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CHIRP Playlist: Friday, February 3, 2012

Sarah — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:44:57 +0000

Hear my delightful music selections every Friday night on Chicago’s own CHIRP Radio, from 8 – 10 pm Central time. It’s awesome. Next week’s my birthday. I’m definitely playing whatever the heck I want.

9:53 PM Scout Niblett Cherry Cheek Bomb from The Calcination Of Scout Niblett (Drag City)
9:49 PM Radar Eyes Secrets from Radar Eyes (HoZac)
9:42 PM Kid You’ll Move Mountains Volts from Loomings (self-released)
9:39 PM Comet Gain Ballad for Frankie Machine from Howl of the Lonely Crowd (What’s Your Rupture)
9:37 PM Dan Mangan Tina’s Glorious Comeback from Nice Nice Very Nice (Arts & Crafts)
9:33 PM Chin Up Chin Up We Should Have Never Lived Like We Were Skyscrapers (Stephen Snydacker Mix) from Chin Up Chin Up (Flameshovel)
9:29 PM Apparat Black Water from The Devil’s Walk (Mute)
9:25 PM The Roots The OtherSide (featuring Bilal Oliver & Greg Porn) from undun (Def Jam)
9:20 PM Brandi Carlile Dying Day from Give Up the Ghost (Columbia)
9:19 PM Tegan and Sara Living Room from If It Was You (Vapor)
9:14 PM First Aid Kit King of the World from The Lion’s Roar (Wichita)
9:09 PM Teddy Thompson (From Now On All My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers from Up Front and Down Low (Verve Forecast)
9:05 PM The David Mayfield Parade Blue Skies Again from The David Mayfield Parade (9th Grade)
9:03 PM Buddy Holly Not Fade Away from Greatest Hits (MCA)
9:01 PM Virgin Forest Big Old Mama from Easy Way Out (Partisan)
8:58 PM The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir …And The Horse You Rode In On (Album) from …And The Horse You Rode In On (Bloodshot)
8:54 PM Hockey Too Fake from Mind Chaos (Capitol)
8:49 PM Royal Baths Black Sheep from Better Luck Next Life (Kanine)
8:45 PM Casiotone For the Painfully Alone Scattered Pearls from Etiquette (Tomlab)
8:40 PM Chappo Island Opiate from Plastique Universe II: Pisces Princess (self-released)
8:37 PM Poliça I See My Mother from Give You the Ghost (Totally Gross National Product)
8:32 PM Noe Venable Five on the Dime from No Curses Here (Intuition)
8:29 PM Cate Le Bon The Man I Wanted from Cyrk (The Control Group)
8:25 PM Andrew Bird Bein’ Green from Muppets: The Green Album (Disney )
8:21 PM Band of Horses I Go To The Barn Because I Like The from Everything All the Time (Sub Pop)
8:17 PM Maná Mariposa Traicionera from Revolución de amor (Warner Music Latina)
8:14 PM Adrian Younge Presents Venice Dawn Mourning Melodies in Rhapsody from Something About April (Wax Poetics)
8:09 PM Broken Records You Know You’re Not Dead from Let Me Come Home (4AD)
8:06 PM Unicycle Loves You Sun Comes Out (And I Don’t Care) from Failure (Mecca Lecca)
8:02 PM Quiet Company The Easy Confidence from We Are All Where We Belong (self-released)

CHIRP Playlist: Friday, January 13, 2012

Sarah — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 17:15:50 +0000

I got through a four hour show without once mentioning the fact that it was Friday the Thirteenth. You can thank me later.

Next week, I’ll be back to my normal-sized two hour show, nothing to worry about. Four hours of me is a lot to take.

