It's been a very tough week at work, but Great Big Sea (GBS) music has been getting me through. The tune that I've been playing in a loop over the last few days is an Irish jig, that by their title, must go by several names: "Eavesdropper's Jig"/"Both Meat & Drink"/"Off We Go". What it sounds like to me is: late morning, when the dew is just coming off the grass; Spring time; new love; blue-sky happiness; and optimism — when all things are possible.
Since the concert a month ago, I've been listening to all of the GBS albums with which I was hitherto unfamiliar. Before the concert, mostly I'd just listened to their 2004 CD, Something Beautiful, which is still my favorite. Since the concert, I've downloaded ~40 songs from iTunes, and purchased CD's, DVD's, and a T-shirt from the GBS store, as my birthday gift to myself (now, just 6 days away, if you're still shopping :)
My other favorites by GBS change weekly, but here they are as recommendations, for your listening pleasure:
- The River Driver
- Sea of No Cares
- Boston and St. Johns
- When I'm Up
- I'm a Rover
- Everything Shines
- Consequence Free
- Ordinary Day
- Time Brings
- Captain Kidd
- Stumbling In
- French Perfume
- Shines Right Through Me
- When I am King
- Beat the Drum
- Something Beautiful
- Helmethead
- Summer
- Sally Ann
- Let it Go
- John Barbour
- Lucky Me
- Can't Stop Falling
- Feel it Turn
- Jack Hinks
- Goin' Up
- The Chemical Worker's Song
- Eavesdropper's Jig/Both Meat & Drink/Off We Go
But now that I'm going through iTunes to create this list, I see that I haven't listened to all their songs, so while this list is comprehensive, it may not be complete :)