em like crazy or hate 'em with a passion VOICES (I adore them, natch)
Akiko Yano - Tadaima - Rose Garden (listen, LOUD, and grin, then listen again)
(I must admit that I'm not much into Akiko Yano. Most songs don't do much for me. But this one is a classic in aural silliness. Thanks IED!)
This band can often be jangly and noisy, and I generally don't like jangly and noisy, but I like these songs...
Cranes - Forever - Everywhere (Alison Shaw kewpie vocals) ****
Cranes - Forever - Cloudless
Cranes - Forever - Jewel
Cranes - Forever - Adrift ****
Cranes - Forever - Rainbows
Cranes - Wings of Joy - Thursday
Cranes - Wings of Joy - Living and Breathing
Cranes - Wings of Joy - Tomorrow's Tears
Cranes - Wings of Joy - Adoration
Grace Darling - Grace Darling (Sardonic SD 001) - Cursing A Muse (Invocation) (I LOVE THIS BAND!) ****
Grace Darling - Grace Darling (Sardonic SD 001) - Lou's Lips ****
Grace Darling - Grace Darling (Sardonic SD 001) - Transportation ****
Grace Darling - Grace Darling (Sardonic SD 001) - Open Air Cafe ****
This could be in the "old stuff" area, but her voice is so bizarro that it deserves to be here...
Rose Murphy - That Chee-Chee Girl - Sweet Georgia Brown (Absolutely unique! That's her on piano too)
Rose Murphy - That Chee-Chee Girl - Honeysuckle Rose ****
Rose Murphy - That Chee-Chee Girl - My Blue Heaven
Way old, but you don't have to be an old fart to enjoy these:
Betty Hutton - His Rocking Horse Ran Away (seriously silly stuff. Ah, kids)
Betty Hutton - Its Oh So Quiet (the original...weirder than Bjork's!)
Bessie Smith - Collection - Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
Big Mama Thornton - Life Goes On
Claudine Longet - Am I Blue
Claudine Longet - Happy Talk (wispy and silly)
Dolly Parton - Jolene (forget it was a hit. Forget the lyrics. Just listen to one of the best songs ever written)
Donovan - Lord Of The Reedy River (ever want to hear what the original sounds like?)
Edith Piaf - Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien (the little sparrow, if you've never heard her)
Ethel Waters - On Stage and Screen 1925 - 1940 03 - Am I Blue
Georgia Gibbs - Kiss Of Fire (Dramatic!!)
Ginger Rogers - The Gold Diggers of 1933 Soundtrack - We're In The Money (only hit song ever featuring Pig Latin!)
Julia Lee - Won't You Come
Julie London - Blue Moon (classic voice)
Julie London - Cry Me A River
Julie London - Misty
Lee Morse - A Musical Portrait 10 - Tain't No Sin (To Take Off Your Skin And Dance Around In Your Bones) (silly and fun)
Loretta Lynn - One's On The Way (my favorite song by her)
Lydia Mendoza - Mal Hombre 01 - Mal Hombre
Ma Rainey and Her Tug Jug Washboard Band - Hear Me Talking to You
Mary Hopkin - Post Card - Lord Of The Reedy River (beautiful, haunting version) ****
Mary Hopkin - Goodbye
Melanie - Lay Down (Candles In The Rain) (just in case no one's ever heard this)
Mildred Bailey and Roy Eldridge - I'm Nobody's Baby (1940)
Mirelle Mathieu - La Vie En Rose
Mirelle Mathieu - Padam Padam
The Boswell Sisters - OK America-Alternate Takes And Rarities 01 - Put That Sun Back In The Sky (these are truly great!) ****
The Boswell Sisters - OK America-Alternate Takes And Rarities 02 - Was That The Human Thing To Do ****
Peggy Lee - Fever (always a classic)
Timi Yuro - Hurt ****
Timi Yuro - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
Timi Yuro - What's A Matter Baby (Is It Hurting You)
Vera Lynn - I'll Be Seeing You
Vera Lynn - We'll Meet Again
The late, great Agnes Bernelle (thanks Mike!):
Agnes Bernelle - Mother The Wardrobe Is Full Of Infantry Men 09 - Mother The Wardrobe
Agnes Bernelle - Mother The Wardrobe Is Full Of Infantry Men 10 - I Slaughtered Auntie Alice ****
Agnes Bernelle and Marc Almond - The Stars We Are - Kept Boy
Agnes Bernelle - Mother The Wardrobe Is Full Of Infantry Men 12 - Agatha ****
Agnes Bernelle - Mother The Wardrobe Is Full Of Infantry Men 13 - Harrassment (Der Fall In Den Fluss)
Agnes Bernelle - Mother The Wardrobe Is Full Of Infantry Men 01 - Olivia
Agnes Bernelle - Mother The Wardrobe Is Full Of Infantry Men 02 - Broken Bicycles (Tom Waits cover)
Ok, here's some Nina. These are some of my favorite songs. (Oh yes, every one on Nunsexmonkrock is a favorite. It's a brilliant, brilliant album. Not for the faint of heart though)
Nina Hagen - Ave Maria (long version)
(fairly normal, for her)
Nina Hagen - Erfurt & Gera ****
Nina Hagen - Nina Hagen Band 08 - Fisch Im Wasser ****
Nina Hagen - Nunsexmonkrock 01 - Antiworld
Nina Hagen - Nunsexmonkrock 02 - Smack Jack ****
Nina Hagen - Nunsexmonkrock 03 - Taitschi-Tarot
Nina Hagen - Nunsexmonkrock 04 - Dread Love
Nina Hagen - Nunsexmonkrock 05 - Future Is Now
Nina Hagen - Nunsexmonkrock 06 - Born In Xixax
Nina Hagen - Nunsexmonkrock 07 - Iki Maska
Nina Hagen - Nunsexmonkrock 08 - Dr. Art
Nina Hagen - Nunsexmonkrock 09 - Cosma Shiva
Nina Hagen - Nunsexmonkrock 10 - UFO
(I was thrilled when I heard the original version of this by Zarah Leander):
Nina Hagen - Ich weiss, es wird einaml ein Wunder geschehen (aka Zarah)
Zarah Leander - Ich weiss, es wird einmal ein Wunder geschehen