11:54 PM John Aler & Gino Quilico Les Pêcheurs de perles: C’est toi!…Au fond du temple saint from 100 Best Opera Classics (EMI)
11:52 PM Fleet Foxes White Winter Hymnal from Fleet Foxes (Sub Pop)
11:50 PM Sea Lions I Loved Her So Much from Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sea Lions But Were Afraid to Ask (Slumberland)
11:44 PM Brandi Carlile Before It Breaks from Give Up the Ghost (Columbia)
11:40 PM Mavis Staples Wrote A Song For Everyone from You Are Not Alone (ANTI-)
11:37 PM The Mighty Imperials Thunder Chicken from The World of Daptone Records (Daptone)
11:31 PM Low Especially Me from C’mon (Sub Pop)
11:28 PM Dayna Kurtz Beautiful Yesterday from Beautiful Yesterday (Kismet)
11:24 PM Darkness Falls Noise on the Line from Alive in Us (hfn)
11:19 PM The Benny Goodman Quartet Moonglow from Greatest Hits (BMG)
11:15 PM Jason Adasiewicz’s Sun Rooms Run Fly from Spacer (Delmark)
11:09 PM Ha Ha Tonka Death of a Decade from Death of a Decade (Bloodshot)
11:05 PM Bell X1 Pinball Machine from Neither Am I (Island)
11:03 PM Nada Surf No Snow on the Mountain from The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy (Barsuk)
10:54 PM Carissa’s Wierd September Come Take This Heart Away from Songs About Leaving (Sad Robot)
10:51 PM The Darcys Glasnost from The Darcys (Arts & Crafts)
10:44 PM A Hawk And A Hacksaw Espanola Kolo from Cervantine (L.M. Duplication)
10:41 PM Mar Caribe Pirates of Lake Michigan from Songs From Under the Flight Path (self-released)
10:36 PM Herculaneum Elmyr from UCHŪ (EF)
10:31 PM Róisín Murphy Primitive from Overpowered (EMI)
10:27 PM Booker T. Jones Progress (featuring Jim James) from The Road from Memphis (ANTI-)
10:25 PM Little Ben & the Cheers I’m Gonna Get Even with You from Eccentric Soul: The Nickel & Penny Labels (Numero Group)
10:21 PM Girlyman The Shape I Found You In from Remember Who I Am (Daemon)
10:15 PM Sigur Rós Lúppulagið from Inni (XL)
10:08 PM The Avett Brothers Head Full of Doubt/Road Full of Promise from I and Love and You (Sony)
10:05 PM Mumford & Sons The Cave from Sigh No More (Glass Note)
10:01 PM Cloud Control Ghost Story from Bliss Release (Infectious)
9:57 PM The Get Up Kids Close to Me from Eudora (Vagrant)
9:53 PM Rainer Maria Hell and High Water from A Better Version of Me (Polyvinyl)
9:51 PM Los Campesinos! Hate for the Island from Hello Sadness (Arts & Crafts)
9:49 PM April Smith and the Great Picture Show Terrible Things from Songs for a Sinking Ship (self-released)
9:44 PM Brown Bird Nothing Left from Salt for Salt (Supply and Demand)
9:40 PM Luke Roberts Anyway from Big Bells and Dime Songs (Thrill Jockey)
9:37 PM The Milk Carton Kids I Still Want a Little More from Prologue (self-released)
9:34 PM Lawrence Arabia Eye A from Chant Master (Bella Union)
9:30 PM Coconut Records West Coast from Nighttiming (Young Baby)
9:27 PM Tiger Bones When You Fall from When You Die (Candy Dinner)
9:20 PM Jacaszek Dare-gale from Glimmer (Ghostly International)
9:16 PM Marissa Nadler No Surprises from Covers I (self-released)
9:08 PM Nicole Mitchell F.O.C. from Awakening (Delmark)
9:02 PM Dave Douglas Bowie from Spirit Moves (Koch)
8:58 PM Sloan Take Good Care Of The Poor Boy from Between The Bridges (murderecords)
8:54 PM Guided By Voices Spiderfighter from Let’s Go Eat the Factory (Guided By Voices Inc.)
8:50 PM Whitehorse Passenger 24 from Whitehorse (Six Shooter)
8:45 PM Cat Power The Greatest from The Greatest (Matador)
8:40 PM Kathleen Edwards Change the Sheets from Voyageur (MapleMusic)
8:38 PM 16 Horsepower Wayfaring Stranger from Secret South (Razor & Tie)
8:33 PM Ray Davies Dead End Street (ft. Amy McDonald) from See My Friends (Universal)
8:29 PM JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound Baltimore Is the New Brooklyn from Beat of Our Own Drum (self-released)
8:26 PM Doomtree The Grand Experiment from No Kings (Doomtree)
8:21 PM Apex Manor Under the Gun from The Year of Magical Drinking (Merge)
8:18 PM Chris Connelly The Paraffin Hearts from Artificial Madness (Relapse)
8:14 PM Save the Clocktower You Got Me from Carousel (self-released)
8:08 PM Sandro Perri Love & Light from Impossible Spaces (Constellation)
8:03 PM Rufus Wainwright Release the Stars from Release the Stars (Geffen)

This Week in Great Music: 11/28 – 12/4

Sarah — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:45:07 +0000

How is it almost December? This is uncalled for.

