Brandon's Buzz

 

A chastised me yesterday for not leaving this post on the front page a bit longer (just the way the timing shook out, darling!), and because I am profoundly proud of how the final product turned out (and because it took about four tedious hours of cutting, pasting, and tinkering to splice it all together), I’m throwing this back up on top for the day. Three hundred sixty-seven days ago now, inspired by a flash of genius and grace at a traffic light one summer evening, I started a new “song of the day” feature on this website entitled Honey from the Hive. I had multiple goals when I decided to open up this Pandora’s box: I was looking for a way to goose reader traffic and make Brandon’s Buzz much more of a daily destination than an occasional read, as well as a way to shoehorn even more music-related fare into a blog whose primary purpose for existing was already to wax poetic on my eternal love of song. Most importantly, I had long been searching for a way to impel myself to write: write anything, write something, for this site every day. (Sadly, there are still occasional gaps between updates — though not nearly as many as there used to be — but otherwise, I couldn’t be more thrilled with how year one of this little side project has taken shape.) Looking at the list of 242 songs below is quite a trip: a wide cross-section of clashing styles are represented here — perfectly apropos, this, given my maddeningly broad tastes — and in just a minute or two, you can relive a brilliant year in the life of a lovably insane music fan, and understand with renewed clarity how every piece of my life — every friend I make, every breath I take (ha!), every movie I see, every conversation I start — is irrevocably colored by my passion and respect for the masterful melodies that score each of our days.

 

JULY 11: Dierks Bentley (featuring Del McCoury & The Punch Brothers) —
“Pride (In the Name of Love)” (from Up on the Ridge) —

 

JULY 12: Melissa Etheridge — “Fearless Love”
(from Fearless Love) —

 

JULY 13: Tara MacLean — “If I Fall” (from Passenger) —

 

JULY 14: John Mellencamp — “Case 795 (The Family)”
(from Human Wheels) —

 

JULY 15: Dido — “Mary’s in India” (from Life for Rent) —

 

JULY 16: Laura Branigan — “Spanish Eddie”
(from The Best of Branigan) —

 

JULY 17: Sara Bareilles — “King of Anything”
(from Kaleidoscope Heart) —

 

JULY 18: George Jones — “The King is Gone (So Are You)”
(from 16 Biggest Hits) —

 

JULY 19: Norah Jones — “Jesus, Etc. (Sad, Sad Songs)”
(from The Fall [Deluxe Edition]) —

 

JULY 20: Bernard Butler — “Not Alone” (from People Move On) —

 

JULY 21: Kris Allen — “Alright With Me” (from Kris Allen) —

 

JULY 22: Lorrie Morgan — “Good As I Was to You”
(from To Get to You) —

 

JULY 23: Doyle Bramhall II & Smokestack — “Send Some Love”
(from Welcome) —

 

JULY 24: Christina Aguilera featuring Nicki Minaj — “Woohoo”
(from Bionic) —

 

JULY 25: Linda Eder — “Once Upon a Dream”
(from Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical) —

 

JULY 26: Julia Fordham — “East West” (from Collection) —

 

JULY 27: Tori Amos — “Jackie’s Strength”
(from From the Choirgirl Hotel) —

 

JULY 28: Sugarland — “Stuck Like Glue”
(from The Incredible Machine) —

 

JULY 29: Semisonic — “Gone to the Movies”
(from Feeling Strangely Fine) —

 

JULY 30: David Mead — “World of a King”
(from The Luxury of Time) —

 

JULY 31: Res — “They-Say Vision” (from How I Do) —

 

AUGUST 1: Bette Midler — “All I Need to Know” (from No Frills) —

 

AUGUST 2: Lee Brice — “Love Like Crazy” (from Love Like Crazy) —

 

AUGUST 3: Tasmin Archer — “One More Good Night With the Boys”
(from Bloom) —

 

AUGUST 4: George Michael — “Jesus to a Child” (from Older) —

 

AUGUST 5: Jerry Reed — “When You’re Hot, You’re Hot”
(from The Essential Jerry Reed) —

