• Bad Religion – The Devil in Stitches

• Josh Ritter - Thin Blue Flame

• Willow Smith – Whip My Hair

• Rush - 2112 (side one)

• Bob Crosby and the Bobcats – Way Back Home

• Chrome: Eyes On Mars
• Jermaine Jackson: Escape From The Planet Of The Ant Men
• Nine Inch Nails: March Of The Pigs
• John Williams: Superman Theme
• David Bowie:  What In The World

• The Who: A Quick One While He’s Away
• Sonic Youth: Kool Thing
• Wilco: Pieholden Suite
• X: I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts
• Minutemen: History Lesson Pat II

• Medeski, Martin & Wood: Strance Of The Spirit Red Gator
• Crittenden Free: Voyage Of The Automaton
• Mars Volta: L’Via L’ Vaasquez
• Mew: Zoo Keeper’s Boy
• Yes: Roundabout

Spent a few years of my childhood in Ft. Collins, CO- will always prefer the mountains to the beach. 28 years young. Graduated from University of Kentucky: BA in Communications; minor in Women’s Studies. Current career (going on 5- years) as Event Director for Louisville Glassworks. Co-produced several theme parties including, Pulp Function, Kill Ville, NY 77′ and most recent project- assisting John King with “organizing” Zombie Attack. What spare time i do have away from work i spend running, playing volleyball, or going to see live music. At work, i like clients to be pleased and my rooftop concerts to rock!

What’s in my CD player right now: Black Keys
Favorite place I’ve traveled: Crater Lake National Park
Typical Sunday: coffee, run, dinner w/ the family
Louisville favorites (eat, play, stay): Mayan Cafe, Vernon Lanes, my new home on Shady Ln.
Most recent book read: A Prayer For Owen Meany
Favorite line from a movie: “Think we’re going to need a bigger boat…”
Sound i love: Fuzzed out amp
Profession I’d like to try: Ichthyology (study of fish or sharks!)
Quality i most value in myself and/or another: common sense
Favorite Poem: Desiderata  (Max Ermann)
“… With all it’s sham, drudgery, and broken dreams it’s still a beautiful world; be cheerful, strive to be happy”.

Here are Sydney’s five picks:

• Ladybirds: Doll Face
• Cougar Express: Gotta Get Me Some
• Broken Spurs: Shackles Down
• Cosa Seria
• Arnett Hollow: First Step

Playing musical chairs with genres comes quite naturally to Tamara Dearing who at age three developed an ear for music with the gift of a toy piano.  After years of pleading with her mother she began piano lessons at age seven.  However being a Navy brat made it difficult since the family was often uprooted and separated from both piano and teacher.  During this time Tamara was exposed to New Orleans’ jazz and hurricanes, San Francisco’s earthquakes and symphonies and finally settled into the lush steamy summers and gloriously white winters of Southern Indiana where her father retired.  Tamara began performing her music at the age of 17 when a friend asked her to play keyboard in his band.
After completing a B.A. in Theatre at Hanover College Tamara moved to Louisville, KY to intern at Stage One Children’s Theatre.  She has remained ever since, building her musical repertoire and experience resulting in her most recent work, “What Animates You.”  The latest album is a much more polished mature sound combining Tamara’s signature rhythmic lyrics and characteristically upbeat layered vocal arrangements with fun beats against a lavish orchestral backdrop.

Here are Tamara’s five “uplifting” picks:

• Cat Stevens: Don’t Be Shy
• David Byrne: Glass, Concrete and Stone
• The Cyrkle: Red Rubber Ball
• Dion: Drip Drop
• Johnny Nash: I Can See Clearly Now

Ron Whitehead is a poet, writer, editor, publisher, organizer, scholar, professor. The son of Edwin and Greta Whitehead, he grew up on a farm outside of Centertown, population 323, in Ohio County, western Kentucky. He graduated from Ohio County High School in 1968. He attended Georgetown College, Western Kentucky University, The University of Louisville, and Oxford University (England). As undergraduate and graduate student he was the recipient of numerous scholarships, grants, fellowships, awards, and prizes including The Dean’s Graduate School Citation at UofL and The English Speaking Union’s Oxford Scholar Award plus the Joshua B. Everett Oxford Scholar Award. At Oxford he studied with Dr. Valentine Cunningham, Head of English Literature, at Oxford’s International Graduate School. As poet and writer he is the recipient of numerous state, national, and international awards/prizes including The All Kentucky Poetry Prize and The Yeats Club of Oxford’s Prize for Poetry. In 2004 he was inducted into Ohio County High School’s Hall of Fame. In 2006 Dr. John Rocco (NYC) nominated Ron for The Nobel Prize in Literature. (Read more at Ron’s official website.)