If anyone can hook a girl up with tickets to the Brandi Carlile show at Park West, or the M. Ward show at Schubas, you’d be my hero. Just sayin’.

Monday, November 28
Meh

Tuesday, November 29
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah; Lincoln Hall. 9 pm, $20

Wednesday, November 30
Watch the Throne: Jay-Z and Kanye West; United Center. 7:30 pm, $59.50-250
Edie Carey, Dave Sills; SPACE. 8 pm, $12-20
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah; Lincoln Hall. 9 pm, $20
Lydia Loveless, Tim Larson & the Owner/Operators; Schubas. 9 pm, $10

Thursday, December 1
Warm, Safe & Sound, The Steepwater Band, Blane Fonda, The Kickback, Hawley Shoffner; Lincoln Hall. 7 pm, $10 ($5 with donation of coat or sweater)
Watch the Throne: Jay-Z and Kanye West; United Center. 7:30 pm, $59.50-250
Brandi Carlile; Park West. 8 pm, sold out

Friday, December 2
The Fray, Kelly Clarkson, Christina Perri; Chicago Theatre. 7:30 pm, $55-75
Brandi Carlile, The Secret Sisters; SPACE. 8 pm, sold out
Poi Dog Pondering; Metro. 9 pm, $26
Brian Setzer’s Rockabilly Riot; House of Blues. 9 pm, $42.50-52.50
S. Carey; Schubas. 10 pm, $12

Saturday, December 3
Poi Dog Pondering; Metro. 9 pm, $26

Sunday, December 4
Shawn Colvin, Jake Armerding; Old Town School of Folk Music. 7 pm, $36-40
Florence & the Machine, Laura Marling; Chicago Theatre. 7:30 pm, $50
M. Ward, Carlos Forster, Mike Coykendall; Schubas. 8 pm, $22

CHIRP Playlist: Friday, November 18, 2011

Sarah — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 16:50:28 +0000

I’ll be occupying the Friday 8-10 pm Central slot through the end of the year, so you can hear me on a regular basis on CHIRP Radio. It’ll be great.

9:58 PM Rainer Maria Long Knives from Long Knives Drawn (Polyvinyl)
9:54 PM The Unsettlers Red to Black from The Unsettlers (self-released)
9:50 PM Los Campesinos! Hello Sadness from Hello Sadness (Arts & Crafts)
9:46 PM M. Ward Sweethearts On Parade from Transistor Radio (Merge)
9:42 PM The Decemberists Foregone from Long Live the King EP (Capitol)
9:37 PM Andrew Bird Opposite Day from Andrew Bird & the Mysterious Production of Eggs (Righteous Babe)
9:33 PM Ani DiFranco Swim from Educated Guess (Righteous Babe)
9:28 PM Kathleen Edwards Chameleon Comedian from Voyageur (MapleMusic)
9:24 PM A.A. Bondy American Hearts from American Hearts (Fat Possum)
9:19 PM Aterciopelados Gozo Poderoso from Gozo Poderoso (RCA)
9:13 PM The Lijadu Sisters Danger from Danger (Knitting Factory)
9:08 PM Bon Iver Skinny Love from For Emma, Forever Ago (Jagjaguwar)
9:01 PM Thomas Comerford Gravity from Archive + Spiral (Spacesuit)
8:57 PM The Hold Steady Party Pit from Boys and Girls In America (Vagrant)
8:53 PM Breakers Broken Last Man on the Planet from Reset (self-released)
8:50 PM Mayer Hawthorne Stick Around from How Do You Do (Universal)
8:46 PM Sensation Junkies Olalla from Once for the Money (Sarathan Records)
8:41 PM Owen The Armoire from Ghost Town (Polyvinyl)
8:36 PM Okkervil River The War Criminal Rises and Speaks from Down The River Of Golden Dreams
8:32 PM Sarah Jarosz Run Away from Follow Me Down (Sugar Hill)
8:28 PM Darren Johnston’s Gone to Chicago Love Call from The Big Lift (Porto Franco)
8:21 PM Angie Aparo Wonderland from The American (Melisma)
8:17 PM Crooked Fingers The Counterfeiter from Breaks in the Armor (Merge)
8:13 PM The New Pornographers Myriad Harbour from Challengers (Matador)
8:08 PM Cass McCombs Love Thine Enemy from Humor Risk (Domino)
8:05 PM Brandi Carlile Follow from Brandi Carlile (Red Ink Records)