 

AUGUST 6: Macy Gray (featuring Velvet Revolver) — “Kissed It”
(from The Sellout) —

 

AUGUST 7: W.G. Snuffy Walden — “Friday Night Lights Main Title Theme”
(from Friday Night Lights, Vol. 2 [Original Television Soundtrack]) —

 

AUGUST 8:

Nick Drake — “Time Has Told Me” (from Way to Blue) —

Kelly Willis — “Time Has Told Me” (from What I Deserve) —

 

AUGUST 9:

Foo Fighters — “Home”
(from Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace) —

Sheryl Crow — “Home” (from Sheryl Crow) —

 

AUGUST 10:

Kenny Chesney — “The Boys of Fall”
(from Hemingway’s Whiskey) —

Fountains of Wayne — “All Kinds of Time”
(from Welcome Interstate Managers) —

 

AUGUST 11:

Cary Brothers — “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You”
(from Under Control) —

Joshua Radin — “What If You” (from We Were Here) —

 

AUGUST 12:

Lee Ann Womack — “I’ll Think of a Reason Later”
(from Some Things I Know) —

Joey + Rory — “Cheater, Cheater” (from The Life of a Song) —

 

AUGUST 13:

Pearl Jam — “Just Breathe” (from Backspacer) —

Pearl Jam — “Yellow Ledbetter”
(from Rearviewmirror [Greatest Hits 1991-2003]) —

 

AUGUST 14:

Bruce Robison — “The Good Life” (from His Greatest) —

Kelly Willis — “Not Forgotten You” (from What I Deserve) —

 

AUGUST 15:

Candi Staton — “Young Hearts Run Free”
(from Young Hearts Run Free: The Best of Candi Staton) —

One Eskimo (featuring Candi Staton) — “Kandi”
(from One Eskimo) —

 

AUGUST 16: Tracey Thorn — “Oh, the Divorces!”
(from Love and its Opposite) —

 

AUGUST 17: Joshua Kadison — “Beau’s All Night Radio Love Line”
(from Painted Desert Serenade) —

 

AUGUST 18: Billy Bragg & Wilco (featuring Natalie Merchant) —
“Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key” (from Mermaid Avenue) —

 

AUGUST 19: Joni Mitchell — “All I Want” (from Blue) —

 

AUGUST 20: Cyndi Lauper (with Jonny Lang) — “How Blue Can You Get”
(from Memphis Blues) —

 

AUGUST 21: Lady Antebellum — “Learning to Fly”
(from iTunes Sessions: Lady Antebellum) —

 

AUGUST 22: Fleetwood Mac — “Steal Your Heart Away”
(from Say You Will) —

 

AUGUST 23: The Band Perry — “If I Die Young”
(from The Band Perry) —

 

AUGUST 24: Finley Quaye & William Orbit (featuring Beth Orton) —
“Dice” (from Much More Than Much Love) —

 

AUGUST 25: Celine Dion — “Taking Chances”
(from Taking Chances) —

 

AUGUST 26: Court Yard Hounds (featuring Jakob Dylan) —
“See You in the Spring” (from Court Yard Hounds) —

 

AUGUST 27: John Lennon — “Nobody Told Me”
(from Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon) —

 

AUGUST 28: Carly Simon — “Coming Around Again”
(from Coming Around Again) —

 

AUGUST 29: Joe Purdy — “City” (from Only Four Seasons) —

 

AUGUST 30: Dave Matthews — “Gravedigger” (from Some Devil) —

 

AUGUST 31: Pat Benatar — “All Fired Up” (from Best Shots) —

 

SEPTEMBER 1: Tanya Tucker — “Down to My Last Teardrop”
(from 20 Greatest Hits) —

 

SEPTEMBER 2: Chris Isaak — “Wicked Game”
(from Heart Shaped World) —

 

SEPTEMBER 3: Tori Amos — “I Don’t Like Mondays”
(from Strange Little Girls) —

 

SEPTEMBER 4: Annie Lennox — “A Whiter Shade of Pale”
(from Medusa) —

 

