Because 2016 is (thankfully) coming to a close, and a lovely new year is coming our way this weekend to replace it. I’m hoping it is, as the song goes, exceptional. Wishing you all a very happy new year! Exceptional by Babyface from the album Return of the Tender Lover, 2015.
You know I can’t resist a cover…
Not sure why I had to travel to Europe to discover this Los Angeles-via-Michigan artist, but I’m glad I did. Another Shazam win! 10,000 Emerald Pools by BØRNS from the album Dopamine, 2015.
It’s getting increasingly busy at work – a swirling hurricane of new ideas and deadlines and mounting to do lists. So, this aptly titled dose of R&B feels right as a reminder that “we got this”. Under Control by The Internet from the Album Ego Death, 2015.
I’ve been traveling a lot lately, which is actually when I have the most dedicated time to just chill under the earphones. This track’s been in constant rotation as a mellowing agent… The Past and the Pending by the Shins from the album Oh, Inverted World, 2001.
None other for the fourth. Free by Prince from the album 1999, 1984.
Obviously, I’ve been pretty off my game lately. Five years of publishing darn near every week day, and I’m finding myself suddenly flummoxed by the prospect of keeping up the pace. Part of that’s technical difficulties (really, I’ve GOT to get a non-dinosaur computer!), part of it is a busy work and travel schedule, and part of it is that advent of a Minnesota summer – where one tends to carpe every diem possible to get out in the garden and abandon the screen. Anyway, I’m bouncing back in, and seeing if I can find my groove. So today, a track I’ve had in heavy rotation this spring. Just puts me in a good mood. Pretty Wings by Maxwell from he album BLACKsummers’night, 2009.
Shazammed this just-released track in France earlier this year whilst enjoying an escargot sandwhich. Yup – tasty. Saint Claude by Christine and the Queens from the album Chaleur Humaine, 2016.
A tune out of Belgium today; shazammed in Antwerp last fall while exploring the magnificence of the city. Later by Balthazar from the album Rats, 2012.
Glory, Glory, indeed. I’m heading off to Mexico tomorrow to unplug, relax and stick my toes in the sand. I couldn’t be more ready for a real vacation and the chance to “lay my burden down”… Off to rejuvenate! Glory, Glory, Hallelujah by the Staple Singers from the album Freedom Highway, 1965.
Just a little something silly to celebrate today’s holiday. Happy St. Patrick’s Day, everyone! Get Lucky by Daft Punk (featuring Pharrell Williams) from the album Random Access Memories, 2013.
Shazammed whilst shopping in Copenhagen last fall. On the Road – the single – by Y.V.E. 48, 2014.
Blue Bergitt 