Don’t ask me why I obsessively look to rock ’n’ roll bands for some kind of model for a better society. I guess it’s just that I glimpsed something beautiful in a flashbulb moment once, and perhaps mistaking it for prophecy have been seeking its fulfillment ever since.
- Lester Bangs
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It was pretty much love at first listen for me with Eleni Mandell. She has the most amazing old soul voice, blending elements of jazz, pop, folk, and rock seamlessly. It was her album 'Miracle Of Five' that grabbed my attention, but seeing her open up for the Frames last year in LA was what cemented my love of her music.
Ms Mandell has a brand new record out entitled 'Artificial Fire' and it is a keeper. I am currently playing it into the ground. Here is one of my favorite track from the new album...
I was lucky enough to catch Eleni Mandell open up a show for The Frames last September in Los Angeles, and I was blown away. I had her latest album, 'Miracle Of Five' before the show, but never really gave it a shot. It has been in heavy rotation ever sense.
Beautifully crafted pop songs with intelligent, sincere lyrics...just a great collection of music. Here is a video and a couple of tracks from the album...enjoy.
I had the pleasure of seeing Eleni Mandell back in September when she opened up a show for the Frames here in Los Angeles. I had been a fan of hers on a sort of casual level before that, but I was totally won over that night.
Her voice is pitch perfect for the sort of lovely folk/rock songs that she sings. Her latest record 'Miracle Of Five' is full of great tunes, like these two I am sharing...my two favorite off of the record. Do yourself a favor and check her out, your ears and soul will thank you!
...or my email is anyway! Hey, it's me Blair...the Certain Songs staff of one. I just do this for the love of the music and am in no way trying to rip anybody off, so if you are an artist or a record label and you are not happy that I am promoting your music, or you want me to take a song down, just shoot me an email and I will most definitely oblige.
And please support the artists I post here in whatever way you can if you do download a song...go to a show, buy some merch, buy an album...these songs are the soundtrack to my life and I just love to share them. But I can only do that if the insanely talented artist responsible for said songs are able to eat.
I also love hearing new stuff...so any submissions can also be sent to my email, I will try my bestest to listen to everything and get back to you all...peace,love,rock n' roll.
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I guess you're old enough to know. Kids out on the east coast. Roughly twenty years old. Got coaxed out by a certain perfect ratio. Of warm beer to the summer smoke. And the meat loaf to the billy joel. Certain songs they get so scratched into our souls.
She goes low on the seats when she gets high in her car. She looks shallow but shes neck deep in the steamy dreams of the guys along the harbor bars. She's pulling out her shirttails and jacking up her socks. Stern and stoned and confident, coming up towards the jukebox. Born into the only songs that everybody finally sings along. B-1 is for the good girls. It's only the good die young. C-9 is for the making eyes. It's paradise by the dashboard light. D4 is for the lovers. B12 is for the speeders. And the hard drugs are for the bartenders and the kitchen workers and the bartender's friends. And they're playing it again. Ellen Foley gives us hope. Certain songs they get scratched into our souls.
I guess you're old enough to know. Kids out on the west coast are taking off their clothes. Screwing in the surf and going out to shows. They get high and ride around in gtos. I guess you're old enough to know. CERTAIN SONGS THEY GET SCRATCHED INTO OUR SOULS. - The Hold Steady