SEPTEMBER 6: Kings of Leon — “Manhattan”
(from Only By the Night) —

 

SEPTEMBER 7: Westlife — “When You’re Looking Like That”
(from Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits, Vol. 1) —

 

SEPTEMBER 8: Chantal Kreviazuk — “Surrounded”
(from Under These Rocks and Stones) —

 

SEPTEMBER 9: LFO — “Every Other Time” (from Life is Good) —

 

SEPTEMBER 10: Mary Chapin Carpenter — “Grow Old With Me”
(from Party Doll and Other Favorites) —

 

SEPTEMBER 11: Train — “Respect (Everybody Needs a Little)”
(from Drops of Jupiter) —

 

SEPTEMBER 13: Tim McGraw — “Southern Voice”
(from Southern Voice) —

 

SEPTEMBER 14: Jen Trynin — “Rang You and Ran”
(from Gun Shy Trigger Happy) —

 

SEPTEMBER 15: The Script — “The Man Who Can’t Be Moved”
(from The Script) —

 

SEPTEMBER 16: Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians — “Circle”
(from Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars) —

 

SEPTEMBER 17: Natalie Cole — “Snowfall on the Sahara”
(from Snowfall on the Sahara) —

 

SEPTEMBER 18: Elvis Presley — “Rubberneckin’ [Paul Oakenfold Mix]”
(from Elvis: 2nd to None) —

 

SEPTEMBER 19: The Proclaimers — “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)”
(from Sunshine On Leith) —

 

SEPTEMBER 20: Bernadette Peters — “Running On Faith”
(from I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight) —

 

SEPTEMBER 21: Hanson — “Been There Before” (from The Walk) —

 

SEPTEMBER 22: Alanis Morissette — “No Pressure Over Cappuccino [live]”
(from MTV Unplugged: Alanis Morissette) —

 

SEPTEMBER 23: Jimmy Eat World — “Hear You Me”
(from Bleed American) —

 

SEPTEMBER 24: George Strait — “Blue Clear Sky”
(from Blue Clear Sky) —

 

SEPTEMBER 25: Meat Loaf — “It Just Won’t Quit”
(from Bat Out of Hell II [Back Into Hell]) —

 

SEPTEMBER 27: Rob Thomas — “Problem Girl”
(from …Something to Be) —

 

SEPTEMBER 28: Natasha Bedingfield —
“These Words (I Love You, I Love You)” (from Unwritten) —

 

SEPTEMBER 29: Enya — “Wild Child” (from A Day Without Rain) —

 

SEPTEMBER 30: Josh Groban — “To Where You Are”
(from Josh Groban) —

 

OCTOBER 1: cast of Glee — “Toxic”
(from Toxic [Glee Cast Version]) —

 

OCTOBER 2: David Gray — “Babylon” (from White Ladder) —

 

OCTOBER 3: Lady GaGa — “Eh Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)”
(from The Fame) —

 

OCTOBER 4: The Reverend Al Green & Lyle Lovett —
“Funny How Time Slips Away” (from Rhythm, Country & Blues) —

 

OCTOBER 5: Ani DiFranco — “As Is” (from Little Plastic Castle) —

 

OCTOBER 6: Janet Jackson — “Miss You Much”
(from Rhythm Nation 1814) —

 

OCTOBER 7: Miranda Lambert —
“That’s the Way That the World Goes ‘Round” (from Revolution) —

 

OCTOBER 8: Train — “Counting Airplanes”
(from My Private Nation) —

 

OCTOBER 9: Amanda Marshall — “Sittin’ On Top of the World”
(from Amanda Marshall) —

 

OCTOBER 11: Chris Botti — “Nessun Dorma” (from Italia) —

 

OCTOBER 12: Ryan Adams — “New York, New York” (from Gold) —

 

OCTOBER 13: Ben’s Brother — “Time”
(from Beta Male Fairytales) —

 

OCTOBER 14: Emmylou Harris — “Goin’ Back to Harlan [live]”
(from Lilith Fair: A Celebration of Women in Music) —

 

