Sufjan Stevens - “Sofia’s Song”

anything by sufjan, anytime.

unicornology: ‘a very old cassette-tape recording that he wrote in his college dorm room about Sofia Coppola.’

Norah Jones - “Sunrise”

…Couldn’t tempt us if it tried

this is a couple years old, but it really grabbed me for the first time earlier today.  i guess i was just in that perfect lazy mood when it came on.

i always love her smooth, bluesy piano.  the muted picking at the end of this song is awesome.

Florence And The Machine - Dog Days Are Over

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(via joelaz)

Stevie Wonder - You Haven’t Done Nothin’

had never heard this one until now.
loved it immediately.
bring the funk, Stevie.

the young Wonder

Ray LaMontagne - “Jolene”

for all the great, sad songs called Jolene, i just don’t enough Jolene’s out there.  regardless, it takes nothing away from the song.

last week, i saw a lady wearing a shirt with this image on it.  she said she had no idea who Ray LaMontagne was; she just liked the image of a girl being led on by the devil. 
she was a cool lady.

Katie Herzig - “Wish You Well”

i’m treading on the softer side here with a Nashville artist who i heard last night on the way home.  this came on the radio as i was coming back from seeing another friend Haley Shaw at the mercy lounge.  both of these girls are recent songwriting immigrants to Nashville with a nice acoustic.  i enjoyed both of their music last night as well as their similarities in story and sound.

i’ll be sure to get another post of Haley’s music up soon.

Xavier Rudd - “Messages”

here’s an old favorite of mine that i wanted to pull out.  after three weeks of hanging out on the water, working on sailboats up in northern Michigan, and hanging out in the woods… i came back to Nashville in the last day. earlier, i was planning to make my comeback post one from counting crows—to reflect some of the moods i’ve been when alone in the last couple days.  instead, i wanted this, a song about coping with changes and lifting yourself out of doldrums.  “so hold nice and close…”