AGUA DE COCO // MARCH 2023

The mood is: saints & spirits, friends & lovers, brackish water, carambola, trampas, transference, clouds, currents, naming names, digging deep, rain-slick stones, open tombs, cyprine, seafoam, double six, morivivi, "si dios quiere," las atrevidas.

Mayeta No Juegues Con Los Santos // Septeto Nacional
Niña Fresa // The O’My’s
Aguacero // Bad Bunny
You Can Have It All // George McCrae
Não Adianta // Trio Mocoto
Las Tumbas // Ismael Rivera
Como Te Hago Entender // Roberto Roena
Dime // Willie Colón, Rubén Blades
Otro Atardecer // Bad Bunny, The Marías
Taste // Rhye
Lovers in the Parking Lot // Solange
mañana // Tainy, Young Miko, The Marías
Tocarte // Jorge Drexler, C. Tangana
Desesperados // Rauw Alejandro, Chencho Corleone
Seek & Destroy // SZA
tears in the club // FKA twigs, The Weeknd
TUS GAFITAS // Karol G
Rider // Mereba
En Cantos // iLe, Natalia Lafourcade
Club Tú y Yo // Buscabulla
BESO // ROSALÍA, Rauw Alejandro
Penas con Pan // La Doña
Como Fuego // Reyna Tropical
Ungodly Hour // Chloe x Halle
Through It All // Lady Wray
I Wish You Roses // Kali Uchis
Soy Como El Oro // María José Llergo
Cranes in the Sky // Solange
Mañanas Tristes // La Doña
You Can Do It Baby // Nuyorican Soul feat. George Benson
River // Ibeyi
Yemayá // La Sonora Matancera
Love Is Everywhere // Pharoah Sanders

BODIES ON THE LINE // SEPTEMBER 2021

The mood is: an audio accompaniment to "Bodies on the Line," an essay about grief, collective ecstasy, and the histories we tell through social dancing (New York Times Magazine September 2021).

Silly Games // Janet Kay
Lockdown // Koffee
Kiss Me More // Doja Cat feat. SZA
Holding On // Tirzah
Todo De Ti // Rauw Alejandro
I Would Die 4 U // Prince
Yes Sir, I Can Boogie // Baccara
Show Me Love // Robin S
Love Light In Flight // Stevie Wonder
Sacude // Tony Touch (Louise Vega Remix)
Rumba Pa’los Rumberos // Los Muñequitos de Matanzas
La Mamá de la Mamá // El Alfa
Ave María Morena // Johnny Pacheco & Monguito Santamaría
Mi Desengaño // Roberto Roena Y Su Apollo Sound
Got To Give It Up // Marvin Gaye
Get Into It Yuh // Doja Cat
El Cóndor Pasa // Grupo La Cumbia
Summer Breeze // The Isley Brothers
So Good // Destiny’s Child
Fruit // ABRA
¿Cuál Es Tu Plan? // Bad Bunny, Ñejo, DJ Nelson, etc

WHAT’LL I DO // MAY 2020

The mood is: windowsill scallions, stolen breezes, lucid dreams, false choices, brown boxes, bodies and antibodies, the history of solitude, herd immunity, urban birdsong, epistolary romance, muteness envy, ambient grief, ancestral labor, the evening star, oil of oregano, what belongs to you. What doesn’t.

What’ll I Do // The New Birth
Sending My Love // Zhané
Yo x Ti, Tu x Mi // ROSALÍA, Ozuna
Mystery // Alice Smith
Them Changes // Thundercat
Si Veo A Tu Mamá // Bad Bunny
I Like That // Janelle Monáe
Deep Shadows // Little Ann
It’s My House // Diana Ross
I Feel It All // Feist
I Get Lonely // Janet Jackson
In the Morning I’ll Be Better // Tennis
Maureen // Sade
Footsteps in the Dark // The Isley Brothers
Caught You In A Lie // Louisa Marks
Release Me // Wilson Phillips
Can We Talk // Tevin Campbell
You Don’t Care // Terry Callier
Love, Love, Love // Donny Hathaway
Can We Pretend // Bill Withers
Stay // Cat Power

AUTUMN AFFECTS // OCTOBER 2018

The mood is: short money, sudden breezes, skies of many colors, brown bags and brown boxes, incremental progress, housewifery for one, a certain slant of light, west coast ricans, tickets to ride, ordinary troubles, a high view of the river, your inner critic, the book of life, blind ambition, signing in blood, a drop of honey, a bolt from the blue, missing pieces, mother tongues, deep time, “in your own time,” star systems, guava jelly, the history of kisses, never going back again. Going back again.

