"Be inspired by the flame/Where everything shines as it disappears." -- Rainer Maria Rilke

Haunted Playlist #22: ARISE

From This I Will Awake -- South San Gabriel
Moonglow, Lamp Low -- Eleni Mandell
A Perfect Day to Chase Tornados -- Jim White
Sun and Moon -- Soname
Kingdom of the Animals -- Iron & Wine
Love Came Here -- Lhasa
Where Flamingos Fly -- The Gil Evans Orchestra
Up and Gone -- Cat Power
Stranded Pearl -- Giant Sand
One Day -- Melody Gardot
Five String Serenade -- Mazzy Star
Bottles & Bones (Shade and Sympathy) --Califone
Nobody's Fault But Mine -- Abigail Washburn
Whiskey and Rags -- Emily Wells
Nantes – Beirut
Vengeance Is Sleeping -- Neko Case
Just to Know What You've Been Dreaming -- Will Johnson
Steadfast and True -- Shannon Wright
Crash Into the Sun -- Jim White
Come On Over (Turn Me On) -- Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan
It Only Hurts When I Cry -- Raul Malo
Silverlake Babies -- Eleni Mandell
We Have Met Before -- The Gutter Twins
Keys to the Kingdom -- Abigail Washburn
More Than Alive -- Hayden
Kiss -- Scout Niblett
Waylaway -- Mediaeval Baebes
Cursed Sleep -- Bonnie "Prince" Billy
Pony Song -- Edith Frost
Get Out, Get Out, Get Out -- Jason Molina
Then Go (Live) -- Damien Rice and Lisa Hannigan
My Home Is the Sea -- Matt Sweeney & Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
Life Boat -- Miranda Lee Richards
Walking Man -- Zoe Keating
The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080 - Contrapunctus No. 1 -- Pierre-Laurent Aimard
The Well Sequel (Bonus Track) -- Tarnation

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“I would, but I'm paralyzed with not caring very much.” – Spike (Buffy)

Haunted Playlist #21: STILL STANDING, STANDING STILL

White Blank Page -- Mumford & Sons
In a Sentimental Mood -- John Coltrane & Duke Ellington
Revelator -- Gillian Welch
Oíche Fá Fhéil' Bríde /On Brigid's Eve -- Susan McKeown
Don't Look Back -- The Wood Brothers
Hawa Dolo -- Ali Farka Touré
Horses -- Be Good Tanyas
Forever Blue -- Chris Isaak
Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) -- Aretha Franklin
All Dressed Up -- Citizen Cope
Big Jumps -- Emiliana Torrini
I Stopped Believing In You Today -- Frank Morey
Long Hot Summer Days -- Sara Watkins
We All, Us Three, Will Ride -- Iron & Wine
Alla -- Sevara Nazarkhan
Trouble Weighs a Ton -- Dan Auerbach
Captain, Captain -- Crooked Still
Let It Be Me -- Ray LaMontagne
Saeglópur -- Sigur Rós
Rootless Tree -- Damien Rice
Aviso ao Navegante -- Vinicius Cantuária
Isn't It a Lovely Night? -- The Decemberists
Greek Song -- Rufus Wainwright
Maria Lando -- Susana Baca
Passion Play -- William Fitzsimmons
Simple Things -- Eliza Carthy
The Banjolin Song -- Mumford & Sons
One of Those Days -- Eilen Jewell
Sensing Owls -- José González
La pecheuse -- Rupa
The Hazards of Love 4 (The Drowned) -- The Decemberists
Angel -- Sean Hayes
Mairi Bhan Dhail an Eas -- Mary Jane Lamond
Life's a Song -- Patrick Park
The Night Knows Nothing At All -- Six Organs of Admittance

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“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”--Anais Nin

