october music mix is here! this past month i’ve been spending a lot of quality time with my ipod listening to tunes on my own – in airports, on long flights, walking around in a strange city, driving in my car… and i kept returning to the same kind of music. would i call it folk? perhaps. folk rock? indie folk? indie folk rock? indie folk rock pop? indie folk rock alt-country lo-fi pop? at the very least it’s nice music accompanied by strumming guitars. or banjos. sometimes harmonicas. maybe even accordions. and pianos. a couple even have synthesizers. and lots of harmonising. uuuuuh…

fine folk playing fine music that perhaps isn’t folk but kind of is to me. download it here. playlist:

1. blitzen trapper – furr
2. dale earnhardt jr. jr. – vocal chords
3. monsters of folk – baby boomer
4. jenny and johnny – new yorker cartoon
5. edward sharpe and the magnetic zeros – home
6. vetiver – everyday
7. taken by trees – my boys
8. coconut records – summer
9. fleet foxes – blue ridge mountains
10. mumford & sons – banjolin song
11. the mountain goats – no children
12. jens lekman – your arms around me
13. beirut – postcards from italy
14. ben gibbard – you remind me of home
15. stornoway – boats and trains
16. great lake swimmers – your rocky spine
17. ray lamontagne – sarah
18. cat stevens – how can i tell
19. simon & garfunkel – bleecker street
20. tin hat trio – fear of the south

next time you’re in a busy public space with your ipod handy – listen to track 20. quite a weird experience.

ps. two of my favourite songs of all time are in this mix: blitzen trapper / furr and the mountain goats / no children. i have played both countless times and i never ever tire of them.

the album image is by the inimitable gordon parks. inimitable, i say.

all music is for sampling purposes only – please go out and buy the artists’ records & support them at their shows!