As broadcast January 8, 2021. With a new year, new possibilities, and, most importantly, the end of 2020, we asked our listeners to send us some of their positive energy favorites for the first half of the show, then paid tribute to legends lost in 2020 for our 2nd hour with tunes from John Prine, MF DOOM, Tony Allen, Manu Dibango, and Neil Peart along with a spotlight on Colemine Records and their fantastic "Brighter Days Ahead" compilation album.
Tracklisting:
Part I (00:00)Palace – Live Well
U2 – Beautiful Day
Modest Mouse – Float On
Billy Bragg & Wilco – Secret of the Sea
The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations
The Kinks – Better Things
ELO – Mr Blue Sky
Part II (30:03)Bill Fay – Be Not So Fearful
Paul Simon – Bernadette
The Beatles – Here Comes The Sun
Nanci Griffith – Listen to the Radio
Vampire Weekend – This Life
Jill Scott – Golden
Khruangbin & Leon Bridges – C Side
Part III (58:04)MF Doom feat DJ Cucumber Slice – Rhymes Like Dimes
BADBADNOTGOOD feat Ghostface Killah & MF Doom – Ray Gun
Fela Kuti & Africa 70 feat Ginger Baker – Let’s Start
Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela – Never (Lagos Never Gonna Be The Same)
Manu Dibango – Soul Makossa
Rush – La Villa Strangiato
Part IV (88:07)John Prine – Hello in There
John Prine – Your Flag Decal Won’t Get You Into Heaven Anymore
Young Gun Silver Fox – Baby Girl
The Harlem Gospel Travelers – Nothing But His Love
Ben Pirani & The Means of Production – More Than A Memory
Nick Drake – Pink Moon
Scott Walker – 30 Century Man
Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry Be Happy