Hammond Song // The Roches
Sky Full of Song // Florence + the Machine
Seabird // The Alessi Brothers
Jealous Guy (Live) // Donny Hathaway
Issues/Hold On // Teyana Taylor
Lying Has To Stop // Soft Hair
Memory Taffeta // Palmistry
If I Gave You My Love // Myron & E
Cruel // Monica Martin
The Smile On Your Face // Little Ann
How Long Do I Have To Wait For You? // Sharon Jones
You Can Have It All // George McCrae
All Night // Big Boi
Blind Ambition // Sophia Bastian
Mon amour, ma cherie // Amadou & Mariam
Dreams // The Cranberries
Don’t Let Me Down // Marcia Griffiths
Drop of Honey // Eric Kufs
Meet Me In The City // Junior Kimbrough
She’s Got Her Ticket // Tracy Chapman
Paper Bag // Fiona Apple
I Think I’ll Call It Morning // Gil Scott-Heron
Nights // Frank Ocean
Can’t Nobody Love You // Solomon Burke
Mandy // The Langley Schools Music Project
Never Going Back Again // Fleetwood Mac
Woke Up Laughing // Robert Palmer
Estamos Bien // Bad Bunny

BORDERLINE // OCTOBER 2017

The mood is: scuffed sneakers, reluctant abandon, contagious humidity, shattered expectations, irrational hope, the razor’s edge, wild thoughts, resistbot, immunity elixirs, long term plans, half marathons of the mind, black tea with ginger, handheld percussion, gender worn thin, the bottom of the pot, the smell of smoke, the wake of the hurricane, technical assistance, erotic discipline, “my people, my people.”

Borderline // Madonna
Heart of Glass // Blondie
Part of Me // Tedeschi Trucks Band
Rouse Yourself // JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound
Pillow Talk // Sylvia
High On Your Love // Kings Go Forth
Dirty Work // Steely Dan
Cheers // Sleepwalkers
Won’t Let You Leave // Jenny O
Lazy Jane // Jenny O
All To Myself // Amber Coffman
On the Line // Blood Orange
Guilty // Lady Wray
Sweet Surrender // Sarah McLachlan
Heart Don’t Stand A Chance // Anderson .Paak
Wild Thoughts // DJ Khaled ft. Rihanna
Big Fish // Vince Staples
Never Be Another You // Lee Fields & the Expressions
It’s Been A Long Time // Lady Wray
I Feel It Coming // The Weeknd
Upside Down // Diana Ross
Get Lucky // Daft Punk
Dime // Rubén Blades
Favorite Song // Sinkane
Lucky Man // Courtney John
You’re the Kind of Girl // Lee Fields & the Expressions
You’re Gonna Need Me // Dionne Warwick
Since I Fell For You // Fontella Bass
Powa // tUnE-yArDs
Quelqu’un M’a Dit // Carla Bruni
Me at the Museum // Tiny Ruins
Razor Love // Neil Young

LOVE IS STRANGE // APRIL 2017

The mood is: mint and ginger, anniversaries, long days short years, daytime disco, messy edges, northern exposure, imaginary mothers, notes from the field, underwear with flowers on them, telling the truth, eggs any style, videotapes, classic kicks, im/possibilities, your friends and mine, windows and mirrors, the fever bed, singalongs, genealogies, collaborative remembering, cherry chapstick, sea legs, high tides, relentless pleasures, gentle threats, the spur of the moment and the wild horse it rides.

I’m Gonna Get You Yet // The Dixie Cups
Come On And Move Me // The Monarchs
Sweet Inspiration // The Sweet Inspirations
Steal My Kisses // Ben Harper
I Like It // DeBarge
Rockin’ Chair // Gwen McCrae
Love Is Strange // Wings
Do You Believe In Magic // The Lovin’ Spoonful
It’s Impossible // The New Birth
Diamonds, Girl // El May
Pink Cashmere // Prince
I Wanna Get Next To You // Ross Royce
Cool Down the Place // Gregory Isaacs
I Want To Be Your Man // Zapp
Torn // Natalie Imbruglia
Don’t Take My Soul // Jane Weaver
I Admit I’m Scared // Eskimeaux
Re.Up // Rationale
Don’t Fight It // Gavin Turek
Are You With Me Now? // Cate Le Bon
One Day // Sharon Van Etten
The Hour // Valerie June
Moonstruck // Sinkane
Lago Azul // Jamila Velazquez
Your Precious Love // Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
You’ll Lose A Good Thing // Barbara Lynn
Something On Your Mind // Karen Dalton
Harvest Moon // Neil Young
Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here With You // Bob Dylan

DELUSIONS OF SPRING // APRIL 2016

The mood is: “don’t take it so hard,” hothouse roses, cold comforts, petty theft, wet sneakers, sexual education, willful delusion, strawberry: the flavor, pigeons-as-doves, the ones that got away, abusive weather patterns, ecstatic skepticism, failed frittatas, emotional labor, riverside park, blind dates, symptomatic reading, dreams you don’t remember & algorithms that say they love you. Both Selenas on this. 

Back Pocket // Vulfpeck
Hands To Myself // Selena Gomez
Me And Those Dreamin’ Eyes of Mine // D’Angelo
Love Hangover // Diana Ross
If I Could Change Your Mind // HAIM
Sorry // Justin Bieber
If I’m Unworthy // Blake Mills
God Knows (You Gotta Give To Get) // El Perro Del Mar
Lock It Up // Marc E. Bassy & Kehlani
Frontin’ // Pharrell Williams & Jay-Z
Biological Speculation // Funkadelic
I Didn’t Know What Time It Was // Cecile McLorin Salvant
Mercy, Mercy // Don Covay
Rock Wit U (Awww Baby) // Ashanti
Girls Just Wanna Have Some // Chromatics
Everywhere // Fleetwood Mac
Losing You // Solange
Daydreaming // Corinne Bailey Rae
Linger // The Cranberries
Barcelona // George Ezra
Como La Flor // Selena