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Songs About Home That Mean Very Different Things by It
Songs About Home That Mean Very Different Things by It
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In common: Bring Him Back Home (Nelson Mandela)
One song takes you back to a childhood bedroom. Another finds home in two cats in the yard, a friend making sure you get in safely, or the hope of seeing your country again. Listen for the small...
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Songs That Turn a Familiar Standard into a Personal Statement
Songs That Turn a Familiar Standard into a Personal Statement
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A jazz standard gives different musicians something in common to start with. Listen for what they do next. Ahmad Jamal lets a drum pattern set the terms for his piano, Ella Fitzgerald makes an...
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Film Score Albums That Work as Complete Listening Experiences
Film Score Albums That Work as Complete Listening Experiences
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A film score has to leave room for dialogue and images. An album can give the same music room to repeat, gather force, or end in silence. These releases reward listening from the first track to...
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Songs About Friendship That Deserve Their Own Playlist
Songs About Friendship That Deserve Their Own Playlist
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Friendships can start on a walk to school, keep going through letters, or go quiet before either person knows how to say why. These songs make room for the funny details and the harder...
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Songs Where a Rough Voice Makes the Writing More Convincing
Songs Where a Rough Voice Makes the Writing More Convincing
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On a similar theme
Hear how a rasp puts strain into a promise, how a yell gives a nervous driver away, and how a well-placed breath makes a question linger. These recordings give the grain in a singer’s voice a job...
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Spoken-Word Songs That Stay Musically Compelling
Spoken-Word Songs That Stay Musically Compelling
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Listen for a reading that becomes a conversation, a band that turns a private grudge into a grand gesture, or a chorus that lets a storyteller pause for breath. Each of these tracks makes the...
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Nina Simone Albums for Hearing the Range of Her Interpretations
Nina Simone Albums for Hearing the Range of Her Interpretations
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A carol under a show tune, a movie ballad that stops to breathe, and a spiritual that gathers force for ten minutes. Each record gives you one place to hear what Nina Simone does with the...
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Songs That Sound Joyful Until You Listen More Closely
Songs That Sound Joyful Until You Listen More Closely
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These songs make the first listen feel easy. A bright chorus, a dance beat, or a tune you can whistle draws you in, and a line in the verse changes what you think you’re singing along to. Some...
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Songs Where the Backing Vocals Change the Whole Picture
Songs Where the Backing Vocals Change the Whole Picture
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Listen past the lead and you’ll hear a train whistle, a plea answered by a choir, and a rhythm played by voices alone. These recordings give the backing singers something distinct to do. Each...
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Storytelling Karaoke Songs That Don't Need a Big Voice
Storytelling Karaoke Songs That Don't Need a Big Voice
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For the person who wants the microphone but not the high note. Every song here wins the room through character, timing and a tale worth following: half-spoken verses, comic twists, duets with a...
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Songs That Use a Sample in a Musically Revealing Way
Songs That Use a Sample in a Musically Revealing Way
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A piano figure that lasts two bars on one record can become the sound you wait for throughout another. A little whistling can answer a singer. These tracks give you one sample to listen for and...
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Softly Sung Songs for Turning the Volume of the Day Down
Softly Sung Songs for Turning the Volume of the Day Down
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These songs keep a voice close without asking it to fill the room. Some have only a guitar behind them. Others have a steady bass line, a small jazz group, or layers that blur around the singer...
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Songs That Tell Their Story Without a Conventional Chorus
Songs That Tell Their Story Without a Conventional Chorus
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A song can carry you for several minutes on a guitar figure, a single voice, or a line that keeps changing meaning. Some of these recordings work through one verse after another. Others save a...
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Songs under Three Minutes That Feel Completely Finished
Songs under Three Minutes That Feel Completely Finished
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These recordings tell a story, turn a mood around, or get a whole argument across in less than three minutes. The selection moves from bossa nova and country to punk, reggae, and pop. Listen for...
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