Sometimes Lonely Isn't Sad

It's near year end here at The Cuddle and a time to reflect on all of the bountiful pleasures that 2010 has  brought us.  It's a time to be thankful for all that we have and look forward to all that is yet to come.  Today, we kick off the Ideological Cuddle Top Ten Albums of 2010 countdown with the two albums that didn't quite crack the top 10 (but were very noteworthy none-the-less), the top re-issue(s) of the year, the biggest disappointment of the year, our favorite concerts of the year, and some notable bands that may not have released a new album this year, but rose to the top of our play lists time and time again.
Without further ado...

The Biggest Disappointment of 2010 - The Hold Steady's Heaven Is Whenever

Now, by no means do I think that this is a bad album, per se.  It's just such a colossal disappointment.  Coming off of 2008's triumphant and epic Stay Positive, the Hold Steady were on quite a roll.  They had risen to the forefront of indie rock, had websites, print journalists, and fans drooling over their trademark mix of boozy bar rock and literate lyrics.  Then they felt it necessary to go in a "different direction".
(A quick aside... Is it ever really necessary for a band who does what they do well to "reinvent themselves"?  It's such an overrated, bullshit move, and it's usually pushed by the media - "such and such is in such a rut, they need to reinvent themselves" - B-U-L-L-S-H-I-T.  Bands who are good at one thing should stick with that one thing.  There are only so many Elvis Costellos and David Bowies who can create new sounds with each subsequent album and dip their toes in different genres without sounding completely idiotic.  The Hold Steady should have heeded this.  Ok, now I'm done... back to your regularly scheduled blog post...)
So that different direction is Heaven Is Whenever.  There are a  few gems on this record ("Hurricane J", "The Sweet Part of The City", and "We Can Get Together"), but there are plenty of clunkers ("Soft In The Center"?  "Barely Breathing"? - P.S., don't write songs that remind people of Duncan Sheik - "Rock Problems"?  Yeah, there are problems here).  I hate to say it, but this band REALLY misses Franz Nicolay.  Maybe the magic will return with their next record.  We here at The Cuddle can only hope so, since we love this band and all of its previous albums.

Bands That We Came To Love In 2010 (But Should Have Loved Before) :
Pavement
This is a no-brainer.  No band was on our iPod, computer, CD player, turntable more this year than Pavement.  It's fitting that Pavement made a triumphant return to playing live this year as well (I didn't have the pleasure of seeing them in person, but nyctaper's recordings of their shows made me feel like I was there).  I know that I didn't want to jump on the bandwagon because I thought that there was no way a band could live up to all of the indie hipster hype.  I know now that they do.  They really, really do.  I was wrong and I wholeheartedly admit it.  It all started with the career retrospective Quarantine The Past in March.  By the start of December, I owned every one of their full length albums in some shape or form.  Theirs is a catalogue that I cherish and listen to almost every day.

Teenage Fanclub
OK, I had heard of this band in the past, but had never made an effort to seek out their music until hearing about their 2010 release, Shadows.  It was all down the rabbit hole from there.  Their sound is right in my wheelhouse - jangly guitar pop, catchy as hell, sugary sweet harmonies.  You'll be hearing more about them in the days to come.

The Top 3 Concerts of 2010 :
3. My Morning Jacket - CMAC, Canandiagua, NY - August 28, 2010 - Our second time seeing My Morning Jacket was kind of a birthday performance celebration for us, as Mrs. Cuddle and I had celebrated my 33rd bday the day prior.  The New Pornographers opened the show in fantastic fashion (even in the absence of Neko Case) and Jim James and crew absolutely tore the roof off.  There is no band working today who can match the playing chops of My Morning Jacket and this show proved it.

