Oh Valerie, In Summertime

I've been listening to "Valerie" by Amy Winehouse ever since learning of her passing yesterday. So young, talented, and troubled. In listening to this song, a playlist started emerging in my head. A summer mix, heart open, heartfelt. A playlist where the artists connect only through the flow of my own feelings, in this season of the sun and light, of love and loss. But I think it works so I'm sharing it with you.

Oh Valerie, In Summertime 

1. Valerie, Amy Winehouse

2. To Know Him Is to Love Him (Live), Amy Winehouse

3. Love Is a Losing Game, Amy Winehouse

4. Here Comes the Sun, The Beatles

5. Blackbird, The Beatles 

6. Beautiful Boy, John Lennon

7. In My Life, The Beatles

8. In My Secret Life, Leonard Cohen

9. Who By Fire, Leonard Cohen

10. Firefly, Michael Franti

11. Ganja Babe, Michael Franti

12. Come Away With Me, Norah Jones

13. Fast Car, Tracy Chapman

14. Glitter In the Air (Live),P!nk

15. A Child With The Blues: Izm Mix, Erykah Badu

16. Supermoon, Zap Mama

17. Bandy Bandy, Zap Mama (Featuring Erykah Badu)

This playlist can be found on iTunes, here

For a very thought provoking, moving article about the death of Amy Winehouse, addiction, and depression, read On The Death of Amy Winehouse, by Max Sparber