OCTOBER 15: Santana featuring India.Arie & Yo-Yo Ma —
“While My Guitar Gently Weeps”
(from Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time) —

 

OCTOBER 16: The National — “Start a War” (from Boxer) —

 

OCTOBER 17: Patty Griffin — “Let Him Fly”
(from Living With Ghosts) —

 

OCTOBER 18: Chantal Kreviazuk — “M (Next Train to the Moon)”
(from Colour Moving and Still) —

 

OCTOBER 19: Matisyahu — “One Day” (from Light) —

 

OCTOBER 20: Sugarland — “Incredible Machine”
(from The Incredible Machine) —

 

OCTOBER 21: Scala & Kolacny Brothers — “Creep”
(from Creep [Single]) —

 

OCTOBER 22: Nanci Griffith (with Darius Rucker) —
“Love at the Five and Dime” (from The Dust Bowl Symphony) —

 

OCTOBER 23: T’Pau — “Heart and Soul”
(from Heart and Soul: The Best of T’Pau) —

 

OCTOBER 24: Danielle Brisebois — “Five Friends”
(from Portable Life) —

 

OCTOBER 25: Stevie Nicks & Lindsay Buckingham — “Twisted”
(from Twister [Music from the Motion Picture]) —

 

OCTOBER 26: Chris Wall — “Three Across” (from Tainted Angel) —

 

OCTOBER 27: Santana featuring Chris Daughtry — “Photograph”
(from Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time) —

 

OCTOBER 28: Patti LaBelle & Kristine W — “Land of the Living”
(from Classic Moments) —

 

OCTOBER 29: INXS — “Beautiful Girl”
(from Shine Like It Does: The Anthology (1979-1997) ) —

 

OCTOBER 30: Cyndi Lauper — “A Part Hate”
(from Hat Full of Stars) —

 

OCTOBER 31: Leona Lewis — “Brave” (from Echo) —

 

NOVEMBER 1: Everything But the Girl — “Apron Strings [live]”
(from Acoustic) —

 

NOVEMBER 2: Taylor Swift — “Back to December”
(from Speak Now) —

 

NOVEMBER 3: Taylor Swift — “Long Live” (from Speak Now) —

 

NOVEMBER 4: Roxette — “The Look” (from Look Sharp!) —

 

NOVEMBER 5: Ben Folds Five — “Brick”
(from Whatever and Ever Amen) —

 

NOVEMBER 6: Bruno Mars — “Talking to the Moon”
(from Doo-Wops & Hooligans) —

 

NOVEMBER 7: Richard Marx — “Hazard” (from Greatest Hits) —

 

NOVEMBER 8: Shania Twain — “Don’t Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)”
(from Come On Over [International Version]) —

 

NOVEMBER 9: Katie Melua — “Just Like Heaven”
(from Piece By Piece) —

 

NOVEMBER 10: Tori Amos — “The Waitress”
(from Under the Pink) —

 

NOVEMBER 11: Reba McEntire — “If I Were a Boy”
(from All the Women I Am) —

 

NOVEMBER 12: Dar Williams — “Closer to Me”
(from The Beauty of the Rain) —

 

NOVEMBER 13: Barenaked Ladies — “Theme from The Big Bang Theory”
(from Theme from The Big Bang Theory [single]) —

 

NOVEMBER 14: Damien Rice (with Lisa Hannigan) —
“Nine Crimes” (from 9) —

 

NOVEMBER 15: Jerrod Niemann — “What Do You Want”
(from Judge Jerrod and the Hung Jury) —

 

NOVEMBER 16: Patrice Pike and the Black Box Rebellion —
“Miss Ramona” (from Fencing Under Fire) —

 

NOVEMBER 17: Joni Mitchell — “If I Had a Heart” (from Shine) —

 

NOVEMBER 18: the cast of Glee (featuring Gwyneth Paltrow) —
“Forget You” (from Glee, The Music: Volume 4) —

 

NOVEMBER 19: Cowboy Junkies — “Hollow as a Bone”
(from Miles From Our Home) —

 

