I've been enjoying curating the Songs of Sunshine & Struggle playlist since late January when the nights were dark and long.
Now it's May and London is getting sunnier, and warmer, days. Much like the changing of the season, there are moments of radiant sunshine, and then long days of darkness and sadness. Which is where this playlist comes from in its outlook.
Here are just 5 of the songs, chosen from the 250, that have really gotten to me. Some are just about having a good time- thats the sunshine!- but some really identify with those times of suffering and trouble.
Meadows spent years trying to escape himself. He's anything but selfish, so he'd find a way to get away-- a bottle, a bag, a sermon -- and he'd share it with anyone. Underdogs is an encouraging clarion call to those who feel like they're at the back of the queue.
This took me straight to mid-west America, a close community, and a heck of a good time on the weekend
The Minneapolis singer takes us somewhere that people arrive and go - The Airport. Leaving our troubles behind, she suggests we 'leave our burdens at the boarding gate'
I'm a big fan of Courtney's album released earlier this year. Isn't the world be better with the Kindness of Strangers?
"He ain't coming back here again, they're passengers on a ship that can't go back from where it's come." - Will Overman
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