HeyJaredA Song For You
A Song For You is a music storytelling series built on one simple question: What song has left an indelible mark on your life? Each post is co-written alongside a guest author about one song of their choice, and culminates with a performance or recording.
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A Song For You: Bodies of Water (opens the original)
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Welcome back to A Song For You. Summer may be dwindling, but I’m determined to stretch the season a little longer with a few more adventures.Always eager to escape the all-too-familiar swamp-like humidity of summer in Washington, D.C., I ventured out to cool off wherever I could. The highlight of my summer was no doubt a long swim I took at Echo Lake in Maine’s breathtaking Acadia National Park.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3CKd!,f_aut
Greg Mitchell on "Deportee" by Woody Guthrie (opens the original)
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Welcome to A Song For You — a series of conversations with artists, writers, and music lovers about one song that holds a special meaning to them. Together we explore the story behind the music, hear a personal reflection from our guest, and check out a performance or recording of the song.Our guest today is Greg Mitchell, the author of fourteen books and director of five films for PBS since 2022. In a previous life, he was a longtime editor at the
Songs About Grit (opens the original)
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What a summer this has been in the world of sports.It started in May with Golden Tempo clawing his way from the back of the pack to become the Kentucky Derby winner, making Cherie DeVaux the first female trainer to win the run for the roses.Then my beloved New York Knicks overcame multiple seemingly insurmountable deficits — culminating with the greatest moment in New York sports history when OG Anunoby’s immortal tip-in erased a 29-point deficit in Game 4 of the NBA Finals to deliver the city i
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