the healing piano

After the attacks in Paris on November 13th, NPR music did a show about music for healing.  You can find it here... http://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2015/11/17/456343231/music-for-healing Two cuts on their playlist are from two of my favorite albums this year, Goldmund - Sometimes and Nils Frahm - Solo. As I listened to those two tracks over & over I started to think about the piano as a healing instrument.  The right song & circumstances can make just about any instrument a healing instrument.  But somehow the piano seems ideally suited for that role. Most of the tunes used here are new.  In addition to the Goldmund & Frahm cuts another 2015 favorite album included in the mix is Chris Walla - Tape Loops.  Walla is the drummer for Death Cab for Cutie and he has put together a nice collection that reminds me of Music for Airports & Music for Films. I hope this mix can act as a musical balm, soothing our psyches in these turbulent times. Enjoy. T R A C K L I S T : 00:00 Goldmund - Sometimes 02:40 Chris Walla - Goodbye 08:00 Nils Frahm - Ode 12:10 Hior Chronik & Mikael Delta - Everything We Want to Feel 15:00 Max Richter - Cumulonimbus 20:20 Moon ate the dark - If Vanishing 24:25 Ocean in a Bottle - Circling Winter 25:50 Eskmo - Tamara 27:48 Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts II 30:55 Nils Frahm - 4'33" 32:40 Mette Henriette - .oOo. 35:55 Aphex Twin - Aisatsana 40:55 Chris Walla - flytoget 49:28 A Winged Victory for the Sullen - Atmos III 53:27 Stars of the Lid - Humectez La Mouture 57:45 Nils Frahm - merry 61:45 end