Coming a day after the Winter Solstice and the convergence of Jupiter and Saturn, today's episode is about as close to a holiday special as I'm willing to program. Enjoy Christmas hymns, winterludes, and "Music for Hard Times," composed by San Francisco-based composer Danny Clay and Bay Area-based duo The Living Earth Show. May this music bring tidings of comfort and, perhaps, even joy. Thank you for listening.
Playlist
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II. Gloria by Gallicantus on Sarah Kirkland Snider: Mass for the Endangered (New Amsterdam/Nonesuch) -
In the Bleak Midwinter by Gaelynn Lea on Deepest Darkness, Brightest Dawn (self released) -
Icefloe by Zoe Keating on Snowmelt EP (self released) -
Lines for Winter by Eliza Bagg, Lee Dionne, Maya Bennardo, Hannah Levinson, Hannah Collins, Mike Compitello on Alex Weiser: and all the days were purple (Cantaloupe) -
Snow by Hauschka with Magic*Magic Orchestra on Foreign Landscapes (FatCat) Local -
glacial by kelly moran on optimist (self released) -
Michael Johanson: Soundscapes - 2. Snowscape by Post-Haste Reed Duo on Donut Robot! (Aerocade) -
Silent in Snow by Sarah Louise on VDSQ Acoustic Series Volume 12 (VDSQ) -
Music for Hard Times by The Living Earth Show on Music for Hard Times (self released) Local -
Winter Variation by Todd Reynolds Quartet, Bohdan Hilash, John Hollenbeck on Meredith Monk: Songs Of Ascension (ECM) -
III. The Magic Constellation- Winter (Based on a theme by La Monte Young) by Roomful of Teeth on Michael Harrison: Just Constellations EP (New Amsterdam) -
Anna Meredith: WINTER - Low Light by Anna Meredith & Scottish Ensemble on Anno: Four Seasons (Moshi Moshi) -
Antonio Vivaldi: WINTER - Ice by Anna Meredith & Scottish Ensemble on Anno: Four Seasons (Moshi Moshi) -
Antonio Vivaldi: WINTER - Embers by Anna Meredith & Scottish Ensemble on Anno: Four Seasons (Moshi Moshi) -
Anna Meredith: WINTER - Solstice (Light Out) by Anna Meredith & Scottish Ensemble on Anno: Four Seasons (Moshi Moshi) -
Electric One (Part C) by Elkhorn on The Storm Sessions (Beyond Beyond is Beyond) -
Ashen Snow by Dirty Three on Toward The Low Sun (Drag City) -
Christmas Song by Mogwai on EP+2 (Matador) -
Thomas Tallis: Out from the Deep by Turner Capehart on Early Music (self released) Local -
Annunciation Day / Born On Christmas Day by Ted Leo & The Pharmacists on Living with the Living (Touch and Go)