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Four Walls @FourWalls (86829) • United States 18 Feb

A very happy howdy from Chuy’s! In Huntsville, Alabama. I love the fact that they’re a chain. I also love music, as you well know, and I’m happy to celebrate Black History Month with music. Here’s one of the most...

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1985 Songs: Delirium Tremens

Four Walls @FourWalls (86829) • United States 3 Mar 25

Well, if you think you haven’t known the “hits,” wait until you get a load of THIS! Wow, I can’t believe this song is 40 years old now. I haven’t known it that long, but I’m thankful for every moment I have known it. This song...

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Music’s Aviation Tragedies: Stan Rogers

Four Walls @FourWalls (86829) • United States 14 Feb 24

Today’s victim of a plane disaster isn’t well-known in America, and that’s a crying shame. However, I think our Canadian myLotters will know at least his name. And I know that @TheHorse knows his music because he...

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Top Ten Banned Songs: Black Day in July (#8)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86829) • United States 24 Jul 23

Yeah, it’s early. But I went to bed really early, too. Another day, another myLotter, and another bunch of cops on our tail. Meanwhile, I’m not forgetting the countdown of songs that were banned. We’re in the top...

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Banned Songs: Puff the Magic Dragon

Four Walls @FourWalls (86829) • United States 14 Jul 23

Can you stand TWO Kentuckians in a row? That’s what we have here! And will you look at this, a third Kentuckian on the list of songs that got banned?? What’s in our water? Here’s today’s great song you...

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1963 Songs: Blowin’ in the Wind

Four Walls @FourWalls (86829) • United States 3 Apr 23

Thanks, Country Music Association, for making me feel OLD. They announced the “class of 2023” Hall of Fame inductees this morning, and all three — Tanya Tucker, Patty Loveless, and songwriter Bob McDill — have had their...

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Island Hopping Top Ten: Christian Island (Georgian Bay) (#4)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86829) • United States 2 Dec 21

Oh, look, a baseball work stoppage. I can’t see them worrying about money after signing some 36-year-old pitcher to a $44 million a year contract. Anyway, we’ll sail to an island removed from baseball. This...

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Airplane-Themed Top Ten: Early Morning Rain (#3)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86829) • United States 21 Nov 21

Along with favorites with “fly” in the title I’m doing a companion countdown of songs with an airplane theme. Today’s song doesn’t have “plane” in the title, and you may not immediately think of it as an “airplane” song, but...

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Is music the same in today's time?

Wati @Bryanwati (158) • Dibrugarh, India 29 Jun 21

People nowadays hardly sing or listen to folk music. It was such a great experience to watch and listen to folk songs as a kid. Today people have started mixing music with different musical genres and experiment with it. I think...

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Favorite Canadian Musicians: Gordon Lightfoot (#1)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86829) • United States 14 Jul 20

July 1 was Canada Day, and I do hope our friends to the north had a great celebration. I’ve been celebrating with music, which is about all I know how to do. Tomorrow I’ll count down ten favorites by Canadian artists, but for...

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Favorite Canadian Musicians: Bruce Cockburn (#6)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86829) • United States 9 Jul 20

So yesterday it was country music. Today’s Canadian musician spotlight, in honor of Canada Day earlier this month, turns on someone that most Americans haven’t heard of, or barely remember. That’s okay. I’ve seen him live, met...

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Did you play spin the bottle when you were a 'tween?

The Horse @TheHorse (238349) • Walnut Creek, California 9 Apr 20

Horse Jr. and I went cycling the other day. He is still into Minecraft and Matchbox cars. But I remember having crushes on girls when I was 11-years-old. Only two years later, I would go to parties where we would play "spin the...

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Maria Muldaur - Midnight at the Oasis

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222726) • United States 20 Oct 19

Maria Muldaur was born in 1943 (Maria Grazia Rosa Domenica D'Amato) in Greenwich Village, New York City. She is an American folk and blues singer that has been active from 1963 to the present time. She was part of the American...

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Listening to music while I mylot.

marguicha @marguicha (230365) • Chile 18 Jun 19

I am listening to a wonderful song written by a Chilean poet, singer and folk music researcher: Violeta Parra. This version is sung by another wonder of folk music the singer from Argentina Mercedes...

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Do you have a life playlist?

MAJor @mvaj400 (22) • Philippines 12 Feb 19

I have compiled songs which stuck to me since I was small. Of course, there were more of these in my adolescent years when we begin to admire person of the opposite sex. Many of these songs were pop songs, but then in my...

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Folk music. Mexico, a day before its Independence day.

marguicha @marguicha (230365) • Chile 14 Sep 18

I woke up today thinking of the holidays we will have next week. And I also remembered the wonderful year that I was in Ciudad de México during their Independence Day on September 15, 3 days before ours. Several Latin American...

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Play it Again, Sam #30a - "Diamonds and Rust"

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43655) • Denver, Colorado 9 May 18

I am not even motivated enough to explain my lack of motivation over the last three days, but three days away from Play it Again, Sam, is enough, motivation be damned. As always, Play it Again, Sam, is a two part discussion...

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BOOK REVIEW: Sing Out Warning Sing Out Love The Writings Of Lee Hays (Robert Koppelman Editor)

danishcanadian @danishcanadian (28954) • Canada 18 Jan 18

I couldn't review one of these wonderful books without reviewing the other. As part of my research I discovered a second book, this one a compilation of Lee's writing. As well as a talented singer, Lee Hays was also a talented and...

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Favorite "Silent" Songs #9 - "The Sound of Silence"

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43655) • Denver, Colorado 26 Aug 17

Even though it didn't fit, a late night listen to "Solitude" by Denver goth band Caustic Soul inspired this latest theme, my Favorite "Silent" Songs series, featuring songs with "silent," or "silence" in the title. We are at #9,...

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Thoughts on an Arlo Guthrie Concert

Siduri @msiduri (5687) • United States 9 Apr 17

Friday night, my dearly beloved and I along with some friends saw Arlo Guthrie in concerto (for those born after 1975, I've included a Wikipedia link). He didn't play "Alice's Restaurant," but he played some new stuff that sounded...

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