SOUL SURMISE

STOCKI'S EASTER PLAYLIST 2019

 

Some songs to soundtrack and draw spiritual reflection from in the day around Easter...

 

Rick Elias - Man Of No Reputation

Bruce Springsteen - Rocky Ground

Patti Smith - Until The End Of The World

Sarah Masen - Let’s Kill Him

Duke Special - The Hours

Blind Boys Of Alabama - The Cross

The Choir - Beautiful Scandalous Night

Martyn Joseph - Sunday’s Coming

McIntosh Ross - Jesus Nailed My Sins Upon The Tree

Doug Gay - Saturday Train

U2 - Window In The Skies

Nick Cave - There Is A Kingdom

Ben Kyle - Mercy

STOCKI'S GLEN HANSARD COVERS & SOUNDTRACKS PLAYLIST

HEYDAY - GLEN HANSARD 

a Mic Christopher cover from OTHER VOICES: SONGS FROM A ROOM 2

 

COYOTE - GLEN HANSARD

a Joni Mitchell cover from JONI 75: A JONI MITCHELL BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

 

YOU AIN'T GOING NOWHERE  - GLEN HANSARD & MARKÉTA IRGLOVÁ

a Bob Dylan cover from I'M NOT THERE soundtrack       

 

PEOPLE GET READY - GLEN HANSARD

a Curtis Mayfield cover from MAVIS STAPLES I'LL TAKE YOU THERE - ALL STAR CONCERT CELEBRATION

 

DRIVE ALL NIGHT - GLEN HANSARD (feat. EDDIE VEDDER and JAKE CLEMONS)

a Bruce Springsteen cover from DRIVE ALL NIGHT EP

 

PRESSING ON - GLEN HANSARD

a Bob Dylan cover from A TRIBUTE TO BOB DYLAN IN THE 80s VOL 1

 

ARE YOU GETTING THROUGH - GLEN HANSARD

from THE JOURNEY soundtrack

 

LOVE THAT'S BIGGER - THE SWELL SEASON

from HAWAII FIVE - O soundtrack

 

I DON'T WANT TO KNOW - THE SWELL SEASON

a John Martyn cover from  JOHN MARTYN: JOHNNY THE BOY WOULD LOVE THIS... TRIBUTE

 

CRY ME A RIVER -  GLEN HANSARD

a Justin Timberlake cover - from EVEN BETTER THAN THE REAL THING VOL 1

 

DOWN IN THE FLOOD - THE SWELL SEASON

a Bob Dylan cover from WHEN YOUR MIND'S MADE UP single

 

TAKE THE HEARTLAND - GLEN HANSARD

from THE HUNGER GAMES: SONGS FROM DISTRICT 12 & BEYOND

 

I COULDN'T SAY IT TO YOUR FACE - GLEN HANSARD

from MASTER MIX: RED, HOT AND ARTHUR RUSSELL

 

TOO MANY PEOPLE - GLEN HANSARD

from THE CAKE SALE

 

EVERYTIME - GLEN HANSARD & COLM MAC CON IOMAIRE 

a Britney Spears cover from EVEN BETTER THAN THE REAL THING VOL 2

 

LET IT GO - COLM MAC CON IOMAIRE (feat GLEN HANSARD & MARKÉTA IRGLOVÁ)

from DARE TO BE WILD soundtrack

 

RACES - JUDY COLLINS (feat. GLEN HANSARD)

from STRANGERS ALONE

 

THE AULD TRIANGLE - DAMIEN DEMPSEY (feat. GLEN HANSARD)

from IT'S ALL GOOD: THE BEST OF DAMIEN DEMPSEY

 

INTO THE MYSTIC - THE SWELL SEASON 

from THE FIVE-YEAR ENGAGEMENT soundtrack

 

 

STOCKI'S JONI MITCHELL COVERS' PLAYLIST

(on the evening I review the Joni Mitchell Tribute album Joni 75, I pull together, with great care, my favourites of the rest of Joni covers)

HELP ME - K.D. LANG

from A Tribute To Joni Mitchell

 

A CASE OF YOU - BRIAN KENNEDY

from A Better Man CD single

 

ALL I WANT - NATALIE MERCHANT

from Wonder CD single

 

URGE FOR GOING - LUKA BLOOM

from Keeper Of  The Flame

 

AMELIA - DAVID CROSBY

from Sky Trails

 

LADIES OF THE CANYON - ANNIE LENNOX

from No More "I Love Yous" CD Single

 

THE JUNGLE LINE - HERBIE HANCOCK (and Leonard Cohen)

from River; The Joni Letters

 

BLACK CROW - DIANA KRALL

from The Girl In The Other Room

 

FREE MAN IN PARIS - SUFJAN STEVENS

from A Tribute To Joni Mitchell

 

