A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: This song, which came out last year, is a charming little nothing—just a catchy little bop before bed. See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO4r...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO4r...
Girl of the Hour - by Tabitha Meeks (Live at 3rd & Lindsley)
YouTube video by Tabitha Meeks
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January 3, 2026 at 6:37 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: This song, which came out last year, is a charming little nothing—just a catchy little bop before bed. See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO4r...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO4r...
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight:
Happy new year, gang! Thanks for all the spirit, silliness, and smarts you brought into 2025. Here's to a great 2026. See you around.
youtu.be/0SVipbtDUN4?...
Happy new year, gang! Thanks for all the spirit, silliness, and smarts you brought into 2025. Here's to a great 2026. See you around.
youtu.be/0SVipbtDUN4?...
Auld Lang Syne
YouTube video by Bill Keith - Topic
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January 1, 2026 at 6:51 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight:
Happy new year, gang! Thanks for all the spirit, silliness, and smarts you brought into 2025. Here's to a great 2026. See you around.
youtu.be/0SVipbtDUN4?...
Happy new year, gang! Thanks for all the spirit, silliness, and smarts you brought into 2025. Here's to a great 2026. See you around.
youtu.be/0SVipbtDUN4?...
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Here's Mitsuko Uchida playing the second movement (Adagio) of the last piano sonata Mozart ever wrote. See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7n-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7n-...
Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 18 in D, K.576: 2. Adagio
YouTube video by Mitsuko Uchida - Topic
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December 31, 2025 at 6:25 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Here's Mitsuko Uchida playing the second movement (Adagio) of the last piano sonata Mozart ever wrote. See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7n-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7n-...
It was almost a decade ago that #SteveSilberman shared this with me. @wardqnormal.bsky.social I hope you’re well. #blueskylullaby
Harold Land - Ursula
YouTube video by Pharomba
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December 31, 2025 at 5:13 AM
It was almost a decade ago that #SteveSilberman shared this with me. @wardqnormal.bsky.social I hope you’re well. #blueskylullaby
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: This instrumental cover by Al Kooper and Michael Bloomfield of the song "The Weight" was recorded live in Sep 1968—just a couple months after the original version came out. Check out the cover art on this album—it's a Norman Rockwell painting. See you around.
The Weight (Live at Bill Graham's Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA - September 1968)
YouTube video by Al Kooper - Topic
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December 30, 2025 at 6:59 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: This instrumental cover by Al Kooper and Michael Bloomfield of the song "The Weight" was recorded live in Sep 1968—just a couple months after the original version came out. Check out the cover art on this album—it's a Norman Rockwell painting. See you around.
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Blossom Dearie singing a song she wrote. The Ray Brown she mentions at 2:42 is actually the bass player you'll hear; the other musicians are Herb Ellis on guitar and Jo Jones on drums—all jazz legends. See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiS5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiS5...
Blossom Dearie: Blossom's blues
YouTube video by luposol66
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December 29, 2025 at 6:55 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Blossom Dearie singing a song she wrote. The Ray Brown she mentions at 2:42 is actually the bass player you'll hear; the other musicians are Herb Ellis on guitar and Jo Jones on drums—all jazz legends. See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiS5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiS5...
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: The Jacques Loussier Trio's jazzy take on Bach's "Jesu, Joy Of Man’s Desiring." See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlTS...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlTS...
Jesu, Joy Of Man’s Desiring (From Cantata No. 147)
YouTube video by Jacques Loussier - Topic
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December 28, 2025 at 4:35 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: The Jacques Loussier Trio's jazzy take on Bach's "Jesu, Joy Of Man’s Desiring." See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlTS...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlTS...
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: The short final movement of a cantata Bach premiered 300 years ago today (Christmas 1725). It's a great example of how he borrowed from different sources: the tune here from an anonymous composer, the words from a hymn some thirty years old. See you around.
