A quiet winter goes on.
Much time is devoted to meditating and practicing in our small garden.
And finally Luce has shown up! Born on the 7th.
We’re thrilled, scared, excited, relieved, struck by how fast the birth process went this time around (less than 2 hours overall, compared to the more than 18 with Mauro almost 5 years ago).
Soundtrack reflected the increasing need for introspection and new life celebration.
By the way, if you’re not subscribed to Spotify, I provided links to each song on YouTube (where available). Just click on the titles below.
The artists
- Snatam Kaur (discovered her through Matrix’s female protagonist)
- Aretha Franklin
- Catskill Mountain Rescue Club
- John Bird Jr
- Corey Taylor
- Alcest
- First Aid Kit
- Nada Surf (we chose this song as the first one Luce got to hear when born, as she also was at at their concert in Milan exactly 2 months before, in Paola’s belly – while for Mauro first song that I sang him was Nirvana’s Come As You Are)
- Naaman (last song this very young French reggae singer published, before dying of brain cancer… soon after I discovered by a duet with Alborosie)
- Lubiana
- Ibadet Ramadani (sent her a DM to buy her signed vynil, as advertised, but she forgot to tell me how to pay and then ghosted…)
- Aaron Frazer
- Parcels
- The Offspring – an oldie (I bought this cd back in 2003) that Mauro likes a lot
- The Lumineers
- Sol Rising (THE LIGHT! LUCE, here she comes)
- Robert Plant
- Gizmo Varillas
Genres:
Spiritual mantra, soul & gospel, Americana folk, acoustic folk, metal & hard rock, blackgaze/post-metal, indie folk, indie rock, French reggae, afro-soul & harp fusion, Balkan folk, retro neo-soul, electro-funk & disco-pop, punk rock, folk rock, spiritual downtempo, rock & world fusion, tropical folk-pop.
As always, each song serves as a time capsule, bringing back the emotions and experiences of that period.
Feel free to listen along. Maybe you’ll find echoes of your own experiences.
EYES TO SEE 