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VentiSongs | July 2023

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VentiSongs | June 2023

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VentiSongs | May 2023

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ADDITIONAL AUDIO / PURCHASE LINKS FOR ALL SONGS

Cosmic Leash

This Is A Photograph

Drugs or People

Toy Gun

All I See

My PG County Summer

Beginner’s Luck

Cafe Banane

The Yips

Supernovae

Disaster Master

Shortstop

The Crown

Achtung

Drag [Crashed]

Colt

Foreign Land

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Cynic’s Song

One Last Trip Around The Sun

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VentiSongs | April 2023

1 | “labor” | Paris Paloma

2 | “Nothing Matters” | The Last Dinner Party

3 | “Lonely Lust” | Lady Lamb

4 | “Must Be Tears” | Lael Neale

5 | “The Fooler” | Nick Waterhouse

6 | “Wearing Blue” | Wild Child

7 | “Boat” | Ed Sheeran

8 | “She Smoked In The House” | Brandy Clark

9 | “The Feast of Saint Valentine” | Natalie Merhant

10 | “Once Upon A Poolside” | The National featuring Sufjan Stevens

VENTIPOP IS NOW ON SUBSTACK - EVERY FRIDAY 5 FAVORITE SONGS, NEW ALBUMS & A LOOK BACK AT MUSIC HISTORY

11 | “Wayfaring Stranger” | The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square & The Piano Guys

12 | “Peeve” | Katie Gately

13 | “MOTTO” | NF

14 | “Really Cute” | Your Best Nightmare

15 | “Wet Widow” | Bees In A Bottle

16 | “Salad” | Blondshell

17 | “Martyr Moves” | Feist

18 | “Now It’s On” | Spanish Love Songs

19 | “Beautiful View” | Hannah Georgas

20 |“Howl” | Katie Gately

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VentiSongs | March 2023

1 | “Dummy” | Portugal. The Man

2 | “Time To Pretend” | Charlie Hickey

3 | “My Favourite Stranger” | Depeche Mode

4 | “Scale” | Katie Gately

5 | “Where Do I Go From Here?” | Caroline Rose

6 | “Broke Scene” | Gordi

7 | “(No) Comment” | Nick Waterhouse

8 | “Lethal Love” | Eilen Jewell

9 | “What I Lost” | Cowboy Junkies

10 | “Middle of the Morning” | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

11 | “Samalaman Bay” | Roo Panes

12 | “Whore” | mehro

13 | “On A Beach” | Hayden & Feist

14 | “So Far Apart” | Parker Millsap

15 | “We’re In Love” | boygenius (Lucy Dacus, Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers)

16 | “Star Shine” | The Milk Carton Kids

17 | “Grand Junction” | The Hold Steady

18 | “Hunter” | Jess Williamson

19 | “The Kiss” | Caroline Rose

20 |“Borrow Trouble” | Feist

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Here are my 5 favorite new songs released this week. https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp5pA7_OX8_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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20 NEW SONGS YOU SHOULD HEAR https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4QTxB0xmfz9epOvGLteedn?si=_WbxrhohTnmg17zIwn8RzQ&app_destination=copy-link https://www.instagram.com/p/CpksujrOTH9/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Since 2016. Our favorite 5 new songs each week: https://ventipop.substack.com/p/time-to-face-the-music https://www.instagram.com/p/CpYkZ4Pu0Y5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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VentiSongs | February 2023