BIG YELLOW TAXI (LIVE) - COUNTING CROWS

from If I Could Give You All My Love CD singe

 

MAGDALENE LAUNDRIES - CHRISTY MOORE

from Burning Times

 

BLUE - SARAH MCLACHLAN

from Fumbling Towards Ecstacy

 

SAME SITUATION - GREGSON AND COLLISTER

from Love Is A Strange Hotel

 

FOR THE ROSES - CASSANDRA WILSON

from A Tribute To Joni Mitchell

 

RIVER - TOM CHAPLIN

from Twelve Tales Of Christmas

 

NIGHT RIDE HOME - LOVE ON DRUGS

from Solder

 

BOTH SIDES NOW - KEN HADDOCK

from One Night In Willowfield

 

WOODSTOCK - CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG

from Deja Vu

 

Read my review of JONI 75 here

 

 

 

 

 

STOCKI'S ST PATRICK'S DAY PLAYLIST 2019

MY LAGAN LOVE - ULIAD & DUKE SPECIAL

from A Note Let Go

 

I’M STILL ALIVE (Live In Fitzroy) - DAVID C CLEMENTS

from The Sound Of The Forest Choir

 

NORTHERN STARS - BEN GLOVER

From Shorebound

 

NEW DAY - GARETH DUNLOP

from No. 79

 

BOWIE ON THE RADIO - RYAN MCMULLAN

from the single

 

EVERYBODY LOVES YOU - SOAK

from Grim Town

 

THE ICE-CREAM MAN (featuring Michael Longley) - DUKE SPECIAL

from Hallow

 

HEARTBREAK WAS HEARTBREAK - URSULA BURNS

from The Dangerous Harpist

 

SAD SONGS TONIGHT - BRIAN HOUSTON

from Carolina

 

BELFAST (featuring Rita Maguire) - JOBY FOX

from the single

 

A WEE BIT OF SOMETHING - ANDREW PATTERSON

from Out Of Babylon EP

 

BELFAST TOWN - KAZ HAWKINS

from Feelin’ Good

 

ONE FOR THE BLACK BOX - ANTHONY TONER

from Our Lady of Wind and Rain

 

SHANDY BASS - ROMANTICA

from Shadowlands

 

RAMBLING IRISHMAN - KEVIN DOHERTY

from Seeing Things

 

THE LAST TRAIN TO LIMERICK (featuring Louise Walsh) - JULES MAXWELL

from Songs From A Cultural Backwater

 

I THINK OF HOME - GARY LIGHTBODY

from Live At Bangor Abbey

 

TWO DAYS IN SAVANNAH - CIARAN LAVERY

from Sweet Decay

 

A NEW ARMAGEDDON - MALOJIAN

from Let Your Weirdness To Carry You Home

 

SONGS I KNEW SO WELL - KEN HADDOCK

from One Night In Willowfield

 

GYPSIES IN THE WOOD - MCPEAKE

from Gypsies In The Wood EP

 

AN AMERICAN IN BELFAST - OVER THE RHINE

from Love and Revelation 

STOCKI'S MUMFORD & SONS COLLABORATIONS, COVERS AND SESSIONS PLAYLIST

DAYS/THIS TIME TOMORROW - RAY DAVIES AND MUMFORD & SONS

• from Ray Davies: See My Friends

 

THERE WILL BE TIME - MUMFORD & SONS and BAABA MAAL

• from Johannesburg EP

 

2SHY 

• from BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge

 

KANSAS CITY - THE NEW BASEMENT TAPES

• from Lost In The River

 

FRIEND OF THE DEVIL

• from Day Of The Dead

 

THE CAVE

• from BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge

 

SOMEONE SAVED MY LIFE TONIGHT

• from Revamp: The Songs Of Elton John and Bernie Taupin

 

BELOVED (acoustic)

• from Beloved single

 

THE AULD TRIANGLE - PUNCH BROTHERS/MARCUS MUMFORD

• from Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of Inside Llewyn Davis

 

THE BOXER

- from Babel: Gentleman Of The Road edition)

 

STRANGER - THE NEW BASEMENT TAPES

• from Lost In The River

 

TESSELLATE 

• from BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge 2013

 

YOU & I BELONG - SIMONE FELICE

• from Simone Felice

 

LEARN ME RIGHT - MUMFORD & SONS and BIRDY

• from Brave Soundtrack

 

FIND ANOTHER WAY (Featuring MUMFORD & SONS) - TOM MORELLO

• from The Atlas Underground

 

WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON YOU - THE NEW BASEMENT TAPES

• from Lost In The River

 

THE BRIGHTEST LIGHTS (featuring MUMFORD & SONS) - KING CHARLES

• from LoveBlood

 

FAREWELL - MARCUS MUMFORD/PUNCH BROTHERS

• from Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of Inside Llewyn Davis

STOCKI'S STEREOPHONICS' COVERs PLAYLIST

I've never been a huge Stereophonics' fan. Oh I have stacks of their albums but bought them all at £1 in charity shops. The singles however. The extra track B-sides. Now I love those. So, here is my favourite Stereophonics album... as complied by myself!

