July Playlist: Road Trip Songs

/1 Comment/in , , , , /by

This was a really fun playlist to put together. A longer (much longer) version of it is on our Spotify (look up Betony Coons). Enjoy hitting the road this summer!

On the Road Again • Willie Nelson
Here I Go Again • Whitesnake
I’ve Been Everywhere • Johnny Cash
Take Me Home, Country Roads • John Denver
Life is a Highway • Tom Cochrane
Can’t You See • The Marshall Tucker Band
Joyride • Roxette
Ride Like the Wind • Christopher Cross
Song for the Road • David Ford
Jerry was a Race Car Driver • Primus
I Can’t Drive 55 • Sammy Hagar
Route 66 • Chuck Berry

July 4th Playlist

/0 Comments/in , , , /by

American classics and bits of musical Americana to ignite your summer

Stars & Stripes Forever • John Phillip Sousa

This Land is Your Land • Woody Guthrie

America the Beautiful • Ray Charles

Party in the USA • Miley Cyrus

American Girl • Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

America • Simon and Garfunkel

Born in the U.S.A. • Bruce Springsteen

American Pie • Don McLean

America • West Side Story

Firework • Katie Perry

Living in America • James Brown

Star Spangled Banner (Live at Woodstock) • Jimi Hendrix

May Playlist: “School’s Out Forever!”

/0 Comments/in , , , , /by

During this time of year I still go to songs that shout out
lyrics like “School’s out forever!” It reminds me of the blessing of those educational years and makes me thankful I’m not sitting in class anymore. Here’s a playlist celebrating everything heading to summer.

 
SCHOOL’S OUT

School’s Out • Alice Cooper
Another Brick in the Wall • Pink Floyd
Good Riddance • Green Day
In the End • Linkin Park
Pomp & Circumstance • USAF Heritage of American Band
Graduation • Vitamin C
Everybody’s Free to Wear Sunscreen • Baz Luhrmann
Friday • Rebecca Black
Be Chrool to Your Scuel • Twisted Sister
Bitter Sweet Symphony • The Verve
We Are the Champions • Queen
Summertime  • Bon Jovi
Summertime  • DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
Freebird  • Leonard Skynard
Are You Ready for the Summer?  • Meatballs Movie Soundtrack
Compass  • Lady Antebellum
We Go Together  • Grease Soundtrack
Shut Up and Let Me Go  • The Ting Tings

Spring Playlist: April Showers

/0 Comments/in , , /by

This month is a great time to gather and listen to songs about rain. Wonderful music has been dedicated to these themes of storm clouds and pouring skies. Here’s a collection  featured for April.

For an even more expansive list check out Betony Coons’ spotify. It’s 35 + songs that were found by crowd-sourcing (posing the question on Facebook, “What are great songs involving rain”?)

Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head • Burt Bacharach & B.J. Thomas
No Rain • Blind Melon
Singing in the Rain • Gene Kelly
Thunder Rolls • Garth Brooks
Little April Showers • from Bambi
Umbrella • Rihanna
Somewhere Over the Rainbow • Judy Garland
Riders on the Storm • The Doors
It Never Rains in Southern California • Albert Hammond & M. Hazelwood
Shelter From the Storm • Bob Dylan
November Rain • Guns N’ Roses
Have You Ever Seen the Rain?  • Creedence Clearwater Revival
Holy Sunlight • Steve Doupolous