ANYMORE OF THIS MINDY

SMITH WITH MATTHEW PERRYMAN JONES

SONGWRITERS: MELINDA LEIGH SMITH; MATTHEW PERRYMAN JONES & SETH HAMILTON JONES

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: ANYMOR OF THIS

LABEL: TVX RECORDS

GENRE: COUNTRY

YEAR: 2013

Acclaimed songwriter Matthew Perryman Jones has teamed up with fellow Nashville artist Mindy Smith on a recent single. “Anymore of This” is co-written and performed by the pair and has already seen huge success thanks to several features on TV shows, including the wildly popular The Vampire Diaries.

Blending big-city intelligence and sophistication with the clear and honest passion of classic country and folk performers, Mindy Smith is a singer who combines the best of both worlds, and her talents have earned the young performer a growing reputation as an artist to watch, as well as some well-known admirers. Smith was born in Long Island, NY, and with the encouragement of her parents developed a passionate interest in music at an early age, taking up singing as a hobby. In 1994, Smith's mother lost a long battle with cancer, and after her passing Smith and her father moved to Knoxville, TN. Once they settled in their new home, Smith began exploring the musical heritage of the South and became enamored with folk, bluegrass, and the blues, developing a special enthusiasm for Alison Krauss, Shawn Colvin, and the Cox Family.

Where did I Begin

Turning through the pages

But I don't know what I've read

Thread is wearing thin

Everything's familiar

But I don't know who I am

Do you know where you're going?

Don't even know where I've been

Watching moments pass

I wanna run away from it

But I still won't take that step

Locked inside the glass

An empty box of memories

And a heart full of regret

Do you know where you're going?

Don't even know where I am

I don't wanna miss

I don't wanna miss anymore of this

Letting go I wanna feel all of it

I'm hanging on every word you say

I gotta keep goin'

Can't stay where I am

I don't wanna miss

I don't wanna miss anymore of this

Letting go I wanna feel all of it

I'm hanging on every word you say

I don't wanna miss

I don't wanna miss anymore of this

Letting go I wanna feel all of it

I'm hanging on every word you say

After the fall

We can recover

What's left in the dark

Can still be discovered

I won't give up

I won't give up no no

After the fall

We can recover

What's left in the dark

Can still be discovered

I won't give up

I won't give up oh no.

DARK FOUR DOOR

BILLY RAFFOUL

SONGWRITERS: BILLY RAFFOUL & ROSS JACOB GOLAN

COUNTRY: CANADA

ALBUM: DARK FOUR DOOR

LABEL: INTERSCOPE RECORDS

GENRE: ALTERNATIVE ROCK

YEAR: 2017

22 year old Billy Raffoul has been an artist we’ve been watching closely over the last few months, but who is he really? With a sound best described as “low-timbered rock and roll,” and an artist who has been compared to Neil Young and Jeff Buckley – Raffoul is one of Interscope’s most exciting recent signees.

He may be young in years, but he is wise in the realm of music, having been brought up in an art-centric family environment. His father, Jody Raffoul, is a musician who opened for Bon Jovi, Joe Cocker and many others, and his mom has a career in painting and writing . In fact, Billy claims that his parents are his inspiration all together and are a constant fountain of support. Billy has always been surrounded by music, and even joked saying “the Beatles were like Jesus in our house.”

You got up, you felt you should

I keep trying to myself I would've done the same had I could

I never thought that you would

But we became the eye of a storm, you took off from that outbound platform

And you went east 'cause it's easy

Don't mind if you leave me as long as you come back home

So I went south to define me and someday you'll find me

No different than I was before

Until then I'm still looking for you in every dark four door

Until then I'm still looking for you in every dark four door

I don't sleep enough at night

Imagining your silhouette I draw the outline of you in my mind

Since you went east 'cause it's easy

Don't mind if you leave me as long as you come back home

So I went south to define me and someday you'll find me

No different than I was before

Until then I'm still looking for you in every dark four door

Until then I'm still looking for you in every dark four door

Until then I'm still looking for you in every dark four door

Until then I'm still looking for you in every dark four door

Until then I'm still looking for you in every dark four door

Until then I'm still looking for you in every dark four door.

