Music Video Monday: Little Bird

I am trying to get some sense of normalcy here at Night Beat HQ, and the best way to do that is to have a regular scheduling of Music Video Monday. So here we go.

We begin our video tour with a little folk music. We will be singing about the Little Bird with Misty Edwards.

Next up we rock out to Red and Darkest Part.

And finally we move on to Rap music, and Eshon Burgundy. This is a bit of Higher Learning

That does it for this edition of Music Video Monday. Tomorrow we return to the Second Quarter Announcements. Until then, I am Awaiting Your Reply.

Polar Vortex Polka Redux: The 2015 2nd Quarter - Rock

We are going full speed ahead as we go through the announcements of the 2nd Quarter #PlatVnyl6 pool. We are moving on to Rock and Roll, the 3rd of our Single Genre Postings, as we go from least to greatest number of nominees.

Rock Music

• Altar Boys - Gut Level Music (Re-release)
• Jeremy Camp - I Will Follow
• Hawk Nelson - Diamonds
• Mat Kearney - Just Kids
• Ravenhill - Soul
• Red - Of Beauty and Rage
• Sumerlin - Runaways Deluxe

This was a stacked genre, with The Altar Boys re-release and new releases from Red and Sumerlin (okay, a deluxe edition) gaining perfect 5's. We shall have a day off on Sunday, and as we are getting back to our normal Music Video Monday Schedule I shall return with the 2nd Quarter Announcements on Tuesday. Until next time, I am Awaiting Your Reply.

Polar Vortex Polka Redux: The 2015 2nd Quarter - Folk Music

Welcome back to our announcement of the 2nd Quarter of 2015 Pool Eligible Entries. We are moving through the field in brisk order. We now come upon Folk Music, and its harder edged sibling, Folk Rock. Here we go

Folk/Folk Rock

• The Brilliance - Brother
• Copperlilly - Copperlilly
• The Grey Havens - Fire and Stone
• Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors - Medicine
• I Am They - I Am They
• The Vespers - Sisters and Brothers

Again, purely coincidentally based on Alphabetical order, The Vespers is the last one mentioned and it is also a Perfect Album. But once again it is well earned. Hard to believe but this is only the third album by The Vespers. They have been cranking out excellence like they've been around for decades. Rock Music is next. Until then, I am Awaiting Your Reply.

Polar Vortex Polka Redux: The 2015 2nd Quarter - Alternative

We are continuing our rollout of the 2nd Quarter 2015 Pool Eligible entries. We had no entries in three genres and covered 6 more in our first two posts, so 9 genres are in the bag. For the remaining single genre postings we go from least to greatest in nominees. Our first post, therefore, belongs to Alternative Music, which had 5 nominees, which is our minimum posting limit.

Alternative

• Aaron Gillespie - Grace Through The Wandering
• Pacific Gold - Sing My Welcome Home
• Kevin Max - Broken Temples
• Sixpence None The Richer - The Ultimate Collection
• Jonathan Thulin - Science Fiction

Purely coincidental, but our last listing is actually a perfect 5. Of course Jonathan Thulin earns it. I can hardly wait for the Music Videos to come out. Until next time, when we shall go to Folk Music, I am Awaiting Your Reply.

Polar Vortex Polka Redux: The 2015 2nd Quarter - Adult Contemporary Dance

We continue our progression through the 2015 2nd Quarter eligible releases. This is the second of our multiple genre nominations. In our first post we announced Children's Music, Jazz, Pop and the Remix. For this post there are but two genres. They are Adult Contemporary and Dance-Synthpop. From here on in we go with single genre posts. We begin again.

Dance/Synthpop

• Hillsong Young and Free - This Is Living
• Inspire Music - Inspire
• Various - WoW Hits Party Mix

Adult Contemporary/Inspirational

• Among The Thirsty - Who You Say I Am
• Jared Anderson - Where I Am Right Now
• Davis The Band - Only Your Love
• Matt Maher - Saints and Sinners

Yes there is a double dipper. WoW Hits party mix is a tossup between Dance and Remix. There is a bit of both. So they are listed in both. Next up is Alternative. Until then, I am Awaiting Your Reply

Polar Vortex Polka Redux: The 2015 2nd Quarter - Jazzy Times

We are slightly behind schedule here at Night Beat HQ. March has finally had its rewind and we are slowly slogging through April. Did you notice that it is May? Another thing that we should have done by now is the announcement of the Second Quarter Pool entries for #PlatVnyl6. That begins now. 

First things first. For the Second Quarter of 2105, which comprises January, February and March of 2015, there were no entries for Electronic/Industrial, Instrumental, or Hard Rock/Heavy Metal. We have two multiple genre posts to tackle before getting to the single genre posts. This one will comprise Children's Music, Jazz, Remixes and Pop. Let's get to it.

Children's Music

• Yancy - Little Praise Party: Taste and See

Jazz

• Kirk Whalum - The Gospel According to Jazz 4

Remix

• Urban Rescue - Re-Imagined
• Various - WoW Hits Party Mix

Pop

• Dave Barnes - Hymns For Her
• Brandon Heath - No Turning Back
• Love and The Outcome - Ocean Way Sessions: Live EP

We are off and running. The only thing to note is that Both Yancy and Kirk Whalum are Perfect 5 Emerald releases. We shall be attempting to get in one each day. So far, so good. Until next time, I am Awaiting Your Reply.

Music Video Monday: Oh Mama a Volcano

Welcome to the return of Music Video Monday. I have decided to bring this back as a sign that things are getting back to normal. Now that the nominations for #PlatVnyl5 are updated, we can get back to the flow of things, and Music Video Monday is part of that flow.

We begin with a new video by Former The Civil Wars Lead singer Joy Williams. It's a timely video called Woman (Oh Mama). One word of warning, though. We have a lot of shots of Joy "Tastefully nude" I shall say, so there may be a NSFW for the squeamish. I wasn't offended, but a little shocked. She is a beautiful woman.
Next up, we go to rap, and Rapture Ruckus. This has been a strange journey for this band and the Platinum Vinyl Awards. Invader Volume 1 was, eh. Ok. I passed on it. Invader Volume 2 I loved. And I loved Invader Deluxe. He got some help from Jonathan Thulin for the music video of Volcano. Love his epic videos
And finally we got to a just discovered just posted live video by The Vespers. What? It's Not enough? You'll have to wait for next week.
That does it for the return of Music Video Monday. See you next Monday. Until then, I am Awaiting Your Reply.