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Category: Hidden Gem

Hidden Gem: Wild Belle “It’s Too Late”

Posted on April 11, 2016March 9, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on Hidden Gem: Wild Belle “It’s Too Late”
Hidden Gem: Wild Belle “It’s Too Late”

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…

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Hidden Gem: Maggie Szabo “Tidal Waves and Hurricanes”

Posted on April 4, 2016March 9, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on Hidden Gem: Maggie Szabo “Tidal Waves and Hurricanes”
Hidden Gem: Maggie Szabo “Tidal Waves and Hurricanes”

Sammy Younan

Girth Radio Presents…

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”

Posted on March 28, 2016March 9, 2023 By Sammy Younan
Hidden Gem: Catey Shaw “The Ransom”

Sammy Younan

Girth Radio Presents…

This is a quintessential Hidden Gem. That voice…that rhythm…the playfulness in the song: oh yeah:

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Hidden Gem: Fadaul Et Les Privilèges “Sid Redad”

Posted on March 21, 2016March 9, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on Hidden Gem: Fadaul Et Les Privilèges “Sid Redad”
Hidden Gem: Fadaul Et Les Privilèges “Sid Redad”

Sammy Younan

Girth Radio Presents…

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”

Posted on March 14, 2016March 9, 2023 By Sammy Younan
Hidden Gem: Emma-Lee “Worst Enemy”

Sammy Younan

Girth Radio Presents…

Always a sucker for that big brassy female voice.

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Hidden Gem: Lucius “Madness”

Posted on March 7, 2016March 9, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on Hidden Gem: Lucius “Madness”
Hidden Gem: Lucius “Madness”

Sammy Younan

Girth Radio Presents…

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.

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Hidden Gem: French Montana feat Kanye West & Nas “Figure It Out”

Posted on February 29, 2016March 9, 2023 By Sammy Younan
Hidden Gem: French Montana feat Kanye West & Nas “Figure It Out”

Sammy Younan

Girth Radio Presents…

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”

Posted on February 22, 2016March 9, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on Hidden Gem: Sarah Neufeld “The Ridge”
Hidden Gem: Sarah Neufeld “The Ridge”

Sammy Younan

Girth Radio Presents…

An Arcade Fire solo project! Sweet:

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Hidden Gem: Reuben And The Dark “Heart in Two”

Posted on February 15, 2016March 9, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on Hidden Gem: Reuben And The Dark “Heart in Two”
Hidden Gem: Reuben And The Dark “Heart in Two”

Sammy Younan

Girth Radio Presents…

So…how was your Valentines?

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Hidden Gem: Basia Bulat “Infamous”

Posted on February 8, 2016March 9, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on Hidden Gem: Basia Bulat “Infamous”
Hidden Gem: Basia Bulat “Infamous”

Sammy Younan

Girth Radio Presents…

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!

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