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Nightminds (2004) – Missy Higgins

If there’s one thing, I took away from this song it is this: But I will learn to breatheThis ugliness you seeSo we can both be thereAnd we can both share the dark That we don’t have to be alone

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Next of Kin (2014) – Alvvays

I left my love in the riverThe only one who seesI lost his hand in the currentIt was the life I wanted and I’d hoped forAnd now I am left sifting through the leaves I’m a big fan of Alvvays‘

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New York City Serenade (1973) – Bruce Springsteen

What grabbed me from the outset listening to New York City Serenade was the classical music resonance in the introduction piano solo which transforms into a jazz sound. It compares to the standout piano introduction also by Roy Bittan on

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Give Me Love (2014) – Christina Perri

Whatever season I’m in, if I’m going through (bad or good), that is what you will hear me singing about – I will never put on a facade or pretend to the world that my life is perfect…Since I was

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Goodbye My Lover (2004) – James Blunt

There’s a neat song that Dylan did called ‘Don’t Fall Apart on Me Tonight‘ and I hope my readers won’t fall apart on me when they hear for perhaps the umpteenth time today’s track Goodbye My Lover by James Blunt.

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New Pony (1978) – Bob Dylan

New Pony is from Bob Dylan’s 18th studio album Street – Legal. I wrote in the post Changing of the Guards – ‘if I had to choose just one album from Dylan to take with me on a Desert Island,

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New Orleans Is Sinking (1989) – The Tragically Hip

New Orleans Is Sinking is yet another great song recommended at Max’s blog – PowerPop. The guitar work and vocal are sharp – edged, bluesy and hone you in. I have included at the end of this article the original

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Never Say Goodbye (1974) – Bob Dylan

I was weighing up whether to add Never Say Goodbye to the Music Library Project, but two aspects of it which bent me towards the affirmative – ‘let her rip‘ were the following: The first was when Dylan sings the

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Never Marry a Railroad Man – Shocking Blue

I encountered Never Marry a Railroad Man at Max’s blog – PowerPop. It’s a fantastic song. I remarked to Max how comparable Scottish singer-songwriter Amy MacDonald’s 2007 hit song This Is The Life is in terms of melody and guitar

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Never Die Young (1988) – James Taylor

This song takes me back to the early 2000’s when I was living in Mornington, South – East of Melbourne. I lived in a gorgeous cottage cabin surrounded by paddocks where horses grazed. Hearing Never Die Young was the most

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