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May 16, 2020Liked by Amal El-Mohtar

Walking on Sunshine!

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May 16, 2020Liked by Amal El-Mohtar

A little on the nose, but That Summer Feeling by Jonathan Richman will always take me back to muggy nights of hanging out with friends during my university years. https://youtu.be/TpJvXo6RNu8

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This is two tunes from Galician folk music - the first is a processional that is played as pilgrims walk through the night around a particular church in Spain for a holy day; the other is music played in the morning of a festival day to wake the town's people. I love the way the solemn night music breaks into the dawn of the festival morning... https://youtu.be/pSuP95RhuFc

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May 18, 2020Liked by Amal El-Mohtar

All the bright, poppy hits from the '80s: "Let's Hear It for the Boy" by Denise Williams, "Sussudio" by Phil Collins, "How Will I Know" by Whitney Houston, "Higher Love" by Steve Winwood.

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May 17, 2020Liked by Amal El-Mohtar

Sunshine, by Atmosphere: https://youtu.be/AckhnLpwceM

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May 16, 2020Liked by Amal El-Mohtar

Even if the words don’t spill with sunshine, the music of “what about everything” by carbon leaf. Likewise in their -ography, “Shine” and “Attica’s Flowerbox Window”

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May 16, 2020Liked by Amal El-Mohtar

Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden! I actually grew up listening to mostly classical music, then got a hold of the radio and listened to a LOT of alt rock. Still can hear the chords in my head :)

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May 16, 2020Liked by Amal El-Mohtar

Solarstone – Eastern Sea (Photo Electric Mix). feh, I can find links to other mixes, but not that one.

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May 16, 2020Liked by Amal El-Mohtar

One More Colour, Jane Siberry, though the video kind of ruined that.

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May 16, 2020Liked by Amal El-Mohtar

Walking on Sunshine, Echo Beach

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May 16, 2020Liked by Amal El-Mohtar

Gotta be Bekah Kelso's Seething Sun https://youtu.be/q5loA0Z0q0U with an honorable mention to S. J. Tucker's Cold Sunshine https://youtu.be/7_ychQFTL4s

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May 16, 2020Liked by Amal El-Mohtar

Prepare for one ... very weird choice:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMmqh4Ut_Uo

And then another possibly more intentionally about sunshine =)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7or0noYfMA

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May 16, 2020Liked by Amal El-Mohtar

The Cave by Mumford and Sons

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Legal Man by Belle and Sebastian!

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