Weekend music

Still alive. Still listening to music. Here's a few from my playlist this morning.

Sophia by Nerina Pallot

Les Etoiles (The Stars) by Melody Gargot (check out her lickable website and who she is).

A Sunday Smile by Zach Condon (wish he made more music)

Pourquoi me réveiller (Why do you wake me?) from Werther by Josha Bell ("Pearls Before Breakfast", a Pulitzer prize winning essay about Bell)

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