Today's episode is unlike any other I've done over the past three years. It was recorded last night in my home, in a literal pillow fort, finished just around the time San Francisco's shelter-in-place order took effect. I know these are anxious times, so I tried to put together a mix of music today that is comforting. Many of today's selections will play with tension, only to release it. Just wait for it.
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Playlist
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Steep Hills Of Vicodin Tears by A Winged Victory For The Sullen on A Winged Victory For The Sullen (Kranky) -
Eduardo Sainz De La Maza: Homenaje A La Guitarra by Alirio Díaz on Legendary Treasures: Alirio Díaz (DOREMI) -
Shaw: Ritornello by Attacca Quartet on Caroline Shaw: Orange (Nonesuch/New Amsterdam) -
Eltern by Hauschka on Ferndorf (Fat Cat) -
strangers are easy to look at, loved ones are museums of brutality by kelly moran on optimist (kellymoran.bandcamp.com) -
Traditional (arr. Johnny Smith): Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair by Mary Halvorson with Bill Frisell on The Maid With the Flaxen Hair: A Tribute to Johnny Smith (Tzadik) -
III. by Meara O'Reilly on Hockets for Two Voices EP (Cantaloupe) -
IV. by Meara O'Reilly on Hockets for Two Voices EP (Cantaloupe) -
V. by Meara O'Reilly on Hockets for Two Voices EP (Cantaloupe) -
VI. by Meara O'Reilly on Hockets for Two Voices EP (Cantaloupe) -
Velvet by Kate Moore & Ashley Bathgate on Stories for Ocean Shells (Cantaloupe) -
Missy Mazzoli: Orrizonte by Lisa Moore on The Stone People (Cantaloupe) -
moonmoons by Anna Meredith on FIBS (Moshi Moshi) -
Sheree Clement: Round Trip Ticket: A Theme with Variations for Seven Players by Washington Square Chamber Music Society, Louis Karchin (conductor) on Music from the APNM (New Focus) -
Salonen: Cello Concerto: I. by Yo-Yo Ma, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor) on Esa-Pekka Salonen: Cello Concerto (Sony Classical) -
Salonen: Cello Concerto: II. by Yo-Yo Ma, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor) on Esa-Pekka Salonen: Cello Concerto (Sony Classical) -
Weiser: and all the days were purple: ** by Eliza Bagg, Lee Dionne, Maya Bennardo, Hannah Levinson, Hannah Collins, Mike Compitello on Alex Weiser: and all the days were purple (Cantaloupe) -
Weiser: and all the days were purple: We Went Through the Days | מיר זײַנען געגאַנגען דורך טעג by Eliza Bagg, Lee Dionne, Maya Bennardo, Hannah Levinson, Hannah Collins, Mike Compitello on Alex Weiser: and all the days were purple (Cantaloupe) -
Canticle by Brooke Waggoner on Originator (Swoon Moon)