1 | “Miami” | Caroline Rose

2 | “Capital Karma” | Manchester Orchestra

3 | “Lazy River” | Aisha Badru

4 | “Younger & Dumber” | Indigo De Souza

5 | “Nothing To See” | Miya Folick

6 | “Pineapple Pizza” | Little Hurt

7 | “Pressure Cooker” | Dazy, Militarie Gun & Mannequin Pussy

8 | “Polychrome” | Unloved

9 | “Pourquoi faire aujoird’hui (remix)” | Poirer & Lisa LeBlanc

10 | “Forget the Middle” | deadmen & Emily Wells

11 | “Black Leaves” | KIRBY

12 | “Papa Took My Totems” | Cat Clyde

13 | “Opening Night” | Scowl

14 | “Looking Glass” | Death and Vanilla

15 | “The Doldrums” | Caroline Rose

16 | “Pepper (accoustic)” | Death Cab for Cutie

17 | “What I’m Missing” | Gracie Horse

18 | “Once Upon A Time In Montreal” | Murray A. Lightburn

19 | “Ordinary” | Miya Folick

20 |“Old Note” | Lisa O’Neill

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Favorite 100 Songs of 2022

2022 :: 100 Favorites

This playlist is what it’s all about for Ventipop. Ventipop's 100 songs of 2022 playlist is the culmination of hour upon hour of listening to music over the past twelve months. I never stop searching for my next favorite song. These are the tracks I kept coming back to the most all year long. Definitely, not the songs on all the other site’s year-end lists, which is why I created Ventipop. Enjoy and thanks for supporting Ventipop.

Ventipop’s Favorite 100 Songs of 2022 proudly features the following musicians:

Big Thief, Hurray For The Riff Raff, Dave Groh, Violet Grohl, Dan Romer, caroline, Saint Judas, Porridge Radio, Spanish Love Songs, Haunted Summer, Still Corners, Meskerem Mees, Future Islands, Hatchie, Lucy Kruger & The Lost Boys, Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers, Glassio, Father John Misty, Bartees Strange, Anson Seabra, Regina Spektor, Phosphorescent, Florence + The Machine, Dawes, Danny Bensi, Prateek Kuhad, Ethel Cain, JAWNY, Beck, Caamp, Σtella, Redinho, Viagra Boys, NoSo, Dilettante, Dermot Kennedy, Noah Kahan, U.S. Girls, Tami Neilson, John Fullbright, Nick Waterhouse, Paris Paloma, Brimheim, Plains, Waxahatchie, Jess Williamson, Mary Fahl, Sam Burchfield, Death Cab for Cutie, Oliver Sim, Mexican Institute Of Sound, Shannen Moser, PJ Harvey, Tim Phillips, Ashley McBride, Aaron Raitiere, Sorry, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Knifeplay, Benjy Davis, Caylee Hammack, Brandy Clark, Pillbox Patti, Ellie Bleach, Maria Taylor, Bonny Light Horseman, Dream Wife, Bad Waitress, Cass McCombs, Weak Signal, Quasi, Paolo Nutini, Steady Holiday, Phoebe Bridgers, Paul Thomas Saunders, James Blake, Lissie, Carsie Blanton, Dilettante, Freja The Dragon, SSVU, Silversun Pickups, Butch Vig, Petey, Goodnight Texas, Curse of Lono, Wet Leg, Craig Finn, The A’s, dodie, Annie Hamilton, Hannes, waterbaby, Miya Folick, Violet Grohl, Lou Roy, Jayomi, Wallows and Jack White

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Ventipop’s Annual Top 100 Song Archive

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Merry Christmas- my beautiful gift to you - 2022 favorite instrumentals playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3kq52Iv9YSOb2b2vYTE7e0?si=UhlLVFIqTlO4A_RN4k3-2g #merrychristmas #instrumental https://www.instagram.com/p/CmlNVU_OUkt/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Favorite Instrumental Songs of 2022 Playlist

2022 :: Instrumental Favorites

Here are Ventipop’s favorite Instrumental tracks of 2022. Enjoy and thanks for supporting Ventipop.

Ventipop feels it’s important to give a platform to all instrumental artists. Some of my favorite new music each year are instrumental tracks. I feel oftentimes, words get in the way of my interpretation of a song. There’s nothing more beautiful than a perfectly constructed instrumental track. I’ve been curating a monster instrumental playlist for years. You can check it out here. But this playlist is a curation of my favorite instrumentals discovered over the past twelve months.

