Megan Brickwood is in the house
Welcome to Monday’s Music Moves Me on Sundays! On the “Marie News”, I was happy to find an email in my box last week stating she’s doing better as far as her pneumonia goes and is doing a lot of sleeping which is expected when sick. She has an appointment tomorrow for a chest x-ray. Let’s pray that she gets good news and is soon back to feeling completely well.
Before I jump into today’s song picks, I wanted to answer this past Tuesday 4 questions. I can’t seem to get back into the groove of joining this Q&A session. Anne asked the T4 group:
- What kind of music do you like the best? Let me say I’m a lover of all music but overall I’m a classic rock n’ roll chick, not chicken just to qualify.
- Does the radio play in your car and if so what station or kind of music plays? Does music play in your home often? We do have the radio on frequently in the car. I usually just let DH do what he wants with it but often he tunes to a music station. He flips through channels on Sirius sometimes likes he does on the TV. I can’t keep up with them. Yes, I have music playing daily in my home following through my headset. Obviously, participating each Monday is a clear indicator that I’ve got the music. 🙂
- What do you think of the music played in restaurants or stores? Do you find it relaxing or annoying? I like music played in public if it’s not super loud. I like for it to background noise so-to-speak which should be softly played so to not overpower conversation while having a meal or talking to a salesclerk. If music is public places is played right then it’s very nice. Often setting the perfect mood for dining or creating a more festive shopping experience. Heck, I even like elevator music if it’s beautiful and softly aired.
- What part has music played in your life? What kind of music played at your wedding or at parties you have been to? Music offers escape and comfort, it even fills my soul with joy! At our wedding, DH’s best friend, Tony, a gifted musician sang for two of our favorite Bread songs: “If” and “Sweet Surrender”. Tony’s style then was very much like David Gates.
The theme this week is whatever music moves you with your song choice picks.
This is a music linky party. The co-hostess are: Marie, Stacy, Alana, and me. Every other week we have a suggested music theme (see weekly prompts here) to build your song set around and all participants share YouTube or Vimeo videos for our music enthusiasts. Failure to meet this basic guideline puts your URL in danger of being removed or labeled – NO MUSIC.
Last year bloggy bud, Amy, shared a new-to-me artist and today is the perfect time to take off the shelf the song that first intrigued me, Northern Country Line.
Megan Brickwood is a native Californian and alternative folk singer/songwriter living in LA. She grew up in the remote wildness in the northern part of the state with music influences ranging from classical to the 60s and 70s inspiring her blossoming works that seem to transport me backward in time. Let’s continue listening to Megan with the mini playlist Where the Wind Lays Heavy and a single video of her song, Slow Moving Water.
What new music discoveries have you come across lately? I’d love some suggestions!
I hope you enjoyed Megan Brickwood’s music. I appreciated everyone who came to the dance party this month. It was fun to be the spotlight dancer and I hope you liked the song prompts even if last Monday’s was a bit tricky. Next time you swing by we’ll have a brand new featured co-hostess. This is CAAC signing off, up next is my Feb. 1st BOTB and I want you to be a part of the voting process! Have a boogietastic week! X💋X💋, Cathy
21 Comments
XmasDolly aka Marie
Kathy, just came home from the doctor and bad news.. I cannot have the surgery I was hoping for and I guess I’m stuck with me the way I am. This stinks, but I’m stuck with me. Right now I’m in depression mode, so I won’t say much except thank you, thank you, thank you for being you. I will try to do as much as I can to keep 4M going and I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for all your help. God bless you my little Angel. You’re the best friend a gal can ever have. I’m so happy to have met you and so happy you love music as much as I do. Thank you for your wonderful friendship and I’ll try to do more now that I should be home a lot more now. If there is ever something you want me to do for you just say the word. HUGS
angelswhisper2011
That last song touched my heart, it feels kind of depurressing, but beautiful. Granny says she had to thing of Tori Amos, who also has that depurressing sound, but who she loves to listen too😸That’s a cute little bunny, CK💗Healing Pawkisses for Marie, hope she feels better soon🙏and a Pawkiss for you for a Happy Week ahead😸🐾😽💞
Kathe W.
Lovable snow bunny! and great toe tapping music! Thanks!
csuhpat1
I think that I will have to listen to more of her. Thanks for hosting and I hope that you have a wonderful week.
mjgolch
I did a Photo pun of sorts and then this week’s music
DrillerAA
The snow bunny is a perfectly aww…some image.
Thank you for the introduction to Megan Brickwood. I can close my eyes and almost see Joan Baez. Megan’s music is straight out of the sixties folk rock era with Joan Baez, James Taylor, Carole King etc. I could listen to this for days.
15andmeowing
I enjoyed your answers, especially the one about your wedding. This artist is new to me. Thanks for hosting. Have a great day. XO
Brian
Those were good answers to those questions and I did enjoy all of your tunes today too.
messymimi's meanderings
Wonderful music, and thanks for the update about Marie. Have a blessed and beautiful week!
Birgit
This gal reminds me of some Celtic ladies. She has a very strong but controlled voice. I love your questions and I am a lover of classical music which is what I grew up with but I also love classic rock, Broadway and movie music, folk music even from different countries. That’s what i love is that from the humble tribes to the big cities, each have music. Music creates strong emotions and makes us forget as well. I love that final quote.