CHIRP Playlist: Saturday, October 1, 2011

Sarah — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 16:23:58 +0000

Thanks to everyone who tuned in to my inaugural (internet) radio adventure on CHIRP Radio. If you’re interested to know what kind of music I play whenever I get three hours behind the controls of Chicago’s best radio station, then read on. I’ll be back on the air on Saturday, October 8th, from 9 am to noon, Central time.

8:56 PM Neil Young Southern Man from After The Goldrush (Reprise)
8:52 PM Jessica Lea Mayfield Blue Skies Again from Tell Me (Nonesuch)
8:51 PM The Jayhawks She Walks in So Many Ways from Mockingbird Time (Rounder)
8:47 PM Tinariwen Tamiditin Tan Ufrawan from Tassili (ANTI-)
8:44 PM Martha Wainwright Jesus and Mary from I Know You’re Married But I’ve Got Feelings Too (Zoe)
8:40 PM Serengeti Flutes from Family & Friends (Anticon)
8:33 PM Andrew Bird Not A Robot, But A Ghost from Noble Beast (Fat Possum)
8:29 PM Brandi Carlile Looking Out from Live at Benaroya Hall with the Seattle Symphony (Columbia)
8:25 PM Milagres Halfway from Glowing Mouth (Kill Rock Stars)
8:20 PM The Bowmans Make It Last from Far From Home (self-released)
8:17 PM Wilco Black Moon from The Whole Love (dBpm)
8:14 PM Justin Townes Earle Poor Fool from Midnight At The Movies (Bloodshot)
8:08 PM Allá Es Tiempo from Es Tiempo (Crammed)
8:04 PM Vienna Teng 1BR/1BA from Dreaming Through the Noise (Zoe)
7:59 PM Active Child Johnny Belinda from You Are All I See (Vagrant)
7:54 PM Gotye Somebody That I Used to Know from Making Mirrors (Ais)
7:52 PM Buffalo Rome Plant White Roses from Obscurities (Merge)
7:45 PM Ohbijou Balikbayan from Metal Meets (Last Gang)
7:41 PM The Avett Brothers The Weight of Lies from Emotionalism (Ramseur Records)
7:37 PM Low Majesty / Magic from C’mon (Sub Pop)
7:33 PM White Mystery Take a Walk from White Mystery (self-released)
7:28 PM Okkervil River Your Past Life as a Blast from I Am Very Far (Jagjaguwar)
7:25 PM Peter Wolf Crier Beach from Garden of Arms (Jagjaguwar)
7:20 PM Booker T. Jones Representing Memphis (featuring Matt Berninger and Sharon Jones) from The Road from Memphis (ANTI-)
7:15 PM Teddy Thompson Separate Ways from Separate Ways (Verve)
7:07 PM Braid Universe or Worse from Closer to Closed EP (Polyvinyl)
7:04 PM St. Vincent Northern Lights from Strange Mercy (4AD)
7:01 PM Anais Mitchell Hades & Persephone from The Brightness (Righteous Babe)
6:57 PM Dessa Into the Spin from A Badly Broken Code (Doomtree)
6:53 PM The Grey Race On the Chin from Give It Love (Unfiltered)
6:51 PM Tom Vek World of Doubt from Leisure Seizure (Co-op)
6:45 PM Nico The Fairest of the Seasons from Chelsea Girl (Polygram)
6:42 PM Laura Marling Rest in the Bed from A Creature I Don’t Know (Ribbon)
6:39 PM Jeff Pianki Missing Parts from Paper Window. (self-released)
6:35 PM Alpha Consumer The Crown Salesman from Kick Drugs out of America (self-released)
6:30 PM A.A. Bondy Surfer King from Believers (Fat Possum)
6:25 PM Dusty Bibles Wintersong from Sinus Rhythm EP (self-released)
6:20 PM April Smith and the Great Picture Show Drop Dead Gorgeous from Songs for a Sinking Ship (self-released)
6:17 PM Beirut Goshen from The Rip Tide (Pompeii)
6:14 PM Neko Case Runnin’ Out of Fools from Blacklisted (Bloodshot)
6:09 PM The Mountain Goats Psalms 40:2 from Life Of The World To Come (4AD)
6:03 PM Girls Just a Song from Father, Son, Holy Ghost (True Panther Sounds)
5:59 PM Ha Ha Tonka Usual Suspects from Death of a Decade (Bloodshot)

