Carl Sandburg Visits Me In A Dream

During the month of June we brought you live tracks each day…okay, we missed a couple days toward the end of the month but who’s really keeping score anyway? The rest of the summer will consist of some week-long features. This week, 7/9-7/13, we will be throwin’ remixed track(s) at you everyday, culminating in the CSV “Ultimate Summer Party Mix” coming at you on Friday.

To kick this week off, check out the chilled out Dunphy remix of Voxtrot’s “Mothers, Sisters, Wives and Daughters” (4.75/5)–I can’t get enough of this band this summer.

As an added bonus here is a remixed version of “Killer Parties” (4.85/5) by The Hold Steady

The now illustrious Nick Drake has pulled a 2pac with his latest collection of posthumous songs, Family Tree. While some of the tracks are a bit scratchy and relatively filler material, even the weaker tracks give a deeper look into a musical genius that had such a troubled mind. You can hear Drake making jokes over the demo takes, offering a rather lighter glance at the king of symphonic folk arrangements. What is very clear on this 22-track gem is the relative ease with which Drake could make instantly classic pop-folk-blues tunes, that would flirt between the delightfully cheerful music accompaniment to the rather dark and nature based imagery employed in the lyrics. “Black Mountain Blues” sounds like his classic “Man in A Shed” while “My Baby’s So Sweet” is a jammin’, fun-filled, blues-soul gem that features those silky smooth baritone vocals that made listeners perk up their ears in the first place.

Listen to “Black Mountain Blues” (4.9/5)
Listen to “Blues Run The Game” (4.6/5)