If music be the food of love, play on.
- William Shakespeare
|a list of all the music mentioned on Melody Monday|
|a list of all the music mentioned on Melody Monday|
2 August 2010. Album. Hymned No. 1. Bart Millard.
Hymned No. 1 provides a new twist on some old hymns with the kind of swinging, back-porch gospel style that you would expect in a white-washed, one-room church in the deep south (without the ridiculous Southern twang).
9 August 2010. Song. Lighthouse. The Hush Sound.
One of the most endearing things about Lighthouse is that it tells a story that is all at once intricate and simple. The song follows two different stories: the first being a girl and possibly her lover and the second being the age-old ghost of a young woman.
Although it seems that listening to two different tales being told in the same song would be confusing, The Hush Sound's female lead vocalist, Greta, changes the melody and timbre of the song as she changes between the stories, giving the song the eerie notes and minor tone that meld with the vague spookiness of the story itself.
16 August 2010. Song. Poison & Wine. The Civil Wars.
Poison & Wine was The Civil Wars' first single (as far as I know - but I don't have any time to check that right now and still get this in on Monday) and it was number one for a while. Then it came out on their EP (which means Extended Play, in case you didn't know, 'cause I didn't) with three other beautiful songs but Poison & Wine is definitely the one of the best.
Although it seems that listening to two different tales being told in the same song would be confusing, The Hush Sound's female lead vocalist, Greta, changes the melody and timbre of the song as she changes between the stories, giving the song the eerie notes and minor tone that meld with the vague spookiness of the story itself.
16 August 2010. Song. Poison & Wine. The Civil Wars.
