Tunes for a Monday Afternoon

I'm still struggling with low spirits due to the death of my youngest brother, so I wasn't sure I was up to chosing the "Monday Music" this week ... and yet music is often the very thing that I turn to for solace, understanding, and healing. So I send these songs out for my brother who is gone; to my other brother who is missing; and to any of you who might resonate with it too. Art lifts us. And that's why we need it. 

Above: "Bubble" by King Creosote and John Hopkins, from their collaborative album Diamond Mine (2001). The animated video, with its doppleganger of Tilly, was directed by Elliot Dear. 

Below: "Wherever I Go" by the great British guitarist Mark Knopfler, with Australian-born bluegrass musician Ruth Moody, now based in Canada. The song appeared on Knopfler's album Tracker (2015).

Above: "Dear Brother" by Nahko Bear, with two members of his band, Medicine for the People: Max Ribner and Tim Snider. Nahko is singer-songwriter of mixed Apache, Mohawk, Puerto Rican & Filipino heritage. The song was recorded live in New York in 2018.

Below: "Tus Pies" by Nahko Bear, recorded live in New York in 2016.

Above: "No Hard Feelings" by The Avett Brothers ( Scott Avett, Seth Avett, Bob Crawford, Joe Kwon) from North Carolina. The song was filmed for the Live from Here television program, hosted by Chris Thile, in 2017.

Below: "Time After Time" by American singer-songwriter Cyndi Lauper. The song comes from Lauper's first album, She's So Unusual (1983), filmed here for Live...at Last in 2004.