Ventipop’s Favorite Instrumental tracks of 2022 proudly features the following musicians:

Dan Romer, Cristobal Tapia De Veer, Max Richter, Elena Urioste, Lindsey Stirling, Danny Bensi, Sunglasses For Jaws, Σtella, Redinho, Charlie Gabriel, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Shoshana Michel, Dario Crisman, Jeff Russo, Alexandre Desplat, Via Mardot, Renaud Capucon, Parov Stelar Vallemarie, Yates McKendree, Die Sputniks, WOLF!, Scott Metzger, Takuya Kuroda, Grimy Styles, Federico Albanese, Jimmie Davis, Charles Mitchell, Wilson Trouve, Felix Mendelssohn, Danish String Quartet, David Myles, Rachel Portman, Raphaela Gromes, On Piano, Amaury Laurent Bernier, Julia Kent, Saunder Jurriaans, Giles Lamb, Rith Banney, Pablo de Sarasate, Hilary Hahn, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Andres Orozco-Estrada, Dobrawa Czocher, The Greyboy Allstars, Polyrhythmics, Beats Antique, Rogue VHS, Sylvee & The Sea, Pieta Brown, John Convertino, Esmerine, Stimming x Lambert, Christopher Tin, Voces8, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Barnaby Smith, TEKE::TEKE, Yann Tiersen, Richard Houghten, Lettuce, Hagop Tchaparian, Hermanos Gutierrez, Mats Dernald, Konrad Olausson, Library Tapes, Elias Braun and Astrid Sky

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Ventipop’s Annual Instrumental Playlists

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VentiSongs | December 2022

December 2022 Playlist featuring new songs by Cristobal Tapia De Veer, Lissie, Carsie Blanton, Dilettante, Freja The Dragon, Peter Bjorn and John, Josiah and the Bonnevilles, Pearla, Molly Payton, SSVU, Silversun Pickups, Butch Vig, Lecrae, Vistas, Petey, Sunglasses For Jaws, Max Styler, Notelle, Dobrawa Czocher, Elias Braun, Astrid Sky, Goodnight Texas, Florence + The Machine, Ethel Cain and Library Tapes

1 | “Renaissance (Main Title Theme) The White Lotus Season 2” | Cristobal Tapia De Veer

The hottest track at dance clubs and music festivals right now comes from a Canadian artist – and it’s not Kaytranada or deadmau5.

“Renaissance (Main Title Theme)” comes from Montreal’s Cristobal Tapia de Veer, who composed it for season two of the HBO series The White Lotus (available in Canada on Crave). It features the voice of Montreal's Stephanie Osorio holding a single note that Tapia de Veer sampled and played on a keyboard.

“It’s really unexpected,” Tapia de Veer, 49…continue reading…

2 | “Night Moves” | Lissie

This is track five from Lissie’s new record Carving Canyons and was the second single taken from the album.

3 | “Rich People” | Carsie Blanton

Carsie Blanton writes anthems for a world worth saving. Inspired by artists including Nina Simone and John Prine, Carsie delivers every song with an equal dose of moxie and mischief, bringing her audience together in joyful celebration of everything worth fighting for.

4 | “Keep Time” | Dilettante

'Dilettante' is an art-rock collective led by multi-instrumentalist Francesca Pidgeon and is based in Northern England. The group was born out of Francesca's fear of committing to a single line up, and is her rebound project after a long-term relationship with indie-jazz four piece ‘Kumiko’.

5 | “Closer” | Freja The Dragon, Peter Bjorn and John

Freja The Dragon is the alter ego of Stockholm native Freja Drakenberg. Since growing up, music has taken up most of her time and today she’s a skilled singer/songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist. After graduating from The Royal College of Music in Stockholm in 2016, Freja started assisting Björn Yttling (Peter Bjorn and John, Lykke Li, Primal Scream) in the studio, which led her to join Peter Bjorn and John as percussionist, guitarist and vocalist on the band’s Breakin' Point world tour. When she came back home, Freja and Björn started experimenting in his studio, which led to the embryo of something new, something that would become Freja The Dragon.

6 | “Blood Moon” | Josiah and the Bonnevilles

Josiah Leming is folk singer/songwriter and his audience is the Bonnevilles. He’s back with another great record 2022 and “Blood Moon” is my favorite track.