MY FIRST NIGHT WITHOUT YOU

CYNDI LAUPER

SONGWRITERS: TOM KELLY; BILLY STEINBERG & CYNDI LAUPER

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: A NIGHT TO REMEMBER

LABEL: SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT JAPAN

GENRE: POP ROCK

YEAR: 1989

A Night to Remember is the third studio album by American recording artist Cyndi Lauper. According to the book St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture (Volume 3), the album sold half a million copies in 1989 in the United States

Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper(born June 22, 1953) is an American singer, songwriter, actress and LGBT rights activist. Her career has spanned over 30 years. Her debut solo album She's So Unusual(1983) was the first debut female album to chart four top-five hits on the Billboard Hot 100—"Girls Just Want to Have Fun", "Time After Time", "She Bop", and "All Through the Night"—and earned Lauper the Best New Artist award at the 27th Grammy Awards in 1985. Her success continued with the soundtrack for the motion Picture The Goonies and her second record True Colors (1986). This album included the number one single "True Colors" and "Change of Heart", which peaked at number three.

I'm driving home from work

Knowing you're not there

I used to hurry home

Now I don't even care

The sun is in my eyes

So I can't see

But when it sets down behind the

Mountain it's gonna be

My first night without you

My first night without you

My first night without you

Oh... without you

I sit here like a fool

Remembering everything

The way we used to talk

The songs that we used to sing

I've got to try and leave

The past behind

But my memory's so good

I think that I'm losing my mind

My first night without you

My first night without you

And I wonder what I'll do

Oh... without you

Will I be able to sleep

Will I lie in my bed and weep

What if I forget

And reach for you

Will I dream about you

My first night... my first night

My first night without you

My first night without you

And I wonder what I'll do, oh...

My first night without you

My first night without you

And I wonder how I'll get through

Oh... without you.

THE DEVIL AND ME

IRA WOLF

SONGWRITER: IRA WOLF

WHERE: LIVE RED CLAY MUSIC FOUNDRY 2017

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: FICKLE HEART

LABEL: DIGITAL

GENRE: FOLK

YEAR: 2014

Ira Wolf is a new-folk singer from Montana who has found her voice all over the world. She has been on and off the road touring solo since summer 2014. This gives her the opportunity to share her Americana melodies all around the country and dive into nature in her down time. Solo travel has taught Ira to embrace fear and gain confidence.

They told me that my life is headed for the devil,

So I asked them, "what's a life if you're living like you're dead?"

They started praying, they were saying, "well we hope you'll be forgiven."

And even though I listened, I never heard a word they said.

Chorus:

Guess I was born to be a sinner, I was born to be free.

I was born to dance on two left feet.

So I kept on walking, I started talking with the devil,

And I asked them "what's a life if you live it like you're dead."

He took my soul and he washed it in a whiskey river.

I took his hand, we stood back, and watched the banks turn red.

Chorus:

'Cause I was born to be a sinner, I was born to be free.

I was born to dance on two left feet.

And raised up to be the rebel, I was made with a little bit of fire, you see.

I guess it's always been the devil and me.

If I hear those angels singing my song, well I'll shiver

'Cause I know they won't be coming here for anybody else.

But I won't pray, I've made my grave and I'll sleep in it.

If there's a heaven, Lord, I'm headed straight for hell.

Chorus:

'Cause I was born to be a sinner, I was born to be free.

I was born to dance on two left feet.

Raised up to be the rebel, I was blind but now I see

I guess it's always been, the devil and me.

ALL IS WELL

AUSTIN BASHAM

SONGWRITER: AUSTIN BASHAM

WHERE: BRUXELLE 2016

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: LINTON // OSLO

LABEL:NETTWERK RECORDS

GENRE: FOLK

YEAR: 2015

Austin Basham is a Texas born indie-folk singer with more talent in his pinky finger than most of us can imagine. If you’ve never heard of him before don’t worry because prior to his EP Linton // Oslo released on May 4th, 2015, he’s only had three singles on iTunes and sadly has no YouTube page, that being said keep an out out for him in the future. Maybe you can even claim to be one of his first fans!

The mellow, melodic nature found in all of his music including the 5 songs found in this EP, has the ability to snap you out of whatever you’re concentrating on and bring you into his world. The combination between his guitar playing and his soothing voice, his music connects you to memories, and gives you a sense reconnecting with an old familiar friend.

He says that his influences come from Bob Dylan and Johnny Flynn and it is in no way surprising. When listening to all his tracks, both from the EP and his singles, you can hear hints of their music within Basham’s voice and his guitar. My favourite track between on the EP is by far Running, which was also previously released on iTunes as a single.

Although there is a solid line between what is considered folk and what is considered indie in todays music world, Basham has found a perfect balance between the two.

