20 Songs

Piano Day Playlist

In case you missed it, last Sunday was Piano Day, an idea dreamed up by the supremely gifted Nils Frahm. It was a day for celebrating the grandest of all the instruments and also, it...

Happiness is hard to pin down

Last Friday was International Day of Happiness. In case you missed it while you were doing your best to stay ahead in the nasty, brutish, but never quite short enough rat race I've put together...

Give up, but don't give in

Give up the ghost, but don't give up your day job. Give out but don't give up, give in, give over, give it away give it away give it away now. I'm a change giver,...

The Foolingest Playlist Ever

Fools rush in, work (along with horses), fall in love, think it's over, and think themselves wise. Also, they provide for an eclectic playlist.

There is no Ending

What happens if you take the opening track from each of 20 albums and construct a playlist from them, then take the closing tracks from the same 20 albums, and create a playlist out of...

Start Again

It's all indie tweeted yesterday about a list of great opening tracks that they put together in July. There are some gooduns on their list, but it inspired me to go one better. And then...

B-list Briefs

20 more songs that wipe their feet but don't bother to take off their coat. "Won't be staying long, anyway", they say.

Every Second Counts

The 20 songs series has done long and dreamy, now it’s going to try its hand at short and spiky. All the tracks in this playlist are under two minutes long, give or take the...

Do You Speak It?

20 outstanding songs that, as BAFTA would say, are Not in the English Language.

New Lands

These 20 physically and spiritually transporting tracks will take you to new lands, and blow your mind on arrival.

Hey Good Weather

The sun came out and I thought it would be a good time to kick off a new project…