 

DON’T LET ME DOWN - Beatles’ cover

(from Q Lennon Covered #1)

 

HANDBAGS AND GLADRAGS - Rod Stewart cover

(from the single)

 

POSITIVELY 4TH STREET - Bob Dylan cover

(from Pick A Part That’s New single)

 

ANGIE - Rolling Stones cover

(from Hurry Up and Wait single)

 

THE BOYS OF SUMMER - Don Henley cover

(from BBC Radio 2’s Sound of the 80s Vol 2)

 

GIMME SHELTER - Rolling Stones cover

(from Pass The Buck EP)

 

REVOLUTION - Beatles’ cover

(from Jools Holland and Friends - Small World Big Band)

 

WHO’LL STOP THE RAIN - Creedence Clearwater Revival cover

(Local Boy In The Photograph single)

 

FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACE - Ewen McColl cover

(from Jools Holland and Friends - More Friends)

 

HOW - John Lennon cover

(from Handbags and Gladrags single)

 

THE OLD LAUGHING LADY - Neil Young cover

(from I Wouldn’t Believe Your Radio single)

 

SOMETHING IN THE WAY - Nirvana cover

(Pick A Part That’s New CD single #2)

 

THE LAST RESORT - Eagles’ cover

(from Local Boy In The Photograph single #2)

ELBOW - COVERS, ACOUSTIC & RARE - A STOCKI PLAYLIST

Elbow have been more than generous, over the years, with their extra tracks. I love this playlist and indeed would suggest that it is my favourite Elbow album! All fits on to an 80 minute CDR...

 

GOLDEN SLUMBERS (Beatles cover)

(from The Best Of...)

 

MERCY STREET (Peter Gabriel cover)

(from I'll Scratch Your Back)

 

WAY DOWN IN THE HOLE (Tom Waits' cover)

(from Dermot O'Leary Presents The Saturday Sessions 2011)

 

RUNNING TO STAND STILL (U2 cover)

(from War Child Heroes)

 

THIS BLUE WORLD (acoustic)

(from This Blue World)

 

LIPPY KIDS (BBC Radio 2 Session)

from BBC Radio 2 - The Piano Room)

 

WORKING CLASS HEROES (John Lennon cover)

(from Uncut Lennon Covered #1)

 

BLACK MAGIC WOMAN (Fleetwood Mac cover)

(from Magicians soundtrack)

 

LIVE ON MY MIND (Bruce Cockburn cover)

(from Not A Job CD single)

 

MY SAD CAPTAINS (BBC Session)

(from Dermot O'Leary Presents The Saturday Sessions 2015)

 

ONE DAY LIKE THIS (BBC Session)

(from Acoustic Rewind)

 

AUGUST & SEPTEMBER (The The cover)

(from Q: Best of 86/06)

 

WHAT TIME DO YOU CALL THIS?

(from Man Up soundtrack)

 

OPEN ARMS (Live From St. Paul's Cathedral)

(from Lippy Kids CD single)

 

FORGET MYSELF (BBC Session)

(from Radio 1's Live Lounge Vol 2)

 

ABOUT TIME (acoustic version)

(from Powder Blue CD single)

 

SWITCHING OFF (acoustic)

(from Fugitive Motel CD single)

 

SOMETHING IN THE AIR (Thunderclap Newman cover)

(from NME One Love)

 

 

 

 

PAUL SIMON SONGS COVERED - A STOCKI PLAYLIST

Another of my carefully crafted playlists... the length of a good CDR...  this time the songs of Paul Simon, covered by a range of brilliant artists... 

 

AMERICAN TUNE - THE INDIGO GIRLS

(from Closer To Fine CD EP)

 

AMERICA - FIRST AID KIT

(from America EP)

 

GRACELAND - CHRIS MARTIN

(from BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge 2017)

 

HOMEWARD BOUND - STREET LIGHTS

(single)

 

THE BOXER - MUMFORD & SONS

(from Babel - Gentlemen Of The Road Edition)

 

SOMETHING SO RIGHT (Live for BBC Radio 1) - ANNIE LENNOX

(from Something So Right CD single 2)

 

50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER - HEATHER SMALL

(from Close To A Miracle)

 

BOY IN THE BUBBLE - PETER GABRIEL

(from Scratch My Back)

 