I know what it is

But I'm hoping that all is well

No harvest of green

But it's still my heart to sell

I put everything I had

Into something that didn't grow

Like going on a wild hunt

Shooting arrows without a bow

But lord, you know it's true

I only want to be with you

Oh, you know it's true

I only want to be with you

Death is stopping by

And I'm hoping it's not too late

A filthy bishop to thank

Shaking hands into a fatal stalemate

Trading riches for love

Knock a year or two off of the pin

So got a hundred left to serve

Standing hopeless on court

But lord, you know it's true

I only want to be with you

Oh, you know it's true

I only want to be with you

Cause all your love

I left it at the door

Don't stop the skies

Let them rain

Let them pour

All your love

I left it at the door

Don't stop your heart

Let it rain

Let it pour

Don't stop these tears

Let them rain

Let them pour

Oh, let them pour

Oh, let them pour

And let them pour

Woe is me

Weary soul

Heeding grief

Your love in my heart

Feels like the ocean breeze

Said your love in my heart

Feels like the ocean breeze.

SUNNY GIRL

THE HEP STARS

SONGWRITER: BENNY ANDERSSON

COUNTRY: SWEDEN

ALBUM: THE HEP STARS

LABEL: OLGA RECORDS

GENRE: POP ROCK

YEAR: 1966

The Hep Stars was a Swedish rock group, formed in 1963 in Stockholm. During 1965-66 the band was the most successful of contemporary 1960s Swedish pop groups performing in the English language. Outside The Nordic Countries the band is best known as a launching point for the keyboard player and composer Benny Andersson, who went on to enjoy worldwide success with ABBA.

The band was founded by the drummer Christer "Chrille" Pettersson (3 November 1942 – 27 August 2006) and the bass guitarist Lennart "Lelle" Hegland with the keyboard player Hans Östlund and the guitarist-singer Jan "Janne" Frisk. At the height of their popularity, the line-up consisted of Hegland, Pettersson, Frisk and Sven "Svenne" Hedlund on lead vocals and Benny Andersson on keyboards.

She's a sunny girl, a real girl

And no-one can declare

That she's something that I never need

And never want to care for

She's a sunny girl, a real girl,

That's why she's satisfying

She will never ask for anything but you

Ain't that a girl

She's domestic, she is property

She's slim like reed

She's devertin', she is faithful

Ain't that all you need

And I'm souring like a feather

In a world I've just created

For a very simple reason

That is one, she's mine

She's all mine.

IT HAD TO BE YOU

HELEN FORREST & DICK HAYMES

SONGWRITER: ISHAM JONES

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: IT HAD TO BE YOU

LABEL: DECCA RECORDS

GENRE: JAZZ

YEAR: 1944

Helen Forrest (April 12, 1917 – July 11, 1999) was an American singer of traditional pop and swing music.

She served as the "girl singer" for three of the most popular big bands of the Swing Era (Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, and Harry James), thereby earning a reputation as "the voice of the name bands."

Dick: it had to be you, it had to be you

I wandered around and finally found the somebody who

Could make me be true, could make me feel blue

And even be glad just to be sad thinkin’ of you

Some others i’ve seen might never be mean

Might never be cross or try to be boss

But they wouldn’t do

For nobody else gave me a thrill

With all your faults, i love you still

It had to be you, wonderful you

It had to be you

Helen: It had to be you, it had to be you

I wandered around and finally found somebody who

Could make me be true, could make me beblue

And even be glad just to be sad thinkin’ of you

Some others i’ve seen might never be mean

Might never be cross or try to be boss

But they wouldn’t do

Dick: For nobody else gave me a thrill

With all your faults, i love you still

Helen: It had to be you, wonderful you

Both: It had to be you

LIFE ON MARS

DAVID BOWIE

SONGWRITER: DAVID BOWIE

COUNTRY: U. K.

ALBUM: HUNKY DORY

LABEL: RCA VICTOR

GENRE: ROCK AND ROLL

YEAR: 1971

"Life on Mars?", also known as "(Is There) Life on Mars?", is a song by David Bowie, first released in 1971 on the album Hunky Dory and also released as a single. The song, with cryptic lyrics by Bowie and prominent piano by Rick Wakeman, has been described by BBC Radio 2 as "a cross between a Broadway musical and a Salvador Dalí painting." When released as a single in 1973, it reached number three in the UK Singles Chart and stayed on the chart for thirteen weeks.

