Catch My Reflection

Isaac Brock, Iris Dement, Rosanne Cash, new album recommendations, and an original song called "Refinery Flame."Recommendations This Week:Youtube video: Gear collection of Isaac Brock, (Reverb Youtube channel)Songs: Seven Year Ache - Rosanne Cash Let The Mystery Be - Iris DementNew Albums May 17th:Ana Egge - Sharing in the SpiritBlitzen Trapper -100's of 1000's, Millions of Billions The Avett Brothers - Self TitledSong Lyrics:Refinery Flame: refinery flame/cuttin' through a hazy sky/I can't complain/even if it feels good sometimes/it's all your fault/god that feels good to say/even when it's false/sometimes I need somebody else to blame/fog rolls in/obscuring years of decay/you're lookin' thin/a stiff wind could blow you away/give it a year/to get our feet under us/when you're hard up/it's not easy to remain gracious/how do I keep missing/back to the beginning/at the supper table grinning/probably should've been listening/atlantic time/acclimating to the last frontier/a welcome change/or maybe not it's still unclear/in the coldest months/life's moving at a glacial pace/will we assimilate/hard to know I think it's case by case/how do I keep missing/back to the beginning/at the supper table grinning/probably should've been listening/waiting/for the phone to ring/for some luck/to finally strike/so far/it's just been headaches/and a lack of appetite/repeat chorusDrop me a line:[email protected]://www.instagram.com/vanderglenn/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I discuss a couple Youtube channels with music content I watch, Cara Beth Satalino, The Deep Dark Woods, and new albums out on May 10th.Recommendations this week:Album: Little Green by Cara Beth SatalinoSong: The Boatman by The Deep Dark WoodsYoutube Channels: Otis Gibbs and #Vinyl Community videosNew Albums on May 10th:Myriam Gendron - MaydayShannon & The Clams - The Moon is in the Wrong PlaceFruit Bats - Starry-Eyed in StereoKelsey Waldon - There's Always a SongArab Strap - I'm totally fine with it don't give a fuck anymoreDrop me a line:[email protected]://www.instagram.com/vanderglenn/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Judee Sill documentary, Christine McVie, Cactus Lee, new album recs for May 3rd, and an original song entitled "Wish I Was Dead Etc.Recommendations this week:Documentary/Artist: Lost Angel: The Genius of Judee SillSong: Got a Hold On Me - Christine McVie/Cactus LeeNew Albums on May 3rd:Jessica Pratt - Here in the PitchCamera Obscura - Look to the East, Look to the WestThe Deep Dark Woods - Broadside Ballads Vol. III (May 1st)Song Lyrics:Wish I Was Dead Etc.: one more night in the gutter/one more sad ass country song/what fresh hell will I uncover/would you help me sing along/one more whiskey, one more barfight/one more sweetheart deal gone wrong/one more night in the gutter/one more sad ass country song/one more day they keep getting tougher/feeling my way through the fog/do what I can to show my good traits/but it still feels like I don't belong/frozen dinner, late night tv/one more hit off the old bong/one more day they keep getting tougher/feeling my way through the fog/like a Japanese motor/my mind keeps turning over/playing back that thing you said/pushing up that boulder/like a dutiful soldier/never ending up further ahead/wish I was dead/one more night in the gutter/one more sad ass country song/you can bet/that I still love her/but that ship has sailed it's gone/overcast skies/a cool north wind/my demise has been clearly drawn/one more night in the gutter/one more sad ass country song/repeat chorusDrop me a line:[email protected]://www.instagram.com/vanderglenn/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I bury the random facts segment after only a week. I also talk about my live music preferences and recommend some stuff. Thank you as always for listening!Recommendations this week:Album: Bite Down by RosaliArtist: Advance BassSong: Revelator by PhosphorescentNew Albums on April 26th:Hovvdy - HovvdyGospelbeacH - Wiggle Your FingersCharley Crockett - $10 CowboyIron and Wine - Light VerseAnders Osborne - Picasso's VillaDrop me a line:[email protected]://www.instagram.com/vanderglenn/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A fact you may not know about seagulls, Kurt Vile, The Bird Calls (Sam Sodomsky), Erin Mat & Paul, a new release I'm anticipating, and an original song called, "No Control."Song Lyrics:No Control: hold my hand/a little bit longer/don't want to live in a world without you/I thought I/ would've been stronger/but I didn't know you'd be leaving me so soon/the sickness came on fast/like a clandestine attack/now there's no going back/to what we once were/we once believed/that catastrophe/only struck the ones we didn't know/but how naive/and foolish were we/to think we were immune to life's fatal blows/we get so attached/to the stories that we craft/we forget that we don't have/any control/every disaster/ceases to matter/replaced by laughter/and fond memories/we get so attached/to the stories that we craft/we forget that we don't have/any controlDrop me a line:[email protected]://www.instagram.com/vanderglenn/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Travel commitments have shortened this week's episode so I talk for just a few minutes about Raymond Raposa, Terry Allen, and some new album recommendations. Thanks for listening! Drop me a line:[email protected]://www.instagram.com/vanderglenn/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ushering in April and talking a little about Tom T. Hall and Iris Dement. I also go over two new album releases on April 5th, and then I share a song about my mother entitled, "No One's Home."Song Lyrics:No One's Home - miss those days when you would call/we could talk for hours about nothing at all/your familiar voice made me long for home/conversations on the phone/if I had a tough day/you would always know what to say/you made me feel not so all alone/conversations on the phone/the ease that I felt/when you would tell me/hard times will pass/so proceed bravely/you were quick to laughter/and free from worry/through this world/you moved so boldly/we'd talk about the news or your church or the snow/we'd talk about the wild oats that you used to sow/then you'd say hold on I've got something on the stove/conversations on the phone/the ease that I felt/when you would tell me/hard times will pass/so proceed bravely/the fear that I held/when you broke it to me/you were sick and the future looked cloudy/then the phone rang less but I know that you tried/and you always sounded like you had just cried/your happiness had been overthrown/conversations on the phone/when you died there was just dial phone/conversations on the phoneDrop me a line:[email protected]://www.instagram.com/vanderglenn/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I talk a bit about things that have hindered my creativity and then I recommend albums by Adrianne Lenker, Sarah Shook and the Disarmers, and Scott Ballew.Drop me a line:[email protected]://www.instagram.com/vanderglenn/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

