This is a compilation I made for my wife in February 2013. Like other compilations I have made for her, it is a mix of indie and non-indie melodic tracks, lovely and accessible. I think most everyone will find a lot to appreciate here.
Click the link below to stream the compilation; the songlist follows.
1. Little Miss Cornshucks “Try A Little Tenderness”
2. Nina Simone “Mr Bojangles”
3. Madeleine Peyroux “You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go”
4. Francoise Hardy “Suzanne”
5. Devendra Banhart “Hey Mama Wolf”
6. David Bowie “Kooks”
7. Vashti Bunyan “Come Wind Come Rain”
8. Linda Ronstadt “Different Drum”
9. Yo La Tengo “Black Flowers”
10. Pastels/Tenniscoats “About You”
11. The Velvet Underground “I’m Sticking With You”
12. Arthur Russell “A Little Lost”
13. As Tall as Lions “Girl of the North Country”
14. The Beatles “Long, Long, Long”
15. Tim Buckley “Buzzin’ Fly”
16. Micah P. Hinson “Yard of Blonde Girls”
17. Jackson Browne “A Child in These Hills”
18. Gram Parsons “A Song for You”
19. Paul Simon “Peace Like a River”
20. Marianne Faithfull “As Tears Go By”
21. Caetano Veloso “Cry Me A River”
22. Robert Wyatt “Te Recuerdo Amanda”
23. Ibrahim Ferrer “Melodía Del Río”
February 2013
*Cover image is an excerpt from “Field Guides” by Fred Tomaselli, 2003, at SFMOMA
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Here are a few “videos” with songs from the compilation:
“Try A Little Tenderness”:
“Yard of Blonde Girls”:
“Te Recuerdo Amanda”:
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