There are SO MANY MORE -- yes Joni of course, the goddess; but also so many unsung artists like Sibylle Baier, Linda Perhacs, Molly Drake (Nick's mom), Connie Converse, Elizabeth Cotten, Bridget St. John, the great Sandy Denny from Fairport Convention, the amazing Laura Marling, I could go on. Cheralee Dillon was busking and gigging around Portland, OR when I lived there in the '90s; her album "Citron" is a lost classic and this is its best, most personal song.
Jan 24, 2025
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As embodied by "You're Not the Only One I Know."
Harriet's voice is a lot like Chrissie Hynde's in that she could basically be singing the dictionary and I'd fall over. But she is vulnerable where Chrissie is tuff.
Maybe the real point is: she's not humming banalities. She's singing about ambivalence and self-doubt and ennui and regret and all the things that are so relevant today but she was doing this in the 80s. When a lot of music was shit and so it really stood out as gem-like then, and now.
Plus, for you guitar nerds out there, there's some Johnny Marr/Smiths-like playing happening here: loads of 7ths (Fmaj7/Cmaj7/Dmin7) that give this song and many others they recorded a chiming, open-ended quality that matches the lyrics.
I heart this band and I have for decades now. (swoon)
Apr 19, 2024
3 sisters with ethereal harmonies! a friend put this record on last weekend and it reminded me how immensely special they are.
see also: joan baez always, norma tanega is also wildly talented
Jan 24, 2025
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The man responsible for dozens of Teenage Symphonies to God
"Sad songs about happy things" (the first time, as a kid, I can recall the sweet/sour combo of melodies that could make you cry attached to songs about endless, bottomless love)
I've long since lost track of how many weddings and funerals I've attended that have featured this song; suffice it to say, "a lot."
God only knows what we'd been without him ๐๐ป
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May 22, 2025
Hey tyler hopefully this doesnโt violate some PI.FYI golden rule
But after nearly two years of writing, editing and arguing, my book about the EP is coming out in May and can be preordered here:
https://hozacrecords.com/product/aifl/
The book is about the origins, history and cultural impact of the EP since these little objects first started coming out in the 50s.
Over 50 of my music biz friends then helped me shape the list and review the top 200 ever released, according to us (ha).
For those of you who are into this kind of geekery/snobbery, I canโt wait to hear what you think. A labor of love, as all books are! โค๏ธ
Mar 27, 2024