songs i loved in 2007

Last month, I created my annual "favorites of the year" mix.

Here's what was on it (click on the title to hear these songs on iTunes):

Better Than Love -- Griffin House

Cinder and Smoke -- Iron & Wine

Satisfied Mind -- Jeff Buckley

Wake Me Up -- Norah Jones

River Song -- Reed Foehl

3 A.M. -- Gregory Alan Isakov

Look at Miss Ohio -- Gillian Welch

Your Rocky Spine -- Great Lake Swimmers

Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground -- Chris Thile (White Stripes cover)

My Doorbell -- The White Stripes

Cocaine Habit -- Old Crow Medicine Show

Getting Ready -- Patty Griffin

Sea Lion Woman -- Feist

These Girls -- Ryan Adams

San Jose -- Joe Purdy

Born -- Over the Rhine

The Dark -- Ben Kyle (of Romantica) & Ryan Adams

Swept Away (Sentimental Version) -- The Avett Brothers

Gold -- from the Once soundtrack

** Please note that these are simply songs that I loved in 2007; they were not necessarily recorded in 2007 . . . but most of them were. :)

Also, while we're on the topic of my favorite songs/artists . . .

I found this photo strip tonight. Pictured here is my good friend, Gregory Alan Isakov (see above) and me. I should mention that I believe I may have been slightly intoxicated in these photos. I don't usually look like this -- at least, I hope not. But I do think this is hilarious.

(click to enlarge)