All the Playlists

Shoutouts – Senoj Xo

31 July 2018

When I’m going through and listening to music to put on my list I do it all based on emotions and flavor. I believe all music has a certain flavor, and my particular flavor is very southern. So I find my self being really drawn to what I feel is some of the hottest major and indie southern flavor around…

Part 35 – Given Circumstances

31 July 2018

I’ve been home for Christmas. Mum’s feebler. Small voice. ‘Can you get your own tea tonight?’

The Lent term of 1980 starts depressingly. January blues. I can’t even bask in the reflected glory of “The Mikado.” Full houses, bursting. ‘More!’ Even buying a new album – “The Return Of The Durutti Column” – filled with optimistic spring sounds, can’t diminish my sense of loss.

I spend dank dark afternoons freezing on the hockey playing fields. I should be more motivated, but really I’m finding my concentration telescoping into two areas. Drama and cricket…

Harvest Moon – Neil Young

31 July 2018

There are so many love songs out there in the cosmos – perhaps a zillion. And the older you get, the less they resonate with you because you know that while falling in love might be fun and easy, staying in love is all about hard work and determination. So as you age, listening to love songs with a straight face becomes a tad difficult, an experience that can be compared to watching movies you adored when you were a teenager – they just don’t seem to work anymore…

Maggie – Colin Hay

31 July 2018

I’m Chris from the Music to Burn A Million Miles playlist – and I’ll be your guest curator for August.  For myself – and regulars tuning into the playlist – it can be a place to seek shelter, to deal with the emotions that come with loss , and last but not least music to heal.  I really hope you will enjoy the stories and music over the next few weeks…

Crave You – Flight Facilities Ft. Giselle

28 July 2018

Australian producers Hugo Gruzman and James Lyell come together as the electronic music duo Flight Facilities. 

Their first original song just happened to be what pushed them in to the lime light. Crave you, written and performed by Giselle Rosselli. Crave you is a poppy house track about being interested in someone who doesn’t know you exist.

Only Love – Mary J. Blige

27 July 2018

On her spirited single “Only Love,” Mary J. Blige eschews pain in favor of lacing up her dancing shoes, and basking in the sheer jubilance of love.  Throughout a truly illustrious career, the Grammy-winning R&B singer/songwriter has worn her emotions on her sleeve…

Nobody Gets What They Want Anymore – Marlon Williams

27 July 2018

“What am I going to do when you’re in trouble / And you don’t call out for me,” New Zealand singer/songwriter Marlon Williams sings on the final verse of “Nobody Gets What They Want Anymore.”…

Jubilee Street – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

27 July 2018

Ever since his early days as front man of the Australian post-punk band The Birthday Party, Nick Cave has enjoyed a reputation of being a well-respected singer-songwriter.  After The Birthday Party broke up in 1983, Cave went on to form Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds…

My Name Is Ruin – Gary Numan

27 July 2018

To the big audience, the name Gary Numan will forever be associated with his 1979 smash hit “Cars”. In some way, that is unfortunate because that track is least representative of his oeuvre…

Unbound – Kisnou

25 July 2018

Our writing is our art. And our art is who we are. When we aren’t creating, we’re stagnating, and for a writer that’s not a comfortable way to live…

Crying Like A Church On Monday – New Radicals

25 July 2018

I was at a loss this week – too many balls in the air and I didn’t have time to listen to all the new track submissions – I was starting to feel overwhelmed and anxious about the whole thing and before I knew it, balls were dropping making me feel even worse and suddenly I’m on this whole downward spiral… Sound familiar?…

More Today Than Yesterday – Spiral Staircase

25 July 2018

There were a lot of one hit wonders in the 60s and 70s. Often, that one hit solidified a musician or group’s place in the annals of music history. Sacramento, California’s own Spiral Staircase released “More Today Than Yesterday” in 1969 and it reached #7 on the Billboard Hot 100…