NOVEMBER 20: Lee DeWyze — “Me and My Jealousy”
(from Live It Up) —

 

NOVEMBER 22: Semisonic — “Singing in My Sleep”
(from Feeling Strangely Fine) —

 

NOVEMBER 23: Sugarland — “Every Girl Like Me”
(from The Incredible Machine) —

 

NOVEMBER 24: Pink — “God is a DJ” (from Try This) —

 

NOVEMBER 25: Dido — “Thank You” (from No Angel) —

 

NOVEMBER 26: Christina Aguilera — “Show Me How You Burlesque”
(from Burlesque [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]) —

 

NOVEMBER 27: Lee Greenwood — “Dixie Road”
(from The Best of Lee Greenwood) —

 

NOVEMBER 29: Kate Rusby — “The Wild Goose” (from Sleepless) —

 

NOVEMBER 30: Soul II Soul (featuring Caron Wheeler) —
“Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)” (from Keep On Movin’) —

 

DECEMBER 1: The Pretenders — “2000 Miles”
(from The Singles) —

 

DECEMBER 2: Lady Antebellum — “Need You Now”
(from Need You Now) —

 

DECEMBER 3: Brendan James — “Stupid for Your Love”
(from Brendan James) —

 

DECEMBER 4: Basia Bulat — “If It Rains” (from Heart of My Own) —

 

DECEMBER 5: Madonna (featuring Lil Wayne) —
“Revolver [David Guetta One Love Mix]” (from One Love 2010) —

 

DECEMBER 6: Blake Shelton — “Ol’ Red”
(from Loaded: The Best of Blake Shelton) —

 

DECEMBER 7: Daniel Bedingfield — “Blown It Again”
(from Gotta Get Thru This) —

 

DECEMBER 8: Cyndi Lauper — “Girls Just Want to Have Fun”
(from She’s So Unusual) —

 

DECEMBER 9: Zac Brown Band — “Colder Weather”
(from You Get What You Give) —

 

DECEMBER 10: Natasha Bedingfield — “Little Too Much”
(from Strip Me) —

 

DECEMBER 11: Kenny Loggins (with Stevie Nicks) —
“Whenever I Call You Friend” (from The Essential Kenny Loggins) —

 

DECEMBER 12: Dolly Parton — “Think About Love”
(from The Essential Dolly Parton) —

 

DECEMBER 13: Celine Dion — “Have a Heart” (from Unison) —

 

DECEMBER 14: Jon McLaughlin — “We All Need Saving”
(from OK Now) —

 

DECEMBER 15: Everything But the Girl — “Missing [Todd Terry Mix]”
(from Amplified Heart) —

 

DECEMBER 16: Red Hot Chili Peppers — “Californication”
(from Greatest Hits) —

 

DECEMBER 17: Wham! — “Last Christmas” (from Twenty Five) —

 

DECEMBER 19: Elvis Presley — “Never Been to Spain”
(from Viva Las Vegas) —

 

DECEMBER 20: Carnie & Wendy Wilson — “Hey Santa!”
(from Hey Santa!) —

 

DECEMBER 21: Jose Feliciano — “Feliz Navidad”
(from Now That’s What I Call Christmas! The Signature Collection) —

 

DECEMBER 22: Wynonna Judd — “Ave Maria”
(from A Classic Christmas) —

 

DECEMBER 23: Faith Hill — “Where Are You Christmas”
(from Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas
[Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]) —

 

DECEMBER 24: Cyndi Lauper — “Home On Christmas Day”
(from Merry Christmas… Have a Nice Life!) —

 

DECEMBER 25: Everything But the Girl — “25th December”
(from Amplified Heart) —

 

DECEMBER 27: Teena Marie — “Lovergirl” (from Greatest Hits) —

 

JANUARY 31: Neil Young — “Philadelphia (City of Brotherly Love)”
(from Philadelphia [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]) —

 

FEBRUARY 1: Joan Osborne — “Right Hand Man” (from Relish) —

 

FEBRUARY 7: Patty Loveless — “You Can Feel Bad”
(from The Trouble With the Truth) —

