I had plenty to do, lots of things that could have kept me away from the KKCR studio today. Many practical things to tend to…all seeming so much more important than playing music for two hours on the radio.
But I showed up for the dose of Music as Medicine anyway and by the third song with Nneka I had my priorities straightened out. Music is medicine. Tune in and turn it up. We all need a heaping dose of feeling good.
Nneka album cover
So the message I received today (and what I shall impart to you) is:
make an appointment with your joy
Don’t pencil it in. Write it in ink and keep your appointment.
Whatever your joy may be. Hiking the hills, surfing a wave, knitting a sweater, reading a book. For me, it’s filling my soul with a sonic elixir of musical vibrations and then sharing it with you (yes, you).
The world needs us all to be filling up our hearts with joyful moments. Put those moments on the agenda and keep them plentiful. Here’s to a joyful schedule!
And here’s today’s playlist:
The Budos Band – Raja Haje
Ohmega Watts – Stay Tuned
Nneka – Walking
Sade – Soldier of Love
Ray Charles – I’m Gonna Keep on Singin
Black Dub – I Believe in You
Donovon Frankenreiter – Glow
Cochemea Gastelum – Guardian Angel
David Gray – Only the Wine
Sharon Van Etten – Peace Signs
Horse Feathers – Drain You
Keegan DeWitt – Say La La
White Denim – Our Get
Twin Shadow – I Can’t Wait
Julian Velard – Hyper-Ballad
Josh Garrels – Season of Rain
Youssoupha Sidibe – Xalem
Toni Childs – I Saw God in the Supermarket
The New Mastersounds – Witness (Smooth Remix)
Fat Freddy’s Drop – The Raft
DJ Vadim – Under Your Hat
The Revolutionaries – 79 Rock
John Cruz – Dream
Jaymay – One May Die so Lonely
Land of Talk – Hamburg, Noon
The Harlem Experiment – It’s Just Begun
Patty Griffin – Mad Mission
Ocote Soul Sounds – Pan, Chamba y Techo
Thievery Corp – Sound the Alarm
Music as Medicine 