FREE MUSIC FOR VALENTINE'S DAY (#1)

I don't usually bother much with Valentine's Day music.  Let's face it, 90% or better of all the songs that have ever been written are songs about love and/or heartbreak.  But, as I've often said, free is free; and there just happen to be a couple of excellent Valentine's themed compilations available for free download this year.  First up....

1.  I Told Her Lies - Robbie Fulks
2.  Valentine - Bobby Bare, Jr.
3.  That's All I Need - Andre Williams
4.  Falling In - Ha Ha Tonka
5.  Itchin' For You - Trailer Bride
6.  Wreck My Car - Scott H. Biram
7.  Your Love And His Blood - Wayne Hancock
8.  Love Letters - Nora O'Connor
9.  W-I-F-E - Old 97's
10. Sparks Fly Out - Paul Burch
11. Wedding Day - Alejandro Escovedo

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Bloodshot records is a fairly awesome Roots Americana label.  Bloodshot is actually one of the very few labels I have bookmarked for reasons having nothing to do with Christmas music.  Sometimes, label samplers are just thrown together without much thought, but Bloodshot did a great job, here, with some exceptional material from some of the best artists in their stable.  The set opens with Robbie Fulks' Country Swing number "I Told Her Lies", follows on to Bobby Bare Jr.'s Rock infused Alt Country anthem "Valentine" and then to Andre Williams' soulful "That's All I Need", the title track from his latest release.  Now if those 3 tracks were the entirety of the sampler, you'd still walk away feeling Bloodshot had done you a solid.  But there are 8 more wonderful gems, here, offering up the holiday of love as much more than gooey eyes and chocolates.  Trailer Bride, for example, has some of the most original analogies I've ever heard in song ("It's like poison ivy under polyester pants/do a little two-step like I'm standing in ants/cause I'm itchin' for you").  My personal favorite, though, was the more traditional retro torch song "Love Letters" from Nora O'Connor.  Point is, if you like Roots or Americana, you're likely to find something on the "Lonely Hearts Valentine's Day Sampler" to set your heart aflutter.  And it's free at Amazon MP3.  And, should you discover an artist you want to hear more of, Bloodshot has the albums from whence these songs came on sale for cheap through the month of February.