ACL 2013: The Happiest Music of the Year

When last year’s list was published, it wasn’t very popular.  But over the course of the year, the hits kept increasing, until it became our number one specialty list.  Why?  Because people need happy music, and search for it online.

Fighting Lion ~ A Convenient Place

The ukulele resurgence continues with A Convenient Place, the third EP from Álvaro Menéndez and his first for Flaming Pines.  We keep hoping for an album, but in the meantime, these breezy concoctions will have to do.  If anything, the works of

ACL 2012: The Happiest Music of the Year

Some may call this a guilty pleasure, but we all need happy music: joy without melancholy, cheer without irony.  These ten releases – some short, because happiness is hard to sustain – each offer listeners a brief burst of ebullience.

Fighting Lion ~ Sparkling days, sparkling nights

This fighting lion is more of a happy, confident lion, saying “Put ’em up, put ’em up” in a playful fashion.  After all, who in their right mind would want to fight with a lion?  That’s why most lions get