This week’s Throwback Thursday is from Atlanta, GA’s Gareth Asher and comes from his album “Between the Smiles and the Tears”. It’s been a long week for us here and we just need a reminder that we shouldn’t worry too much about things out of our control! Gareth Asher: Facebook | Twitter | Website [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHHt5CNB6Uk?rel=0] Continue reading THROWBACK THURSDAY: “I’m Not Worried About It”
If you read the Songs of My Life posts regularly, you are more than aware that: A) I listen to a lot of music B) Usually have my iPod on shuffle C) Believe that the songs that catch my ear, my heart, my emotion, my spirit, are ones I am suppose to sit down and pay attention to. As I reflect on the songs on … Continue reading Songs Of My Life: July 2013
April showers bring May flowers…that’s how the saying goes anyway so we shall see. So here are the songs of my life for April. I shuffled, I asked, and here is what I received. What A Wonderful World by Gareth Asher Gareth does a wonderful, wonderful cover of this song. It was a perfect start to April as I sat on my bed with Nick da … Continue reading Songs of My Life: April 2013
An iPod on shuffle can actually bring you answers to the questions you seek if you have an open mind and are willing to see or hear. February should have been titled. Ask the Universe a Question and the iPod has the answer. To watch/listen to the song/video, click the title. Flashlight by Chris Young I was a daddy’s girl growing up. I was not … Continue reading Songs of My Life: February 2013
“…so I laugh and I cry…pushing on the bruise…let the pain begin…” January was a hard month for me. It was a month where I stood on the edge of the darkness and looked over the edge and contemplated on jumping into the mouth of madness. That mouth of madness for me is depression. I battled it hard in my late teens and early twenties. … Continue reading Walking the Crooked Line
“Missing You” by John Waite was one of my mom’s favorite songs. When I hear it or “I Can Dream About You” by Dan Hartman, I will always think of her. She’d sing along off key like it was no one’s business. She loved music just as much as I did. Now-a-days, when I hear the song, it’s almost at a moment when I need … Continue reading Missing You
Gareth Asher with a 2nd appearance this week. This song sums up what I wrote in “Simple Things” [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4O2PUmJPidc] Continue reading 01.22.12 – Song of the Day: “Simple Things”
With SOPA & PIPA and just reading anything about who’s running for office, who’s paying higher taxes and so on…this song is for those that currently run our country, for those that want to run our country, for those that strive to make a difference and to those that are making a difference… Let’s Get it Right… [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOdn60-0nLs] Gareth Asher – website | Twitter … Continue reading 01.18.12 – Song of the Day: “Get it Right” by Gareth Asher featuring Nappy Roots
Train Wreck by Glen Phillips This song title summed up how I felt after Halloween weekend. A train wreck. Partied a little too hard on that weekend and it hurt me for days. Edge of the Moon by Xavier Rudd A little Xavier always makes me smile. Coma Therapy by Strata I really wish this band was still together. They were so good and amazing … Continue reading Songs of My Life – November 2011
My friendship with Gareth Asher started when his band Illbreak played Weenie Roast 10 on September 11, 2005 and was sealed over a Click-It-Sharpie. 6 years later, we are still friends and I am always amazed by Gareth. His music and lyrics are soulful, beautiful, and amazing. There are songs that are haunting and reflective, songs of love that is lost, and songs that just … Continue reading Getting it Right