November Spotify | we are FAMILY

The notion of family is individually meaningful to everyone, from nuclear ‘traditional’ families to downright dysfunctional or wonderfully diverse and modern. Perhaps your family experience is one of raucous laughter from dozens of cousins, or quiet memories with your core people, or maybe friends are the family you choose,  Maybe your family has been broken and lost and then rebuilt into something new and more interesting. Whatever the case, there’s a song for that.”

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Courtney’s Picks
Family is the one you make and make of it and all that. Waves hand dismissively, calls therapist.
Paint It Black, Rolling Stones
In the Blood, John Mayer
I Bet My Life, Imagine Dragons
Castle on the Hill, Ed Sheeran

Sam’s Picks:
2020 has been a struggle for so many with the lack of joyous times around the table due to COVID-19. These songs reflect the good times with my family when we could all be together. Here’s to hoping we get back to that sooner rather than later.
Better Together, Jack Johnson
These Days, Rudimental, Jess Glynne, Macklemore
We Are Family, Sister Sledge
Home, Blake Shelton

Kelsey’s Picks:
A family can be viewed as a package unit, right? It is an “all-in-one” system similar to how many families (like mine) function. My small, immediate family of four is everything you would expect it to be: funny, frustrating, sprinkled with a hint of chaos. The songs below may not necessarily be “about” family, but I have the fondest memories associated with each one.
He Mele No Lilo, Mark Keali’I and Kamehameha Schools Children’s Choir
Gone, Gone, Gone, Phillip Phillips
Where You Are, Rascal Flatts
Home, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes

Rochelle’s Picks:
Families can look so different for everyone.  They may include your closest of friends or be broken or dysfunctional.  They can be your guiding light and sometimes they lose precious members.
Friends, The Carters
Best I Can, Busta Rhymes & Rapsody
Find Your Way Back, Beyonce
Bye Bye, (So So Def Remix) [feat. Jay-Z], Mariah Carey