2. The Black Crowes - Tower Theater, Philadelphia, PA - October 29, 2010 - Mrs. Cuddle and I based an entire weekend in Philadelphia around this concert in celebration of our anniversary.  With this tour being billed as their farewell, there was no way that we were going to miss one of our favorite bands for what could be the last time.  They did not disappoint.  Starting with an acoustic set and closing with a marathon electric set, for 3 hours the Crowes reminded the faithful why they're so beloved.  Their encore seemed hand-picked for Mrs. Cuddle and I - our all-time favorite Crowes song, "Feathers", followed by Mrs. Cuddle's recent favorite, "I Ain't Hiding".  All of the Crowes' shows are available for download (for a nominal fee) from the Crowes' live music site.  I highly recommend this show.  Here's a taste:
The Black Crowes - Tower Theater, Philadelphia, PA - 10/29/10 - "Hotel Illness" (Acoustic)

1. Robyn Hitchcock - The Drake Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada - June 12, 2010 - I already waxed poetic about this show (and showed off the BFF's nifty camera work) on this previous post.  I still can't wrap my brain around the fact that I was able to see one of my favorite artists in such an intimate, acoustic setting.  Hitchcock was perfect from the first notes of "Cynthia Mask" to the final strains of a gorgeous cover of The Grateful Dead's "Candyman".  I can't really say much more than what I've said already.  It was just plain perfect.

The Best Re-Issues of 2010 - The Soft Boys' Can of Bees and Underwater Moonlight
I like to think of The Soft Boys' first two records as "Proto-Hitchcock".  While they contain the essential elements that would make Robyn Hitchcock such a singular and original songwriter, their sound was much more hard-edged and driving.  These records tend to rawk more than Hitchcock records.  Yep Roc's reissues came with download codes giving the buyer a plethora of outtakes, demos, and live versions, making each of the albums great values for the money.  Can of Bees is the lesser known of the two, but is by no means inferior.  It takes true balls (or insanity) to start a debut record with the lyrical couplet "I feel like asking a tree for an autograph/I feel like making love to a photograph", but The Soft Boys do it.  Standouts like "Leppo and The Jooves", "Sandra's Having Her Brain Out", and "The Pigworker" stand with Hitchcock's finest compositions (and are bat-shit crazy, to boot).  Underwater Moonlight gets more of the publicity as a touchstone in the indie rock canon and a favorite of many of indie/college rock's favorite progenitors (such as Peter Buck from R.E.M.).  "I Wanna Destroy You" is a stone-cold classic (and has been covered by the likes of Uncle Tupelo and The Goo Goo Dolls), "Queen of Eyes" is my favorite Soft Boys song (and has continued to persist in Hitchcock's sets to this day), and "Underwater Moonlight" might be the catchiest (and ONLY) song about couples suicide ever written.  Check out a taste of Hitchcock's madness:
The Soft Boys - "The Pigworker" - Can of Bees
The Soft Boys - "Queen of Eyes" - Underwater Moonlight

The Best Albums of 2010 - Honorable Mention :
She & Him - Volume Two - More gorgeousness from M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel, following 2008's Volume One.  Ward and Deschanel managed to pen a timeless single - "Thieves" - which made me recall Papa Cuddle's Roy Orbison records, and was easily one of the 5 best songs I heard all year.  Let's be honest, Zooey could just sing the phonebook and I would rave about it.  There's no such thing as too much Zooey.
Grinderman - Grinderman 2 - As with my comment regarding Ms. Deschanel, there's no such thing as too much Nick Cave (although, sometimes he needs to be taken in small doses).  Grinderman's second record is just as over the top as their first (although it contains nothing as ballsy as "No Pussy Blues").  Grinderman tends to be Nick Cave's id - dirty, debaucherous, lecherous, filthy, funny.  "Heathen Child", "Worm Tamer" (yes, this song is about his woman's prowess with, um... well, you know... and yes, it includes the classic lines, "my baby calls me the Loch Ness Monster/Two great big humps and I'm gone").  It's well worth checking out.

We'll return with the "official" start of our Top 10 countdown in the next few days.  Until then, remember all the great things about the past year, and listen.

