Kristen EckBumbleBee Radio: Favorite-50 of 2020
Thank you to everyone who tuned-in to the BumbleBee Radio Favorite-50 of 2020 show New Year's morning. I had not done a full four-hour music show (BumbleBee Brunch on Friday mornings is usually two hours) since I was doing The Breakfast Show on WKKL back in 2013. My voice was a little rough around the edges near the end but I had a ball doing the show and I'm hoping you really enjoyed all of the great music from what was one of the most awful years any of us will ever remember. I'd like to take a moment to thank all musicians, artists, and the music-community that supports them for refusing to give up and continuing to create in the face of it all. Artists were dealt the cruel hand of having one of the last ways they have left to make money in live-performances taken away and as stages sat empty, local venues around the Boston (which were already endangered) began to suffocate and disappear. It will be a long slow climb back out of this dark hole for local music, but the music continues to scratch & claw its way out to us through virtual performances (sometimes streamed out from cellphones,) Bandcamp, and YouTube. ONCE Somerville (home of Anngelle Wood's Rock & Roll Rumble,) was one of the tragic casualties of the pandemic and subsequent shutdown, but they were also one of the first to organize and present the ONCE Virtual Venue. Be sure to check out some of their virtual shows in the coming year and make a donation if you can. Speaking of Bandcamp, Bandcamp Friday's will resume in 2021. The first one is set for Friday February 5th with Bandcamp waiving its fees and artists keeping everything they make from music and merchandise sales. I've already started a list of things I want! Here's to a better year in 2021 and a hopefully the return of LIVE in-person music! Here is the 2020 Favorite-50 playlist...
1/1/2021 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM:
Mister Vertigo - Indie Nerd Strikes Again
Ex-Hyena - Instant Fires
Khruangbin & Leon Bridges - Texas Sun
Justin Emile Shapiro - Beneath The Surface
Field Day - Everything, Everyone
Jockstrap - Acid
Holy Hive - Didn't You Say
Anorak Patch - 6 Week Party
Erica Mantone - Maybe It's Me
Idler Wheel - Sun Still Finds The West
Linnea's Garden - Superspreader
The Flaming Lips - Will You Return/When You Come Down
Eliza & The Organix - Road Home
Motel Black - Evening Standard
Parlour Bells - The Ballad Of Felix Moncla
Yves Tumor - Kerosene!
Phil Cambra & The Space Cadets - Expectations
Walter Sickert & The Army Of Broken Toys - Battle Witches (Ft. Ghost Of The Machine)
The Accidentals - Requiem For A Lark
Mosaic Mirrors - Get It
The Avalanches - Running Red Lights (Ft. Rivers Cuomo & Pink Siifu)
Nana Adjoa - Throw Stones
Paulzon Fire - Couch Serfa
Ruin The Nite - Voices
Wilma Archer - Scarecrow
The Shang Hi Los - Sway Little Player
Laura Marling - Held Down
R.A.P. Ferreira - MYTHICAL
Constant Bop - Better Days
Sunflower Bean - Moment In The Sun
Crack Cloud - The Next Fix
Laura Veirs - Burn Too Bright
Once And Future Band - Problem Addict
Pillbook - Skippin'
Imogen Heap - Last Night Of An Empire
Corner Soul - Downtown
Gorillaz - Aries (Ft. Peter Cook & Georgia)
Sapling - Bitchshifter
The Orielles - Come Down On Jupiter
Christian McNeill - Hello Music
Janelle Monae - Turntables
Circus Trees - Wasted Air
Gang Starr - Glowing Mic
Kristian Montgomery & The Winterkill Band - 5 Horses
Duvall Timothy - Fall Again (Ft. Lil Silva & Melanie Faye)
RoseR - Rot
GarageDogs - American Dream
Holly Brewer - On A Mission
Kerrin Connolly - Thanks For Playing
Adi Sun - Bella Sun Lever
Don't forget that the BumbleBee Radio APP for Android is now available for FREE in the Google Play Store! An iPhone APP will be available in the Apple Store soon. As always thank you for listening! -Kristen
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