I strummed and sang myself through the worst year of my life, which had followed the worst year of many of our recent lives.
The following are the songs that got me through. Maybe I’ll play them for you sometime.
The Breaking Up
Don’t Know How to Keep Loving You | Julia Jacklin
Skinny Love | Bon Iver
Say Something | A Great Big World
Foolish Games | Jewel
Poison and Wine | The Civil Wars
Driver’s License | Olivia Rodrigo
LA Dream | Julia Jacklin
Nothing Compares to You | Sinead O’Connor
Water Runs Dry | Boyz II Men
I Will Always Love You | Whitney Houston
Comfort | Julia Jacklin
The Purgatory
When the Family Flies In | Julia Jacklin
Who Will Save Your Soul | Jewel
Shadowboxer | Fiona Apple
Toxic | Brittney Spears
Summertime Sadness | Lana Del Rey
Stormy Weather | Etta James
After the Storm | Shovels + Rope
Good Guy | Julia Jacklin
Mary | Big Thief
The Healing
Every Time I Hear That Song | Brandi Carlisle
Dancing On My Own | Robyn
Easy On Me | Adele
Like I Used To | Sharon Van Etten x Angel Olsen
Seventeen | Sharon Van Etten
To Be Loved | Adele
Beginning To Feel the Years | Brandi Carlisle
The Story | Brandi Carlisle
What A Wonderful World | Louis Armstrong