2014: My Year in Music
Time seems to be passing more quickly than ever before. I look up and a month has gone by somehow. I was talking to a friend last night and she made a good observation: that the older you get, the less significant milestones you have to mark time and be present in its passing. I'm even more thankful now to have this annual musical tradition as a way to meaningfully mark the passage of time. Welcome back, friends. Music seems to be growing more and more important to me as I get older. Certainly this year my love for it has deepened. I heard more in the songs and artists I love- my ears opened. I wanted to sing and play and have music on almost constantly in my apartment and at work. But I also sought silence. I saw very clear moments for music and for the absence of sound. Out of the many music-filled hours in my car, at home, and at the gym, I have come up with the list of the songs I kept coming back to. Please note they are not all from th...