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Jim - sunny Milton Keynes UK

Young Fathers - Drum - but pretty much the whole album too

reaches inside and moves you

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Added this to my Apple Music rotation SWIFTLY. Thank you for sharing, Jim. This is a vibe!

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Dorothy R. Santos (San Francisco Bay Area) here! I have been listening to Meshell Ndegeocello’s album The Omnichord Real Book. In particular and because I am a tarot reader, the song Towers (feat. Joel Ross) has been on my mind (and on repeat). While it’s a different type of bop, the reason I’ve been playing it and it has been a balm is that “nothing lasts forever” is real AF. Joy and sorrow are both fleeting. We destroy and break down as much as we build and north things into existence. And the Tower card in tarot is, for me, asks us is we’re willing to acknowledge the destruction of what we’ve built up and when are we willing to leave the “ruins” behind (“to let go”) and allowing the world to change. Like, are we willing to leave when we need to? People, projects, institutions...so, yeah, a contemplative bop. ♥️

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I meant “birth,” not north 😁

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Haha, I know what you meant. I was so amped when I saw she had a new album out. I haven't dug into it just yet but this record you mentioned is definitely a contemplative bop. I wanna find room for it on a future playlist. Thank you for your shares as always, Dorothy!

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