I was thinking the other day that 2007 was a pretty good year for new music. I spend a lot of time looking for new music to add to my collection but it seems like every year I'm discovering more old music than new stuff. 2007 was the first year where I felt like there was actually a lot of good new music released. It was actually the first year in a while that I actually bought albums that were great, not just songs. I realize that music is very subjective so this of course is just my opinion. As a way of commemorating the music of 2007 I decided to put together a compilation of what were my favourite songs of the year. This was no easy task. It was actually, a close second to when I put together a compilation of the greatest love songs of all time. That my friends was my Everest. So I've put together a playlist below of the songs that were my favourites from the past year. Although I came across a lot of great music, I stuck to only including music that was released in 2007 .
As far as major highlights go I have to make special mention of my favourite album of the year which was Josh Ritter's "The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter". If you have some time, check out the album which you can listen to in its entirety here. I believe this actually was his fourth major release and although I had heard of him before I really hadn't listened to much of his music. After I heard some songs off of this album I started going through the rest of his stuff and was pretty blown away. If you're into singer/songwriter stuff you'd probably like a lot of his stuff. One of my personal favourites is a song called "Kathleen" from one of his earlier albums. It's a pretty great love song. Kind of makes me wish my name was Kathleen. It also includes some great lyrics including my favourite, "Every heart is a package tangled up in knots someone else tied." Ain't it though? You can hear the whole song on his myspace page.
So aside from Josh there was a lot of other great stuff and I hope you enjoy the sampling I've put together. Also feel free to chime in on what your favourites were from the year.
Enjoy!
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"Live out the String" was how Cohn opened his concert out here... it was beyond awesome. But then, a song written after you've survived a bullet to the head has got to be good.
Is that Sarah MacLaughlin in a cameo on Born Losers?
Marc opened the show with that song at the show I was at too. It's a great opener.
The singer on Born Losers is actually an unsigned country/roots singer from B.C. named Nadia Johnson. I know I wondered who it was when I first heard it and it does sound like Sarah.
I think I am in love with Feist. Her song about cracks in a relationship is so telling.
B.C. is a hotbed of interesting singers, that is for sure. I found out recently that the "best acoustic guitarist in Canada" is a man I was loosely acquainted with at church in Vancouver... Allen desNoyers. Did I ever feel like an idiot later when I found out what a star he is. Sheesh.
Yeah, you're a loser. B.C. singers blow.
Hey is that you Warren X. Buffet/Darren/Anonymous? If so, welcome back to the blog I missed your insightful comments.
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