Haunted Playlist #20: NIGHT BLOOMING

When the Night Comes--Dan Auerbach
Magpie to the Morning--Neko Case
Halfway to Jackson--Justin Townes Earle
Mean to Me (Acoustic)--Alice Russell
Come and Find Me--Josh Ritter
Triste Fado--António Zambujo
Maybe In a Prayer--Solas
Devil Do--Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs
Lonesome Roads--Dwight Yoakam
La Soledad--Pink Martini
Finch On Saturday--Horse Feathers
Lover's Return--Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton
(Was I) In Your Dreams—Wilco
Still Lookin' for You--Townes Van Zandt
Part One--Band of Horses
My Epitaph--Uncle Earl
Blue Spanish Sky--Chris Isaak
To Know Him Is to Love Him (Live) --Amy Winehouse
Gettin' By--Jerry Jeff Walker
Just Around the Bend--Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs
Cada Noche Un Amor --Ibrahim Ferrer
Gather to the Chapel--Liam Finn
Sleeping Dead--Emily Jane White
Lullaby--Pink Martini
Snowin' on Raton--Townes Van Zandt
Romulus--Sufjan Stevens
Sleep On--Alison Krauss
Leaving--Josh Ritter
The Pharoahs--Neko Case
White Wild Horses--Nicolai Dunger
Fado-Mãe--Dulce Pontes
What If--Lucinda Williams
Roses In the Snow--Papa M
For The Roses --Cassandra Wilson
Bodega Rose--Kesang Marstrand

Thanks to singer-songwriter Kesang Marstrand for being in touch with info about her new release, Bodega Rose. The title track closes this list, but give the whole album a listen. She’s a talent to watch:

Kesang Marstrand
CD BABY
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“You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.” -- William Blake

Haunted Playlist #19: PERPETUAL MOTION

She Moves Through the Fair -- Greg Brown
Tonada de Luna Llena -- Caetano Veloso
An Raibh Tú Ag an G-Carraig?/Were You At Carrick? -- Susan McKeown
Idaho -- Josh Ritter
Dusty Boxcar Wall -- Eilen Jewell
I Will Follow You Into the Dark -- Death Cab for Cutie
Je cherche un homme -- Eartha Kitt
Shady Grove -- Shrimp Boat
Big Love Lullaby -- Emily Wells
I Love You -- Asie Payton
So Long: Go -- Rufus Cohen and Wade Patterson
Long Way Home -- Tom Waits
San Andreas -- Meg Hutchinson
He Lays In The Reins -- Iron & Wine With Calexico
Greenville -- Lucinda Williams
Twin Sisters -- Sidna Myers
Southside of Heaven -- Ryan Bingham
2 Far -- Shivaree
Oh Lonesome Me -- M. Ward with Lucinda Williams
Dimming of the Day -- Emmylou Harris
Train Song -- Ben Gibbard & Feist
Sozinho -- Caetano Veloso
Just Say She's a Rhymer -- Mary Gauthier
Long Way Down -- Hayden
Don't Let Me Fall -- Hayes Carll
Negue -- Maria Bethânia
Love My Darling-O -- Alan Lomax
Teardrop -- Massive Attack
Still I Long for Your Kiss -- Lucinda Williams
What About Us? -- Doug Paisley
Song for a Friend -- Pieta Brown
Somewhere Else to Be -- The Handsome Family
You Are the Blood -- Castanets
La Pasión Según San Marcos: No. 13 - Quisiera Yo Renegar -- Luciana Souza, Maria Guinand, Orequesta La Pasion & Schola Canotrum de Caracas
She Moved Through The Fair (Live "Blazing Away" Version) -- Marianne Faithful

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(which doesn’t have either version of “She Moves Through the Fair,” unfortunately)

Indie news...

Just opened a photography shop on Etsy, a terrific forum for buyers and sellers of handmade items, from clothing and jewelry to fine art. Don't miss this site if you love handmade and vintage fare...

I'm signing with Robert Kinerk and Rose Lewis at the Blue Bunny Bookstore in Dedham this Saturday, February 14th, from 10:00 to noon.

This is part of a new initiative called Kids Love Authors, a region-wide Book Festival for Valentine's Day. Over 100 authors will join with 50 independent booksellers around New England to spread the word about kids, books, and independent bookstores.

If you live in these parts, come out and support your favorite indie by buying a book for your valentine...

