Straight to Hell - The Clash
a mournful look at the displacement of immigrants and the effects of war. MIA samples this in Paper Planes
Alabama - John Coltrane
'After the murder of 4 girls in the Ku Klux Klans bombing of the Sixteenth Street baptist church in Birmingham, Alabama. Coltrane apparently patterned his saxophone playing on Martin Luther King's funeral speech.'
A masterpiece.
Brother Can You Spare A Dime - Bing Crosby
'They used to tell me I was building a Dream' - the bewilderment of someone grappling with shattered pride.
The Times They are a changing - Bob Dylan
'It's a feeling'
John Walker's Blues - Steve Earle
Very powerful and significant
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Jodi M. Savage’s Book Notes music playlist for her essay collection The
Death of a Jaybird
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"While writing The Death of a Jaybird, I listened to a lot of gospel music.
Writing about illness and grief is emotionally demanding. Because I grew up
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