ALTERNATE ROOT'S 2012 VALENTINE'S DAY SAMPLER

Alternate Root's 2012 Valentine's Day Sampler has finally made it's debut--greatly delayed by server problems which I'm sure frustrated AR as much as (if not more than) their readers.  There are 36 tracks (over two hours worth), here, but only 35 functional ones (for whatever reason Joel Henderson's "One Kiss At A Time" will not play in any of my programs).  The Sampler will only be available for download through this Sunday (2/19/12) according to Alternate Root, so don't sleep on it.  I'd love a proper full-sized cover jpeg, but that's a nit-pik.  It's ultimately about the music and the music is stunning.  Starting off with Jackie DeShannon and an Americana rendition of "Put A Little Love In Your Heart".

I'd like to point you to the best of what's here, but it's really all pretty amazing.  Like the retro roots rock of Mark Robinson, "I Like Em All".  But, OK, on a quick first run through, I really dug Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion's "Target On Your Heart", D.L. Marble's "Not The One", and "Save Me For Later" from Suzie Vinnick.  KK Miller's "Walk With Me" has a nice and bluesy 50's "slow dance at the prom" feel to it.  "It's Worth Consideration" from Stuart Markus is gonna sound great on somebody's "mixtape for a girl I love".  "Valentine's Day" from The Fallen Stars is very pretty and has the additional "virtue" of being holiday specific.  "I Do" from Debra Lynne is a ready made wedding song.  It's impossible not to like a song titled "Deep Fried Twinkie", brought to us here by Pure Grain.  I'm not sure "The Universe Began" from Girls Guns Glory is supposed to be included--it's not on AR's playlist--but I was happy to find it in my downloaded folder and hope it'll be in yours (very pretty).  And, when the voting was open (and when I could remember to vote), my votes went to "Inside Of Me" from Too Slim & The Taildraggers and The Boxcar Lilies' "Thinkin' Bout You", so I obviously liked those a whole lot.  I would've voted for Jackie DeShannon, of course, but she had reserved seating at Cupid's table.  Didn't narrow it down much, did I?

Go download "The Alternate Root 2012 Valentine's Day Sampler" at Alternate Root.  Discover your own favorites.  And don't forget to stop back here tomorrow as Stubby's will have some last minute hearts and flowers from the likes of Priscilla Ahn and Oh, Hush!.

1.  JACKIE DeSHANNON - Put A Little Love In Your Heart
2.  SARAH LEE GUTHRIE & JOHNNY IRION - Target On Your Heart
3.  OMAR & THE HOWLERS - Girls Got Rhythm
4.  ELLIS PAUL - Rose Tatoo
5.  BLAME SALLY - Big Big Bed
6.  D.L. MARBLE - Not The One
7.  THE WILD RUMPUS - For Peanut
8.  BRIAN ASHLEY JONES - A Song To Move Me
9.  PEYTON TOCHTERMAN - Smile
10. ADAM EZRA GROUP - OK By You
11. MARK ROBINSON - I Like Em All
12. PURE GRAIN - Deep Fried Twinkie
13. JAMES LEE STANLEY - Let's Get Out Of Here
14. SUZIE VINNICK - Save Me For Later
15. MARK WAYNE GLASMIRE - I Like You
16. KK MILLER - Walk With Me
17. KIM KONDRASHOFF - Let The Madness Again
18. STUART MARKUS - It's Worth Consideration                          DOWNLOAD FREE AT ALTERNATE ROOT
19. TOO SLIM & THE TAILDRAGGERS - Inside Of Me
20. MARCI GELLER - Gotta Love That Man
21. JAMES MADDOCK - Beautiful Now
22. SCOTT WOLFSON & OTHER HEROES - Brooklyn Mermaids
23. CHRIS CASTLE - All Kinds Of Time
24. DAVID ALLEN SLATER - Who's Gonna Catch My Heart
25. THE BOXCAR LILIES - Thinkin' Bout You
26. LISA REDFORD - Carolina Rain
27. STEVE PERRY - Gum On Your Shoe
28. WIND ON THE WATER - Ten Thousand Suns
29. KATHY BOYD & PHOENIX RISING - Am I A Fool For You, Baby, Or What?
30. DEEANN DOMINY - Love A Good Love Song
31. THE FALLEN STARS - Valentine's Day
32. JT BURROUGHS - I Will
33. MARCIA HAYDEN HENDRICK - Lucky Girl
34. DEBRA LYNNE - I Do
35. JOEL HENDERSON - One Kiss At A Time
36. GIRLS GUNS GLORY - The Universe Began

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