Music Mondays and Train Tuesdays [combined this week] I’m continuing the “good music and trains go together” theme again, this week featuring Minnesota’s Mother Banjo with her gospel train song. Revival Train Video Revival Train Song Follow the links to preview/order Revival Train by Mother Banjo off her The Sad and Found album. Investigate Further: [...]
Music Mondays and Train Tuesdays [combined this week] I’m continuing the “good music and trains go together” theme again this week. Some good train songs recorded by Ralph Stanley include: I Hear a Choo Choo Coming Ridin’ That Midnight Train (with Iris DeMent) I’ll Just Catch a Train and Ride (featuring Keith Whitley) He’s Coming [...]
Music Mondays and Train Tuesdays [combined this week] Good music and trains go together. First, here’s a good cover of Hurt by Johnny Cash. It’s not a train song, but the music video for Hurt shows Johnny Cash riding in the cab of Southern 4501. Railroad songs by Johnny Cash include: Folsom Prison Blues I [...]
Music Mondays and Train Tuesdays [combined this week] Chatham County Line is one of my favorite young bluegrass bands (see: Highly Recommended Bluegrass Music: Chatham County Line). This week I’m featuring two train songs by Chatham County Line: Engine No. 709 from the album Route 23 (my favorite of the Chatham County Line albums) The [...]
Music Mondays On Sunday morning, I caught some of an Americana Music Special on PBS. It featured some pretty good music. One of the highlights for me was a performance of Cup of Sorrow by Amos Lee. There’s also a live version of Cup of Sorrow (Live) – iTunes Live from SoHo available from iTunes. [...]