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I think I make Indie folk music. Or at least I try. But that takes kind of a while, so I spend a lot of time thinking and talking about books and other people’s songs in the interim.

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Halfway Home @halfwayhomemusic.bsky.social · Jan 26

I’ve aggregated #DailyJukebox into a convenient, sequential listening adventure. #indiemusic #mostlyfolk open.spotify.com/playlist/1xw...

Daily Jukebox

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#DailyJukebox #158. Song of Good Hope (@glenhansard.bsky.social)

It’s been a less-than-daily juke. I don’t know what to make of being “part of the internet” anymore.

I want things to be better. So much better.

#indiemusic #musicsky #hope #folk

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Song of Good Hope

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September 11, 2025 at 10:21 PM

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Sweet land of liberty, for thee I sing.
🫡🇺🇸

September 11, 2025 at 12:32 AM

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Long-ish story. I send my wife an email every Friday. She said “I don’t like poetry” one day, and I confidently declared, “I’m going to convert you to poetry because I have the best book of poetry on earth.” So I would type up a poem from @clintsmithiii.bsky.social’s ABOVE GROUND once a week.

August 29, 2025 at 12:15 AM

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#DailyJukebox #157. Real House (Adrianne Lenker).

Saturday night #earbud majesty.

#indiemusic #musicsky #folk

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Real House

Adrianne Lenker · Bright Future · Song · 2024

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August 17, 2025 at 1:40 AM

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Important question. What is the correct wine pairing for a Cheeto snack while hanging with your kids as they eat dinner in anticipation of a late night “leftovers in house dinner date”? I said red but my wife disagrees.

#wine #foodie #bigquestions #cheetos

August 16, 2025 at 11:18 PM

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#DailyJukebox #156. Walkin Boss (David Grisman, Jerry Garcia).

A #worksong for Monday.

Walkin Boss, I don’t belong to you.

#musicsky #folk #traditional

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Walkin' Boss

Jerry Garcia, David Grisman · Jerry Garcia & David Grisman · Song · 1991

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August 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM

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#DailyJukebox #155. Wash Away (Reprise) (Joe Purdy).

Funeral today, which made me think of this. When my time comes, I hope it feels like walking into the surf to this tune.

The packed church for the kind soul spoke: burn no bridges.

#folk #indiemusic #musicsky

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Wash Away (Reprise)

Joe Purdy · Julie Blue · Song · 2004

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August 9, 2025 at 12:56 AM

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#DailyJukebox #154. The Muse (The Wood Brothers).

Thinking’s the last thing I wanna do.

#indiemusic #musicsky #folk

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The Muse

The Wood Brothers · The Muse · Song · 2013

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August 8, 2025 at 12:04 AM

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#DailyJukebox #153. Fool for Love (Lord Huron). I’ve been in need of an uplift, which generally means extra distance from algorithms of any kind. But I decided it’s better to share the antidote than avoid the source. Herein the antidote.

#musicsky #indiemusic

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Fool for Love

Lord Huron · Strange Trails · Song · 2015

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August 7, 2025 at 12:57 AM

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(1/8) I went to a college near an east coast city, studying communistic things (like how societies organize themselves - but more likely try to destroy each other). Now I work in construction in a Rust Belt town. My peers mostly opted against the socialist brain expansion/debt expansion program.

August 5, 2025 at 10:09 PM

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#DailyJukebox #152. Is There Anybody Out There (Lord Huron). Returning from voluntary mountain sabbatical with a song I was enjoying in the great remove.

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vaguely #newmusic

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Is There Anybody Out There

Lord Huron · The Cosmic Selector Vol. 1 · Song · 2025

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July 31, 2025 at 1:41 AM

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One side wasn’t wearing a mask and protected children while asserting all Americans are entitled to equal treatment. The other side is funded by our tax dollars and allegedly provides justice. Cool country.

#heroes #resist #wilder

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Jul 24

Recently ICE agents appeared on a Little League field in Manhattan. Coach Youman Wilder told a group of kids who were being interrogated to get behind him and said to the officers, “You don’t have more rights than they do.”

ICE Agents Invade a Manhattan Little League Field

Youman Wilder has coached local kids for twenty-one years—including four who have gone pro. When masked agents tried to interrogate his players, he told them, “You don’t have more rights than they do....

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July 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM

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#DailyJukebox #151. Helplessness Blues (Fleet Foxes).

My plan was to listen to Fleet Foxes songs on shuffle until I was charmed by an unfamiliar track to the point of sharing, but this one’s too good.

#indiemusic #musicsky #folk

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Helplessness Blues

Fleet Foxes · Helplessness Blues · Song · 2011

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July 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM

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#surgeons #doctors #help!

July 24, 2025 at 1:07 AM

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#DailyJukebox #150. Funeral (Phoebe Bridgers).

Jesus Christ, I’m so blue all the time.

#musicsky #indiemusic #folk

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Funeral

Phoebe Bridgers · Stranger in the Alps · Song · 2017

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July 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM

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#DailyJukebox #149. Work Song ( @hozier.bsky.social ).

Monday evening come down.

For the #workers.

#musicsky #folk

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Work Song

Hozier · Hozier (Expanded Edition) · Song · 2014

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July 22, 2025 at 12:54 AM

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#DailyJukebox #148. Untitled #4 (@sigurros.com)

Sunday night, floating away.

#indiemusic #musicsky

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Untitled #4 - Njósnavélin

Sigur Rós · ( ) · Song · 2002

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July 21, 2025 at 2:04 AM

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#DailyJukebox #147. Song for Zula (Phosphorescent).

New genre: Saturday twilight cocktail moment.

#musicsky #indiemusic #indiefolk

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Song for Zula

Phosphorescent · Muchacho · Song · 2013

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July 20, 2025 at 12:11 AM

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Remember when people were accountable for the things that they wrote … publicly!?!??

Good times. Getting back to that would definitely make America great again.

Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · Jul 17

Underrated tweet.

July 17, 2025 at 1:28 PM

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#DailyJukebox #146. The World (Is Going Up in Flames) (Charles Bradley).

I mean, obviously.

But also, good gawd above!

#musicsky #indiemusic #soul

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The World (Is Going Up in Flames)

Charles Bradley, Menahan Street Band · No Time For Dreaming · Song · 2011

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July 16, 2025 at 11:39 PM

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#DailyJukebox #145. Havana Burning (Dan Reeder).

This functionally perfect tune consistently receives the strongest “holy cow this is unbelievable!” response of any song I’ve ever recommended. Keep it handy.

#musicsky #indiemusic #folk

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July 16, 2025 at 12:29 AM

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#DailyJukebox #144. Over and Done With (The Proclaimers).

I was listening to The Replacements today, which made me think of this song because human neurology is crazy but also not completely so.

#musicsky #indiemusic

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Over and Done With

The Proclaimers · This Is the Story · Song · 1987

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July 15, 2025 at 12:39 AM

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This is an extremely articulate piece on an insanely deflating time & place. It’s a terrible reality that has no reward for talented craftsmanship. This is meant to be the golden age of niche expression. Where is the gold?

Stereogum @stereogum.com · Jul 13

UK art-rockers Field Music defended their Doors cover band, explaining that making a living with their own music has become “bordering on impossible”

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