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Best singles of 2020

This past year was a tough one for the majority of us.  Thank goodness there was indie music.  Looking back over the 19 Monday Mashup columns we compiled during the year, we have selected the 20 Best Singles.  Here they are in the order we featured them.

Volume 1 – Matt Hansen, “Find Me”

Find Me · Matt Hansen (spotify.com)

Volume 2 – Emmrose, “Take me With You”

Spotify – Take Me with You

Volume 3 – Jackie Castro, “Gravity”

Spotify – Gravity

Volume 4 – Joel Plaskett, “If There’s Another Road”

Spotify – If There’s Another Road

Volume 5 – Single by Sunday, “Debbie”

Spotify – Debbie

Volume 6 – Nia Ekanem, “Shelter”

Spotify – Shelter

Volume 7 – Kyle LaLone, “Not Gonna Drink Over You”

Spotify – Not Gonna Drink Over You

Volume 8 – BINX, “Blazing”

Spotify – Blazing

Volume 9 – The Trusted, “The Innocent”

Spotify – The Innocent

Volume 10 – Katie Knipp, “Chamomile and Cocaine”

Spotify – Chamomile and Cocaine

Volume 11 – Ted Russell Kamp, “Home Sweet Hollywood”

Spotify – Home Sweet Hollywood

Volume 12 – The Imaginaries, “Revival”

Spotify – Revival

Volume 13 – Soul Asylum, “If I Told You”

Spotify – If I Told You (Acoustic)

Volume 14 – Gina Sicilia, “Married Man”

Spotify – Married Man

Volume 15 – Mustangs of the West, “I am the Highway”

Spotify – I Am the Highway

Volume 16 – Goldflēce, “Tie One On”

Spotify – Tie One On

Volume 17 – Brigitte Purdy, “Memphis Hotline”

Spotify – Memphis Hotline

Volume 18 – Cameron DuBois, “Merry Christmas, Wherever You Are”

Merry Christmas, Wherever You Are · Cameron DuBois, Bama Sound (spotify.com)

Volume 19 – Amy Steele, “Our House”

Our House · Amy Steele (spotify.com)

Best of the Rest – Shannon Hurley, “Am I in This Love Alone”

Am I in This Love Alone · Shannon Hurley (spotify.com)

We’ll be back soon with our 20 Best Music Videos.  See you soon.

 

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Monday mashup 2020 (vol 19)

We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas.  We had a relaxing time with family, capped off with watching Wonder Woman 1984 for free on HBO MAX.  Now that the holiday is over, let’s cap off this year with our final Monday Mashup of 2020.

NEW SINGLES

Our first single is from WAMI and features Julia Shuren.  It is a smooth R&B tune that provides the perfect chill factor for this hectic holiday season.  Enjoy “Life is Good.”

Life Is Good · WAMI, Julia Shuren (spotify.com)

Next up is the groovy surf sound of Very Cool on their second single, “Hot Rod Canoe.”  We love it!

Hot Rod Canoe · Very Cool (spotify.com)

Our third single this week is courtesy of The New Bardots, who leave us with the interesting proposal that “If Santa Claus Were President,” things might be a little different.  It’s worth your time to listen to their rationale.

If Santa Claus were President · The New Bardots (spotify.com)

Amy Steele has a dynamic voice and turns the pop hit “Our House” into a dreamy acoustic holiday extravaganza.  We can’t wait to see what comes next for this amazing artist.

Our House · Amy Steele (spotify.com)

Our final single to be featured in 2020 is a lovely live version of the classic “River” that could easily become  your favorite holiday song.  Thank you to Tawny Ellis for her creativeness is making this one the perfect song with which to end the year.

River (Live) · Tawny Ellis (spotify.com)

NEW MUSIC VIDEOS

We kick off the music video portion of our Mashup with the bluesy sound of ELEKTROHORSE featuring the powerful gospel vocals of Francesca Capasso.  Check out the song “Walk on Water,” and its stunning cinematography, but beware, these visuals will stay with you long after the video ends.

Next up is a dynamic lyric video from the hardest rocking guitarist in LA, the alluring Ali Handal.  She brings new life to The Beatles’ classic tune, “Come Together.”  This one’s a real keeper.

Welcome back to one of our favorite Scottish delicacies, the bodacious babe herself, Baby Taylah.  Her latest is also one of her best.  Check out “Good Enough.”

From Scotland we head to LA via Moscow for one of LA’s premier soft rock indie artists, the magnificent Marina V.  Here is her lyric video for Magical Christmas.  Let her voice and the words fill your heart this holiday season.

We close out 2020 with one of the most inspirational songs we have ever heard.  Many thanks to Eric Bellinger, Inigo Pascual, Sam Concepcion, Moophs, Zee Avi and Vince Nantes for reminding us that we need to “Rise (Together).”