Music Overload!

When I started this blog, a big part of my weekly post was the Song of the Week. Ever since I've been pregnant (i.e. SICK AS A DOG) and not cooking as much, I've been terrible about featuring my favorite music. Now that I'm back in the kitchen (more or less), iTunes is again playing a role in my nightly cooking routine, so the tunes are back!

Since I'm WEEKS & WEEKS behind on my "Song of the Week," I'm going to give you a whiz-bang of a music post today. When I was pregnant with Cate I made a CD for myself with a bunch of "lullabies" that I would one day sing to our little baby (now babies!). I wanted some GOOD music that would be fun to sing and fun for my kids to grow up with. (The "Sweet Baby James" album will forever be burned in my brain after singing those songs countless times with my dad and his guitar when I was young.)

I thought sharing the list might be nice of me since I have such great taste. :) Seriously, these songs RULE. Uh, this is one LONG post...
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1. 'Blackbird' by Sarah McLachlan. A beautiful Beatles cover from the "I Am Sam" soundtrack.




2. 'Humble Me' by Norah Jones. A sad song, but again, beautiful.




3. 'High Tide or Low Tide' by Ben Harper and Jack Johnson. A GREAT Marley cover - more "lullaby-ish" than the original Marley version. AWESOME lyrics.

4. 'Angel From Montgomery' by Susan Tedeschi.A super duper version of this awesome classic song.



5. 'I'll Fly Away' by Alison Krauss & Gillian Welch. Get ready for a few more of these GREAT "O Brother, Where Art Thou" songs!



6. 'In the Lord's Arms' by Ben Harper. LOVE IT.





7. 'Who Will Sing Me Lullabies' by Kate Rusby. Kate is a modern Irish folk singer - you can hear the "irishness" in her voice, but it's not overkill and her music is really enchanting.


8. 'Down to the River to Pray' by Alison Krauss. What would we do without the "O Brother" soundtrack I ask you?!?!



9. 'In the Garden' by Susan Tedeschi. Here's Susan again - seriously, I've told you guys about her before - you've GOTTA listen to her.



10. 'By My Side' by Ben Harper. Perhaps one of my all time favorite Ben songs. He's making a lot of appearances on this list too...hmmm...I've already admitted to my crush. He rules.


11. 'Didn't Leave Nobody but the Baby' by Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss & Gillian Welch. O Brother, here they are again.



12. 'Case of You' by Joni Mitchell. Maybe not the happiest song, but this is by far my favorite Joni Mitchell song EVER. Wish I could sing it like her.


13. 'I Am Weary' by the Cox Family. Sorry...more "O Brother"




14. 'Helplessly Hoping' by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. One of their prettiest songs.




And YES...the last two songs are from "O Brother"

15. 'In the Highways' by the Peasall Sisters. My very musical brother-in-law Jake (who first introduced us to this album way back in the day) has visions of his future children singing in 3-part harmony whenever he hears this song. So cute!

16. 'You Are my Sunshine' by Norman Blake. I gotta tell you about another version I found this week, however - by Elizabeth Mitchell. Elizabeth's version is my favorite and would have taken Norman's place had I known about her 3 years ago.

Alright, I think 16 songs should cover me for the missing weeks! Now get on iTunes and get listening!

Sorry all the links to Amazon in this post are to the actual CDs...one day I may set up the links to the Amazon MP3s, but it will take me FOREVER. So, until then, links stay as is.