Here's A Song About Nothing And Everything at Once

It's been quite a while, dear readers, but we here at The Cuddle are pleased to be back on the blogging track.  Since we last had a chance to chat (and since we received our most recent threatening e-mail about removing MP3 files) there has been a lot going on in our musical landscape.  We've seen some great shows and heard some great new things that have gotten our fires stoked.  It's a time for change, as we're speeding toward the greatest time of year in sweet, little B-lo - Fall.  Just over 24 hours from now, our calendars will mark September 21st, the start of the Autumn season, and with it, Mrs. Cuddle's favorite holiday, Halloween.  We've got a lot planned between now and then, but in the meantime, on to an update:
On a beautiful late summer evening (August 28th to be exact), Mrs. Cuddle and I ventured to the Canandaigua Music and Arts Center (CMAC from now on) to see two of our favorite bands (to be fair, two of MY favorite bands, ONE of hers) - The New Pornographers opening for My Morning Jacket.  Despite being sans the rapturous Neko Case (felt more than a little slighted there), the Pornos sounded great.  Carl Newman was in fine voice as usual, the band was tight, and Kathryn Calder was downright impressive - not only singing her parts, but covering Neko's as well.  It was a little disappointing that the venue was less than 1/10th full to see one of indie rock's foremost groups, though. 
After a short intermission, the now packed CMAC was greeted by the nattily dressed quintet and its dual guitar onslaught of Jim James and Carl Brommel as they tore into "The Way That He Sings".  For the next two hours, those in attendance were held in rapt attention by what must be the finest live band playing today.  Besides the great setlist and amazing musicianship of the band, what stands out is how much fun they seemed to be having.  Jim James played a variety of guitars (among them, his signature flying-V) and danced all over the stage.  Besides playing most of our personal favorites ("Dondante" and "Wordless Chorus" were sublime), the band played new tune "Circuital" - a live version from an earlier show on 8/17/10 appears below.  This show will rank right up there with the best of our concert-going lives and made us long for their next show in our surrounding area.  A final word on the CMAC - the venue was absolutely perfect.  Great concessions, well-arranged, perfectly clean, great sound, easy parking, helpful staff.  We'll definitely make every effort to go back soon.

Just 5 days later, Buffalo's finest rock venue, The Town Ballroom, played host to another one of rock's most incendiary live acts - The Black Keys.  The room was packed to the rafters as Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney took the stage and burned through some old favorites (kicking things off, as usual, with "thickfreakness").  They were later joined by a bass player and organist to flesh out the sound of some tunes from this year's masterpiece, Brothers ("Ten Cent Pistol" was a definite highlight).  No one in the crowd left disappointed by The Keys' aural onslaught, despite the huge build-up that the show received in our local media (one would think that a band couldn't live up to the hype... The Black Keys certainly did).

This past Tuesday (September 14th to be exact) was quite the new release day, with 3 albums that will vie for places near the top of The Ideological Cuddle's Best of 2010 list.  First, the always enchanting Leonard Cohen blessed his fans with another postcard from the road of his almost two year 2008-2009 tour, adding to the spectacular Live in London which was released last year.  Songs From the Road is a CD/DVD combo (also available in 2 LP form - $35 was a little rich for my blood despite my obvious proclivity for all things wax) with 12 songs taken from various venues on the tour.  The CD and DVD contain the same material, but no matter.  Take it from a Cohen obsessive - the CD is great, but the DVD is essential.  Just watching a 74 year old musical genius weave his web of intrigue is worth the price of admission.  Each performance is pitch-perfect (Cohen's chilling intonation and impressive guitar playing on "Avalanche" is a highlight), but the version of "Hallelujah" from the 2009 Coachella Fest is TRANSCENDENTAL - try not to get chills as Cohen holds 100,000 kids in rapt attention and gets them to sing along.
Nick Cave's Grinderman project returned this past week with Grinderman 2, another album full of sex and sleaze with a psych-blues bent.  More sonically dense and lyrically evil than its predecessor, Grinderman 2 burns out of the gate with "Mickey Mouse and the Goodbye Man", a wicked tune about two brothers clearly up to no good (OK, that's an understatement - felonious would be a better description).  When the band cranks the volume, thrashing ensues.  Where the first Grinderman record was clearly a mid-life crisis record about hunting tail ("No Pussy Blues" anyone?), this record presents the morose along with the deviant.  The protagonist in "When My Baby Comes" is longingly singing from his hospital bed, waiting for his beloved to show up (hint - she ain't coming), while "Palaces of Montezuma" professes the singer's deep love for his woman with all of the things (corporeal and ethereal) that he'll give to her.  All in all, another feather in Cave's crowded cap of masterworks.  While we're on the topic of Nick Cave, if you like the works of Irvine Welsh (author of Trainspotting and Filth, among others) and Chuck Palahniuk (Fight Club), by all means check out Cave's second novel, The Death of Bunny Munro.  This book is not for those looking for a clean, good time, but for those seeking a little bit of seediness with their literature.  I picked it up while on vacation and couldn't put it down.  I kind of wish I had known about the audio book version, as it's 7 discs worth of Cave reading his prose.  Perfect for the Halloween season.
The final new release from last week that has our ears ringing and our hearts leaping out of their collective chests is the thundering return to form by Merge records superheroes Superchunk.  Majesty Shredding can't be called a return to form, nor can it be called a new direction for the band.  What it can be called is a modern masterpiece of indie power-pop.  Coming through the speakers like a New Pornographers LP turned up to 45 speed, Mac McCaughan and company spin through 11 tracks without a dud in the bunch.  First single "Digging for Something" starts the proceedings off right and the band refuses to slow down throughout 42 minutes of perfection.  Most affecting might be "Fractures in Plaster" or "Everything at Once" - as each muses on getting older, and hanging on to what matters.  I must admit being a little late to the Superchunk party (only falling in love within the past 5 years and becoming full-on obsessed while in Boston earlier this year), but consider me a full convert.  It's hard to believe that there are millions out there unaware of this band's prowess and power.  This record is clearly one of the 3 best that 2010 will see and just might supplant The National's High Violet or The Black Keys' aforementioned Brothers at the top of this year's list.

