CIVL Station Manager Aaron Levy is super stoked for Emma Hones, our very own systems administrator, to have been recognized this month as the Volunteer of the Year out of the many volunteers of the 109 radio stations that are members of our national association. Here’s some songs in honour of Emma, who adds B.C. to her list of former regional residences, after Georgia and Virginia.
St. Vincent – “Masseduction”
Named after a saint, this artist’s recent album talks about the pretty salacious history of singer Anne Erin Clark, and the relationships she has with her father, sex, and romance at large. Emma and I have referred to this track as a serious “banger.” It’s on CIVL’s high rotation.
John Denver – “Take Me Home, Country Roads”
I didn’t know who this song was by, or really what it was all about, until Emma clarified for me that it’s NOT all that relevant to “just” Virginia, in the same way that it is to “West” Virginians, and their nuanced U.S. Senate representative, the younger of the Joes.
Ray Charles – “Georgia on My Mind”
Sometimes I wonder if Ray Charles would have been somewhat, or more so, forgotten if Jamie Foxx hadn’t ended up memorializing and immortalizing him in film with the release of the biopic ***Ray. You could say Kanye’s entire career pivoted on it, too. And I do.
George Michael – “Careless Whisper”
I’m not a huge fan of smooth jazz, generally speaking, but who doesn’t love (gag) the jazzy, silky sax sounds of this classic meme of a song from the man that told us we had to have faith. So, the sax reminds me of jazz, and that’s Emma’s wheelhouse. Jazzhands!