 

FEBRUARY 8: Eminem — “Lose Yourself”
(from 8 Mile [Music From and Inspired By the Motion Picture]) —

 

FEBRUARY 14: Patty Griffin (with Buddy Miller) — “Never Grow Old”
(from Downtown Church) —

 

FEBRUARY 18: Orianthi — “Believe” (from Believe [II]) —

 

FEBRUARY 26: A.R. Rahman featuring Dido — “If I Rise”
(from 127 Hours [Music from the Motion Picture]) —

 

FEBRUARY 28: Christopher Cross (with Michael McDonald) —
“Ride Like the Wind” (from The Very Best of Christopher Cross) —

 

MARCH 7: Adam Lambert — “If I Had You”
(from For Your Entertainment) —

 

MARCH 8: Tori Amos — “Cloud On My Tongue”
(from Under the Pink) —

 

MARCH 10: Avril Lavigne — “What the Hell”
(from Goodbye Lullaby) —

 

MARCH 11: Terence Trent D’Arby — “Wishing Well” —
(from Do You Love Me Like You Say: The Very Best of Terence Trent D’Arby)

 

MARCH 17: Iron & Wine — “Glad Man Singing”
(from Kiss Each Other Clean) —

 

MARCH 19: Easton Corbin — “Someday When I’m Old”
(from Easton Corbin) —

 

MARCH 22: Keri Hilson — “Pretty Girl Rock”
(from No Boys Allowed) —

 

MARCH 23: 10,000 Maniacs — “I’m Not the Man”
(from MTV Unplugged) —

 

MARCH 24: James Taylor — “Enough to Be On Your Way”
(from Hourglass) —

 

MARCH 25: Prince and the New Power Generation (featuring Rosie Gaines)
— “Diamonds and Pearls” (from The Very Best of Prince) —

 

MARCH 31: Christina Perri — “Jar of Hearts” (from Jar of Hearts) —

 

APRIL 1: Lyle Lovett — “Nobody Knows Me (Like My Baby)”
(from Lyle Lovett and His Large Band) —

 

APRIL 3: Mel McDaniel — “Baby’s Got Her Blue Jeans On”
(from Greatest Hits) —

 

APRIL 4: Jason Aldean & Kelly Clarkson — “Don’t You Wanna Stay”
(from My Kinda Party) —

 

APRIL 6: Van Morrison —
“Jackie Wilson Said (I’m in Heaven When You Smile)”
(from Still On Top: The Greatest Hits) —

 

APRIL 8: Lady GaGa — “Born This Way [Country Road Mix]”
(from Born This Way [Country Road Mix]) —

 

APRIL 11: Sara Bareilles — “Uncharted”
(from Kaleidoscope Heart) —

 

APRIL 13: Bobby Bland — “Ain’t No Love in the Heart of the City”
(from The Definitive Collection) —

 

APRIL 16: Belinda Carlisle — “Heaven is a Place On Earth”
(from Her Greatest Hits) —

 

APRIL 17: Meredith Brooks — “Bitch” (from Blurring the Edges) —

 

APRIL 18: Sinead O’Connor — “No Man’s Woman”
(from Faith and Courage) —

 

APRIL 19: Paul Simon — “Old” (from You’re the One) —

 

APRIL 22: Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova —
“Broken Hearted Hoover Fixer Sucker Guy”
(from Once [Music from the Motion Picture]) —

 

APRIL 24: Duran Duran — “The Reflex” (from Greatest) —

 

APRIL 25: Amanda Marshall — “Love Lift Me”
(from Tuesday’s Child) —

 

APRIL 27: Ben Folds Five — “Don’t Change Your Plans”
(from The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner) —

 

APRIL 29: John Waite — “If You Ever Get Lonely”
(from Rough and Tumble) —

 

APRIL 30: Javier Colon — “Time After Time”
(from Time After Time [“The Voice” Performance]) —

 

MAY 2: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band —
“The Rising” (from The Rising) —

 

MAY 4: Augustana — “Steal Your Heart” (from Augustana) —

 

