Advent Blog - Day Ten - Track In The Box

Not every day is this blog going to be about The Old Queen's Head. If it was then A) it would get a little bit boring for everyone, B) it would look very self-centered and C) well if all you do is write and think about yourself how are you going to experience and share anything new - which at the end of the day is what being a great venue is all about, finding new things and telling people about them.

So, I'm gonna write about something else today.

I met up for a drink with a good friend of mine, and whilst chatting she told me about a new project she had started called Track In The Box . I had heard of it already, but didn't know it was her that was behind it.

So what is Track In The Box all about? Well, it is very simple, and very very good. All you do is sign up to their mailing list and everyday you get an email in your inbox which has 1 song in it for you to listen to, with a description about the track and what it means to the person that sent it to you.

You click on the link to where it is streamed and listen.

Amazing.

To keep it new, interesting and varied, aside from the editors of the site, they ask guests in to select the tracks, and so far they have had the guys from Chess Club Records (Mumford & Sons, White Lies....), Rock Feed Back, Neon Gold amongst many others.

So, I logged on to the site today to sign up, and the track of the day was Tina & Ike 'Nutbush City Limits', which, guilty pleasure or not, is a great tune. (I had also been playing some Tina Turner in the office earlier - Private Dancer if you wish to know). The track from the day before was Is Tropical, who played the last Loveless at OQH, and before that it was Peggy Sue, who came to see First Aid Kit here on Monday!

So, not only a great idea, a great way to discover both new and old music, but obviously a purveyor of great taste!

Which leaves me with this, if I had to choose a Track In The Box song what would it be? Well here it is - of no relevance to anything other than it simply being an amazing song, delivered by an amazing guitarist and vocalist. Pay close attenton between 2.34 secs and 3.00 secs. Genius.

McAlmont & Butler - Yes