Liz Brasher "Blood of the Lamb"

I don’t even know where to start this week’s posting. The tornadoes that leveled beloved neighborhoods in Nashville have spawned an army of love to clean up and aid in every way they can. Tennessee is indeed the Volunteer State. We have much to do, and it will take months. Obviously it will never be the same for those that lost loved ones, and our hearts go out to everyone that has been impacted. And then they cancelled SXSW due to fears about Covid19. What an incredible loss for another city we love, Austin, TX. And today we heard that Tin Pan South has been postponed in Nashville, what with both Corona Virus worries and tornado clean up.

Some music to take our minds off of things, perhaps? Today’s video is one of my favorite tunes from Memphis’ Liz Brasher. Coming from a deeply religious family, she channels that into her rock and roll. I think keeping the faith is particularly appropriate right now. “Blood of the Lamb” can be found on Liz’ 2019 Painted Image album. Here is the haunting Music Fog solo version, filmed during a private recording session in Nashville last year.

- Jessie Scott

Photo Credit: Joseph Brasher

Todd Snider "Just Like Overnight"

Leap Day! Our good buddy Abbey Road of Coupland and Devil’s Backbone venue fame shared little-known facts about leap year, including that women can ask men to marry and they can’t say no. Since it takes the earth 365 days, 5 hours and 48 minutes to orbit each year, we have to re-sync or we would wind up off by about 24 days every century. It’s not precise, but then, what is?

Todd Snider is a folk singer, truth teller, bon vivant, and raconteur. His music speaks to the conditions of life and that is ever so relatable. Go see him on the road for the full Todd effect. Music Fog pulled out one of the songs off his recent Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol. 3 to feature today. By the way, Volumes 1 & 2 have not seen light of day as yet, so don’t go looking for them! Filmed in a private session last year, in Nashville, here is the Music Fog recording of “Just Like Overnight.” Something to ponder this leap year. We go day after day, until it dawns on us that something has to change.

- Jessie Scott

Becky Warren "Valentine"

Becky Warren and Jeff Malinowski perform "Valentine," from Becky's recent album, Undesirable. Filmed during a Nashville Music Fog session on 2/8/19.

Valentine’s Day makes people feel bad. If you are in love, isn’t that enough? Does it necessitate a show of chocolate and flowers to prove it? If you are not in love, does it make you feel like you are missing something? I think not, but that’s just me. Love is a wonderful thing, and it can manifest in many ways, be it with friends, family, pets, and of course with significant others. Show some love today, pay it forward by doing something nice for someone. And smile, it’s contagious.

Today’s video “Valentine” is an ode to a broken heart from Becky Warren, with lovely guitar licks from Jeff Malinowski. It comes from her 2018 album Undesirable, an album written with and for street people, in an effort to allow their stories to see light of day. Here is the sparse and haunting Music Fog version, filmed last year during a private recording session in Nashville.

- Jessie Scott

Photo Credit: Anna Haas