Martha Wainwright ~ You Cheated Me AND Jeremy Fisher ~ Goodbye Blue Monday

Martha's been on my mind for a few days now... Today, this was the first song I could settle on for my walk to work . I think it's her mother calling out to me, just a little bit...it's been a week and a year since her death, and so I'd like to give Kate McGarrigle some credit for today's selection. She is the reason we can claim Miss Wainwright here as our Canadian girl!

Martha began her musical career singing with her mother, appearing on the The McGarrigle Hour album with her mother and aunt, Anna McGarrigle in 1998. Then came her singing backup to brother Rufus Wainwright for a year or two before releasing her own six-song EP, Martha Wainwright.

This Montreal-born and -raised artist then fled to New York. Although she studied drama at Concordia in her home city, she made a name for herself as a singer and songwriter south of the border, and carried that fame back "home" to Canada. (Yes, sadly, because of her American folk-singer father, Loudon Wainwright III, we must share her with our American cousins...but that's okay. There's enough talent in that family to easily split our pride!)

This is a fairly melancholic song of Martha's and I did have to change it before it finished playing this morning.  I'm supposed to be stopping with the melancholy this week.  That is my goal!  So, I came across Jeremy Fisher's Blue Monday - now THAT's not a melancholic song either ;-)



I'll let you be the judge of which is sadder...

Video From Day Three/Fifteen/Sixty-Nine: Jeremy Fisher - Fall For Anything

Ok...so perhaps this song needs no more exposure from me, but I love it! So you get to see the music video the SECOND time on my blog...and hear a small rant on it for the fourth time...

Day 3: I'm so tired of ignoring the universe...it's time for me to stand for myself above all else.

Day 15: Happy World Vegetarian Day!
This came on my shuffle yesterday, and I had one of those amazing experiences that happens when I listen to my personal favourites in public. The rest of the world disappeared for four and a half minutes, and I escaped into my own thought. This year marks seven years of vegetarian living for me...and every year, I stand just a little bit stronger for what I believe in...

Day 69: Last week, I met this girl through an indie radio station who referred to Jeremy Fisher as 'this guy, Jeremy Fisher.' At first, I was shocked. Did she really not know Jeremy Fisher? Everybody I had talked to about folk music had already known about him. In the end, she didn't like him, and I believe that was why she referred to him as 'this guy' rather than by his name. That made me sad, but, it's ok. Everybody gets to have their own favourite music. Jeremy Fisher is one of my many favourite artists.

This song was number two on Day 3, and the only one on Day 15. Now, on Day 69, I share the video on my blog. I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoy sharing him with you.

Update/Expansion: I really have started to listen to the universe and feel better about myself as a cheating vegan. I'm getting stoked about launching my vegan blog in January and even went back to the library to begin research on it too. Every week, I'm more productive, and less distracted, which is always my biggest problem. Well...that has nothing to do with Jeremy Fisher, but it is related to me changing the world, which is what this song inspires me to do! I hope it does the same for you, too! :-D

PS>> If you ever have the chance to see this man live, go for it!

Jeremy Fisher - Fall For Anything

Last week, I met this girl through an indie radio station who referred to Jeremy Fisher as 'this guy, Jeremy Fisher.' At first, I was shocked. Did she really not know Jeremy Fisher? Everybody I had talked to about folk music had already known about him. In the end, she didn't like him, and I believe that was why she referred to him as 'this guy' rather than by his name. That made me sad, but, it's ok. Everybody gets to have their own favourite music. Jeremy Fisher is one of my many favourite artists.

This song was number two on Day 3, and the only one on Day 15. Now, on Day 69, I share the video on my blog. I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoy sharing him with you.