New format explainer, talking about Hayes Carll, Jason Molina, and Erin Osmon, new albums out March 22 + an original song entitled "Back On My Feet Again."Song Lyrics:Back On My Feet Again - One of these days I'll be back on my feet again/one of these days I'll be dancing in the street again/one of these days I'll be blowin' up your phone again/I'll be telling you the story/of how I got back on my feet again/one of these days I'll be on a winning streak again/one of these days I'll be riding in the front seat again/one of these days I'll have a taste of freedom again/I'll be telling you the story/of how I got on a winning streak again Chorus But for now/I'll keep things low key/but for now you won't see me/break in case of emergency/but otherwise please leave me be/one of these days I'll be smilin' for no reason/winter spring summer fall it won't matter the season/one of these days I'll get the best of my demons/ I'll be telling you the story/of how I started smilin' for no reason Chorus/Instrumental/Chorus Drop me a line:[email protected]://www.instagram.com/vanderglenn/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A quote from Ira Glass about the evolutionary process of becoming an accomplished artist, a bit about Canadian musician Joel Plaskett, and I recommend a new album by Dan Boeckner.Drop me a line:https://www.instagram.com/vanderglenn/[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bots in Boardman, break-ups, Bachmann and Bloss + an original song entitled "Dangerous Again."Song Lyrics:Dangerous Again - barely ever feel free anymore/seems like this world has sucked the life from me/same view out the window/of the same highway/same old shit just on a different day/but tonight when the rain hit my skin/released a rare nearly extinct emotion/and I feel dangerous again/I feel dangerous again/feel like a stranger in my own house/quiet like a thief walking on eggshells/you looked at me with eyes to indicate/we had become nothing but glorified roommates/warm summer night a red and yellow sky/a fleeting moment/a second chance at life/and I feel dangerous again/I feel dangerous again/Instrumental Break/1000 miles of talking to myself/public radio roadside motels/you used to sit in the sit next to me/reading the map and drifting in and out of sleep/gone far enough/time for a bite to eat/when she brings me my pie/the waitress warmly smiles at me/and I feel dangerous again/I feel dangerous again......Drop me a line:[email protected]://www.instagram.com/vanderglenn/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I have a conversation with myself about the difficulty of writing songs and then I recommend a few albums including the wonderful new Hurray for the Riff Raff record. Enjoy and please share.Drop me a linehttps://www.instagram.com/vanderglenn/[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A brief commentary on the interpretation, misinterpretation, and communication of song lyrics + Willy Vlautin and an original song entitled "On The Up & Up."Song Lyrics:On The Up & Up - A little bit of worry/goes a long way/keeps me curled up/afraid to face the day/a little bit of fear/mix it in/now we're cookin' up a dangerous/combination/a little bit of self doubt/from parental neglect/a healthy dose of trauma/I haven't mentioned that yet/I make no eye contact/I keep my head down/a little self medication/to keep me above the ground/but I scribbled these words/solely to express/that I'm on the up and up/making some progress/you reach an age/when all you can do/is tunnel deeper down/to find your value/it's easy to be angry/it's easy to quit/it's easy to be a cynic/and say you don't give a shit/it's harder to be kind/it's harder to try/to make something better/to help something shine/CHORUS/they'll try to derail you/drive you down in the ditch/keep you poor/while they get rich//but if you set a foundation/keep showing up/you'll catch some breaks/you'll make your own luck/CHORUS drop me a line:https://www.instagram.com/vanderglenn/[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I talk a bit about a Jay Bennett documentary I watched as well as discuss the new record from Frontier Ruckus. Also, a personal story involving me and Matthew Milia from Frontier Ruckus. Enjoy and share......please.Drop me a linehttps://www.instagram.com/vanderglenn/[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A more detailed description of the show's mission + Sarah Jarosz and a song about an unhoused person.Song Lyrics:Up Against It - bless your generous heart/for not just walking by/used to be a working man/expense account and a company ride/now I barely recognize myself/one fucked up day after another/hope I make it to the summer/out in the cold and in poor health/tired of being looked at like a stranger/by folks who used to be my neighbors/a series of false starts/then I hit the dirt/in this shelter tonight/the up against it in concert/barely recognize myself/counting the change in this old baseball cap/mapping out an improbable comeback/I'm ashamed to ask for help/after years of being self reliant/but who's supposed to survive in this climate/I wanna go home/I wanna go home/need a place of my own/need a place of my own/I wanna go home/I wanna go home/tired of the unknown/tired of the unknowndrop me a linehttps://www.instagram.com/catchmyreflection/[email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A short description of what to expect from "Catch My Reflection," a new songwriting themed podcast from Glenn Vanderkloet. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.