The animated series Steven Universe has been a joy and a comfort to me for years. It's a challenge trying to describe it and do justice...

Let's jump-start the week with a mighty roar of defiance. Brandi Carlile's roar, to be specific. "Raise Hell" is from her excellent album...

Happy Passover and Happy Easter to those of you who celebrate! Here's another song that's just a ray of sunshine through clouds. Over a...

When this is all over, one of the first things I want to do with my family -- as we emerge, blinking, into the sunlight -- is head over...

I think "Moments of Pleasure," from Kate Bush's 1993 album The Red Shoes, is a perfect example of how art can transform even the...

TRANSCRIPT OF A CONVERSATION WITH MYSELF Well, that Richard X. Heyman song was such a blast. Wonder what's next. Heh. I've got one. Oh,...

In my head I have a category of music that I call "perfect pop." They're not necessarily the most profound or influential or...

I've been a fan of Achinoam Nini -- who goes by Noa outside of Israel -- ever since I saw her perform with her collaborator and...

I discovered this song just a day ago, and I already think it merits instant inclusion on the playlist. This is the latest single from...

My friend Rick, who is on the Songs for Sheltering email list, recently reminded me of the wonderful work being done by Playing for...

I owe my love of this particular musical performance to a man whose name I've never known. In 1991 I heard Claude Debussy's "Clair de...

Sometimes we may just need to cry. The state of the world certainly merits it. As Paul Simon sings in yesterday's Song of the Day:...

Paul Simon's The Rhythm of the Saints was the first album I ever bought on CD and I've never fallen out of love with it. It's a deeply...

This one's pretty special to me. The Filipino indie group Ang Bandang Shirley ("The Band Shirley," named after a song by another Filipino...

I love how comfortable this song feels. Daniel Caesar and H.E.R.'s sweet and soulful collaboration "Best Part" is like -- well, like...

I could really use some Stevie Wonder today; how about you? Here's a standout track from A Time to Love, his most recent album (I can...

Loreena McKennitt's musical response to Dante's Inferno -- a soul's long journey through landscapes of sorrow before emerging into the...

This song just makes me happy. It soars, but isn't afraid to be silly. Patrick Monahan sings about Jupiter and Venus and the Milky Way,...

If Carl Sagan were also Paul Simon, and if Paul Simon were Uruguayan, he'd be Jorge Drexler. Drexler shares Simon's light vocal touch,...

I love the calm expansiveness of this song. Patrick Watson sings of building a home to shelter his love, of stone walls and wood floors...