The lyrics:
I’m not asking for lots of fancy toys
I don’t need a lot of fancy toys
Someone to keep me warm at night
I’ve a friend who basically prayed this…she’s been married and warm for the past 5 years. It’s not too late for you…
Category: Hidden Gem
Hidden Gem: Maggie Szabo “Tidal Waves and Hurricanes”
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Take thumping drums, a voice rich in soul and toss in a scorned woman and you have the Tidal Waves & Hurricanes video. I feel bad for the guy, not sure what he did but he did something wrong. And boy is he paying a hefty price. Glad it’s not me and I can pantslessly enjoy this video as part of Maggie’s monumental journey.
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Hidden Gem: Catey Shaw “The Ransom”
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This is a quintessential Hidden Gem. That voice…that rhythm…the playfulness in the song: oh yeah:
Hidden Gem: Fadaul Et Les Privilèges “Sid Redad”
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The Youtube description of this song sums it up perfectly: “Middle East & North Africa’s own James Brown!!!” (They added the 3 !s not me).
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Hidden Gem: Emma-Lee “Worst Enemy”
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Always a sucker for that big brassy female voice.
Hidden Gem: Lucius “Madness”
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How I discovered Lucius…
In early 2013 Mike from PledgeMusic emailed to say “got this amazing band Lucius to play at 6pm.” Dude’s got a fantastic ear so I dutifully located my pants and headed to Tequila Bookworm to check out their CMW industry set.
Hidden Gem: French Montana feat Kanye West & Nas “Figure It Out”
Sammy Younan
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Kanye is making everybody with a website who monitors metrics over quality rich; his nickname should be money (all due respect to Jordan). What with his insightful twitter diatribes and “journalists” playing Web MD constantly diagnosing his “mental health issues” websites are churning out content and “analysis.” Overlooked in the superfluous parroting “Kanye is a douche-bag” rhetoric is his musical gifts:
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Hidden Gem: Sarah Neufeld “The Ridge”
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An Arcade Fire solo project! Sweet:
Hidden Gem: Reuben And The Dark “Heart in Two”
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So…how was your Valentines?
Hidden Gem: Basia Bulat “Infamous”
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A friend of mine…she likes to sing in the car picked me up one day to get some tea. She had Basia Bulat’s fantastic Oh, My Darling totally cranked. Wow, who is this? She wasn’t sure how to pronounce her name but she passed her on to me, along…generously with the cd we were listening too. Tea and tunes does it for me every single time.
Since then we’ve seen Basia Bulat live (she did not disappoint!) and I’ve continued with her (the singer and my friend; they’re both lovely). Basia followed Oh, My Darling with Heart of My Own and her biggest release yet in 2013 she dropped Tall Tall Shadow. And now: we get new music from her in 2016! Ah-maz-ing!