Jeremy Dutcher is a Wolastoqiyik member of Canada’s Tobique First Nation. A composer, an activist, an ethnomusicologist, Dutcher is an absolute force. NPR even called him a leading light in the country’s Indigenous Renaissance in 2018. I’m just beginning to discover what he’s creating and I’m very much impressed.
Author: Nostos Nic
Californian by birth and trade, San Franciscan by calling; an arranger of things that tell stories.
Daily Dose: Serge Gainsbourg ft. Jane Birkin, “Je t’aime…Moi non plus”
News spread over the weekend that Jane Birkin has passed away at the age of 76. Few people have had more of an enduring impact on my sensitivities than Birkin, and her daughters–Charlotte Gainsbourg and Lou Doillon–are a constant source of kindred inspiration to me. I won’t even get into how she reminds me of my mother, which is a long way of saying…this one hits home.
Daily Dose: Florence + The Machine, “…Mermaids”
In a century that feels increasingly godless, a post-religion era, we each choose our own saints. I choose Florence in my search for cheerful oblivion. And dancing like I’ve never danced before.
Daily Dose: John Coltrane ft. Eric Dolphy, “Impressions”
Saturday sounds.
Daily Dose: Anais Mitchell, “1984”
An invitation to party like it’s 1984.
Daily Dose: Storefront Church ft. Phoebe Bridgers, “Words”
Daily Dose: Ailbhe Reddy, “Walk Away”
Is that all you gotta say?
Daily Dose: Bear’s Den, “Helen of Hammersmith Bridge”
On constant rotation while walking.
Daily Dose: Yusef / Cat Stevens, “How Good It Feels”
I know what it’s like.
Daily Dose: Paris Paloma, “notre dame”
I’m in the rafters looking down.
Nostos Algos 