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Joints and Jams

Joints & Jams – Dave Barnes & The Eddie Higgins Trio

Kia Clay
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I’m on vacation this week, so no excuses for not getting this out on time! This one is a special Christmas edition!

Dave Barnes – Meet Me at the Mistletoe (2010)

I had an Instagram series on my favorite Christmas songs last year and I talked about this song back then. Everything still holds.  It’s dreamy!

The Eddie Higgins Trio – The Christmas Waltz (2012)

I’m pretty sure that I just found out the name of this song last year; I only knew it as that “three-quarter time” song before. There’s a theme going on here! I heavily associate Christmas music with pianos (probably because of the A Charlie Brown Christmas album; is there anything more perfect?) and this is the song that plays in the Christmas shopping scenes of my life. Because I’m weird. But it’s fine.

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Album Review, Joints and Jams

Joints & Jams – Album Review, Golden Days

Kia Clay

Dave Barnes, Golden Days

“But what makes it a Dave Barnes song?” This question was posed to me by an acquaintance within the last few weeks. How’d we get there? No idea. I think we kicked it off with me ranting about the numerous reasons I despise the Green Hills area, but that’s neither here nor there (but if I had to pick, it’s there). When I heard the question, I was slightly taken aback and I answered, somewhat dismissively (but no less truthfully), “Uh, because it’s awesome.”

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