My iPod Playlist

Artist	Name
ABBA	Money, Money, Money
Asylum Street Spankers	Sidekick
Björk	Aeroplane
	The Anchor Song
	Big Time Sensuality
	Cover Me
	Crying
	Human Behaviour
	Isobel
	It’s Oh So Quiet
	Like Someone In Love
	The Modern Things
	My Spine
	Öll Birtan
	One Day
	Sonnets / Unrealities XI
	There’s More To Life Than This
	Violently Happy
	Vökuró
Blood, Sweat & Tears	Spinning Wheel
David Bowie	Space Oddity
Johnny Cash	Folsom Prison Blues
	Hurt
	Sunday Morning Coming Down
Petula Clark	Downtown
Chicago Soundtrack	Cell Block Tango
	Class
	Funny Honey
	I Can’t Do It Alone
	I Move On
	Love Is A Crime
	Nowadays (Roxie)
	Nowadays/Hot Honey Rag
	Overture/And All That Jazz
	Roxie
	We Both Reached For The Gun
	When You’re Good To Mama
Patsy Cline	Back In Baby’s Arms
Leonard Cohen	The Future
	Waiting For The Miracle
The Dresden Dolls	Coin-Operated Boy
	Sing
Bob Dylan	You Belong To Me
Duane Eddy	The Trembler
Hollywood Persuaders	Drums A Go-Go
How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying! (New Broadway Cast Recording)	How to Succeed
	Coffee Break
	The Company Way
	Been a Long Day
	Been a Long Day (reprise)
Janis Joplin	Me and Bobby McGee
Scott Joplin (John Arpin)	Cleopha
	Elite Syncopations
	The Entertainer
	Magnetic Rag
	Maple Leaf Rag
	Weeping Willow
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Party & Diamanda Gallas	Allah, Mohammed, Char, Yaar
The Kinks	Lola
Kris Kristofferson	Help Me Make It Through the Night
L7	S**tlist
Lard	Forkboy
Cyndi Lauper	She Bop
	Time After Time
Lyle Lovett	Church
	Here I Am
	If I Had A Boat
	You Can’t Resist It
Nena	99 Luftballons
No Doubt	Hey Baby
Joan Osborne	Let’s Just Get Naked
	Man In The Long Black Coat
	One Of Us
	St. Teresa
Pippin: Original Cast Recording	Extraordinary
	Glory
	Kind of Woman
	No Time at All
	Simple Joys
	Spread a Little Sunshine
	War Is a Science
The Pogues	The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
	Billy’s Bones
	Dirty Old Town
	The Gentleman Soldier
	I’m A Man You Don’t Meet Every Day
	The Old Main Drag
	A Pair Of Brown Eyes
	A Pistol For Paddy Garcia
	Sally MacLennane
	The Sick Bed Of Cuchuliann
	Wild Cats Of Kilkenny
Prince	History Repeats Itself
Sinéad O’Connor	Black Boys On Mopeds
	You Cause As Much Sorrow
R.E.M.	Losing My Religion
Lou Reed	Walk On the Wild Side
The Rolling Stones	19th Nervous Breakdown
	Mother’s Little Helper
Bruce Springsteen & The Sessions Band	Blinded By the Light
Squirrel Nut Zippers	Evening At Lafitte’s
	Fat Cat Keeps Getting Fatter
	Ghost Of Stephen Foster
	It’s Over
	The Kraken
	Low Down Man
	My Drag
	Pallin’ With Al
	Soon
	Suits Are Picking Up The Bill
	That Fascinating Thing
	Trou Macacq
Talking Heads	Creatures of Love
	Road to Nowhere
Thompson Twins	Hold Me Now
Van Morrison	Moondance
Violent Femmes	Blister in the Sun
X	Under the Big Black Sun

What I’m Listening To: DJ Sweeney, by DJ Sweeney

(Full disclosure: DJ Sweeney used to be my next-door neighbor, and her mother is a close friend of mine.)

DJ's jazz/swing/blues vocals are backed with some of the best instrumental talent Kansas City can offer. All the songs are classics, but for the most part not standards. I was familiar with only two, Cole Porter's "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" and the Rogers & Hammerstein hit, "I Can't Give You Anything but Love." The other tunes deserve to be better known.

For a self-titled album (though I understand that was unplanned), DJ Sweeney is refreshingly free of ego. DJ sings cleanly, with precision and feeling. Her performance is unencumbered by flash, flourishes, and superfluous ornamentation. She doesn't stand between the song and the audience, and she has the tact to give her talented instrumentalists time for wonderful solos. My only complaint is that the album is too short. I wasn't ready for it to be over.

You can find DJ Sweeney at www.cdbaby.com/cd/djsweeney