7 | “With” | Pearla

Pearla’s music radiates with indiscriminate awe. Whether it’s the befuddling depths of nature or the profoundly strange spark of a dreaming mind—she takes it all as equal magic. Her debut album is populated by eccentric creatures and quixotic scenes, her takes on mortality, intimacy, and personal freeness glowing with an air of mystique. 'Oh Glistening Onion, The Nighttime Is Coming' is a world unto itself and it’s out Feb 10th.

8 | “Ruins” | Molly Payton

New Zealand native, Moly Payton, is one of my favorite artists of ‘22. She’s been releasing new songs like the world’s about to burn since 2020. Maybe she’s onto something. “Ruins” is my favorite so far and the newest of the bunch.

9 | “David Lynch Has A Painting Made of Flies Eyes” | SSVU, Silversun Pickups, Butch Vig

Silversun Pickups have announced a digital release of their collaboration with producer and Garbage drummer Butch Vig, which was previously only available as a vinyl single for this year’s Record Store Day Black Friday. 

The project, dubbed SSVU, consists of two new songs titled “David Lynch Has a Painting Made of Flies Eyes” and “Suzanne Ciani.”

10 | “My Head Feels Strange” | Vistas

Scottish rock band Vistas new single ‘My Head Feels Strange’ is the third single off their new EP ‘The Beautiful Nothing’, out in early January.

11 | “Spread The Opps” | Lecrae

Lecrae Devaughn Moore (aka Lecrae) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record and film producer, record executive, actor, and entrepreneur.

The first single from Church Clothes 4, “Spread The Opps,” acknowledges the opposition and stands steadfast despite it. “I’ve been running for so long from the opposition. Since I was a kid, there were enemies, both physical and spiritual, that were trying to destroy me. I decided to stop running. This song, “Spread The Opps,” is me knowing that even in the valley of death, God is with me. He’s scattering the opposition.”

12 | “Move My Feet” | Max Styler, Notelle

“Move My Feet” is a collaboration between Californian artist Max Styler and previously featured Notelle. It’s a track rising up the electronic dance charts for apparent reasons.

13 | “Lean Into Life” | Petey

Peter Martin, known professionally as Petey, is a musician and social media personality from Detroit, Michigan.

14 | “Twister” | Carsie Blanton

Carson Amanda "Carsie" Blanton (born July 22, 1985) is an American singer-songwriter based in Philadelphia, who performs on guitar. Blanton has released eight studio albums and three EPs, all with a "pay what you please" pricing strategy. Blanton wrote "My true calling as an artist is to share…What I actually want to do is make beautiful music and then give it to everyone, regardless of what they give me back."

15 | “Cat Psychosis” | Sunglasses For Jaws

London duo Sunglasses For Jaws are back with another new stunning track titled “Cat Psychosis” .

16 | “Prayers” | Dobrawa Czocher

Polish cellist Dobrawa Czocher is back on Ventipop. Previously featured her songs “There Will Be Hope” and “Con Moto” with Hania Rani.

17 | “Southbound” | Elias Braun, Astrid Sky

A peaceful and calm piano tune for focus and concentration. A collaboration from Astrid Sky and Elias Braun called “Southbound”.

18 | “Jane, Come Down From Your Room” | Goodnight, Texas

Goodnight, Texas is a tough-to-define storytelling folk rock band whose strength lies in unexpected sweet spots. “Jane Come Down From Your Room” is actually a song I’ve been listening to since October of last year. I think I intentionally kept putting off featuring the track because oftentimes, it’s the songs I am considering that I listen to the most often.

19 | “Morning Elvis - Live At Denver Ball Arena” | Florence + The Machine, Ethel Cain

Florence and the Machine recruit rising singer-songwriter Ethel Cain for a new rendition of “Morning Elvis,” the closing track from the band’s 2022 LP. Cain’s AMERICAN TEENAGER is one of my favorite albums of the year. I’ve previously featured Cain several times this year.

20 |“Velvet Ice” | Library Tapes

Swedish minimalist composer David Wenngren specializes in soft, evocative miniatures and his beautiful “Velvet Ice” closes out the twenty song playlists on Ventipop for 2022.

