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Welcome to Songs for Listening, a curated site for daily playlists from musicians, agents, managers, writers, scholars, and programmers.
Welcome to Songs for Listening, a curated site for daily playlists from musicians, agents, managers, writers, scholars, and programmers.
A playlist featuring Charles Villiers Stanford, The Violinaires, Green On Red, and others
‘For Lo I Raise Up' by Charles Villiers Stanford, performed by the Choir of King's College, Cambridge
'I Don't Know What This World Is Coming To' by The Fantastic Violinaires from 'A Message To My Friends'
'That's What Dreams Were Made For' by Green on Red from 'Gas Food Lodging'
'Holy Lands' by Makaya McCraven from 'Universal Beings'
'Coward of the Country' by Ron Miles from 'Heaven'
A playlist featuring Isaac Hayes, Dmitri Shostakovich, Connie Han, and others
'Walk On By' by Isaac Hayes from 'Hot Buttered Soul'
Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93: Mvt. 2 Allegro by Dmitri Shostakovich performed by Berliner Philharmoniker
'Another Kind of Right' by Connie Han from 'Crime Zone'
'All of You' performed by Miles Davis & John Coltrane from 'The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6'
'Gracias a la Vida' by Alicia Olatuja from 'Intuition: Songs from the Minds of Women'
A playlist featuring Henri Duparc, Stephen Foster, Giacomo Puccini, and others
‘'L’invitation au voyage' by Henri Duparc, performed by Gerald Finley with Stephen Ralls
’Why, No One to Love?' by Stephen Foster, performed by Arleen Auger with Dalton Baldwin
'Sono andati? Fingevo di dormire' from 'La Bohème' by Carla Maria Puccini, performed by Maria Callas & Giuseppe Di Stefano with Antonino Votto & the La Scala Orchestra
'Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen', Rückert-Lieder by Gustav Mahler, performed by Dame Janet Baker with Michael Tilson Thomas & the London Symphony Orchestra
'Urlicht' from Symphony No. 2 by Gustav Mahler, performed by Maureen Forrester with Zubin Mehta & the NY Philharmonic
A playlist featuring Abbey Lincoln, Benji Hughes, Ms. Lauryn Hill, and others
'Throw It Away' by Abbey Lincoln from 'Abbey Sings Abbey'
'Weather' by Meshell Ndegeocello from 'Weather'
'Final Hour' by Ms. Lauryn Hill from 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill'
'What a Fool Believes' by The Doobie Brothers from 'Minute By Minute'
'Black Flowers' by Fishbone from 'Give a Monkey a Brain & He'll Swear He's the Center of the Universe'
'The Mother' by Brandi Carlile from 'By The Way, I Forgive You'
A playlist featuring Harry Lauder, Amy Beach and Osvaldo Golijov
'Roamin' in the Gloamin' performed by Kenneth McKeller from 'Sleeps the Noon in the Deep Blue Sky'
'Quintet in F-sharp minor for Piano & Strings, Op. 67: II. Adagio espressivo' by Amy Beach, performed by the Escher String Quartet & Anne-Marie McDermott
'Lullaby & Doina' by Osvaldo Golijov, performed by Tara Helen O'Connor, Todd Palmer, Mark Dresser & St. Lawrence String Quartet
'Dark Pearl' by Stephen Prutsman (video from Performance Today)
A playlist featuring The Congos
Congos 'Heart of the Congos'
Horace Andy 'Good Vibes'
August Pablo 'Original Rockers'
Bob Marley & the Wailers 'Soul Rebel'*
Bob Marley & the Wailers 'Survival'
King Tubby Meets Roots Radics 'Dangerous Dub'
Fela Kuta 'Fear Not For Man'
Fela Kuti 'Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense'
Tony Allen 'No Discrimination'
Muddy Waters 'Best of Muddy Waters'
Jimi Hendrix 'Axis: Bold As Love'
Junior Wells 'Hoodoo Man Blues'*
Magic Sam 'West Side Soul'
Professor Longhair 'Crawfish Fiesta'
John Coltrane 'A Love Supreme'
Mahmoud Ahmed 'Mahmoud Ahmed (Ethiopiques No. 7)'
Ali Farka Toure 'Special Bienale du Mali' [substituted Farka Toure's 'Radio Mali' for the playlist]
Ravi Shankar 'Live at the Monterey International Pop Festival'
Ravi Shankar & Ali Akbar Khan 'The Masters of India' [substituted Shankar & Akbar Khan 'Ragas' for the playlist]
Ali Akbar Khan & L. Subramaniam w/ Zakir Hussain 'Raga Sindhi Bharavi'
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan 'Shahen-Shah'
Nasrat Fateh Ali Khan 'Shahbaaz'
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan 'Love & Devotion'*not available on Spotify, YouTube links to the full albums are in the comments.