We’ve already shown you how to throw a hipster barbecue in just five easy steps. But what should be playing as you celebrate the Fourth of July this weekend? We suggest our epic 50 Songs for 50 States mixtape. Click through as we take you from Alabama all the way to Wyoming, and if we’ve somehow shamed your state with our song of choice, leave a comment with an alternative track.
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Comments (19)
No Sufjan? Surprising!
50 SONGS for 50 STATES and no birthday tune for Aunt Queenie? Must agree with Gaby above “Surprising”.
Love this!
Seriously, where the balls is the John Linnell?
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Nerina Pallot also has a fantastic song titled “Idaho.” I much prefer it to Josh Ritter, though that’s largely my own musical taste…she sounds a LOT like Vanessa Carlton.
Wherever this is played, expect there to be plenty of American Spirits, PBR, and v-neck shirts. Bless your hearts. Have hipsters already abandoned Sufjan?
Abandon Sufjan?? NEVER!
I live in DC.
SufJAAAAAN!
Just for you LibrariNerd… the Magnetic Fields “Washington, D.C.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQ4mv8_uXzY
Happy 4th of July from north of the 49th.
“sister nebraska” is by Tarkio, Colin Meloy’s band before the Decemberists. Lovely song.
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Oh, man. Feeling lame by pointing this out, but “Train from Kansas City” is actually about Kansas City (Missouri, where the train station is) and not Kansas.
Suggestions: Josh Ritter’s “Lawrence, Kansas” or the Get Up Kids’ “Campfire Kansas”.
Thanks Nat!
Gil Scott Heron, don’t forget — “Washington DC”
[...] gives us a cross-country mix-tape for the proud patriot. Though the original list was found at Flavorwire, McCarthy provides her annotated version stating that certain "amazing songs…[were] left [...]
Exit 977 in Albany, NY has a two day holiday special in the works called 50 Songs for 50 States. It’s running on Saturday, July 2nd from Noon to 6 and Sunday, July 3rd from Noon to 8. You’ll hear songs about all 50 American states, songs for cities within those states, and tons of road songs that will drop place names all weekend long. LIKE the FB page for daily previews of songs that have already been scheduled. Good times. http://www.facebook.com/pages/50-Songs-for-50-States/123732047664113
Update on the 50 Songs for 50 States program set to air over the holiday weekend in Albany: First, you can listen to the special live from the station’s website at http://www.exit977.org. Second, the program will be rebroadcast on Monday, July 4th from 6am to 10am and from Noon to 9pm. Once again, LIKE the FB page for daily previews, SHARE the links with friends.
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