Summer Mixtape
four playlists for your front porch, road trip, or family cookout
Happy Saturday!
This month on Acoustic Blend we are celebrating summer with a mixtape of sorts, comprised of a few favorite playlists. Tune in tonight for an 80s edition of covers, and next week on Tuesday for a warm-up to Lafayette’s downtown Blues & Jazz festival. The full rundown is below, and keep an eye out next month for a new episode on gratitude.
On that note, right now I’m grateful for porch swings, the cool breeze after oppressive heat, and ice cold sparkling water1.
July Playlists
Here’s what’s in the queue this month! The last episode of July will hopefully prompt me to get out and gaze at the night sky. There will be a new moon for the Perseids this year 😊
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Covers (80s edition): 7/11 (Sat)
Featuring: Sarah Jaroz, Love Canon, Walk off the Earth
On Repeat: “Boys of Summer” by Front Country
🎶Playlists on Spotify | YouTube
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Summertime Blues: 7/14 (Tue)
Featuring: Eva Cassidy, Frank Sinatra, Norah Jones
Poem: “Believe, Believe” by Bob Kaufman
✒️Show notes and Sinatra with Grandma
🎶Playlists on Spotify | YouTube
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On the Road Again: 7/25 (Sat)
Featuring local artists Scott Greeson, Andrew Hughes, and Cheryl Fletcher
Poem: “Coming Home” by Mary Oliver
🚗Bonus mix: Road Trippin’
🎶Playlists on Spotify | YouTube
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Space and Time: 7/28 (Tue)
Featuring: Josh Garrels, Jon Foreman, Sleeping at Last
On Repeat: Drift by Noble Sun
💫Inspired in part by the annual Perseid meteor shower
🎶Playlists on Spotify | YouTube
You can catch Acoustic Blend with Barrett Myers on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month (and the following Tuesday) at 8pm on WBAA. Listen online at wbaa.org or over the airwaves (105.9 FM and AM 920). My hope is that you’d find in the music a space for reflection and the peace that comes from a word spoken (or sung) at just the right moment. From time to time I’ll also share some of my original compositions and the work of other local artists. Take a load off and settle in, and thanks for your support of this creative effort by sharing and subscribing.
I went a little overboard recently and purchased a hundred (or many hundreds?) of cans of Spindrift, Ciao, and Waterloo. Ciao is my current fav, right up there with Nixie. I don’t think my sparking water habit is a problem, I can quit anytime I want to…