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Sick of the Same Old Christmas Songs? :: Two Christmas Playlists Just For You

Obscure Christmas Songs Playlists :: Are You Happy Or Sad?

If you’re sick to death of hearing the same damn Christmas songs every year then you’re in luck. Ventipop has carefully curated two Christmas Playlists sure to cure those holiday blues. Well, at least one of them will.

Ventipop’s “Obscure Happy Christmas” playlist is for those listeners in a good mood, eagerly awaiting the holidays but wanting to hear something other than “Grandma Got Runover By A Reindeer” for the quadrilionth time. These are happy holiday songs, but maybe ones you haven’t heard before.

And then there’s the bizarro “Obscure Sad Christmas” playlist which is geared for those of us finding Christmas an overwhelming sad and oppressing time of year. A playlist for the dark days of Winter and searching for light, but also recognizing it’s fine to be sad. Follow both depending on your mood, you’re covered this holiday season.

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Disjointed, bouncy, distinctive and beautiful. "Queen of Ears" by @TheeQuasi It's one of twenty on my favorite new songs of November playlist: bit.ly/3Vh57Mi https://www.instagram.com/p/ClmkQiWL3oN/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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VentiSongs | November 2022

November 2022 Playlist featuring new songs by Mhaol, Dream Wife, Bad Waitress, Cass McCombs, Weak Signal, Quasi, Pile, Ghost Funk Orchestra, Jam in the Van, Sway Wild, Daisy the Great, The Brevet, Paolo Nutini, First Aid Kit, Bonny Light Horseman, David Myles, Steady Holiday, Phoebe Bridgers, Wilson Trouvé, Paul Thomas Saunders, Cigarettes After Sex and James Blake

1 | “Asking For It” | M(h)aol

Ventipop previously featured M(h)aol back in October of 2021 - “Gender Studies”

Pre-order M(h)aol’s debut album ‘Attachment Styles’, out Feb 3rd 2023 via @tullecollective booking: [email protected]

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2 | “Leech” | Dream Wife

"Just have some fucking empathy"

Dream Wife

London, England

Previously featured on Ventipop: “Hasta La Vista” & “Sports!”

3 | “Racket Stimulator” | Bad Waitress

Bad Waitress

Toronto, Canada

Previously featured on Ventipop: “Manners”

4 | “Vacation From Thought” | Cass McCombs & Weak Signal

Cass McCombs

Concord, California

5 | “Queen of Ears” | Quasi

Quasi

Portland, Oregon

6 | “Loops” | Pile

"You are building your brand You are splitting the difference You are making demands"

Pile

Nashville, TN by way of Boston, MA

Probably your favorite bands favorite band

7 | “Your Man’s No Good” | Ghost Funk Orchestra

"...the type of throwback album that retro soul fans will devour with its easy-flowing warmth, charm, and spirit."  -- Glide Magazine

Ghost Funk Orchestra

New York, New York

A mixture of psychedelic oddities, big horns, soulful vocals, and uncomfortable time signatures.

New album A NEW KIND OF LOVE out now

8 | “Chimney Fire” | Sway Wild (with Jam in the Van)

Sway Wild

San Juan Island, Washington

9 | “Glitter” | Daisy the Great

Daisy the Great

Brooklyn, New York

Previously featured on Ventipop: “Record Player”

10 | “Will You Wait” | The Brevet

The Brevet

Irvine, California

11 | “Through the Echoes” | Paolo Nutini

Paolo Nutini

Paisley, Scotland

12 | “The Last One” | First Aid Kit

First Aid Kit

Stockholm, Sweden

Previously featured on Ventipop: “Fireworks”

New album PALOMINO out now

13 | “Someone to Weep for Me” | Bonny Light Horseman

"And I dreamed of Jacob's ladder When I laid me down to sleep And the souls all risin' and fallin' Through the whole of eternity I was named after my father In a long line of nobodies And all I ever wanted Was someone to weep for me"

Bonny Light Horseman

American Folk Trio

Previously Featured on Ventipop: “Deep In Love”, “California” & “Summer Dream”

