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lexyroses's avatar

Like you, I can’t quite recall the first song of Gregory’s that I ever heard. I know it was from his album This Empty Northern Hemisphere, and I want to say it was Big Black Car, but I can’t be sure. What I do know for certain was that it was if I had found the soundtrack to my soul. It sounds a bit dramatic to say it like that, but I felt completely transported listening to his music. It was the peace I felt at the very essence of my being. Especially songs like Master And A Hound and Words.

The only other artist who has transported me so is Ryan O’Neal, who writes under the name Sleeping At Last. His music encompasses such a wide range of the human experience, such as passion and joy and grief. He is the only artist whose every album in full is downloaded on my phone. His songs Overture, Light, and Saturn from his Atlas 1 album are some of the most beautiful pieces I’ve ever heard in my life. If nothing else, I highly recommend listening to one of those three.

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Heather Banks's avatar

I love this piece because Gregory Alan Isakov is also part of the soundtrack of my life too. I know I shared before that my husband and I always remember driving through the Rockies at dusk to That Moon Song feeling like our love and our little red car was cradled by all of the magic in the whole Universe. I also especially love 3 AM and the lyrics “I wish I was a sailor so I would know just how to trust, maybe I could bring some grace back home, dry land for each of us…” Amazing (and goosebumps) every single time whether I’m driving, or elbow-deep in soapy dishwater in my kitchen. His music is a gift. Truly.

If you’ve never heard of Joshua Radin you might enjoy his music as well. He has also been an important part of the soundtrack of my life and you might just like him a lot too. His song What If You is the soundtrack of the midnight dances that my husband surprised me with at an historic castle landmark one time, tucking his cellphone into the front pocket of his dress shirt on the other side of where my head rested against his wildly beating heart as we danced there, just the two of us in the moonlight. Everything’ll Be Alright has soothed my heart many times and Winter literally feels like the first snowfall to me. Check it out. You might just find you like him too :)

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