Check out an additional photo from the same session after the jump.
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David Wax Museum’s Tiny Desk Concert

The Boston-based group David Wax Museum performing a 13-minute set for NPR Music’s Tiny Desk Series. They play “Yes, Maria, Yes”, “Let Me Rest” and “Unfruitful” (and yes, that is a percussive donkey jawbone that they whip out for the first tune).

We are giving away two (2) pairs of tickets to see Nashville, Tennessee’s Elizabeth Cook live on Tuesday, May 24th at the Bootleg Bar. The show is 21+ with Los Angeles’ own country darling Leslie Stevens of Leslie and the Badgers supporting. To win tix, e-mail whenyouawakela @ gmail.com (subject: Elizabeth and Leslie) and tell us which female singer you would choose to perform in a modern day TRIO (ala Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Linda Rondstadt) with Elizabeth and Leslie?  Include your first and last name in the email. Two winners will be chosen and contacted.

Elizabeth Cook- All the Time (song starts at 2:57 mark)

Leslie Stevens and the Badgers- Teen Bride

Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young live at Wembley Stadium

Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young performing “Our House”, “Teach Your Children Well” and “Only Love Can Break Your Heart” live at Wembley Stadium on Saturday, September 14th, 1974. Check out more video from the same performance after the jump.
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Rolling Stones- Angie

The Rolling Stones performing their 1973 hit “Angie.” Check out a bonus clip of Bill Wyman pretending to be Mick Jagger on Kenny Everett’s show after the jump.
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Seth Avett- Country Is

Scott Avett of the Avett Brothers performing Tom T. Hall’s “Country Is” in May 2010.

Daily Memorandum, “an intellectual’s Americana”, is an Etsy store out of Philadelphia after When You Awake’s own vintage heart. They offer a wide selection of antique furnishings (dressers, tables, chairs), accessories (old radios, shaving kits) and more.  Here are three of our favorite pieces that are currently up for grabs. First up, we have this Industrial Draftsman Workbench Table for $650. It is a handmade shop table, complete with hooks, hangers,  shelves and finished with black trim.

Next up, we have this Wool Indian Trade Blanket, circa late 1940s-1950s, for $45.

Lastly, we have this P & R Railroad Hardware Medicine Cabinet for $275. It’s an early 20th century primitive handmade cabinet with three levels inside, hinged door, and hand painted inscription “Ea.M. Miller & Sons, Lebanon PA, P+R” on front. The P+R is most likely referring to the P & R or Philadelphia and Reading Railroad station in Lebanon, PA. (Thanks to Teenangster for the head’s up on the Daily Memorandum).

Kitty Wells- It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels

Kitty Wells lip syncing to “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels” on ABC’s Nashville Spectacular, a show hosted by Jimmy Dean at the home of the Grand Ole Opry, the Ryman Auditorium, on January 14, 1965. This was Wells’ “answer song” to the Hank Thompson hit “The Wild Side of Life.” It was written by J. D. “Jay” Miller, and originally recorded by Wells back in 1952. It was the first song to hit #1 on Billboard’s country charts for a solo female country artist.