“Graveyard” Music

Is it strange for me to say that these Songs About Graveyards are among the most beautiful I’ve heard in quite some time? OK, but that doesn’t make it any less true. There’s some really lovely, surprisingly-not-that-disturbing stuff here. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Lucy Schwartz  ~  “Graveyard”

2)  Nothing But Thieves  ~  “Graveyard Whistling”

3)  Delta Rae  ~  “Dance In The Graveyards”

4)  M83  ~  “Graveyard Girl”

5)  Feist  ~  “Graveyard”

6)  Tarrus Riley  ~  “Graveyard”

7)  Veronica Falls  ~  “Found Love In A Graveyard”

8)  Del McCoury  ~  “Over Yonder In The Graveyard”

9)  Gold Frankincense & Myrrh  ~  “Graveyard Of Identities”

10)  Vince Guaraldi  ~  “Graveyard Theme”

11)  The Darts  ~  “My Heart Is A Graveyard”

12)  The Airborne Toxic Event  ~  “The Graveyard Near The House”

13)  Tori Amos  ~  “Graveyard”

14)  Ghostriders  ~  “Rockin’ In The Graveyard”

15)  Amber Rubarth  ~  “Wildflowers In The Graveyard”

16)  The Devil Makes Three  ~  “Graveyard”

17)  RaeLynn  ~  “Graveyard”

18)  The Cliks  ~  “Walking In A Graveyard”

19)  Sharone And The Wind  ~  “Graveyard”

20)  Bella’s Bartok  ~  “Graveyard Funk No. 2”

21)  Anna & Elizabeth  ~  “Mother In The Graveyard”

22)  Rufus Wainwright  ~  “In A Graveyard”

23)  Billie Joan  ~  “Graveyard Dad”

24)  The Growlers  ~  “The Graveyard’s Full”

25)  Kelsea Ballerini  ~  “Graveyard”

Songs About Chasing (Things Or People), Vol. 2

Because you can never have too many Songs About Chasing (Things Or People) – well, maybe you can, but whatevs – there's this post. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Alan Jackson  ~  “Chasin’ That Neon Rainbow”

2)  Epica  ~  “Chasing The Dragon”

3)  Dominick Soth ft. Max Landry  ~  “Chasing”

4)  Against The Current  ~  “Chasing Ghosts”

5)  Ramones  ~  “Chasing The Night”

6)  Norah Jones  ~  “Chasing Pirates”

7)  Empire Cast ft. Terrence Howard, Jussie Smollett, & Yazz  ~  “Chasing The Sky”

8)  Sara Bareilles  ~  “Chasing The Sun”

9)  Max Romeo  ~  “Chase The Devil”

10)  Ingrid Michaelson  ~  “Girls Chase Boys”

11)  Wynton Marsalis Septet  ~  “Chasin’ The Bird”

12)  Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell  ~  “Chase The Feeling”

13)  Lecrae  ~  “Chase That (Ambition)”

14)  Delta Rae  ~  “Chasing Twisters”

15)  Marlon Williams  ~  “What’s Chasing You”

16)  Portishead  ~  “Chase The Tear”

17)  Geoff Tate  ~  “Chasing Blue Sky”

18)  Suzy Bogguss  ~  “Let’s Chase Each Other Around The Room”

19)  Jon Pardi  ~  “Chasin’ Them Better Days”

20)  Chuck Mangione ft. Marilyn McCoo  ~  “Chase The Clouds Away”

21)  Santigold  ~  “Chasing Shadows”

22)  The Reverend Horton Heat  ~  “The Devil’s Chasin’ Me”

23)  Sierra Hull  ~  “Chasin’ Skies”  (Holy cow, this young woman can play the snot out of a mandolin! My word, what a talent!)

24)  Hilary Duff  ~  “Chasing The Sun”

25)  Richard Reynolds  ~  “Chasing The Love”

Songs About Being Surrounded

You ever feel like you're completely surrounded, with no way of escape? Yeah? These songs totally get that. They've been there. They ARE there. Good luck, Houdini. And enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Chantal Kreviazuk  ~  “Surrounded”

2)  Dream Theater  ~  “Surrounded”

3)  Eisley  ~  “They All Surrounded Me”

4)  Hooray For Earth  ~  “Surrounded By Your Friends”

5)  Echosmith  ~  “Surround You”

6)  The Soundtrack Of Our Lives  ~  “Sister Surround”

7)  Erland & The Shelter  ~  “Surrounded”

8)  BT & Aqualung  ~  “Surrounded”

9)  Julia Holter  ~  “Horns Surrounding Me”

10)  Scott Stapp  ~  “Surround Me”

11)  Delta Rae  ~  “Surrounded”

12)  Erasure  ~  “You Surround Me”

13)  Cilla Black  ~  “Surround Yourself With Sorrow”

14)  Bebo Norman  ~  “You Surround Me”

15)  Craig Finn  ~  “Sarah, I’m Surrounded”

16)  Amon Duul II  ~  “Surrounded By The Stars”

17)  The Chills  ~  “Surrounded”

18)  Ryan Hemsworth ft. Kotomi & DOSS  ~  “Surrounded”

19)  Evermore  ~  “Light Surrounding You”

20)  Charly McClain  ~  “Surround Me With Love”

21)  Julien-K  ~  “Surrounded By Cowards”

22)  Noughts And Exes  ~  “Surrounded”

23)  Geoff Moore  ~  “Surrounded”

24)  The Boxer Rebellion  ~  “We Have This Place Surrounded”

25)  Overtone  ~  “Surrounded”

"Top" & "Bottom" Songs

Yesterday's intro was far too long. Today's is not. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Imagine Dragons  ~  "On Top Of The World"

2)  Queen  ~  "Fat Bottomed Girls"

3)  Carpenters  ~  "Top Of The World"

4)  Bright Eyes  ~  "At The Bottom Of Everything"

5)  Oh Land  ~  "Cherry On Top"

6)  Citizen King  ~  "Better Days (And The Bottom Drops Out)"

7)  Bridgit Mendler  ~  "Top Of The World"

8)  Stevie Wonder  ~  "From The Bottom Of My Heart"

9)  Delta Goodrem  ~  "Sitting On Top Of The World"

10)  KISS  ~  "Rock Bottom"

11)  Twin Shadow  ~  "To The Top"

12)  Delta Rae  ~  "Bottom Of The River"  (This band hails from just a couple of hours away from me, in Durham, North Carolina! And they're amazing!)

13)  Tyrone Wells  ~  "You And Me On Top Of The World"

14)  Ashlee Williss  ~  "The Bottom"

15)  Tom Petty  ~  "Room At The Top"

16)  Britney Spears  ~  "From The Bottom Of My Broken Heart"

17)  The Osborne Brothers  ~  "Rocky Top"

18)  Fountains Of Wayne  ~  "Sink To The Bottom"

19)  Bing Crosby, Mitzi Gaynor, Donald O'Connor, & Zizi Jeanmaire  ~  "You're The Top"

20)  Eric Clapton  ~  "Bell Bottom Blues"

21)  The All-American Rejects  ~  "Top Of The World"

22)  The Tom Fun Orchestra  ~  "Bottom Of The River"

23)  Beyoncé  ~  "Love On Top"

24)  Babyface  ~  "Rock Bottom"