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May 8th Weekly Quick Pick Mix
Hiya folks! Cheers from isolation! I hope you're well, keeping your head, keeping your distance, and maintaining the guidelines necessary...
May 8, 2020


May 1st Weekly Quick Pick Mix
It's that time of the week. Here are some new tunes to stick in your ears! the good guys and the bad guys, they never work past noon...
May 1, 2020


April 24th Weekly Quick Pick Mix
There's a lot of defiance in this one. It's just been that sort of week. Inspiration has come in the form of Benh Zeitlin's film, Wendy,...
Apr 24, 2020


April 17th Weekly Quick Pick Mix
You'll find in this week's mix moments of peace, frustration, and discontent. That seems to be where we all are right now. Whatever your...
Apr 17, 2020


April 10th Weekly Quick Pick Mix
We're still here. I've seen calls for people who have downtime during the pandemic to turn it toward creativity, writing that thing,...
Apr 10, 2020


Women in Music
For March 2020’s virtual mixtape, I considered switching up to a playlist more relevant to current events, but I realized that we have...
Apr 3, 2020


April 2nd Weekly Quick Pick Mix
Hey friends. I realize it's only Thursday, but this has been a rough week and I think we could all use some music to soothe us now. With...
Apr 2, 2020


March 27th Weekly Quick Pick Mix
That's right my friends. I believe in music. Check out the newest Weekly Quick Pick Mix, available on Spotify and Apple Music.
Mar 26, 2020


March 20th Weekly Quick Pick Mix
While social media is fun and we need the news to remain informed, there's only so much of any of that that's good for us. Get what you need
Mar 20, 2020


GUEST CURATOR: KQ’s Irish/Celtic Playlist
Well, the St. Paddy's party might be canceled, but you can still have your own bash. This is a collection of Irish/Celtic songs curated...
Mar 17, 2020


March 13th Weekly Quick Pick Mix
New playlist featuring Alex The Astronaut, Partner, Little Big Town, Big Country, and more!
Mar 12, 2020


March 6th Weekly Quick Pick Mix
WQPM playlists are a collection of ten songs I've been listening to this week, crossing genre, era, and taste.
Mar 6, 2020


Songs to Sing While Drinking
Singing along, usually poorly, to your favorite tunes is a time-honored tradition. Often, it’s alone in the car along with the stereo or...
Mar 4, 2020


Album Review: The Unraveling- Drive-By Truckers
...and, most often, the everyday person struggling to survive, the forgotten toilers living closest to the worms under the rocks...
Feb 28, 2020


Feb. 28st Weekly Quick Pick Mix
New tunes! The newest Weekly Quick Pick Mix is up for your listening pleasure on Spotify and Apple Music. The songs are in no particular...
Feb 28, 2020


Feb. 21st Weekly Quick Pick Mix
The newest Weekly Quick Pick Mix is up for your listening pleasure on Spotify and Apple Music. These playlists are in no particular order...
Feb 21, 2020


Music of Hopes and Dreams
Most of us suffer from a mood change in the depths of winter, with the long nights, dreary days, and the cold weather pushing us toward...
Jan 31, 2020


The Magic of the Mix
The first mixtape I encountered was a black cassette tape with yellowing labels and a barely decipherable song list scratched in pen. The...
Jan 1, 2020


Finding Home
I grew up in the small, lakeside town of Bridgman, Michigan and, while I had heard of Niles, the city was certainly not on my radar....
Dec 1, 2019


#Charlottesville
As a child, I learned of times before mine, times of turmoil, pain, and uprising, but also, ultimately, times of change. I watched,...
Aug 13, 2017


2016 Didn't Suck That Much (At Least Not Musically)
There's a rule in music...well, there's a rule in my musical world: If they hang out with Josh and Garth of The Rutabega, they make damn...
Dec 29, 2016


We Need The Flobots Now
In 2007, revolution was in the air. The destruction of the Great Recession was mounting and eight years of leadership under President...
Dec 10, 2016


Where To Begin Again
Where to begin. I have been in a self-imposed Internet silence since Tuesday, November 8th. It seemed silly, in the light of the election...
Dec 4, 2016


Samples From The Avett Brothers "True Sadness"
True Sadness, the newest album from the Avett Brothers, releases June 24th. Preorder now. Satan Pulls The Strings True Sadness Ain't No...
Jun 23, 2016
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