“Ground Hog” by The Watson Family
My mother grew up in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, where groundhog was served at a ceremonial dinner she attended in…
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“Free As the Rent We Don’t Pay” by Johnny Hobo and the Freight Trains
This song comes from the earliest musical project of Pat the Bunny, an anarcho-punk cult hero from the…
“Moments” by KEV
In a world fraught with war, depression, and images that shock and astound daily, in times when we…
“We Got the Power (Love Letter from America)” by Born Again Floozies
I love handclaps in songs. They make everything feel peppier. Even the most questionable children’s songs can be…
“Easy to Be Around” by Diane Cluck
This song feels like a dream: not “dreamy” in the soft way but with a dream’s heightened awareness,…
“New Resolution” by Heartless Bastards
“My new resolution is to be someone who doesn’t care what anyone thinks of me, ‘cause I don’t…
“NuNu” by Mira Calix
Black sky white flora fringed pink and green. “piece not about the field recording” Here is a home…
“Cranes in the Sky” by Solange
My brilliant high school students picked this song for me to write up. When I asked them why,…
“Here and Heaven” performed by Chris Thile, Aoife O’Donovan, Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer
Wait for it. The climb begins in bare feet and marches up a mountain with all the steps…
“What Do You Do It For?” by Lou E
I recently started to drive, and I’ve been enjoying the physics of music plus speed plus direction. This…