Heading to New York today, gonna see the sometimes sincere, sometimes funny, always entertaining Canadiana artist Corb Lund at Hill Country Barbecue Market. Leave it to me to leave Texas, land of serious smokers, to eat Texas Q in NYC, but it is the real deal. I like that the music is as much the real deal, as the food is, that makes for a perfect night out. Real stuff; life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness. Make the most of every day, because we only have so many. We share that too, the end, no one gets out of this world alive.

Gurf Morlix has today’s song. He introduced it to us by saying, ”A friend of mine emailed me and said you'd like it (the song), and I said why, does someone die in it?  He said yeah, but that's not why you'll like it. I learned it, and really liked it and starting doing some digging into it and found out it's at least 400 years old.  Maybe Robert Burns had something to do with it.  It's about a dying man's last drink, a pint of ale, and it's called “The Parting Glass.” It has the feel of Auld Lang Syne in it as well, and it would make for a mournful song as the year wanes. December starts today…the end is near. Gurf is the real deal too, catch him on a European tour for most of the month. We are so glad he came by Marathon Recorders in Nashville during Americana Fest to film “The Parting Glass” for Music Fog.

-Jessie Scott