I keep forgetting that Michael McDonald is more than a pretty voice.  He reminded me when he recently performed a Tiny Desk with just a couple of keyboards and a microphone.  I consistently forget how amazing a musician, incredible a song-writer, and intensely fluid an improviser he is.  Again, he reminded me.  And I'd like to share my time with that performance, plus another of one of the most perfect pop compositions of all time.  Won't you?  I hope you do.  You're certainly welcome. -G

Another week of a self-care offering. Over an hour recorded beachside in Corolla, North Carolina. Wind. Waves. Birds. And you with your breath. Meditation is such a balm for anxiety, self-discovery, decompression, re-energizing, regulation, homeostasis, peace, and joy.  I find the sounds of the Atlantic Ocean deeply resonating.  I find myself easily settling into a meditative state.  And I hope you will too. Take care of yourselves and each other. I love yinz. -G

This is a deep listen. If you have headphones, use them. This is 60 minutes of the Atlantic Ocean, recorded before the sunrise on Thursday, October 22nd, 2020...in a house on the beach in Corolla, North Carolina. Self-Care is esential. Here I offer you some suggestions for simple ways to meditate, or simply exist, listening to these soul-filling sounds. Love yinz. -G

Here be a rabbit hole. In said rabbit hole? Georgia Anne Muldrow. You should enter this rabbit hole with me. It's quite simple. Love yinz! -G

I've been feeling a lot of things lately.  This is not a thing that is unique or outstanding in September, 2020. Those feelings, however, are awash in the neurochemicals of anxiety and chronic low-level depression.  Again, not a thing that is unique or outstanding right now. Music, for me, always helps.  Always. Here are a few of the many songs that, for me, provide balance, grounding, and regulation across any moment. Love yinz. -G

Continuing with virtuosic drummers, today we take a shallow dive into the aesthetic world of Makaya McCraven.  I say shallow because there are Carrollesque rabbit holes down which one can dive and become quite lost with Makaya and the musicians with whom he plays. We find ways to self-care as we do the work and fight the fights and try to make existence better for all.  And part of my self-care?  Is vibing with music. Likley you, too.  So come vibe. -G

Look. I really absolutely adore Ian Chang.  I don't know him.  I just adore him.  And this band in which he plays, Son Lux, I just absolutely adore them. I feel like that's all there is to say, here.  Please hang with me and get to know Ian Chang, Ryan Lott, and Rafiq Bhatia.  Like, I promise you THAT at the very least.  Get to know the music of these people. Love yinz. -G

Wikipedia does a nice job defining, "Misogynoir." "Misogynoir is misogyny directed towards black women where race and gender both play roles in bias. The term was coined by queer black feminist Moya Bailey, who created the term to address misogyny directed toward black women in American visual and popular culture. Trudy of Gradient Lair, a womanist blog about black women and art, media, social media, socio-politics and culture, has also been credited in developing the lexical definition of

I attended a BLM solidarity rally organized by young people in the district from which I graduated high school.  Beautiful, brave, impressive young people.  A friend provided advising and support when asked and needed, and I committed to record the environment around me...primarily because I needed to give myself something to do to take my perserverating brain off the topic of cycling anxiety, worry, and existential crisis. But this isn't about me.  At all. It's about us. Please hang.

I know, the episode title is tedious. But the music herein is most assuredly not. Ladysmith Black Mombazo.  Rhiannon Giddens.  Carolina Chocolate Drops. And a Soweto choir performing, "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika," a composed in 1897 by Xhosa clergyman Enoch Sontonga. Please join me as we contemplate the history and current praxis of settler colonialism infusing relevant music. -G