Fanfarlo - "Comets"

Here's another version.

Cat Power - "Werewolf"

Featured in Pedro Almodóvar's good new film, Broken Embraces.

Così Fan Tutte

For the New Year, two selections from Mozart's opera. We'll start with wit and wisdom about human folly and the wounds it causes:



And we'll close (or rather, open a new year) with the hope and the potential for something beautiful nonetheless:

Sara Bareilles and Ingrid Michaelson - "Winter Song"

Concha Buika and Chucho Valdés – "Se me hizo fácil"

Vanessa da Mata - "Boa Sorte/Good Luck"

With Ben Harper.

Dido - "Thank You"

A repeat, because it works so well for Thanksgiving.

The Heavy - "How You Like Me Now?"

"Sixteen," borrowing from Screamin' Jay Hawkins, is also worth checking out.

Eric Bogle - "And the Band Played Waltzing Mathilda"

In the spirit of Armistice Day.

Amadou & Mariam - "Sabali"

The very last "bye-bye" is clipped here, and I wish the song was longer, but it's memorable.