Pod Across America 16: North Carolina

Presenting an hour of music from North Carolina, variously known as the Tar Heel State or the Old North State.

Here's what you'll hear today (right-click to download or open in a new tab or window):

1. HOBEX: "Don't Even Say ..."
2. HOBEX: "Free the Music" 
3. Sahib Radio: "The Mean Years"
4. Patty Hurst Shifter: "When You Lie"
5. David Wilcox: "Modern World"
6. 3 Feet Up: "Future Me"
7. The Malamondos: "I Want a Man"
8. Lisa Dames: "I'd Leave Me"
9. Patty Hurst Shifter: "She's Like a Song"
10. Nina Simone: "Revolution"
11. Freightrain Jones: "Rock and Raw"
12. The Malamondos: "Gimme Love"
13. Sahib Radio: "One Last Time"
14. David Wilcox: "Open Hand"
15. 3 Feet Up: "They Got a Pill for That"

(Total play time: 1:04:17)

Songs 1 and 2 come courtesy of the IODA Promonet and may be downloaded below for as long as their promotions remain active; tracks 3 and 14 are courtesy of Ariel Publicity; and everything else comes courtesy of Music Alley.

Pod Across America turns its eye on Rhode Island for the Dec. 15 episode. The Mental Nomad Podcast will be back tomorrow with an hour of eclectic new music including vocal appearances by Steve Kilbey and Robyn Hitchcock.

HOBEX
"don't even say ..." (mp3)
from "Payback EP"
(Phrex Records)

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HOBEX
"Free the Music" (mp3)
from "Enlightened Soul"
(Phrex Records)

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Kaiser Cartel: "Oh No"

Great video from the New York duo of Courtney Kaiser and Ben Cartel.

Pod Across America 15: New York, 3 of 3

Today's episode is a no-talker in MP3 format, the final of the three-part look at musicians from the Empire State. (This is coming out a few days earlier than normal due to the lack of a Mental Nomad Podcast for today.)

Here's what you'll hear today (right-click to download or open in a new tab or window):

Willie Nile: "Asking Annie Out"
Ivory Tower Project: "Way Too Late"
Petra Haden: "Don't Stop Believin'" (from the Guilt By Association project)
Manze Dayila and the Nago Nation: "That Feeling"
Public Enemy feat. Paris: "Can't Hold Us Back" (originally featured in Mental Nomad Podcast 30)
Jeannine Hebb: "Too Late to Change Me"
Ivory Tower Project: "Gotcha"
Kristin Mainhart: "Comfortable"
Raekwon feat. Method Man: "Love Don't Cost a Thing"
Greg Spero feat. Allison Semmes: "Summertime"
Manze Dayila and the Nago Nation: "I Want to Be Free"
Public Enemy feat. Paris: "Rise"
Kristin Mainhart and Khromozomes: "Blind"
Willie Nile: "Streets of New York"

Tracks 1, 5, 12 and 14 come courtesy of the IODA Promonet and may be downloaded below for as long as their promotions remain in effect; tracks 2-3, 7-10 and 13 are courtesy of Music Alley; and songs 4, 6 and 11 are courtesy of Ariel Publicity.

It should be noted that Greg Spero is a Chicago-based musician, but "Summertime" was composed by New York native George Gershwin for his opera Porgy and Bess.

Look for a new Mental Nomad Podcast on Wednesday. Pod Across America visits North Carolina on Dec. 1.

Public Enemy Featuring Paris
"Rise" (mp3)
from "Rebirth Of A Nation"
(Guerrilla Funk Recordings)

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Public Enemy Featuring Paris
"Can't Hold Us Back" (mp3)
from "Rebirth Of A Nation"
(Guerrilla Funk Recordings)

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Willie Nile
"Streets Of New York" (mp3)
from "Streets Of New York"
(00:02:59 LLC)

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Willie Nile
"Asking Annie Out" (mp3)
from "Streets Of New York"
(00:02:59 LLC)

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Sirsy: "Sorry Me"

Here's a recent video from New York band Sirsy.

Ten Year Vamp: "Rockstar (live)"

Here's a live clip from the New York City-based band Ten Year Vamp.

Public Enemy: "Fight the Power"

Pod Across America 14: New York, 2 of 3

Part two of our three-part look at New York music is the traditional talking episode, and it's in M4A format -- though I'll probably double back with an MP3 in a week or two, as at least one loyal listener has had problems with the format change I'd started experimenting with at the Mental Nomad Podcast.

Here's what you'll hear today (right-click to download or open in a new tab or window):

Dar Williams: "The Baby Sitter's Here"
Joe Locke and the David Hazeltine Quartet: "What's Not to Love?"
Sirsy: "Revolution"
Bob Mould: "The Silence Between Us"
Jennings: "Doorway"
Suzanne Vega: "A Pornographer's Dream"
The Brian Setzer Orchestra: "One More Night With You"
Sirsy: "Mercury"
Brookville: "Nothing's Meant to Last"
Jennings: "Falling Higher"
Bob Mould: "Stupid Now"
Darrin James: "Crazy World"

(Total play time: 1:03:01)

Tracks 1 and 2 come courtesy of the IODA Promonet and may be downloaded below for as long as their promotions last; tracks 3 and 8 come from the album Revolution, generously provided by the band; tracks 4, 6-7, 9 and 11 come courtesy of Music Alley; and tracks 5, 10 and 12 come courtesy of Ariel Publicity. Track 3 was previously featured in Mental Nomad Podcast 94.

The Mental Nomad Podcast resumes on Wednesday, and the New York run of Pod Across America concludes on Nov. 15. (That episode's already finished, and was done in MP3 format before this one.)

Pod Across America heads south to North Carolina for the Dec. 1 episode.

Dar Williams
"The Baby Sitter's Here" (mp3)
from "Best Of The Kerrville Folk Festival"
(Silverwolf)

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Joe Locke, David Hazeltine
"What's Not To Love?" (mp3)
from "Mutual Admiration Society 2"
(Sharp Nine Records)

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Rachel Griffin: "Let It Be"

Here's a longtime favorite of mine, Rachel Griffin, offering her take on a Beatles classic.

Dancing Mattress Productions: The Short Halloween

This year's Halloween episode is almost as much as a surprise to me as it is to you. The Goldstars e-mailed me the opening track out of the blue -- having appeared in the 2007 Halloween episode -- and that got the ball rolling for this half-hour special.

Here's what you'll hear today (right-click to download):

The Goldstars: "Halloween Hell"
Jonathan Coulton: "Re Your Brains"
Burning Babylon: "System A Vampire"
Black Velvet Elvis: "Hellhound on My Trail"
The Astronauts: "Vampire Strippers"
Tom Smith: "Cthulhu Fthagn"
Ken Kurland: "Halloween Spirits"
Electric Frankenstein: "Coolest Little Monster"
Mama's Dirty L'il Secret: "Vampires in the Sun"

(Total play time: 31:51)

Track 1 is from the digital-only album Tasty Instrumentals, 3 and 8 are courtesy of Magnatune, and everything else in today's show was found at Music Alley. The Jonathan Coulton song was previously featured in Mental Nomad Podcast 65 back in 2007.

A regularly scheduled Mental Nomad Podcast will be coming your way Wednesday, and Pod Across America returns for the second of three New York-themed episodes on Nov. 1.

Stars Go Dim: "Come Around"

Debut video from the Tulsa, Okla., band Stars Go Dim, courtesy of the folks at Ariel Publicity.

(Right-click to download an M4A video.)