"we went through the days"

Today's episode is unlike any other I've done over the past three years. It was recorded last night in my home, in a literal pillow fort, finished just around the time San Francisco's shelter-in-place order took effect. I know these are anxious times, so I tried to put together a mix of music today that is comforting. Many of today's selections will play with tension, only to release it. Just wait for it.

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Playlist

  1. Steep Hills Of Vicodin Tears by A Winged Victory For The Sullen on A Winged Victory For The Sullen (Kranky)
  2. Eduardo Sainz De La Maza: Homenaje A La Guitarra by Alirio Díaz on Legendary Treasures: Alirio Díaz (DOREMI)
  3. Shaw: Ritornello by Attacca Quartet on Caroline Shaw: Orange (Nonesuch/New Amsterdam)
  4. Eltern by Hauschka on Ferndorf (Fat Cat)
  5. strangers are easy to look at, loved ones are museums of brutality by kelly moran on optimist (kellymoran.bandcamp.com)
  6. Traditional (arr. Johnny Smith): Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair by Mary Halvorson with Bill Frisell on The Maid With the Flaxen Hair: A Tribute to Johnny Smith (Tzadik)
  7. III. by Meara O'Reilly on Hockets for Two Voices EP (Cantaloupe)
  8. IV. by Meara O'Reilly on Hockets for Two Voices EP (Cantaloupe)
  9. V. by Meara O'Reilly on Hockets for Two Voices EP (Cantaloupe)
  10. VI. by Meara O'Reilly on Hockets for Two Voices EP (Cantaloupe)
  11. Velvet by Kate Moore & Ashley Bathgate on Stories for Ocean Shells (Cantaloupe)
  12. Missy Mazzoli: Orrizonte by Lisa Moore on The Stone People (Cantaloupe)
  13. moonmoons by Anna Meredith on FIBS (Moshi Moshi)
  14. Sheree Clement: Round Trip Ticket: A Theme with Variations for Seven Players by Washington Square Chamber Music Society, Louis Karchin (conductor) on Music from the APNM (New Focus)
  15. Salonen: Cello Concerto: I. by Yo-Yo Ma, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor) on Esa-Pekka Salonen: Cello Concerto (Sony Classical)
  16. Salonen: Cello Concerto: II. by Yo-Yo Ma, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor) on Esa-Pekka Salonen: Cello Concerto (Sony Classical)
  17. Weiser: and all the days were purple: ** by Eliza Bagg, Lee Dionne, Maya Bennardo, Hannah Levinson, Hannah Collins, Mike Compitello on Alex Weiser: and all the days were purple (Cantaloupe)
  18. Weiser: and all the days were purple: We Went Through the Days | מיר זײַנען געגאַנגען דורך טעג by Eliza Bagg, Lee Dionne, Maya Bennardo, Hannah Levinson, Hannah Collins, Mike Compitello on Alex Weiser: and all the days were purple (Cantaloupe)
  19. Canticle by Brooke Waggoner on Originator (Swoon Moon)