ONE TRICK PONY - HOLLY COLE

(from Romantically Helpless)

 

BORN AT THE RIGHT TIME - ERIN BODE

(from The Little Garden)

 

THE ONLY LIVING BOY IN NEW YORK - MARC COHN

(from Listening Booth: 1970)

 

BLEECKER STREET - JONATHA BROOKE

(from Bleecker Street; Greenwich Village in the 6os

 

ME AND JULIO DOWN BY THE SCHOOL YARD - LUKE SITAL-SINGH

(from The Greatest Paul Simon Covers)

 

KODACHROME - CONOR OBERST & The MYSTIC VALLEY BAND 

(from One Of My Kind)

 

YOU CAN CALL ME AL - THE FLYING PICKETS

(from Big Mouth)

 

ONE MAN’S CEILING IS ANOTHER MAN’S FLOOR - ROBBEN FORD AND SUSAN TEDESCHI

(from Truth)

 

BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS - ARETHA FRANKLIN

(from Soul Queen)

 

QUIET - CHRISTINE COLLISTER

(from Into The Light)

 

HOMELESS - SARAH MCLACHLAN & LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO

(from Rarities, B-Sides and Other Stuff Viol 2)

COVERS AND COLLABORATIONS - STOCKI'S JASON ISBELL PLAYLIST

This is a collection of songs that Jason Isbell has done with other artists, for Tribute records and a couple fo live songs from his own releases...

 

INTO THE MYSTIC (LIVE) 

(from Live At Twist & Shout)

covering East Belfast’s finest Van Morrison

 

BLOW WIND BLOW

(from The Musical Mojo of Dr John: A Celebration of mac and His Music)

a New Orleans filled Dr John cover

 

NEW YORK MORNING

(from the Lang Lang album New York Rhapsody)

collaborating with classical pianist Lang Lang to cover Elbow

 

PANCHO AND LEFTY

(from Tecumseh Valley/Pancho and Lefty)

with Elizabeth Cook he takes on Townes Van Zandt

 

I KNOW A LITTLE (LIVE)

(from One More For The Fans)

a Lynyrd Skynyrd cover

 

NOW THAT YOUR DOLLAR BILLS HAVE SPROUTED WINGS

(from Beck Song Reader)

a Beck cover

 

GOD IS A WORKING MAN

(from Southern Family)

contribution to a unique concept album about the American Civil War

 

JOHNNY REB, THAT’S ME

(from You Don’t Know Me: Rediscovering Eddy Arnold)

remembering Eddy Arnold

 

BORN IN THE USA

(from Dead Man’s Town: A Tribute to Born In The USA)

contribution to a tribute covers album of Springsteen’s best selling record

 

I AIN’T EASY TO LOVE

(from Muscle Shoals; Small Town Big Sound0

for this tribute to Muscle Shoals Isbell gets together with John Paul White again but this time Candi Staton of all people anchors the team

 

THINGS THAT I LEAN ON

(from Wynonna & The Big Noise)

guest appearance with Wynonna Judd

 

PRAYER FOR LOVE

(from Welcome To Alabama)

another collaboration, this time with The Kenneth Brian Band

 

OLD FLAME

(from High Cotton; Songs Of Alabama)

another various artists contribution, this time with ex Civil Wars’ John Paul White

 

NOBODY KNOWS YOU WHEN YOU’RE DOWN AND OUT

(An Album to Benefit The Preservation Hall and The Preservation Hall Outreach Programme)

made popular by Bessie Smith in the late 20s

 

DEEP RIVER BUES 

(from Accomplice One)

guest appearance with Tommy Emmanuel

 

WOODEN SHIPS 

(from Live From The Newport Folk Festival)

a David Crosby cover with David Crosby on vocals and the 400 Unites

 

LIKE A HURRICANE (LIVE)

(from Live From Alabama)

a cover of Neil Young’s classic guitar classic, live with his 400 Units

Stocki Playlist for INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE

Here are a few tunes to meditate head, heart, soul and actions to... on this INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE

Intro

Hello Bonjour – Michael Franti

(What’s So Funny ‘Bout)Peace, Love and Understanding – Brinsley Schwarz

The Dilemma

How Long – Jackson Browne

If I Had A Rocket launcher – Bruce Cockburn

God On Our Side – Bob Dylan

The MLK Tribute suite

Peaceful World – John Mellencamp

Peace and Jobs And Freedom – Deacon Blue

Pride (In the Name Of Love) – U2

The Rocked Out Belfast suite

Alternative Ulster – Stiff Little Fingers

Take Back the City – Snow Patrol

When It Kicks In – Iain Archer

The hippy epilogue

Peace Train – Cat Stevens

All You Need Is Love – The Beatles

Give Peace A Chance – Plastic Ono Band