Monday Mini Mixtape #3 – Be Yourself
I was reminded this weekend of a pretty amazing quote about music:
“I hate a song that makes you think that you are not any good. I hate a song that makes you think that you are just born to lose. Bound to lose. No good to nobody. No good for nothing. Because you are too old or too young or too fat or too slim or too ugly or too this or too that. Songs that run you down or poke fun at you on account of your bad luck or hard travelling. I am out to fight those songs to my very last breath of air and my last drop of blood. I am out to sing songs that will prove to you that this is your world and that if it has hit you pretty hard and knocked you for a dozen loops, no matter what color, what size you are, how you are built, I am out to sing the songs that make you take pride in yourself and in your work.” – Woodie Guthrie
I don’t have Woodie’s talent to write songs, but I’m out to find the songs that help people connect and make you feel. The goal of these mixes is to help get you through the week. I connect emotionally to songs and am such a sharer, so this is an amazing platform to share tunes that mean so much to me. So whether the songs help you sit with an emotion, or inspire you to get out of your chair and dance to forget your problems for just a second… hopefully you feel connected to a community that is inspiring you.
So support these artists so that they can continue making wonderful songs for us to share.
Grab the mix here or by clicking on the image above.
- Hooray for Us – Peter & The Wolf | I can’t get enough
- Whole Love – Wilco | An old fave who keep pumping out great hits
- Black And White – The Generationals | This band doesn’t know how to write a bad song
- Black Water – Timber Timbre | Baritone vox that’ll relax you into lethargy
- Candles – Daughter | I met my friend Whitney through our mutual love for music… she recently introduced me to Daughter and so I’m honored to pay it forward to you.
- Ash Tree Lane – Ms Mr | Will draw comparisons to Florence
- I Belong In Your Arms – Chairlift | Makes me want to rollerskate through an 80’s film
- Hey Hi – Cillie Barnes | With an incredibly unique voice, full sound and approachable lyrics I expect we’ll be hearing more from her this year
- Struggle and Strife – TW Walsh | “I broke ground on a brand new life/ Same love, same hate, same fear, new struggle and strife” .. tear my heart out!
- No One Lied – Jack Peñate | Brits know heartache better than the rest of us. Jack’s vocals are so powerfully on point
We’re working on setting up a Spotify account for these mixes so prepare to subscribe next monday.
-Kenny
