Featured Find: (Ghost) Riders in the Sky, Johnny Cash

While many of our playlists are focused purely on discover, a great playlist is a little like a wine pairing. I love the challenge of bulding a playlist that captures the perfect vibe for an occasion, a shared experience, or a memory,

This playlist is one that I built for a road-trip I took with mom to Arizona. Having grown up in suburbia, travelling to the Southwest almost feels like visiting another planet, or maybe a different time.

Playlist Highlight: Tiny Planets, Remember Sports

In 2017, the New York Times published a piece entitled: “Rock’s Not Dead, It’s Ruled by Women.” I’ve noticed. So much more of the new music I discover and enjoy comes from female artists and Remember Sports’s “Tiny Planets” is a great example why.

A jangly, low-fi, seductively melodic, wait have I been bobbing my head to this song the entire time? tour de force, we white-knuckle our way though a tune about a lost love with that special energy that seems to occur naturally after about the third beer.

Featured Find: Daddy Lessons, Beyoncé

When I first started the Unearthed series of playlists, I definitely wouldn’t have guessed that a Beyoncé song would make it into one of these lists, let alone as my favorite find of the month. Perhaps because I’m pretty disconnected from what is getting airplay on the radio, or being performed at the Grammy’s, I have the opportunity to be truly surprised by a song like this.