Show Notes
NPR listeners share the songs they reach for when they need to reset the mood, their day or even their life.
This is a followup to our April episode on songs for starting over. NPR’s Dora Levite joins host Robin Hilton.
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Featured artists and songs:
(00:00) Intro
(01:13) Quincy Jones: “Dead End”
(02:12) Bill Withers: “Lovely Day”
(04:51) Florence + the Machine: “Shake It Out”
(08:06) Jacob Collier: “Something Heavy”
(11:24) Des’ree: “You Gotta Be”
(16:32) Peter Gabriel: “Washing Of The Water”
(19:57) Cat Power: “Nothin But Time”
(23:02) John Denver: “Sweet Surrender”
(27:46) Isley Brothers: “Summer Breeze”
(31:22) Green Day: “Still Breathing”
(34:10) Vienna Teng: “Level Up”
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