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:
- blitzen trapper – furr
- dale earnhardt jr. jr. – vocal chords
- monsters of folk – baby boomer
- jenny and johnny – new yorker cartoon
- edward sharpe and the magnetic zeros – home
- vetiver – everyday
- taken by trees – my boys
- coconut records – summer
- fleet foxes – blue ridge mountains
- mumford & sons – banjolin song
- the mountain goats – no children
- jens lekman – your arms around me
- beirut – postcards from italy
- ben gibbard – you remind me of home
- stornoway – boats and trains
- great lake swimmers – your rocky spine
- ray lamontagne – sarah
- cat stevens – how can i tell
- simon & garfunkel – bleecker street
- 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!
