This mix is designed to be kind, encouraging and contemplative. Moments where you are ready to bound into something new, energized to try, open to the unfamiliar. Kind of how I imagine these transitions ahead to be -- exciting at times, sweet and sad, with a nurturing home base to return to every time I get overwhelmed. Some old songs, some new.
I am thinking of my own changes internally, emotionally and mentally -- and of the change swirling about as we move into a different way of living these months ahead.
The song order, as always, matters a lot to me. Warm you up gently, get you going, honor the discomfort and sadness that might arise, but leave you somewhere easy-going and optimistic.
Wishing you all good changes ahead.
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Willie Griffin / I Love You
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Thundercat (feat. Ty Dolla $ign & Lil B) / Fair Chance
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aka Stephen Bruner (b. Los Angeles, CA, USA), a virtuoso bassist, composer, producer and singer. A member of legendary thrash punks Suicidal Tendencies (since 16 years of age) - Bruner has collaborated with many, including jams with Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar and Stanley Clarke. “I do believe that hip-hop can be the new jazz, and I’m helping create that”, Bruner said in an interview to Bass Player, in 2008. He is part of this new generation of jazz literate / hip-hop loving instrumentalists Read more on Last.fm more...
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Promise / I'm Not Ready for Love
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#1 Promise Shepherd (born on September 16) is a Canadian hip hop artist known for his conceptual songwriting and potent lyrical content that focuses primarily on life, love and the consciousness of mankind. He is probably best known for his successful online mixtapes ‘Kanye West Presents Promise’ Vol. 1 & 2. His debut studio LP, titled ‘More Than Music’ was released in August of 2008 to critical acclaim. #2 A straight-edge hardcore band from Syracuse, New York, who existed from 2001 to 2005. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Shirley Ellis / The Clapping Song
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Shirley Ellis (Shirley Marie O'Garra, 19 January 1929 – 5 October 2005) was an American soul music singer and songwriter of Carribean origin. She is best known for her novelty hits "The Nitty Gritty" (1963) (US no. 8), "The Name Game" (1964) (US no. 3) and "The Clapping Song" (1965) (US no. 8 and UK no. 6). "The Clapping Song" sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. By 1954 she had written two songs which were recorded by The Chords. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Frank Emilio, Tata Güines, Guillermo Barreto, Orlando Hernandez & Gustavo Tamayo / Habana
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Starboy (feat. Wizkid, Ceeza Milli, Spotless & Terri) / Soco
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Les Ya Toupas Du Zaire / Je ne bois pas beaucoup
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Madlib / Road of the Lonely Ones
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Otis Jackson Jr. (born October 24, 1973), known professionally as Madlib, is an American DJ, music producer, multi-instrumentalist, and rapper. One of the most prolific and critically acclaimed hip-hop producers of the 2000s, he is widely known for his collaborations with MF DOOM (as Madvillain), J Dilla (as Jaylib), and Freddie Gibbs (as MadGibbs). Madlib has described himself as a "DJ first, producer second, and MC last." Madlib was born in Oxnard, California to musician parents Otis Jackson, Sr. Read more on Last.fm more...
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A Tribe Called Quest / Oh My God
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A Tribe Called Quest is a hip-hop group formed in Queens, New York City in 1985. The group was composed of Q-Tip, Phife Dawg, and DJ Ali Shaheed Muhammad. A fourth member, Jarobi White, was an intermittent collaborator appearing on their first album, but he left the group soon after, although he is mentioned as a 'sometimes' member on their third album liner notes. Along with De La Soul and Jungle Brothers, the group was a central part of the Native Tongues Posse Read more on Last.fm more...
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Ne-Yo / Miss Independent
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Shaffer Chimere Smith (born on October 18, 1979 in Camden, Arkansas), better known by his stage name Ne-Yo, is a Grammy Award winning American R&B singer, producer and actor currently signed to Def Jam Records. In 2006 he released his debut album In My Own Words, which featured the hit single So Sick. The song reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and helped his album debut at #1 on the Billboard 200. He has since released 2007's Grammy award winning Because of You and 2008's Year of the Gentleman Read more on Last.fm more...
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serpentwithfeet / Same Size Shoe
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Serpentwithfeet is Josiah Wise (born July 9, 1988), an experimental musician based in Baltimore, Maryland, US. Wise released the EP blisters in 2016 and his debut studio album soil in 2018. Wise was raised in Baltimore, Maryland. He grew up amongst a religious family; his father owned a Christian bookstore and his mother was a choir director. Wise joined the church choir as a child and grew up with classical and gospel music as a primary influence. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Dezron Douglas & Brandee Younger / Sing
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Tems / Interference
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Vernon Spring / A Plane Over Woods
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Arooj Aftab & Darian Donovan Thomas / Baghon Main
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An aspiring young musician from Lahore, Pakistan, Arooj Aftab is currently pursuing a degree in Music Production and Engineering at the Berklee College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts. Arooj hopes that four years of intense music study will allow her to develop her passion and talent and grant her the hands-on experience she needs. Arooj is also very sensitive to global issues. She speaks openly for betterment of social issues in her country and around the world. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Bremer/McCoy / She's Alive
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Bobby Charles / Small Town Talk
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Robert Charles Guidry (February 21, 1938 – January 14, 2010), known as Bobby Charles, was an American rhythm & blues singer and songwriter. An ethnic Cajun, Charles was born in Abbeville, Louisiana, and grew up listening to Cajun music and the country and western music of Hank Williams. At the age of 15, he heard a performance by Fats Domino, an event that "changed my life forever," he recalled. Charles helped to pioneer the south Louisiana musical genre known as swamp pop. Read more on Last.fm more...