Here's a live taste of some of the best that My Morning Jacket and Superchunk have to offer:

My Morning Jacket:
Live in Japan - February 6, 2009 - "Dondante"
Live in Chicago, IL - Charter One Pavilion - August 17, 2010 - "Circuital"

Superchunk:
Live at Duke University - September 26, 1997 - "Shallow End"
Live in Washington, DC - 9:30 Club - September 17, 2010 - "Throwing Things"
Live in Washington, DC - 9:30 Club - September 17, 2010 - "Fractures in Plaster"
Live in Washington, DC - 9:30 Club - September 17, 2010 - "Everything at Once"

Until next time, please head out to see a band that you love live in concert and check out the new Superchunk LP - it'll make your day... just listen...

Another Song, Another Mile

A good Sunday evening to everyone out there.  It was quite the eventful weekend here in Ideological Cuddle land, as it was packed wall-to-wall with concerts, sporting events, dinners, even reunions with old friends (glad to have you back, Big Sexy).  Tonight's post is the next in the Cuddle's series of Top 5s and involves some great music and one of our favorite movies.

The Ideological Cuddle Top Five:
     Songs That Should Have Been In Almost Famous
                   (But Would Have Been Anachronistic If They Were)

1. The Black Crowes - "Wiser Time" (Live on VH1 Unplugged, 2008) - This one is easy.  The best "travelling band, being on the road" song of the past 20 years, the Crowes write what they know.  It's easy to see a little bit of the Crowes in the fictitious Stillwater from the movie (especially since Jason Lee seems to channel his inner Chris Robinson throughout the film - in look and demeanor).  I could easily see this tune replacing "Tiny Dancer" in the scene on the bus after Russell takes a bit too much acid at a party in Kansas.  Might not have the sing along power of Elton John's smash hit, but would hammer home the stresses of being in a band, travelling across the country with your best friends who so easily can become enemies.  The acoustic version above highlights the guitar breakdown in the center of the song - the perfect section for the scene mentioned.

2. My Morning Jacket - "Golden" - Another travelling song, this one's not so specific to the band, but still highlights the loneliness of the road.  Jim James' haunting voice propels the song on beautiful acoustic guitar/slide guitar lines.  I can picture Russell, again on the bus, strumming this song to himself as the rest of the band listens in.

3. Wilco - "Monday" - I can picture Jeff Tweedy and the rag-tag group of musicians who have made up Wilco over the years starring in an Almost Famous-type film.  In effect, they've already documented their quasi-demise and subsequent rise in their excellent documentary, I Am Trying To Break Your Heart.  Any music fan, especially those who love Wilco owe it to themselves to check it out.  This song, off of Being There, is a rollicking throwback of a song, documenting life on the run.

4. Blitzen Trapper - "Stolen Shoes and A Rifle" - Total 1970s country-rock throwback.  There's no other way to describe this standout track from Blitzen Trapper's breakthrough Furr record.  Play it for the uninitiated and they'll swear it was written and released sometime in the early 70s.  Maybe not the perfect song for Stillwater to play in the movie, but something that its lead singer, Jeff Bebe would be found listening to.  Lazy vibe, vintage sounds.

