New Antibalas release out today!

A song from college or early adulthood.

I wasn't 18 when this song came out, but 2004 was a pretty big year for me. Losing a grandparent, finishing high school, starting university. Angst, heartbreak, you name it.

I did not have an iPod at this time, but I did have a CD player, and then later a network of computers in our dormitory sharing their iTunes libraries. Feel in many ways that a song like this is a marker for a whole era of music.

If you were a professional athlete, what is your walk up or intro song?

I didn't have to think about this one too hard. It would have to be Hendrix.

What is a song that makes you think of your first job?

“Hey Ya!” came out around the time I started working and was everywhere on the radio for a year (and beyond). Not really much to do with the actual job, but the song transports me back to those last years of high school.

What's a song that instantly makes you smile?

The Memphis style horns and the male falsettos just gets to me every single time.

A song that reminds you of somewhere you lived.

I spent thirteen years living in Tennessee, most of that time in Knoxville. There are tons of songs about the Volunteer State, and I had a hard time picking one. I particularly like this one, sung by Emmylou Harris. On the 1981 Cimarron album, a beautiful rendition of "Tennessee Waltz" leads into this song, the closing track.

What is the oldest song you like?

It only premiered in 1813, I’m sure I could go older if I thought a bit harder.

A song off the last album you paid money for.

I made sure to get both Horsegirl LPs on a Bandcamp Friday earlier this year. No special edition vinyl, just standard black.

A song from the 2010s that you like or means something to you.

A song from the 1980s that you like or means something to you.