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Summer Vibes
A BMT Mixtape
Y’all. You do not EVEN have a clue how many mixtape ideas I discarded in completing this latest installment. Easily 20. Easily.
In the end, Diane Birch’s ethereal cover of “Day Dreamin’” compelled me in this direction.
Summer has a lot of vibes to it, but today I wanted the mood of hammocks and breezes. Songs that shimmer. Sultry songs.
As always, I’ve included obscure gems, unexpected finds, and beloved singers.
These songs are good for the ear and good for the soul!
Well, isn’t this appropriately dreamy? I’d never heard “Day Dreamin’” before, so I had no idea that the Queen of Soul released this many years ago.
Honestly, I prefer what Diane Birch and Daryl Hall (and his band) bring to the song. The flute is sublime!
An homage to the 70s with a 21st-century sensibility. Simply lovely.