Here are Ron’s five picks:

• Jimi Hendrix: All Along The Watchtower
• Led Zeppelin: Communication Breakdown
• Leonard Cohen: Hallelujah
• Sarah Elizabeth: Alcohol And Pills
• Johnny Cash: Ring Of Fire

Here Are Rebecca’s five picks:

• Mathieu Chedid: Qui De Nous Deux
• Bill Callahan (Smog): Eid Ma Clack  Shaw
• Rebirth Brass Band: Do What You Wanna
• Eleanors: Thieving Kiss
• Billy Joel: Vienna

My music career began in the streets of New Orleans, LA where I played harmonica for tips. After getting some curbside lessons, I hitchhiked through the Florida Keys and stayed for the Winter. Spring returned, and I headed North taking a brief pit stop in Ocala National Forest for a Rainbow Gathering. Things get a little fuzzy at that point, but I do remember making some money in little Five Points Atlanta, GA before returning to my hometown of Evansville, IN. From there I fronted my first band which was an inspiration. We moved to Bloomington, IN and quickly disbanded. I put together a new group, and we received the honor of being voted best local band by a reader’s poll. The Bloomington Voice sent us to Memphis, TN where we opened for Tonic at Beale Street Park during the Crossroads Music Showcase. We also opened for Train in B-town right before they became superstars. I left Indiana to study music theory and marketing in Oregon. While snowboarding at Mt. Bachelor, I earned my degree and was once again voted best local band. In Bend, OR, I recorded the first CD which actually captured my sound. The songs from that CD continue to sell via internet through a digital distribution deal with CD Baby. Now as a father of two boys and a girl I hope to pass down this heritage just as my father has done with me. My Dad and I continue to do gigs together whenever we can, and I pray that he’ll be around long enough to see my kids join us. I’ve got a new CD that I’m selling at our live shows.

You can catch Honey Roy At Qdoba on Bardstown Road at Eastern Parkway on Friday, August 13th, 7-9pm.  Here are Honey Roy’s funky picks:

Audio MP3
• Paul Delay: Love Gone Cold
• Mike Clark: The Grinder
• Larry Graham & The Graham Central Station: Is It Love
• Maktub: Just Like Murder
• Rubberneck: I Don’t Know

I sing and I write a song every now and then. I’ve lived in Louisville, KY for most of my life and I love music. As long as I can remember there has been music in my life, music all around me, music inside me. It’s always been there. I don’t really know where it started or how I got hooked. I close my eyes to remember and I find myself at my Granny’s player piano with her playing while her brothers and sisters gathered around her singing along. I’m listening to my Great-Grandmother humming next to me as he wrote in her diary. My Grandfather is blasting Big Boss Man on the 8-track of his 1978 Pontiac Bonneville as we drove down a country gravel road. I’m sitting in front of my Aunt’s stereo listening to her copies of the Beatles Sgt. Pepper and Rubber Soul. My Mom is playing Stevie Wonder’s Greatest Hits on the way to my Grandparents for the holidays and my Dad changes the tape so Marvin Gaye, Sly and the Family Stone, and Earth Wind and Fire sing to us on the way back home. Mtv is on and I can’t get enough. I can remember trying to sing along with it all. (Read more at Butch’s website).

Here are Butch’s favorite “dark” love songs:

• Matthew Ryan: Irrelevant
• Jeffery Gains: A Dark Love Song
• Whiskeytown: Turn Around
• The Frames: What Happens When The Heart Just Stops
• The Devlins: Kill With Me Tonight