Tag: Song of the Week
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Song of the Week: Painter Song
After last week’s 80s blast from the past, this song of the week is of a more mellow hue. Taken from eleven-time Grammy Award winner, Norah Jones, the Pax Plena song of the week is whimsically titled, Painter Song. Musically, the song carefully opens with the melded strains of acoustic guitar and Jones’ soft vocals.…
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Song of the Week: Walk of Life
We’re all about change here at Pax Plena. After a one time song of the week siesta (due largely to a confused blogger coming off a long weekend), this week’s Pax Plena song of the week is back with a vengeance. Stretching the boundaries of genre, good taste and form, the Pax Plena song of…
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Song of the Week: Guitars, Cadillacs
The Pax Plena song of the week comes to you from country music legend Dwight Yoakam and is titled Guitars, Cadillacs. As some fans may recall, way back in 1986 Dwight Yoakam took the country music world by storm introducing an unexpected resurgence of Buck Owens’ “Bakersfield sound” to an ailing industry which had begun…
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Song of the Week: All at Sea
On this balmy, spring day, the Pax Plena song of the week comes to you direct from the memories of lazy college afternoons past courtesy of Jazz up-and-comer Jamie Cullum and his 2003 hit, All at Sea. One remarkable aspect of Cullum’s music is its inexplicable performance style. With Cullum, every song is its own…
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Song of the Week: Good Directions
With 80 degree weather newly come to Boston, my mind turns toward thoughts of summer. Billy Currington’s Good Directions fits the bill just fine. The song tells the story of an improbable summer love with a mix of hot weather, pick up trucks, and turnips. It’s a fun little song and just right for this…
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