Unser Mund sei voll Lachens BWV 110: Chorale: Alleluja! Gelobt sei Gott
YouTube video by Ton Koopman - Topic
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December 26, 2025 at 7:10 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: The short final movement of a cantata Bach premiered 300 years ago today (Christmas 1725). It's a great example of how he borrowed from different sources: the tune here from an anonymous composer, the words from a hymn some thirty years old. See you around.
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight. For those of you celebrating the infinite-turned-infant, Merry Christmas! And for those of you lonely, far from home, weighed down with burdens, or otherwise in need of soothing, please know you're not forgotten—and I wish for you solace and peace. See you around.
Silent Night in the Irish language 🇮🇪 ft. Emmet Cahill
YouTube video by MALINDA
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December 25, 2025 at 7:08 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight. For those of you celebrating the infinite-turned-infant, Merry Christmas! And for those of you lonely, far from home, weighed down with burdens, or otherwise in need of soothing, please know you're not forgotten—and I wish for you solace and peace. See you around.
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Beth Wood sings "The Peace Carol." See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=83L2...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=83L2...
The Peace Carol
YouTube video by Beth Wood - Topic
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December 24, 2025 at 7:31 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Beth Wood sings "The Peace Carol." See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=83L2...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=83L2...
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight. How many Americans who grew up outside the Episcopalian/Anglican tradition know this version of "O Little Town of Bethlehem" typically heard in the U.K., with its lovely descant (counterpoint) in the last verse? (I only learned of it in my thirties.) See you around.
O Little Town Of Bethlehem
YouTube video by St. Paul's Cathedral Choir - Topic
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December 23, 2025 at 5:37 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight. How many Americans who grew up outside the Episcopalian/Anglican tradition know this version of "O Little Town of Bethlehem" typically heard in the U.K., with its lovely descant (counterpoint) in the last verse? (I only learned of it in my thirties.) See you around.
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Paul Manz was a legendary church organist, composer, and teacher in Minnesota, most famous for having composed this 1953 motet, which has been incorporated into Advent church services around the English-speaking world. See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF59...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF59...
Manz: E'en So, Lord Jesus, Quickly Come
YouTube video by Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge - Topic
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December 22, 2025 at 5:50 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Paul Manz was a legendary church organist, composer, and teacher in Minnesota, most famous for having composed this 1953 motet, which has been incorporated into Advent church services around the English-speaking world. See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF59...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF59...
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Here's Miles Davis with Paul Shaffer, Larry Carlton, and David Sanborn performing "We Three Kings of Orient Are" in 'Scooged.' See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=80zl...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=80zl...
We Three Kings Of Orient Are
YouTube video by Miles Davis - Topic
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December 21, 2025 at 6:59 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Here's Miles Davis with Paul Shaffer, Larry Carlton, and David Sanborn performing "We Three Kings of Orient Are" in 'Scooged.' See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=80zl...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=80zl...
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: A seasonal jazz classic by Vince Guaraldi, with Jerry Granelli on drums and Fred Marshall on bass. See you around.
youtu.be/Kn4Y3sHyfsg
youtu.be/Kn4Y3sHyfsg
Vince Guaraldi Trio - Skating
YouTube video by VinceGuaraldiVEVO
youtu.be
December 20, 2025 at 6:52 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: A seasonal jazz classic by Vince Guaraldi, with Jerry Granelli on drums and Fred Marshall on bass. See you around.
youtu.be/Kn4Y3sHyfsg
youtu.be/Kn4Y3sHyfsg
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Goosebump-inducing instrumental version of "The Christmas Song" by Béla Fleck & the Flecktones. It's so, so good. See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-Ag...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-Ag...
The Christmas Song
YouTube video by Béla Fleck - Topic
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December 19, 2025 at 6:46 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Goosebump-inducing instrumental version of "The Christmas Song" by Béla Fleck & the Flecktones. It's so, so good. See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-Ag...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-Ag...
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: John Rutter conducts the Cambridge Singers in a carol by Peter Warlock (his setting of a Middle English carol/lullaby). See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXm6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXm6...
