Traveling Light

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The Joni Epiphany

In this 2012 The New Yorker piece, novelist Zadie Smith tells how she came to love the music of Joni Mitchell, music that she first hated:

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/12/17/some-notes-on-attunement

SIDEBAR: Smith came to our attention in an extraordinary NPR Fresh Air interview in November 2016.  With her name in mind, we visited the local library to check out a couple of her novels -- "Swing Time" and "White Teeth" -- and have been reading those during the past days.  And today, we stumble upon the Joni Mitchell piece noted above ...  You can learn a bit more about Smith on her website and in many online interviews such as this one:

Tinariwen: 'Elwan'

Been a while since we talked about these people, but they have a new album:
UPDATE: 3/19/17
Ok, let's try this:

New All Songs Considered Mix - 1/24/17

Pure Comedy

Father John Misty (remember "I Love You, Honeybear") has this new offering:


Find the lyrics here

Pentatonix - Hallelujah

Five From 2016

A tough year, here.  Music helped us get through it all.  Here are some of the most memorable and most-played during the past months of this quickly-disappearing year:

Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree

Mal Devisa - Kiid

Esperanza Spalding - Emily's D+Evolution

Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool