Band of the Month (December)

Now before everyone from Edmonton writes this off as me trying to be like local radio station sonic 102.9 let me just say... nuh uh.

I'm going to kill "Song of the Day" in favor of a more comprehensive way of sharing some really good music with those of you who read this. The number now is slightly more than three and approaching the stratospheric eleven! Actually that's a lie, I got 186 hits yesterday, not including my own. I chalk it up either to my incredible word of mouth campaign or my mom should really take a break from the computer for a while.

So here's how it's gonna go down. I'll showcase a band and give my top 4 songs from said band, one each week. So without further aplomb (actually I'm going to throw in some more aplomb here in a second) here's thesightsandsounds first band of the month!

THE BE GOOD TANYAS

In honor of the fact that Shiggy and I are going to see them next friday and due to the fact that I haven't been able to stop listening to them, they make top spot this month.

Composed of three women from Vancouver, the Tanyas are a great mix of folk & bluegrass with enough melodic hook to draw in even the most ignorant bluegrass listener (negative aplomb points going to me). They do fantastic covers, beautiful originals and I'm really excited to see them live. Kristen, you're going to love this pick if haven't already heard of them.

The featured song this week is a haunting song on the piano about one band member's brother who struggles with an addiction. It's my number four pick to lead off this month's group of songs.

4. Song for R. by The Be Good Tanyas