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Underappreciated Music: May (and a bit of June) 2019: the links to performances and more

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Doris Day and friend
The monthly assembly of undervalued and often nearly "lost" music, or simply music the blogger/poster in question wants to remind you reader/listeners of...among those we'll remember: Doris Day, Dr. John (Mac Rebennack), Leon Redbone and Tony Glover...

Don Berryman: John Coltrane: Coltrane '58: The Prestige Recordings

Jayme Lynn Blaschke: Friday Night Videos 

Paul D. Brazill: Elizabeth Everts; Shaun Carlyle Rogan

Jim Cameron: Jimmy Ford & Stephen Fulton: Volume II
and Koerner, Ray and Glover: "Honey Bee"


Sean Coleman: Harry Nilsson: Aerial Ballet; Stan Rogers: Northwest Passage; Neil Young and Crazy Horse: Everyone Knows This is Nowhere; Crosby, Stills & Nash 

Jim Freund: Joan Baez and Dar Williams: "The Dangling Conversation"


Jeff Gemmill: Top 5s; Bruce Springsteen: "Hello Sunshine", "There Goes My Miracle"; Charlie Marie: Charlie Marie; PledgeMusic-funded albums; Molly Tuttle: When You're Ready; Bob Dylan: Bringing It All Back Home 

Ted Gioia: Dr. John Band: "Iko Iko"


Keiko Hassler: West Side Story 1961 film soundtrack cast: "Gee, Officer Krupke!" 


Jackie Kashian: Valerie Tosi on concerts and venues; Ebony Jones on Beyoncé Knowles and her peers

George Kelley: Ain't Too Proud to Beg: The Life and Times of the Temptations; The Cher Show; Fun Home: The Musical; Rolling Stone Presents Female Singer-Songwriters; Dear Evan Hansen: The Musical

Kate Laity: Magazine: "Light Pours Out of Me"

Steve and Jonathan Lewis and Michael Shonk: Music I'm Listening To 

Barry Malzberg: Netherlands Bach Society: "Cum Sancto Spiritu" from Mass in B minor BWV 232 and

Zuzana Růžičková and the Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra: Concerto for Harpsichord and Small Orchestra H 246 (Bohuslav Martinů) and

Radio Kamer Filharmonie: Alexander's Feast, or The Power of Musick (Handel)


Todd Mason: Folk-rock with strong jazz flavors: Fairport Convention, The Byrds, Pentangle, Joni Mitchell, Fotheringay, Eclection

Joe Megalos: Bill Callahan: NPR Tiny Desk Concert 
and Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions: "Move On Up"

Laura Nakatsuka: Members of the Holy Cross Chapel at the Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology: "Lord of the Powers"

A related recording

Thao Nguyen et al.: Nobody Dies: A Short Film About a Musician, Her Mother and Vietnam
The most amusing moment might be when, after Nguyen has played one of her more alt-country-influenced songs for her extended family gathered in her mother's home town, they spontaneously are inspired to sing John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads" to her in response. TM

Natasha Padilla: Gauche 

Charlie Ricci: Boston 

Richard Robinson: The Best of The Motels; Greatest Go-Go's 

Nancy Ryan: Imogen Heap: "Little Bird"

The Howlin' Brothers: 3 Songs from Lost River Sessions


Workin' Man Blues: Country Music in California


Doris Day: "Love Me or Leave Me"


Abbe Lane and Tito Puente's Orchestra: "Whatever Lola Wants"


Leon Redbone: "Shine On, Harvest Moon"

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