music of the week – the ditty bops
these songs are by the ditty bops.
so, there’s this really great radio station down here called KEXP that plays the best music of all time. indie 103.1 in l.a. has nothing on KEXP. sorry, california. well a few weeks ago i was tuned in and heard this really catchy tune. now, the beauty of kexp is that they archive every show for two weeks, so as long as you remember when you heard the song, you can go to their website and plug in the time that you heard the song and it will play the show. pretty cool, huh? well, it was this very method that i employed to discover this great new band, the ditty bops. the ditty bops are a total throw back to the roaring 30’s when flappers ruled the day and prohibition was in full swing. this band has harmony down to a science. so pour yourself some moonshine, and dive into the melody.
this first song, “wishful thinking” was the first song that i heard on the radio.
[audio:TheDittyBops-WishfulThinking.mp3] [audio:TheDittyBops-WalkorRide.mp3] [audio:TheDittyBops-SisterKate.mp3]