MAY 5: Stevie Nicks — “Moonlight (A Vampire’s Dream)”
(from In Your Dreams) —

 

MAY 7: Afro-Celt Soundsystem featuring Peter Gabriel —
“When You’re Falling” (from Volume 3: Further in Time) —

 

MAY 8: Brad Paisley featuring Alabama — “Old Alabama”
(from This is Country Music) —

 

MAY 10: Vitamin C — “Graduation (Friends Forever)”
(from Vitamin C) —

 

MAY 11: Lauren Christy — “The Color of the Night”
(from Lauren Christy) —

 

MAY 13: Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs — “Old Before Your Time”
(from God Willin’ and the Creek Don’t Rise) —

 

MAY 14: Patty Griffin — “Chief” (from 1000 Kisses) —

 

MAY 21: JTX — “Love in America” (from Love in America [Single]) —

 

MAY 22: iio — “Rapture (Tastes So Sweet)” (from Poetica) —

 

MAY 23: The O’Jays — “For the Love of Money”
(from The Essential O’Jays) —

 

MAY 27: Katy Perry — “Hot and Cold” (from One of the Boys) —

 

MAY 29: The Judds — “Grandpa (Tell Me ‘Bout the Good Old Days)”
(from I Will Stand By You: The Essential Collection) —

 

MAY 30: Robert Bradley’s Blackwater Surprise —
“Once Upon a Time (I Remember)”
(from Robert Bradley’s Blackwater Surprise) —

 

JUNE 4: Little Big Town — “Shut Up Train”
(from The Reason Why) —

 

JUNE 5: Sugarland — “Incredible Machine [interlude]”
(from The Incredible Machine) —

 

JUNE 6: George Michael & Queen — “Somebody to Love”
(from Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael) —

 

JUNE 7: Matraca Berg — “A Cold, Rainy Morning in London in June”
(from The Dreaming Fields) —

 

JUNE 13: Clarence Clemons (with Jackson Browne) —
“You’re a Friend of Mine” (from Hero) —

 

JUNE 15: Cary Brothers — “Ride” (from Who You Are) —

 

JUNE 16: Michael Grimm — “Red” (from Michael Grimm) —

 

JUNE 17: Lady GaGa — “Marry the Night” (from Born This Way) —

 

JUNE 18: Duncan Sheik — “Bite Your Tongue” (from Humming) —

 

JUNE 19: Billy Joel — “Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song)”
(from The Essential Billy Joel) —

 

JUNE 20: Train — “She’s On Fire” (from Drops of Jupiter) —

 

JUNE 21: The Sundays — “Summertime” (from Static and Silence) —

 

JUNE 23: Cee-Lo Green — “Bright Lights, Bigger City”
(from The Lady Killer) —

 

JUNE 24: Cutting Crew — “(I Just) Died in Your Arms”
(from The Best of Cutting Crew) —

 

JUNE 25: Martina McBride — “Lies” (from Shine) —

 

JUNE 27: Katie Melua — “If the Lights Go Out” (from Pictures) —

 

JUNE 30: Javier Colon — “Stitch By Stitch” (from Stitch By Stitch) —

 

JULY 3: INXS (featuring Pat Monahan) — “Beautiful Girl”
(from Original Sin) —

 

JULY 4: Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers — “4th of July”
(from Glassjaw Boxer) —

 

JULY 6: Paul Simon — “Pigs, Sheep, and Wolves”
(from You’re the One) —

 

JULY 10: Kendall Payne — “Honest” (from Jordan’s Sister) —

 

