music feeds the soul & keeps me going
I created this playlist during one of my first stays at the hospital undergoing chemo treatments in 2023. It includes a mix of musicians I am lucky enough to call friends alongside some music industry giants. They are all legends to me. And I appreciate them all for sharing their art with the world.
Music is powerful, and it motivated me to get out of bed and walk the circuit of my floor. It keeps me going to this day. Check it out. I hope it helps inspire you too.
Are you part of the broad-reaching community battling cancer in some way? I would love nothing more than to have fellow cancer fighters create multitudes of BBC23 playlists to help motivate or bring comfort to others and discover new music in the process.
Send me a BBC23 Playlist!
New York Cares About Local Music
New York Cares About Local Music is a Compilation CD I made back in 2004 when I was immersed in the local music scene and booking singer-songwriter showcases in New York City. I have close to 200 of these 31-track double CDs and would love to send them to anyone who still listens to CDs and wants one in return for a minimum $10 donation to my Jimmy Fund Walk Campaign and $5 to me via Venmo to cover part of the shipping.
Here is a review Jason Warburg wrote on the Daily Vault back in 2005, and you can see the Cover Art and Track Listing below.
Disc 1 Track Listing
Jennifer Marks - “Live” | Neon Thrills - “Disgraceful” | Nadine Goellner - “Close To Me” | Black 47 - “Fatima” | Sirsy - “By July” | Ben Ratliff - “Permanent Midnight” | Maya Azucena - “Still Searchin’” | Mitch Van Doff - “Lonesome Highway Blues | Rebecca Hart - “Planets” (live at Arlene’s Grocery | Natalia Zuckerman - “Southern Wind” | The Saucers and Nervous System - “Prophet” Remix | Bryan Master - “Karmacide | Lonnie Rathie - “Take Me As I Am” | Laura & Amber - “Goodbye Yesterday” | Ben Arthur - “End of the Day”
Disc 2 track listing
Nefertiti Jones - “Alphabet City” | Kieran McGee - “Don’t Lie Down” | Edible Red - “Sugar and Spring” | Julia Darling - “Photographs” | 40 Ft Ringo - “Be My Fix” | Like So - “Down” | Sarah Lentz - “All Right” | Second2Last - “Issues of Today” | Stacie Rose - “Carried Away” | Sam Bisbee - “Casualty” | Rachel Platten - “A Soldier’s Wish” | Nathan Caswell - “Einstein’s Brain” | Alysson Light - “Hurricane” | Jason Reischel - “Justine” (life at CB Gallery | Allison Cipris Band - “Break” | Don McCloskey - “Ending the Mission”