5. Drive-By Truckers - "Outfit" (Live and acoustic at Cooley's House, 12/29/03) - OK, this one is almost too perfect.  A definite masterpiece in the Trucker's canon, Jason Isbell's song of fatherly warning is cautionary, yet encouraging.  A father sings to his rock front-man son, telling him not to fuck up the gifts that he's been given.  "Do you want to grow up to paint houses like me?  A trailer in your yard 'till you're 23?  Do you want to feel old after 42 years?  Keep droppin' the hammer and grindin' the gears."  Daddy sets it out nice and plain, while encouraging his son - "Don't sing with a fake British accent, a Southern man tells better jokes" and "Have fun and steer clear of the needle".  One could imagine Russell or Jeff's father singing this to them on the phone after calling home during a bender.

If any of you out there haven't seen Almost Famous, do yourself a favor and go out and grab a copy now.  It's likely the greatest love note to rock and roll that the silver screen has/will ever seen.  Grab a copy, look, and listen.

Nobody's Listening, My Friend

Good Evening.  Tonight, we are happy to introduce a new and (hopefully) recurring feature at The Ideological Cuddle.  I had the idea recently to throw some quick hit posts out there, highlighting Top 5 lists (everyone likes lists, right???).  There are tons of ideas bouncing around in my head (and further suggestions are always welcome... leave a comment).  Here's the first :

The Ideological Cuddle Top Five:  Unexpected Covers

1. The Afghan Whigs - "Miss World" - This might be my favorite cover of all time.  Greg Dulli manages to boil the punk roots of the Hole original down into a dirge - comprised of slow marching piano, pleading trumpet, sax, and trombone only.  Courtney Love's lyrics of self-loathing are taken from declaration of independence into funeral rite.  Originally released on the "Somethin' Hot" single, it is well worth seeking out.

2. Elvis Costello - "Beautiful" - Recorded for and initially heard over the end credits to an episode of the TV show House, Costello's take on the Christina Aguilera hit is surprising for its unadorned beauty.  It can be found on the soundtrack to the same show.

3. My Morning Jacket - "Tyrone" (Live on KVRX Radio, October, 2000) - This one shouldn't come as much of a surprise to those of you familiar with MMJ's sound.  Fans know that the band can stretch out into funk territory with the best of them.  Their reworking of Erykah Badu's classic is very faithful, funky, and fully-realized.  Jim James' gentle falsetto sits front and center.  The band has been known to pull this one out of their bag of tricks from time to time live in concert.  Keep an eye out for it (and click above for the real thing).

4. Gillian Welch and David Rawlings - "Black Star" (Live at Bonnaroo, 2007) - I hope everyone out there has heard the Radiohead original of this song, as it's a beautiful, guitar-driven ode to relationships on the brink of disaster, and one of the band's true underrated gems.  Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, alt-country troubadours to be sure, strip away the noisy layers of guitar and feedback, leaving the beautiful, acoustically strummed melody unadorned.  Their voices intermingle beautifully, leading to a stunning performance.  Not to be missed.

5. Ted Leo - "Since U Been Gone > Maps" (Live in Studio) - OK, not only does this track include two covers, but it shows Ted Leo's range (or possibly his insanity... maybe both).  Not many indie rock superheroes would dare cover something as mainstream as a Kelly Clarkson song, but Leo pulls it off with aplomb, showing the song to be a stunningly catchy tune.  His ability to go seamlessly into the Yeah Yeah Yeahs lone hit, "Maps", shows not only his range, but the scary similarities between the tunes.

BONUS COVER!!!  Ted Leo - "Spirit of Radio" (Rush cover Live In Studio) - The awesomeness of this track just speaks for itself - Ted Leo + Rush = Indie Fan Boy Wet Dream (and shit can Ted play guitar).

Until next time, drop your thoughts on future Top 5 lists below, or just feel free to share some of your favorite Unexpected Covers... and don't forget to listen...

I Don't Think I'm Gonna Last Very Much Longer

After another long break, the Cuddle is back, sweltering in some of the hottest weather we've seen here in Buffalo in July in ages. The entire East Coast seems mired in this heat wave, and what better way to celebrate sweating to death just breathing than an Ideological Cuddle Mix Tape. This means to be a series of mixes based on Summer themes. What better way to start than...

