Nothing stays the same (Eclectic Playlist Series 7.11)

You don't need me to remind you what a poisonous year this has been so I'll skip the rants and simply express gratitude for surviving, gratitude to everyone who has displayed resilience in the face of 2020's twin plagues (COVID-19, malignant ignorance) and still dares to look ahead to something better. Writer Deborah Eisenberg noted in an essay this fall that "if things could only get worse, we would all have been dead millennia ago." I find that this offers a weird sort of consolation during the kind of year 2020 has been. Music is an ongoing consolation as well. I don't need songs to be outwardly cheery to be consoling; for me, beauty will do it, or finesse, or even just the way this chord turns into that chord, the way a particular voice sings a particular word. Enjoy this month's mix, look to the horizon with curiosity and hope as we await better days yet to come. More info: https://fingertipsmusic.com/2020/12/04/nothing-stays-the-same/