I saw a fair maiden - Peter Warlock, John Rutter, Cambridge Singers
YouTube video by John Rutter & The Cambridge Singers
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December 18, 2025 at 6:38 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: John Rutter conducts the Cambridge Singers in a carol by Peter Warlock (his setting of a Middle English carol/lullaby). See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXm6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXm6...
Thank you for sharing this #BlueSkyLullaby @adamkeiper.com it’s just what I needed right now! 🎶🎄💙
December 17, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Thank you for sharing this #BlueSkyLullaby @adamkeiper.com it’s just what I needed right now! 🎶🎄💙
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Among Brahms's Eleven Chorale Preludes—written at the end of his life, published posthumously—is this one loosely based on the Christmas carol we know as "Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming." Simon Preston here plays on the organ in Westminster Abbey. See you around.
Brahms: 11 Chorale Preludes, Op. 122: 8. Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen
YouTube video by Simon Preston - Topic
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December 17, 2025 at 6:22 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Among Brahms's Eleven Chorale Preludes—written at the end of his life, published posthumously—is this one loosely based on the Christmas carol we know as "Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming." Simon Preston here plays on the organ in Westminster Abbey. See you around.
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Since we did "Waltz of the Flowers" a couple of nights ago, here's Duke Ellington's answer to Tchaikovsky: "Dance of the Floreadores." Too upbeat for a true lullaby, but we can all use a bit of a pick-me-up. See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iu4S...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iu4S...
December 16, 2025 at 5:09 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Since we did "Waltz of the Flowers" a couple of nights ago, here's Duke Ellington's answer to Tchaikovsky: "Dance of the Floreadores." Too upbeat for a true lullaby, but we can all use a bit of a pick-me-up. See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iu4S...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iu4S...
Harry Connick Jr. - It Had to Be You
YouTube video by harryconnickjrVEVO
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December 15, 2025 at 7:21 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: As it's Dick Van Dyke's 100th birthday, here's Coldplay's "All My Love"—the music video version that celebrated Van Dyke's 99th birthday last year, with the old guy dancing, chatting, and hanging out with his family. See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSea...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSea...
Coldplay - ALL MY LOVE (Official Video)
YouTube video by Coldplay
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December 14, 2025 at 4:59 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: As it's Dick Van Dyke's 100th birthday, here's Coldplay's "All My Love"—the music video version that celebrated Van Dyke's 99th birthday last year, with the old guy dancing, chatting, and hanging out with his family. See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSea...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSea...
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Mid-December is prime #Nutcracker season, so here's Simon Rattle conducting the Berliner Philharmoniker in "Waltz of the Flowers." See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWbI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWbI...
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers – Simon Rattle, Berliner Philharmoniker
YouTube video by Warner Classics
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December 13, 2025 at 5:47 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Mid-December is prime #Nutcracker season, so here's Simon Rattle conducting the Berliner Philharmoniker in "Waltz of the Flowers." See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWbI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWbI...
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Sam Cooke was only 33 when he was killed on December 11, 1964. Imagine how much more beautiful music he would have made in the decades he was deprived of. Here he is in 1960 singing his own song "I'll Come Running Back to You." See you around.
I'll Come Running Back To You
YouTube video by Sam Cooke - Topic
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December 12, 2025 at 5:01 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Sam Cooke was only 33 when he was killed on December 11, 1964. Imagine how much more beautiful music he would have made in the decades he was deprived of. Here he is in 1960 singing his own song "I'll Come Running Back to You." See you around.
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Gladys Knight's version of the widely covered 1956 song "Goodnight My Love (Pleasant Dreams)." See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v6w...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v6w...
Good Night My Love
YouTube video by Gladys Knight & The Pips - Topic
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December 11, 2025 at 7:14 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Gladys Knight's version of the widely covered 1956 song "Goodnight My Love (Pleasant Dreams)." See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v6w...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v6w...