“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” Anaïs Nin
For the past couple of years, we’ve gone through silent springs. Events from graduations to championships to funerals evaporated into cancellations. Gatherings were discouraged. An active and vibrant world going into a two-year lockdown was not on anybody’s radar. As we get deeper into hope and spring being eternal, we are already realizing that this 22nd spring of the 21st centuray has it’s own limitations and global weirdness. Still a rebirth, a reawakening, sounds really good right about now.
Most of today’s songs come from the late 60s and early 70s, when it was still quite a certainty that the age of Aquarius would go on for a thousand years. One song comes from the late 40s, right after World War II. It was written by a bearded vegetarian who got his song of ecological peace and love to the swinging and smooth Nat King Cole.
Sopwith Camel (they got their name from a 1917 British biplane fighter) looks into the future of a planet that might not get the best care.
Norton Buffalo finds love in the Valley of the Moon. John and Beverly Martyn loves the kind of life on Primrose Hill. Amazing Blondel, Gentle Giant, and the Incredible String band could have played outdoor festivals in Sherwood Forest.
Atmospheric No Pressure. A mixtape for a surprised planet at a promising time of year.
FAZON Sopwith Camel
LOVING IN THE VALLEY OF THE MOON Norton Buffalo
PRIMROSE HILL John and Beverly Martyn
PAVAN Amazing Blondel
SCHOOL DAYS Gentle Giant
LITTLE CLOUD Incredible String Band
NATURE BOY Nat King Cole
“The past is a blast.”
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