This Week in Great Music: 6/6 – 6/12

Sarah — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 15:17:16 +0000

Monday, June 6
Iron and Wine, The Head and the Heart; Millennium Park. 6:30, free
Robbie Fulks, Nora O’Connor; Hideout. 7 pm, $10 suggested donation
Caroline Smith and the Good Night Sleeps, Dastardly, Umma; Schubas. 8 pm, $8
The Dodos, Gauntlet Hair; Metro. 9 pm, $18

Tuesday, June 7
Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs, Brandi Carlile, The Secret Sisters; Millennium Park. 6 pm, $20-65

Wednesday, June 8
David Bazan and Band, Cotton Jones; Lincoln Hall. 9 pm, $15

Thursday, June 9
Cloudbirds; Millennium Park. 12 pm, free
Alela Diane, The Parson Redheads, The Singleman Affair; Empty Bottle. 9:30 pm, $10

Friday, June 10
Julian Velard, Rachael Sage; Schubas, 7 pm, $10

Saturday, June 11
Lucy Kaplansky; SPACE. 7 pm, $17-28
Arlo Guthrie, Vance Gilbert, Eliza Gilkyson, Chris Smither; Symphony Center. 8 pm, $25-70
Van Ghost, How Far to Austin, Great Divide, Ben Ripani Music Co., Katie Todd Band; House of Blues. 8 pm, $13-15
Bell X1, James Vincent McMorrow; Lincoln Hall, 9 pm, $15
The Antlers, Little Scream; Metro. 9 pm, $16-18
Jeremy Messersmith, The Daredevil Christopher Wright, Dinosaur Bones; Schubas. 10 pm, $10-12

Sunday, June 12
The Hoyle Brothers; Millennium Park. 12 pm, free

This Week in Great Music: 10/11 – 10/17

Sarah — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 15:33:56 +0000

This is basically the worst week in the world for concerts. And by worst, I mean full of too many choices. I’ll be at the Brandi Carlile show at SPACE on Wednesday, and at DeVotchKa at Lincoln Hall on Saturday. The rest of the week is up in the air. I’ll probably be sobbing under my desk rather than making any real decisions.

Monday, October 11
Robbie Fulks, Hideout. 7 pm, $10 suggested donation
Belle and Sebastian, Smith Westerns; Chicago Theatre. 7:30 pm, $42.50
AA Bondy, Schubas. 8 pm, $12-14
Miike Snow, Riviera Theatre. 8 pm, $25
Jennifer Knapp, Lincoln Hall. 8 pm, $20
Neon Indian, Metro. 9 pm, $18

Tuesday, October 12
Alejandro Escovedo and the Sensitive Boys, Lincoln Hall. 8 pm, $20-25

Wednesday, October 13
Guided by Voices, Times New Viking; Riviera Theatre. 8 pm, sold out
Kevin O’Donnell’s Fall Spectacular; Martyrs. 8 pm, $8
Brandi Carlile, Katie Herzig; SPACE. 8 pm, sold out
Marc Cohn, Park West. 8 pm, $35
The Walkmen, Japandroids, Miniature Tigers; Metro. 9 pm, $21
Jukebox the Ghost, Elizabeth and the Catapult, Ruby Coast; Schubas. 9 pm, $10-12

