I have a complete lack of skill in so many things – electrical wiring, starting lawn equipment, reading a map correctly the first time, making small talk in a large crowded party, folding fitted sheets.  But – I am really good at making playlists.  I love music. I love people, and mostly, I love connecting my favorite people to good music.  These are not all 2014 releases, but they represent the artists I played the most. Right click links to open in new tab.:)

Riverside – Agnus Obel

https://soundcloud.com/agnes-obel-1/riverside-1

Hurry Hurry – Air Traffic Controller

https://soundcloud.com/bleutopia/air-traffic-controller-hurry

Mad World – Alex Parks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAhxI6CUgVY

Sons & Daughters – Allman Brown

https://soundcloud.com/allmanbrown/sons-daughters

Left Hand Free – alt-J

https://soundcloud.com/alt-j/left-hand-free

Archie, Marry Me – Alvvays

https://soundcloud.com/alvvays/archie-marry-me-1

Windows Are Rolled Down – Amos Lee

https://soundcloud.com/amoslee/02-windows-are-rolled-down

Daring to Love – Ane Brun

https://soundcloud.com/imhotep1917/daring-to-love-official-video

Bring Your Love To Me – The Avett Brothers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ2dRFy5BmQ

Only Love  -Ben Howard

https://soundcloud.com/lovemusicdreams/ben-howard-only-love

Learn Me Right – Birdy & Mumford & Sons

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUoZN4cpfmM

I Wanna Get Bette -r Bleachers

https://soundcloud.com/bleachers/i-wanna-get-better

40 Dogs (Like Romeo and Juliet) – Bob Schneider

https://soundcloud.com/rainmakerartists/03-40-dogs-like-romeo-and-juliet

Shuffle – Bombay Bicycle Club

https://soundcloud.com/bombay-bicycle-club/sets/bombay-bicycle-club-shuffle

A Moment’s Grace – Boy & Bear

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYzap7g_QyE

Hard Way Home – Brandi Carlile

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83ExRzEHtjU

Wild Child – Brett Dennen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlKSwjA4D20

Short Skirt/Long Jacket – Cake

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7aDstrDMf0

Listen to the Darkside – Charlie Mars

https://soundcloud.com/artistsden/charlie-mars-listen-to-the

Beautiful World – Colin Hay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe3RqgnXaT4

Counterfeiter Blues – Corb Lund

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeEyAt4Ewhg

Avant Gardener – Courtney Barnett

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcnIhzaDTd0

Cannonball – Damien Rice

https://soundcloud.com/tran-trung-ngoc/damien-rice-cannonball-live

Heartbroken, In Disrepair – Dan Auerbach

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9o4l10CtN7g

By Two – Dave Barnes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D548sjaC6s

As I’m Leaving – David Gray

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTiwTb762CQ

Leave It Like It Is – David Wilcox

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83jsXMSA_1M

Soul Meets Body – Death Cab for Cutie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uizQVriWp8M

Make You Better – The Decemberists

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb8oUbMrydk

Wide Open Spaces – Dixie Chicks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dom7VlltBUc

Glow – Donavon Frankenreiter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwznGu7y8JU

Lonesome – Dr. Dog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtW-VCauvmw

Cool Kids – Echosmith

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSCzDykng4g

Down to the Sea – Elephant Revival

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3tXC4Wz1vs

Meaning to Life – Eliza Gilkyson, Ian Matthews…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCIhpA6Lacc

I Feel It All – Feist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-1Gb2rxzlk

Miles Away – Finnegan Bell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80G34cbb9Nk

Emmylou – First Aid Kit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FNm10Adxho

Rainbow – (feat. Jack Johnson) G. Love

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V6110tbJZo

Budapest – George Ezra

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHrLPs3_1Fs

Stars – Grace Potter & The Nocturnals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZYrUX2SwPQ

The Universe Is Laughing – The Guggenheim Grotto

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QI6bUkEJL0

Beautiful Things – Gungor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1spkhp41ig4

Chasing Rubies – Hudson Taylor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxaoRiAS87A

Hear Me – Imagine Dragons

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkB2eJfF3W8

Lightning Bolt – Jake Bugg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY0oPg1h8fQ

Spaceship – Jason Spooner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjMu7BY3eEk

The Good Daughter – Jenny Goodspeed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HfQfrqburQ