Alana Mautone (@RamblinGarden)
Another new find I never would have found on my own. I tend to become stuck in the past with music but CBS Mornings, on Saturday, has a music segment for their last 15 minutes or so, and I’ve found some good/different music there. I’m also looking forward to Eurovision in May and any possible new finds. Slow Moving Water was my favorite of today’s set, both for the singing and the instrumental accompanyment.
Cathy Kennedy
Alana,
Do they televise Eurovision in the US? If so, that’s something we might like to watch. Thanks for joining me on the dance floor, partner! 😉
Eugenia
I enjoyed Megan Brickwood, Cathy! I also enjoyed your Q&A’s. Have a great day and rock on! 🤩
Cathy Kennedy
Eugenia,
Thanks, my friend! Have a boogietastic day!
Eugenia
My pleasure, Cathy!
Sandee
Aww on that darling bunny. They are so cute.
Love your Q&As. Music is a wonderful thing indeed. When I was young I knew every popular song, the artist and could sing along. Not so much now, but I still enjoy music.
Thank you for joining the Awww Mondays Blog Hop.
Have a fabulous Awww Monday and week, Cathy. Love and hugs. ♥
Cathy Kennedy
Sandee,
I can’t remember half of the lyrics to the songs I grew up listening to that I once knew every word to, but as you said I still enjoy music and it really knows how to move me! 😉
Nicole/DVArtist
Megan has a strong clear voice. Good answers to your Q&A. When I listen to music it tends to be artist I already know of. With the Janet Jackson documentary out I have been listening to her this week. Great dance music. Have a great day today.
Cathy Kennedy
Nicole,
I like Janet Jackson. She has that signature Jackson presence with her dance moves and vocal talent. She’s also not bad to look at, very pretty lady!
Thomas Anderson
Hi, Cathy!
Happy Pawww-some 4M Monday on Sunday, dear friend! I hope you and DH are having a nice weekend. We are below the freezing mark at 31 degrees at this hour, with the temp predicted to go as low as 27 in our city.
Awww, I just wanna smooch that bunny sniffin’ in the snow.
Yessum, that’s great news about friend Marie. I hope this means she is on her way back to feeling 100% soon. Thanks for the update!
I enjoyed reading your Qs and As. Yessum, knowing you all these years, I would say you have eclectic taste in mewsic, more so than most people I know. That makes visiting CAAC fun, an unpredictable adventure. I have a theory that people who keep the music inside them stay young. If it’s true, then folks like us are in good shape. It amazes me how many stores and restaurants we go to down here play boomer oldies for diners and shoppers. Several restaurants we regularly visit play a steady stream of hits from the 60s, 70s and 80s, as so does our supermarket. I was in a shoe store yesterday that had songs by Huey Lewis & The News and David Bowie playing while I was there. As you enter and leave the store from the parking lot, the same mewsic is blasted from a loudspeaker. I kinda liked it. It mystified me, because that shoe store mainly sells athletic shoes for teenagers. It seems to indicate that people of all ages appreciate listening to boomer era classics as they shop and dine. How wonderful and romantic that DH’s friend Tony sang two of your favorite Bread songs at your wedding in a voice similar to David Gates, getting your lives together off to a wonderful start. To sum it up, I agree that mewsic serves many purposes in our lives. offering escape and comfort, producing joy, making us laugh and cry, getting us up out of our seats and moving around dancing or listening as we perform household chores. Mewsic has healing power. It is the fountain of youth. I can’t imagine life without it.
I thoroughly enjoyed the songs you posted by new to me artist Megan Brickwood, beginning with Northern County Line and continuing with the tracks on her EP. Megan’s pure voice reaches me, touches me deep down. I love that her mewsic is made of “all natural ingredients.” By that, I mean her simple, uncluttered songs represent a welcome change from today’s heavily synth processed productions. In her songs, I can certainly hear the influence of her roots in the wilderness of Northern California as well as the great singer/songwriters of the 1960s and 70s. The EP’s title song, “Where the Wind Lays Heavy,” is my favorite. It’s wistful, evocative and brings tears to my eyes. “Slow Moving Water” is another gem. Megan is one of the most exciting mewsical discoveries of the 2020s, I kid you not, and I thank you for introducing her this morning. I say what the world needs now are more fine artists like Megan.
My mind, heart and soul are filled with Megan right now, making it difficult to think of other new artists to recommend. I suppose for the benefit of your readers I should mention Ellie Maxwell, the young Canadian singer I recently introduced at Shady’s Place. Emily Linge is another prodigy who specializes in covering 20th century classics rather than modern pop trash. You can find Emily’s channel and performances on YouTube.
The closing meme is inspiring and so very true in my case. Seems happy people keep getting harder to find these days. The the ones you are lucky enough to find are keepers.
Have a wonderful Sunday, dear friend Cathy, I’ll see you back here on TMT!
Cathy Kennedy
Tom,
BRRR, y’all got below freezing last night! I guess temperatures in the mid to upper 20s is a rare and I bet it makes you happy that it isn’t a frequent repeater. 🙂
Depending on where you are, music adds a nice touch to your experience. I like the so Boomer era and I’m excited the newer generations are being expose to it. Perhaps, it’s spark a revolve in today’s youth to bring out their talents to match great artists/musicians from yesterday again. That would be awesome!
I’m glad you enjoyed the introduction of Megan. Her discography is limited but hopefully she’s in her writing stages to bring new songs to her fan base. Thanks for the reminder of Ellie Maxell. She is a fabulous young singer whom I can’t wait to see where she goes with her career!
Thanks for dropping by this morning, my friend. Have a boogietastic week!