Saturday, March 6, 2010

the haley macphee ultimate playlist.

let's start with the familiar, childhood friends:

blue rodeo (head over heels is a personal favorite, i used to dance around my living room with our light up frosty the snowman. it was also how i learned, as a two year old, how to fully control my dad's stacked surround sound music player)
brakin' tradition (my dad's band when he lived in halifax, i grew up on music man and sleepy head, i think my mom is pregnant for me in some of their videos)
cyril macphee (my good ol' papa bear himself. i don't love his music because it's familiar, or because he's my father. i love it because it soothes me and he has one of the most beautiful voices i've ever heard. i could not be more proud)
sons of skye (my uncle malcie's band)
alison krauss & union station (her sweet, sweet voice and their beautiful melodies are personally, my favorite to listen to 24/7)
the eagles (nuff said)
the nitty gritty dirt band (will the circle, be unbroken?)
stan rogers
dave gunning/jp cormier/natalie mcmaster/cape breton music in general
america; dougie maclean; new grass revival; jim croche; john denver; john prine; crosby, stills and nash; cassandra vasik; nancy griffith; tim o'brien; bread; patty loveless; jd crow; tony rice; ricky skaggs (the whites); dolly parton; elton john; beegees; fleetwood mac; james taylor; johnathon edwards;  don maclean; jackson browne; simon and garfunkel; gordon lightfoot; paul brady; dan fogelberg; seals and crofts; accoustic horizon.. many more.


soft, sweet sounds (good cover music for all you lovers out there)
ray lamontagne (trouble, shelter, gossip in the grain, i go all to pieces.. its all good. he is my god. haha)
jack savoretti (no one's aware)
catherine feeny (hurricane glass, i come home, mr.blue)
matthew perryman jones (rain or shine,beneath the silver moon, save you, feels like letting go)
katie herzig (fools gold, where the road meets the sun)
john mayer (all of it. absolutley everything- your body is a wonderland & why georgia)
joy williams (a little bit of love, speaking a dead language, sunny day)
priscilla ahn (dream)
greg laswell (everything)
jill barber (never quit lovin' you, hardl ine, brown eyes)
meiko (reasons to love you)
gavin degraw (we belong together)
regina spektor (the call, on the radio)
norah jones (come away with me, turn me on, don't know why)
monsters of folk (anything & everything- the sandman, the brakeman..; i will be there when you die)
cat power (sea of love, lived in bars)
bon iver (skinny love, creature fear)
ari hest (when and if, i've got you)
william fitzsimmons (even now)
fleet foxes (winter hymnal)
fiest (mushaboom, 1234, the park, secret heart, my moon my man)
serena ryder (all for love, little bit of red)
iron & wine (sodom south georgia, flightless bird, passing afternoon, love and some verses.. EVERYTHING)
terra naomi (say it's possible)
the weepies (nobody knows me at all, world spins madly on, somebody loved, hideaway)
foy vance (gabriel and the vagabond, indiscriminate act of kindness, two shades of hope)
ingrid michealson (maybe, the way i am, keep breathing, you & i)
tegan & sara (back in your head, walking with a ghost)
sarah siskind (falling stars)
city & color (everything- the girl)
erin mccarley (pony, pitterpat)
damien rice (delicate, cannonball, volcano, the blower's daughter)
schuyler fisk (hello)
charlotte sometimes (build the moon, ex-girlfriend syndrome)
fiction family (not sure, war in my blood, when she's near)
wallis bird (the circle, slow down)
paolo nutini (ee'rthang: candy, caledonia, last request, jenny don't be hasty)
jack johnson (banana pancakes, better together, sitting wishing waiting)
imogen heap (favorite.. just download everything)
ben taylor (i try)
joshua radin (i'd rather be with you, sky)
rosi golan (hazy)
rachel yamagata (be your love)
kate walsh (your song)
brandi carlile (the story, what can i say)
alexi murdoch (all my days, orange sky, love you more, breathe)
joe purdy (i love the rain, the city, wash away)
rosie thomas (farewell, let myself fall)
missy higgins (going north, warm whispers)
leona naess (charm attack, heavy like sunday, swing gently)
lenka (the show, trouble is a friend, skipalong, force of nature.. anything really. <3 her voice)
butterfly boucher (a bitter song)
kate havnevik (timeless, unlike me, grace)
matt kearny (closer to love, breathe in breathe out)
matt nathanson (wedding dress, come on get higher, car crash)
anna nalick (in my head, shine, catalyst)


and others:

dashboard confessional (while i love everything.. stolen hits so close to home. my favorite)
the weakerthans (left and leaving)
the fray (everything- syndicate)
snow patrol (everything)
train (drops of jupiter, hey soul sister)
collective soul (run, december)
needtobreathe (more time)
muse (supermassive black hole, hysteria)
oasis (stop crying your heart out, champagne supernova, don't look back in anger)
modest mouse (float on, parting of the sensory)
john butler trio (fire in the sky)
sam roberts (errrthing, y'all)
swell season (low rising, into the mystic)
mobile (dusting down the stars)
joel plaskett emergency (nowhere with you, through and through)
dave matthews band (crash into me)
the trews (man of two minds, hold me in your arms)
foo fighters (learn to fly)
temper trap (sweet disposition, fader)
sister hazel (your winter)
death cab for cutie (i will follow you, crooked teeth, title and registration)
we are scientists (after hours <3 )
raconteurs (steady as she goes, carolina drama)
the white stripes (icky thump, jolene, you don't know what love is)
the artic monkeys (fluorescent adolescent, i bet you look good on the dancefloor)
coldplay (violet hill, viva la vida, clocks, the scientest, i saw sparks)







classic, beautiful women with classic, beautiful voices

rosemary clooney
audrey hepburn
ella fitzgerald
billie holiday


oldies.

johnny cash
willie nelson
the highway men
tragically hip
eurythmics
pink floyd
CCR
pearl jam
america
guns n' roses
bob dylan




there you go guys! that is what my ipod consists of (including ALOT more).. if i think of more i will post them, so keep checkin' if you like these songs :)
ps. the song titles in paragraphs are not exactly my reccomendations, but they are the first song/songs i heard BY the artist!
love love love music. always.


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