Midweek Mixtape | 82 Songs To Get You Thinking And/Or Drinking (Side 4)

According to a theory I just came across online, Billy Joel’s signature song Piano Man actually takes place in a gay bar, only the title character doesn’t know it. Could it be true? Well, only Billy knows for sure, of course. But it does put a new spin on lyrics about Paul, “who never had time for a wife” and “Davy, who’s still in the Navy / and probably will be for life” — not to mention the whole “Man, what are you doing here?” thing. While you ponder that, here are 82 more singles, videos, cover tunes and remixes to get you thinking and/or drinking — including plenty you won’t find anywhere else. Today’s tastiest treats are flagged with a 🥨. This mixtape is makin’ me thirsty!

 


FOLK, COUNTRY, BLUES + ROOTS

🥨 67+68 | The Dead Tongues | Dust + Ticket


69 | Dusty Wright | Lonelyville


70 | Jackie Bristow | Outsider


71 | Federico Aubele | Pink Spray Painted Clouds


72 | Carleton Stone | Ice Age

73 | Wisemen | Tessa Balaz


🥨 74 | Norma Tanega | Sunday Morning


75 | Fishblot | Love Life


76 | Opeongo | Tragedy


JAZZ

77 | Pachakuti & Young.Vishnu | Heyoka


AMBIENT + EXPERIMENTAL

🥨 78 | Auclair | D.I.A.A.R.L.


🥨 79 | Joe Rainey | No Chants


80 | Tirzah | Recipe


81 | WzyrdryAV | Swift Current


82 | Simon Bailey | Turn & Face The Wind