"Here or henceforward it is all the same to me; I accept Time absolutely." -- Walt Whitman

Haunted Playlist #18: EVERY BELL THAT TOLLS ME

Feelin' Uneasy -- Etta James
The Privateers -- Andrew Bird
At Last -- Neko Case
This Is What -- Horse Feathers
Por Eso Me Quedo -- Lhasa de Sela
Born to Be Blue -- Chet Baker
Your Great Journey -- The Handsome Family
Skye Waulking Song -- Capercaillie
Eyes On the Prize -- M. Ward
Dreaming My Dreams with You -- Alison Krauss
Beach Baby -- Bon Iver
Reaching for the Moon -- Lizz Wright
The Mozdok's Train -- Anouar Brahem
Waxwing -- Alasdair Roberts
Mo Dhomhnallan Fhein -- Julie Fowlis
Florida Rain -- Matt Bauer
Limbo -- Eliza Carthy
Hiding Behind the Moon -- Jeff Hanson
My Little Corner Of The World --Yo La Tengo
She's Leaving Town -- The Corn Sisters
Heretics (Early Version) -- Andrew Bird
Tangerine -- Ben Webster & Coleman Hawkins
Dark Horse -- Bowerbirds
Ojala -- Pink Martini
Summersong -- Decemberists
John Saw That Number -- Neko Case
I Send My Love to You -- Calexico
Living With Ghosts -- Smoke Fairies
See It My Way -- Cory Chisel and the Wandering Sons
Tom Waits Crooning -- Eileen Rose
I Like Drinking -- The Gourds
Steal My Kisses -- Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals
Tristan and Iseult -- Tarkio
In Our Blood -- Horse Feathers
I Am Weary (Let Me Rest) -- The Cox Family
On Ho! -- Andrew Bird
Spontaneous Composition Based on Prelude in C -- Gabriela Montero
Nocturne No. 6 In D-Flat Major, Op. 63: Adagio -- Charles Owen
Mignonne, allons voir si la rose -- The Baltimore Consort
Unmarked Grave -- David Thomas Broughton

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"I resisted all the way: a new thing for me." –- Jane Eyre

Haunted Playlist #17: INNOCENCE AND EXPERIENCE

Wild Tigers I Have Known -- Emily Jane White
I Don't Live In a Dream -- Jackie Greene
Undone in Sorrow -- Crooked Still
Invitation to the Blues -- Tom Waits
You Live Alone -- Liz Durrett
Curs In the Weeds -- Horse Feathers
Pretty Bird -- Jenny Lewis
So Much Wine -- The Handsome Family
Hors d'haleine -- Jorane
Waiting On an Angel -- Ben Harper
Flow My Tears -- Sting and Edin Karamazov
Symphony 2 & the Click Boom Boom -- Emily Wells
Youngest Frankenstein -- Ferraby Lionheart
Something Sinister -- Andrew Bird
Fade Away -- Miss Murgatroid & Petra Haden
Volcano -- Beck
Horserider's Smile -- Suzannah Johannes
All the Dogs Are Lying Down -- Johnny Flynn
The Rip -- Portishead
Heathen's Kiss -- Horse Feathers
Where They Never Say Your Name -- Eilen Jewell
Dery -- Salif Keita
As Honest As a Liar Can Be -- Jeff Hanson
Low Down and Dirty -- Crooked Still
The Water Jet Cilice -- Andrew Bird
El desconfiado -- Juana Molina
Youthless -- Beck
Violin Tango -- Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan
The Things That Devils Bring -- Richard McGraw
Mal de mer -- Rupa & The April Fishes
I Don't Feel It Anymore (Song of the Sparrow) -- William Fitzsimmons
Babydoll -- Cat Power
Corolla (The One You Love) -- Matt Bauer
Firethief -- Karine Polwart
I'll Keep It With Mine -- Bob Dylan
Coffee's Cold -- Abigail Washburn
Passenger Pigeons -- The Handsome Family
Black Is Color of My True Love's Hair -- Laura Gibson
Seven Shells -- Fred Eaglesmith
Apparition -- Patrick Wolf

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