The Ideological Cuddle Sticky, Steamy Summer Mix

1. "Ten Cent Pistol" - The Black Keys - from Brothers
2. "Chest Fever" - The Band - from Music From Big Pink
3. "Evil" - Howlin' Wolf - from His Best: Chess 50th Anniversary
4. ""You've Got A Killer Scene There, Man"" - Queens of the Stone Age - from Lullabies To Paralyze
5. "And Then (The Hexx) (extended version) - Pavement - from Brighten the Corners: Nicene Creedence Edition
6. "Ventilator Blues" - The Rolling Stones - from Exile on Main Street
7. "Shade (I Know You, Pt. 4)" - Morphine - from At Your Service
8. "Red Clay" - Freddie Hubbard - from Red Clay
9. "Too Much Sorrow" - The Greenhornes - from Dual Mono
10. "The Lure Would Prove Too Much" - The Twilight Singers - from A Stitch in Time EP
11. "300 M.P.H. Torrential Outpour Blues" - The White Stripes - from Icky Thump
12. "Prison Girls" - Neko Case - from Middle Cyclone
13. "Root Down (And Get It)" - Jimmy Smith - from Root Down
14. "Angels and Fuselage" - Drive-By Truckers - from Southern Rock Opera
15. "What Needs Must Be" - Dead Meadow - from Old Growth
16. "Miles Runs the Voodoo Down" - Miles Davis - from Bitches Brew
17. "Ogeechee Hymnal" - Baroness - from Blue Record
18. "Sunstroke" - Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - from Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit
19. "I Still Want To Be Your Baby (Take Me Like I Am) - Bettye LaVette - from The Scene of the Crime
20. "Neglekted" - The Afghan Whigs - from 1965
21. "Run Thru" - My Morning Jacket - from Okonokos

Until next time, chill. And listen.

We Are the Innovators, They Are the Imitators

Here we are, Christmas Eve Eve... Hours away from the time when children are at their most excited... kind of like the audience who was lucky enough to be present when our next album was recorded.

NUMBER 8:

My Morning Jacket - Okonokos

The second live album on our top 20 of the decade was called, by allmusic.com, "one of the best live recordings of the past 30 years". They won't get much argument from me.

It is clear that My Morning Jacket is one of the most important bands of the past 10 years. Picking a favorite of their oeuvre is not as easy, as they are consistently excellent in the studio. The high, echoed, silo sound of It Still Moves and the proto-Prince keyboards of Z are worlds apart sonically, but linked in their key elements - excellent guitar playing, a rock-solid rhythm section, and strangely obtuse lyrics. The true way to hear this band, though, is live - as evidenced by their headlining, star-making turn at the 2008 Bonnaroo festival (and their eardrum-torching set at the Kool Haus in Toronto in Spring of that year - yeah, I was lucky enough to be there).

Okonokos was recorded at the legendary Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco. The accompanying DVD has had praised heaped upon it, but the music is what carries the day. The band's power is undeniable, but can switch to complete subtlety if need to be - check "Golden" - easily Mrs. Cuddle's favorite MMJ track - a beautiful acoustic guitar ode to the next plane of existence, it floats along on a beautifully picked lead guitar line and gentle slide guitar backing. The band's music is hook-laden, and ever-propelled by Jim James' broken falsetto. His howling lead vocal on the coda of the album's opener, "Wordless Chorus", is chill-inducing. Disc 2 really shows off the band's chops - the extended jams of "Steam Engine" and "Mahgeetah" are one thing, but the back to back colossuses of "Dondante" and "Run Thru" are downright epic. They seem to have movements much like classical music pieces and each reach deafening crescendos. The crowd is whipped into a frenzy with each passing moment, as if they understand that music history and the ascension of a legendary band is occurring in front of their eyes.

My Morning Jacket has been feted by publications, blogs, and critics alike (and has even been the subject of an episode of American Dad - if you haven't seen it, check out the episode "My Morning Straightjacket" here). The tracks below give a taste of the power of this band and this album. Please check them out and share them.

Okonokos - "Dondante"

Okonokos - "One Big Holiday"

Okonokos - "I Will Sing You Love Songs"

Happy Holidays, enjoy friends and family, and new music everywhere...