19 Songs Ya Gotta Hear: An Early April Playlist
It's April 2nd, snow is falling outside, and the Boston Red Sox sit atop the American League East with a record of 3-1. Sounds about right. It's time for a playlist. The other day a friend asked me how I listed to music: do I listen to albums or just collections of songs? With digital options like Spotify, listening to a string of individual songs is easier than ever. I've favored that approach recently. When I was a kid, I'd check out CD's from the Wallingford Public Library- the available mediums at that point demanded that albums were heard. That's how I came to love Bob Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited , and Radiohead's Kid A . I wonder if my appreciation for the statement that music makes would be the same without these listening experiences. Currently, with Apple Music, Spoify, or whatever, there's an overwhelming amount of songs at one's disposal. It's the age of the playlist. And disparate songs can fit together. Here's some for Ap...