If I were to find myself on a desert island or possibly more likely, left with an ever-rechargeable iPod or iPhone which I could only have on it 40 songs, these are the ones I’d choose.
You might be surprised by some of my choices, however hope you enjoy exploring them.
By the way, these are in no particular order of preference. That’s impossible and attempting to do that is where insanity invariably lies!
- King Creosote and Jon Hopkins – Bats in the attic
- Ani Di Franco – You Had Time
- Crosby, Stills and Nash – Wasted on the way
- Max Richter/Dinah Washington – This Bitter Earth/On The Nature of Daylight
- Boz Scaggs – Sail On White Moon
- Amy Speace – How To Sleep in a Stormy Boat
- Joni Mitchell – Impossible Dreamer
- Show of Hands – Are We Alright?
- Karine Polwart – The sun’s coming’ over the hill
- Boo Hewerdine – Funny Bones
- John Smith/Katherine Priddy – Talk to me of Mendocino
- Richard and Linda Thompson – Dimming of the day/Dargai
- Loudon Wainwright III – Sometimes I forget
- Richard Hawley – Remorse Code
- Sarah Harmer – Tether
- Emmylou Harris – Diamonds are a girl’s best friend
- Denison Witmer – Take more than you need
- Eliza Gilkyson – Hard times in Babylon
- Charles Aznavour – What makes a man
- Faultline/Lisa Hannigan – Send in the clowns
- Jackie Leven – Another Man’s Rain
- Chris Wood – My darling’s downsized
- Johan Johannsson – Flight from the city
- Pierce Pettis – Something for the pain
- Jess Morgan – Come to the opera with me, Loretta
- George Harrison – Run of the mill
- Iris DeMent – My Life
- Christy Moore – How Long
- XTC – Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead
- Tom Waits – Day after tomorrow
- Phil Burdett – This river was once the sea
- Robb Johnson – Don’t close the bar
- Bob Dylan – Most of the time
- Olafur Arnalds – Particles
- Jim Moray – Sounds of Earth
- Julian Taylor – Seeds
- Abdulah Ibrahim Trio – Soweto
- Indigo Girls – Closer to fine
- The Roches – Hammond Song
- Josienne Clarke – The Collector
- Bill Evans – Emily
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