In Ten Tracks: Cowboy Junkies
In Ten Tracks is not a best of or greatest hits or even necessarily a list of favorites. They're songs by an artist that stuck with me for various reasons through the years. Mix tape/playlist staples
New Directions In Music
If music is your best friend, always there for you, in the best times and the worst times, if you turn on some music to start your day, and if you brake for rainbows, this is the place where I explore and celebrate music and the people who create it.
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