Pilot Playlist – 101 of the Best Tunes to H&C to

Welcome to the first (and for some, long-awaited) DeannaCat playlist! This is a mix of this and that ~ the stuff we’re currently enjoying listening to. I tried to include a decent variety for this pilot playlist. A little something for everyone, maybe? Going forward, I intend to create more mixes in addition to genre-specific and mood playlists. You can most definitely look forward to a reggae/rub mix, a yoga/meditation mix, and so on!

If you are paying attention over on Instagram, you’ve probably already gathered that music plays a significant role on our Homestead! Whether we are working out in the garden, cookin’ it up in the kitchen, relaxing, reading, cleaning, or doing yoga, the tunes are pretty much always on.

A common love of music is one thing that drew Aaron and I together from the start. Some of our first dates and trips revolved around live music, and going to shows is still our absolute favorite way to spend a date out! Long before Aaron, my mom raised me as a music addict, since she is one herself! All of my childhood memories have a soundtrack. I’ve been making playlists for parties, friends, road trips, and even workplaces since the days of Napster.

Music is such a special, mood-enhancing, memory-building, body-moving, mind-freeing, spirit-lifting thing.  Aside from the garden, music is my therapy. It is what keeps me sane. Maybe you feel the same?

Our Set-Up

There have been a lot of questions of our “music set-up” – how we play our music, and why it sounds so nice (and sometimes, loud…) both inside and outside. To be honest, we prefer Pandora and generally use that, but I finally joined Spotify… just for you guys!

We have several wireless Sonos speakers throughout the house. They’re the best! Some are in rooms that face the back yard garden, one towards the coop garden, and one towards the front yard garden. The speakers are controlled through the Sonos app on my phone, and each speakers volume can be turned up and down independently. This is a wonderful and necessary feature, because it means we can choose to only bump music loudly out towards whatever yard space we’re currently hanging out in, easily changing it as we move from space to space, rather than keeping the entire house (and neighborhood) rockin’. Thankfully, the neighbors like our taste in music and never complain! We do try to be respectful of course.

Okay, enough about all that. You’re here to listen, not read.

I hope you enjoy the music, find some new artists to follow, and savor the good vibes!

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Track list

#	Homestead and Chill ~ Pilot Playlist
1	Vibes Alive – Stick Figure
2	Heartbeats – Live – The Knife
3	Pure Sugar – 10 Ft. Ganja Plant
4	Postales – Federico Aubele
5	Good Vibes (feat. Lutan Fyah) – Rebelution
6	When I’m Small – Phantogram
7	Basher – Slightly Stoopid
8	Every High – Kyson
9	Pure Imagination (from Willy Wonka) – Emile Pandolfi
10	Weight of Sound (feat. TJ O’Neill) – Stick Figure
11	Trampoline – SHAED
12	Walk On The Wild Side – DJ Disse
13	Chakra – Fakear
14	Tijuana – The Growlers
15	Vibes – Fortunate Youth
16	Stonyridge Terrace – Ian Pooley
17	Short Change Hero – The Heavy
18	Indra – Thievery Corporation
19	So High – Dub – Rebelution
20	Sueno en Paraguay – El Remolon Remix – Chancha Via Circuito
21	Roads – Portishead
22	Blues At Sunrise – Albert King
23	Reckoner – Radiohead
24	Boy – ODESZA
25	Sun Is Shining – Yes King Remix – Bob Marley & The Wailers
26	Le Niger – The Touré-Raichel Collective
27	Uno Resuena – Lulacruza
28	Where Is My Mind – Maxence Cyrin
29	Heartland – Stick Figure
30	Everloving – Moby
31	Stepping Razor – Peter Tosh
32	Double Trouble – Live From Madison Square Garden – Eric Clapton
33	Jardines – Chancha Via Circuito
34	Chico Gospel – MaMuse
35	Farmer – Fortunate Youth
36	Settle – Vera Blue
37	Koto – ODESZA
38	Smokin’ On The Deck – Grimy Styles
39	Kala – Ali Farka Touré
40	Speak to Me / Breathe (In the Air) [feat. Sluggy Ranks] – Easy Star All-Stars
41	Old Folks – Mono Version – Miles Davis
42	Tessellate – alt-J
43	Fourth Dimension – Groundation
44	Wicked Games (feat. Anna Naklab) – Radio Edit – Parra for Cuva
45	Bird’s Lament – Moondog
46	Crazy Woman – Magic Slim
47	Suffering – Rebelution
48	Glasshouses – Maribou State
49	Sanación – Nicola Cruz
50	Skinny Love – Bon Iver
51	Glory Box – Portishead
52	The Mummers’ Dance – Loreena McKennitt
53	Closer to the Sun – Slightly Stoopid
54	Peace Pipe – Nickodemus
55	Hey Mami – Sylvan Esso
56	Black Irish (Live) – The Devil Makes Three
57	Bloom – ODESZA
58	In The Garden – 10 Ft. Ganja Plant
59	Man O To – Original Mix – Nu
60	Never Be Like You (feat. Kai) – Flume
61	In Fantasia – Kishi Bashi
62	Dancing in the Rain – Through The Roots
63	Bad Karma (Radio Edit) – Axel Thesleff
64	Freak – Shana Halligan
65	How To Fly – Sticky Fingers
66	Vor í Vaglaskógi – Kaleo
67	Cosmic Love – Florence + The Machine
68	Song for Sienna – Brian Crain
69	Anne – Santigold
70	Anywhere I Go – Slightly Stoopid
71	Clair de Lune – Flight Facilities
72	Uprising – Fakear
73	Champagne & Reefer – Live – Muddy Waters
74	Roots Reggae Music (feat. Don Carlos) – Rebelution
75	Faded – ODESZA Remix – ZHU
76	A Long Time – Moby
77	Green Haze – Miles Davis
78	One Day They’ll Know (ODESZA Remix) – Pretty Lights
79	Runaway Train – The Green
80	Lotus Flower – Radiohead
81	Marilyn Monroe – Sevdaliza
82	Burn One – Fortunate Youth
83	Dust – HÆLOS
84	Crush – Dave Matthews Band
85	Sexodus – M.I.A.
86	Money (feat. Gary “Nesta” Pine & Dollarman) – Easy Star All-Stars
87	Touching Silk – Frank Steiner Jr.
88	American Dream – J.S. Ondara
89	Colibria – Nicola Cruz
90	Wicked Game – Chris Isaak
91	Sound Czech – Grimy Styles
92	Red Right Hand – 2011 Remastered Version – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
93	Saudade – Thievery Corporation
94	Claire De Lune – Claude Debussy
95	Black Out Days – Phantogram
96	Vibration Dub – Fortunate Youth
97	Silence (feat. Sarah McLachlan) – Delerium
98	Rise – Bonus Track – Fakear
99	Coming Home – Stick Figure
100	Journey Into The Unknown – Amber Mark
101	Tree – Peter Davison