In 2015 Neil McCormick, chief rock music critic of The Daily Telegraph, ranked it as number one in his "100 Greatest Songs of All Time" list. In 2016, Pitchfork named it the best song of the 1970s.

David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie(/ˈboʊi/), was an English singer-songwriter and actor. He was a leading figure in popular music for over five decades, acclaimed by critics and fellow musicians for his innovative work. His career was marked by reinvention and visual presentation, his music and stagecraft significantly influencing popular music. During his lifetime, his record sales, estimated at 140 million albums worldwide, made him one of the world's best-selling music artists. In the UK, he was awarded nine platinum album certifications, eleven gold and eight silver, releasing eleven number-one albums. In the US, he received five platinum and nine gold certifications. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.

It's a God awful small affair

To the girl with the mousey hair

But her mummy is yelling: No!

And her daddy has told her to go

But her friend is nowhere to be seen

Now she walks through her sunken dream

To the seats with the clearest view

And she's hooked to the silver screen

But the film is sadd'ning bore

For she's lived it ten times or more

She could spit in the eyes of fools

As they ask her to focus on

Sailors fighting in the dance hall.

Oh man!

Look at those cavemen go

It's the freakiest show

Take a look at the lawman

Beating up the wrong guy

Oh man!

Wonder if he'll ever know

He's in the best selling show

Is there life on Mars?

It's on America's tortured brow

That Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow

Now the workers have struck for fame

'Cause Lennon's on sale again

See the mice in their million hordes

From Ibeza to the Norfolk Broads

Rule Britannia is out of bounds

To my mother, my dog, and clowns

But the film is a sadd'ning bore

'Cause I wrote it ten times or more

It's about to be writ again

As I ask you to focus on

Sailors fighting in the dance hall

Oh man!

Look at those cavemen go

It's the freakiest show

Take a look at the lawman

Beating up the wrong guy

Oh man!

Wonder if he'll ever know

He's in the best selling show

Is there life on Mars?

FRIDAY I'M IN LOVE

THE CURE

SONGWRITERS: BORIS WILLIAMS; PERRY BAMONTE; PORL THOMPSON; ROBERT SMITH & SIMON GALLUP

COUNTRY: U. K.

ALBUM: WISH

LABEL: FICTION

GENRE: JANGLE POP

YEAR: 1992

"Friday I'm in Love" is a song by British rock band The Cure. It is the second single taken from the álbum Wish (1992), and was a worldwide hit. It won the award for European Viewer's Choice for Best Music Video at the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards.

Robert Smith, the song's primary writer, described it in 1992 as both "a throw your hands in the air, let's get happy kind of record" and "a very naïve, happy type of pop song."

The Cure are an English rock band formed in Crawley, West Sussex, in 1976. The band has experienced several line-up changes, with vocalist, guitarist, and principal songwriter Robert Smith being the only constant member. The Cure first began releasing music in the late 1970s with their debut álbum Three Imaginary Boys (1979); this, along with several early singles, placed the band as part of the post-punk and New Wave movements that had sprung up in the wake of the punk rock revolution in the United Kingdom. During the early 1980s, the band's increasingly dark and tormented music (as well as Smith's stage look) was a staple of the emerging style of music known as gothic rock.

I don't care if Monday's blue

Tuesday's grey and Wednesday too

Thursday, I don't care about you

It's Friday I'm in love

Monday you can fall apart

Tuesday, Wednesday break my heart

Thursday doesn't even start

It's Friday I'm in love

Saturday wait

And Sunday always comes too late

But Friday never hesitate

I don't care if Monday's black

Tuesday, Wednesday heart attack

Thursday, never looking back

It's Friday I'm in love

Monday you can hold your head

Tuesday, Wednesday stay in bed

Oh Thursday watch the walls instead

It's Friday I'm in love

Saturday wait

And Sunday always comes too late

But Friday never hesitate

Dressed up to the eyes

It's a wonderful surprise

To see your shoes and your spirits rise

Throwing out your frown

And just smiling at the sound

And as sleek as a shriek

Spinning round and round

Always take a big bite

It's such a gorgeous sight

To see you eat in the middle of the night

You can never get enough

Enough of this stuff

It's Friday I'm in love

I don't care if Monday's blue

Tuesday's gray and Wednesday too

Thursday I don't care about you

It's Friday I'm in love

Mondays you can fall apart

Tuesday Wednesday break my heart

Thursday doesn't even start

It's Friday I'm in love.