Introvert’s Guide To The Good Life: Music You Can Use-ic

Nerdette listeners and our resident music expert offer you some songs to turn your day around now. Right now!

By Greta Johnsen
Nerdette talks with Vocalo’s Jill Hopkins about music to play loud and often.
Nerdette talks with Vocalo's Jill Hopkins about music to play loud and often. Nan Palmero / Flickr via Creative Commons
Nerdette talks with Vocalo’s Jill Hopkins about music to play loud and often.
Nerdette talks with Vocalo's Jill Hopkins about music to play loud and often. Nan Palmero / Flickr via Creative Commons

Introvert’s Guide To The Good Life: Music You Can Use-ic

Nerdette listeners and our resident music expert offer you some songs to turn your day around now. Right now!

By Greta Johnsen
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There’s never a bad time to expand your musical horizons, and mid-pandemic is no exception.

So we got ahold of Jill Hopkins, host of The Morning AMp at Vocalo, Chicago’s urban alternative radio station, to provide us with some positive listening. 

The prompt? Vocalo’s 15 day song challenge. Take it yourself!

Plus, Nerdette listeners supplied us with a list of great tracks too. Enjoy!

Jill’s Picks

Day 2 - A song you always play at full volume

Day 5 - A song you discovered in self-isolation

Day 12 - A song from the last concert you attended

General Nerdette Listener Picks

“Marigolds” - Kishi Bashi

“Linger” - The Cranberries

“9 to 5” - Dolly Parton

“Hard Times” - Gillian Welch

“BALDWIN” - Jamila Woods

The Goat Rodeo Sessions - Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile And Stuart Duncan

Vocalo Radio's 15-day song challenges encourages a very specific type of playlist.
Vocalo Radio’s 15-day song challenges encourages a very specific type of playlist.