Thursday, October 14
The New Pornographers, Tokyo Police Club; the Vic. 8 pm, $30
Edie Carey, Rose Cousins; SPACE. 8 pm, $12-22
Four Tet, Matthew Dear, Jon Hopkins; Metro. 9 pm, $19
Bell X1, James Vincent McMorrow; Schubas. 9 pm, sold out

Friday, October 15
Patty Loveless; Old Town School of Folk Music. 7 pm & 10 pm, $34-38
Sufjan Stevens, Chicago Theatre. 8 pm, sold out
K’Naan; Park West. 8:30 pm, $22.50-25
Massive Attack, Martina Topley Bird; Riviera Theatre. 8:30 pm, $40
DeVotchKa, Angus and Julia Stone, Scotland Yard Gospel Choir; Lincoln Hall. 8:30 pm, $25
Robbie Fulks, Dave Gonzalez and the Stone River Boys; FitzGerald’s. 9 pm, $15
Rocky Votolato, Ha Ha Tonka; Beat Kitchen. 9:30 pm, $12-14
The Felice Brothers, Adam Haworth Stephens; Empty Bottle. 10 pm, $15
Califone; Hideout. 10 pm, $12
Jon Drake; Uncommon Ground on Clark. 10 pm, $5 suggested donation

Saturday, October 16
Meshell Ndegeocello, Helen Money; Old Town School of Folk Music. 7 pm & 10 pm, $34-38
Gorillaz; UIC Pavillion. 7:30 pm, $49.50-95
DeVotchKa, Angus and Julia Stone, Scotland Yard Gospel Choir; Lincoln Hall. 8:30 pm, $25
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Langhorne Slim, Jesse Skyes and Phil Wandscher, Mimicking Birds; Double Door. 9 pm, $15-18
Old Devil’s Ball, ft. Jon Langford’s Skull Orchard, Andre Williams and Sally Timms; Martyrs. 9 pm, $12
Joe Pug, The Changes, Vandaveer; Metro. 9 pm, $11

Sunday, October 17
Catie Curtis and Terri Hendrix; Old Town School of Folk Music. 4 pm, $16-20
Lissie, Dylan LeBlanc; Lincoln Hall. 8 pm, $14
The Wildbirds, The Black Atlantic, The Lighthouse and the Whaler, Kevin Andrew Prchal; Beat Kitchen. 8:30 pm, $7
Eli Paperboy Reed; Bottom Lounge. 9 pm, $12

May in Review

Sarah — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:57:15 +0000

May was a month for revisiting old favorites. Not too many new discoveries this month, but a lot of good songs got played around here nonetheless.

Newport Folk Festival: July 30 – August 1

Sarah — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:50:36 +0000

You can tell that summer is rapidly approaching, given the number of festival line-ups that are tumbling in. The Newport Folk Festival, in (where else) Newport, Rhode Island, has announced its lineup for its 2010 festival.

Artists appearing include:

AA Bondy, Andrew Bird (in his only summer appearance in the US), Ben Solle and Daniel Martin Moore, Brandi Carlile, Calexico, Corey Chisel & the Wandering Sons, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, John Prine, Justin Townes Earle, Nneka, O’Death, Punch Brothers (with Chris Thile), Richie Havens, Sarah Jarosz, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers, Tao Seeger, The Avett Brothers, The Felice Brothers, The Preservation Hall Jazz Band, The Swell Season, and Yim Yames, among others.

Tickets go on sale to the public on Friday.

BRB, trying to figure out how to get to Rhode Island! WTF, summer, you are not helping me tame my desire to travel long distances for music.

Wow, That’s a Good Song: Brandi Carlile, “That Year”

Sarah — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:41:55 +0000

A beautiful video for a devastating song. Ok, I could have done without the giant CGI bee flying across the screen. But otherwise, the video is very serene, just Brandi and a guitar and nature blooming around her.

Must have have been New Year’s
No one invited you, took things too far
But I missed you and your antics
You were lonesome and blue-eyed
And so special to us

You could have taken a long break
Instead of a long drop from a high place
Ten years I never spoke your name
Now it feels good to say it
Your’re my friend again

Brandi has mentioned that this song is about a friend of hers who committed suicide in high school; for the longest time, she hated him for it, but over the years, she’s come to terms with it, and as she says, it’s good to say that he’s her friend again. The song’s clearly an emotional one for Brandi, but so beautiful to hear her perform it.

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