names dropped with reckless abandon: "Glee", "The Big Bang Theory", "The Voice", 000 Maniacs, 10, A.R. Rahman, Adam Lambert, Afro-Celt Soundsystem, Alabama, Alanis Morissette, Amanda Marshall, Ani DiFranco, Annie Lennox, Augustana, Avril Lavigne, Barenaked Ladies, Basia Bulat, Belinda Carlisle, Ben Folds Five, Ben's Brother, Bernadette Peters, Bernard Butler, Beth Orton, Bette Midler, Billy Bragg, Billy Joel, Blake Shelton, Bobby Bland, Brad Paisley, Brendan James, Bruce Robison, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Bruno Mars, Buddy Miller, Candi Staton, Carly Simon, Carnie Wilson, Caron Wheeler, Cary Brothers, Cee-Lo Green, Celine Dion, Chantal Kreviazuk, Chris Botti, Chris Daughtry, Chris Isaak, Chris Wall, Christina Aguilera, Christina Perri, Christopher Cross, Clarence Clemons, Court Yard Hounds, Cowboy Junkies, Cutting Crew, Cyndi Lauper, Damien Rice, Daniel Bedingfield, Danielle Brisebois, Dar Williams, Darius Rucker, Dave Matthews Band, David Gray, David Guetta, David Mead, Del McCoury, Dido, Dierks Bentley, Dolly Parton, Doyle Bramhall II, Doyle Bramhall II & Smokestack, Duncan Sheik, Duran Duran, Easton Corbin, Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians, Elvis Presley, Eminem, Emmylou Harris, Enya, Everything But the Girl, Faith Hill, Finley Quaye, Fleetwood Mac, Foo Fighters, Fountains of Wayne, George Jones, George Michael, George Strait, Glen Hansard, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hanson, iio, India.Arie, INXS, Iron & Wine, Jackson Browne, Jakob Dylan, James Taylor, Janet Jackson, Jason Aldean, Javier Colon, Jen Trynin, Jerrod Niemann, Jerry Reed, Jimmy Eat World, Joan Osborne, Joe Purdy, Joey + Rory, John Lennon, John Mellencamp, John Waite, Jon McLaughlin, Joni Mitchell, Jonny Lang, Jose Feliciano, Josh Groban, Joshua Kadison, Joshua Radin, JTX, Julia Fordham, Kate Rusby, Katie Melua, Katy Perry, Kelly Clarkson, Kelly Willis, Kendall Payne, Kenny Chesney, Kenny Loggins, Keri Hilson, Kings of Leon, Kris Allen, Kristine W, Lady Antebellum, Lady GaGa, Laura Branigan, Lauren Christy, Lee Ann Womack, Lee Brice, Lee DeWyze, Lee Greenwood, Leona Lewis, LFO, Lil Wayne, Linda Eder, Lindsay Buckingham, Lisa Hannigan, Little Big Town, Lorrie Morgan, Lyle Lovett, Macy Gray, Madonna, Marketa Irglova, Martina McBride, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Matisyahu, Matraca Berg, Meat Loaf, Mel McDaniel, Melissa Etheridge, Meredith Brooks, Michael Grimm, Michael McDonald, Miranda Lambert, Nanci Griffith, Natalie Cole, Natalie Merchant, Natasha Bedingfield, Neil Young, Nick Drake, Nicki Minaj, Norah Jones, One Eskimo, Orianthi, Pat Benatar, Pat Monahan, Patrice Pike and the Black Box Rebellion, Patti LaBelle, Patty Griffin, Patty Loveless, Paul Simon, Pearl Jam, Peter Gabriel, Pink, Prince and the New Power Generation, Queen, Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs, Reba McEntire, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Res, Richard Marx, Rob Thomas, Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise, Rosie Gaines, Roxette, Ryan Adams, Santana, Sara Bareilles, Scala & Kolacny Brothers, Semisonic, Shania Twain, Sheryl Crow, Sinead O'Connor, Soul II Soul, Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers, Stevie Nicks, Sugarland, T'Pau, Tanya Tucker, Tara MacLean, Tasmin Archer, Taylor Swift, Teena Marie, Terence Trent D'arby, The Band Perry, The Judds, The National, The O'Jays, The Pretenders, The Proclaimers, The Punch Brothers, The Reverend Al Green, The Script, The Sundays, Tim McGraw, Tori Amos, Tracey Thorn, Train, Van Morrison, Vitamin C, W.G. Snuffy Walden, Wendy Wilson, Westlife, Wilco, William Orbit, Wynonna Judd, Yo-Yo Ma