Stained Glass – Jon Guerra

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhfpgrqgAso

Everything’ll Be Alright – Joshua Radin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0cSev4R5rs

The Moon Song – Karen O & Ezra Koenig

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Twg25xkACwo

You Are Not Alone – Kate Hurley

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMrcdP9SPpw&list=PL8Ly2EvkBh-gMxZ5HYqJtp02KY7zJi24B

Sweet Sundown – Kelly Willis

https://soundcloud.com/kdhx/kelly-willis-and-bruce

Postcard from Mexico – Kieran Kane, Kevin Welch & Fats Kaplin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxFhptUE_-4

Hold On – KT Tunstall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXr_fVsBpxE

Pioneers – The Lighthouse and the Whaler

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRGPnQxY9i4

Upside of Down – Little Hurricane

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XOmlvXwQjY

Ends of the Earth – Lord Huron

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJCqbuJxTEs

Turtle Dove & the Crow – Mandolin Orange

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMPTKQ3lvp0

Simple Life – Mary Chapin Carpenter

https://soundcloud.com/jon-bryant-2/mary-chapin-carpenter-simple

Ships In the Night – Mat Kearney

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCkfTCjF8SM

Seeing Stars – Meg Hutchinson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xODb39DFudE

Float On – Modest Mouse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTAud5O7Qqk

River Water – Moon Taxi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWDIm7_zZdA

Rousseau – Nerina Pallot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXmbJgdSbR0

Hello My Old Heart – The Oh Hellos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKNwx82kPjY

Question – Old 97’s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdM4zNN-PxU

Light Between the Trees – Opus Orange

https://soundcloud.com/opusorange/light-between-the-trees

Bloom – Paper Kites

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8inJtTG_DuU

House on a Hill – Passenger

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYaiW90Jnbw

Mid Air – Paul Buchanan

https://soundcloud.com/paul-buchanan-music/mid-air

Head Happy – Paul McLinden

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hlw-v7WGqFE

American Dream – Pete Kilpatrick Band

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dugV8f1wqbU

Old Enough – The Raconteurs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXgM3Dd3qIM

Let’s Kill Saturday Night – Robbie Fulks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pHFZoVuG7M

Fire-Scene – S. Carey

https://soundcloud.com/scareymusic/fire-scene

Man in the Water – Saints Eleven

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnrFJAy-YZE

Could It Be Another Change – The Samples

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwW4f7aD7Rk

Chasing the Sun – Sara Bareilles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1PSsCi2inc

Clementine – Sarah Jaffe

https://soundcloud.com/busssounds/sarah-jaffe-clementine

Fuel the Fire – Sarah Jarosz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uhw2FbyuUOg

Feel the Fall – Sons Of Fathers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu8Yiky_iyI

Do You – Spoon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd6aXM8WHGw

Digital Witness – St. Vincent

https://soundcloud.com/st_vincent/digital-witness

Under Cover of Darkness – The Strokes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwxcQvB_vcQ

Maybe I Am – Stu Larsen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLShzaENbdc

Lost My Religion – Susan Werner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr_ur9s2Nxk

Dare You to Move – Switchfoot

https://soundcloud.com/hitzvesper/switchfoot-dare-you-to-move

Safe and Sound – Taylor Swift Ft. The Civil Wars

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hK4W8WGQ6SY

Free Again – Tim O’Brien & Darrell Scott

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5qCvVLtoqk

Every Girl – Turnpike Troubadours

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt1eevCbhmQ

Bad Attitude – Two Tons of Steel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc1IZe-_5Qo

Song for Someone – U2

https://soundcloud.com/ricardo_fly/u2-song-for-someone-live-bbc-2014-10-15

Something They Ain’t – Uncle Lucius

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TxAtPW4e2E

Riptide – Vance Joy

https://soundcloud.com/vancejoy/02-riptide

Better Now – The Vespers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Otyk6ck34qA

Anna Sun – Walk the Moon

https://soundcloud.com/walk-the-moon/anna-sun

Got It Wrong – The Wild Feather

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxjtZn_yRJQ&list=RDhxjtZn_yRJQ

Civilian – Wye Oak

https://soundcloud.com/cityslang/wye-oak-civilian

Life, Oh Life – #1 Dads

https://soundcloud.com/pieater/dads-life-oh-life