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. I’ve added a Tidal playlist at the end of the post if you fancy taking a listen yourself.
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
- Shawn Colvin – Tennessee
- Abdulah Ibrahim Trio – Soweto
- Indigo Girls – Closer to fine
- The Roches – Hammond Song
- Josienne Clarke – The Collector
https://tidal.com/playlist/2d61c26c-6538-4038-a2d8-3b052fa0c870
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