Workman Publishing Blog » Music http://www.workman.com/blog The blog of Workman Publishing Company, promising a touch of marketing, and a dose of randomness. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:57:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Start a Listening Group… http://www.workman.com/blog/2009/08/start-a-listening-group/ http://www.workman.com/blog/2009/08/start-a-listening-group/#comments Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:07:54 +0000 savannah http://www.workman.com/blog/?p=656 Attention, music lovers–looking for something new to do this fall? Tom Moon, author of 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die, has created a wonderful guide to starting a listening group. If you want to get fancy, go ahead and call it a “salon.” (Pronounce that in the manner of the French.) All in all, a smart, budget-friendly way to enjoy great music and company.

Check out Tom’s pamphlet below, and if you’re looking for further diversion, go here to read his always-interesting blog.

Tom Moon’s Listening Group Guide

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Without further ado, here is the Unofficial, Totally Uncensored Girls’ Guide to Rocking Playlist.

  1. “Les Petits Chevaux” by Brigitte Fontaine (click to listen)
  2. “Meadowlands” by Nancy Jacobs and Her Sisters
  3. “Holiday Song” by Marine Girls (click to listen)
  4. “I Won’t Tell” by Tracy Dey
  5. “Poor Little City Boy” by Nedelle (click to listen)
  6. “I’ve Got A Feelin’” by Big Maybelle (click to listen)
  7. “I’ve Just Begun (Having My Fun)” by Brittany Spears (click to listen)
  8. “I Drive My Friend” by Frida Hyvonen (click to listen)
  9. “What Can I Do For You?” by Labelle (click to listen)
  10. “Cherry Bomb” by The Runaways (click to listen)
  11. “52 Girl’s” by The B-52’s (click to listen)
  12. “Have You Got Someone Else On the String” by Texas Ruby
  13. “Victim of Rock and Roll” by Care Bears on Fire
  14. “Thank God for a Mother Like Mine” by Kitty Wells
  15. “Go Tell It On the Mountain” by Mahalia Jackson (click to listen)
  16. “Pink Bedroom” by Lou Ann Barton
  17. “Are You Going to Leave Me?” by Shirley & Dolly Collins (click to listen)
  18. “Hose & I” by Bat for Lashes (click to listen)
  19. “Shadow of a Doubt” by Sonic Youth (click to listen)
  20. “I Found a Reason” by Cat Power (click to listen)
  21. “You’re No Good” by ESG (click to listen)
  22. “A_OL” by Sister Rosetta Tharpe
  23. “Break In the Road” by Betty Harris (click to listen)
  24. “Il Macquillage Lady” by Sister Sledge (click to listen)
  25. “The Wait” [Single Version] by The Pretenders (click to listen)
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