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music collection I found worthy

Bluegrass covers that gave me goose bumps:

Thunderstruck by Steve'n'Seagulls YouTube

Sweet Child o' Mine by Thunder and Rain YouTube

Sierra Hull - Mad World (Tears For Fears) - DelFest YouTube

Brandi Carlile Covers Crosby, Stills, & Nash’s “Helplessly Hoping” YouTube

I went down a rabbit hole of Helplessly Hoping once:

Suddenly Years Align

The Ladies of the Roach Motel

Leah Taub

Hannah Cameron, Husky Gawenda and Stephen Grady YouTube


My two other songs I love is:

I'm Ready

There's an amazing Star Trek: Strange New Worlds episode 9, season 2, called "Subspace Rhapsody"

She has gotten into the Vulcan science academy, and she's leaving the ship and that means Spock is losing a girlfriend, and he sings a pretty cool song, "I'm the ex". 

But what I like about it is that I was working hard to understand upeksha meditation, equanimity, and I came across the idea that it's being ready, so to me the song has a different meaning than the show, it's about a meditative culmination of the brahma-viharas. 


Corn Pudding from Schmigadoon

I put this one on for Ruby, and she pretends to be annoyed but she likes it when serious daddy gets silly with this song.


Bonus: Sweet Jane by Cowboy Junkies 5/4/89. Margo Timmins is amazing.


Wonder by Natalie Merchant.

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