New album ROLLING GOLDEN HOLY out now

14 | “It’s Only a Little Loneliness” | David Myles

David Myles

Fredricton, Canada

New album IT’S ONLY A LITTLE LONELINESS out now

15 | “Can’t Find A Way” | Steady Holiday

Steady Holiday

Los Angeles, California

Previously featured on Ventipop: “Living Life” & “People Take Pictures of Each Other”

16 | “So Much Wine” | Phoebe Bridgers (covering The Handsome Family)

"Where the state highway starts I stopped my car I got out and stared up at the stars As meteors died and shot cross the sky I thought about your sad, shining eyes I came back for my clothes when the sun finally rose But you were still passed out on the floor"

Phoebe Bridgers

Los Angeles, California

Previously featured on Ventipop: “Walking On A String”, “Kyoto”, “ICU”, “I Know The End”, “Summer’s End”, “Nothing Else Matters”, “Silk Chiffon”, “Atlantis” & “That Funny Feeling”

17 | “In Memory of Rina Lukita” | Wilson Trouvé

Wilson Trouvé

Brussels, Belgium by way of France

18 | “Heartlands” | Paul Thomas Saunders

Paul Thomas Saunders

Leicester, United Kingdom

Previously featured on Ventipop: “Cruel”

19 | “Pistol” | Cigarettes After Sex

Cigarettes After Sex

El Paso, Texas

Previously featured on Ventipop: “Don’t Let Me Go”

20 | “Say What You Will” | James Blake

"And I'm okay, no, I can drive myself I've been sobered by my time on the shelf And I've been normal And I've been ostracised like a comet Blazing through an empty sky"

James Blake

London, England

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ALONE AT THE PIANO :: VENTIPOP'S FAVORITE PIANO TRACKS IN ONE PLAYLIST

I receive a lot of solo piano submissions and have been collecting them into a single playlist for years. The piano is by far my favorite instrument, and I could very easily make every monthly twenty-song playlist all piano songs. Whenever I’m working and need to concentrate, this is the playlist I have on in the background. It helps me focus and calms me. I’m constantly adding to it as well. I hope it brings you some sort of peace in these hectic and chaotic times.

This playlist features these talented pianists: Lionel Scardino, Yvette Young, Jordane Tumarinson, Marcos Souza, Chris Boutilier, Marco Di Stefano, Hauschka, Marcelo Zallio, Dario Crisman, Laura Christie Wall, Carlos Cipa, David Fedele, The Yearning, Federico Truzzi, Davide Fasiello, Mari Kotskyy, Andy Tallent, Vittoriano di Grazia, Michael Neal, Reis Taylor Dixon, Billy Lockett, Vincenzo Crimaco, Elliott Jacques, Art Davis, Nils Frahm, Max Richter, Raffaele Grimaldi, Glenn Natale, Rachel Portman, Kendra Logozar, Eric D. Lawrence, Angela Tursi, Gustav Davidsson, Ryan Dugre, Charlie Fabien, Vaclav Benda, Noirepolde, Dominique Charpentier, Mason Stephenson, Wilson Trouve, Federico Squassabia, Moon Vs Sun, Eydis Evensen, Dustin O’Halloran, Hania Rani, James Batty, Ayane Yamazaki, On Piano, Elias Braun, Kirk Lightsey, Yann Tiersen, Carlos Hof, Elena Colominas, Snorri Sigfus Birgisson, Nora De Smet, Olafur Arnalds, Cara Rose, Pavel Fedorov, Sown, Sad Moses, One Horse Carousel, Joep Beving, Library Tapes, Henri Bentley, Abby Alan Anderson, Marcello Liverani, Sophie Hutchings, Ante Svircic, Ana Rebekah, Arash Sanee, Ryuichi Nakamura, James Hawken, Astrid Sky, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Bruce Liu, Federico Albanese, Erland Cooper, Amaury Laurent Bernier, Valentin Silvestrov, Alexi Lubimov, Vikingur Olafsson, Robert Schumann, James Hawken, Yiruma, Antonin Dvorak, Leif Ove Andsnes…so far…

ALONE AT THE PIANO PLAYLIST

SOLO PIANO SONGS

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