NewYearsDayProject | a song a day blog

  “ Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow !” was written in 1945 and first recorded by Vaughn Monroe . It’s often grouped with Christmas songs, but the holiday season is never referenced in the lyrics. In fact, in the Southern hemisphere, it is sometimes played in June, July, and August. The song was famously covered by Bing Crosby , Frank Sinatra , and Dean Martin . Other popular adaptations are by Michael Bublé , Jaci Valesquez , and Kacey Musgraves . Today's version comes from Filous with vocals by Florence Arman . It's an extremely moody version of the song. It's not particularly a Christmasy adaptation of the track and more likely to end up on my playlist in January as well if the snowy mood should occur. But for today's post, I wanted to create an Apple Music version of my playlist that I made yesterday, but with a little difference because Apple Music has a bigger song selection. So I present  Christmas '22. Enjoy! Read the lyrics on Genius.

In 2019, Kacey Musgraves won the Album of the Year Grammy for her pop-country crossover record, Golden Hour . Before accepting her Grammy, she kisses her husband of almost two years, fellow country singer-songwriter Ruston Kelly , and makes her way to the stage in hugging presenter, the actress Nina Dobreva . Both the singer and the actress are clad in red, but Musgraves flourished dress presents the country turned pop star as potential for bigger red-carpet moments. Music's biggest night has recognized Musgraves for her accomplishments. It's all sunshine and ponies from here on out and a Pop-Country career filled with love, " Butterflies " and " Rainbow s." But the pandemic took different tolls on everyone. GOD, HELP ME BE A GOOD WIFE. Musgraves in interviews talks about how it was the pandemic that made her realize that her marriage was over. Musgraves said, "I could have coasted through another couple of years, just not paying attention to my feeli

The Beautiful Letdown was the peak of Switchfoot 's career. When lead singer Jon Foreman was reflecting on his career on The Load Out Music Podcast last year, he said that the band decided to follow up their most successful pop record with one that critiques the American Dream, a somewhat controversial topic with Christian listeners. The opening track, " Lonely Nation ," warns listeners about consumerism and how it just creates social fragmentation and a desire for more. "Lonely Nation" is the representative song for my Independence Day mix called American Dreams: Hope for a Better Future. This playlist is far from perfect. Certainly it needs more diversity in style and artists' voices. But I hope that the songs on this playlist offer an alternative to blind patriotism. After all, patriotism shouldn't be blind nationalism, but rather a peaceful discourse between conflicting ideals. In a world where everything seems to be falling apart, it's so mu

Alexandra Atourovna Yatchenko, better known to her 9.6 million monthly Spotify listeners by her stage name Sasha Alex Sloan , bears the introvert soul often missing these days in pop music. The singer-songwriter grew up religious to Russian/Ukrainian immigrant parents and attended a semester at Berklee College of Music before dropping out to write songs for other artists. Before releasing her debut EP Sad Girl in 2018, the singer-songwriter wrote songs for Charli XCX , Kygo , and    Lecrae , among others. She continues to write music for herself and for other artists working in Nashville.  SOMETIMES I CAN'T CONTROL MY THOUGHTS. " Thoughts " is the opening track on Sasha Alex Sloan's second EP, Self Portrait . Listening to Sloan is an intimate experience. Her poignant writing is specific enough to make listeners feel like they know her personally. But the writing is also vague enough for listeners to appropriate her lyrics to their own lives. For example, the second