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  "description": "A new habit: Five Song Fridays. It's exactly what it sounds like. I'll try to share five songs. On Fridays!",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-06T16:30:03.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.jacktcrawford.com",
  "tags": [
    "Evan Puschak broke that choice down wonderfully over on YouTube, and you can watch his essay here",
    "though this live performance is one of my favorites"
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  "textContent": "I've been missing my radio show, The Come Up, a lot recently. Hosting on Friday nights created a lot of great moments. One of those was listening to newly released music most of the day Friday (if you didn't know, Fridays are typically when the major labels release).\n\nI don't have a show anymore, so I make playlists far less regularly and when I do, they don't have a structure anymore.\n\nToday I thought I'd change that by starting a new habit: Five Song Fridays. It's exactly what it sounds like. I'll try to share five songs. On Fridays.\n\n### Hope Like Hell - Rosie Carney\n\nCarney's third album, _Doomsday... Don't Leave Me Here_ just came out last week, and it was my entry point to her work. The combination of her ethereal vocals and driving guitar is hypnotic. _Hope Like Hell_ isn't the top track on the album (that's probably _The Evidence_ or _Here_) but it's my favorite right now.\n\n### Miles - Zach Bryan\n\nLike anyone who can go through life without GPTing what to eat that day, I have opinions and preferences, and I'm inevitably inclined to like artists from two places: eastern Oklahoma and Ireland.\n\nBryan's one of my favorites, but this year's _With Heaven On Top_ can be tough to recommend. If you're not a fan already, twenty-five tracks is a lot to sell someone on. For a starting point, _Miles_ has everything I love about his work: catchy chorus, stripped down instrumentals, moody lyrics about rambling through the echoing vestiges of rural America.\n\n### Alone Together - Kenny Dorham\n\nIf the opening notes of this one sound familiar, you probably watched _A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms_. The finale of that show opened with this track, creating a magical juxtaposition of fantasy with jazz that I, personally, had never seen before.\n\nEvan Puschak broke that choice down wonderfully over on YouTube, and you can watch his essay here, but I think Dorham's whole record deserves a listen. At eight tracks lasting only 42 minutes, it would make a perfect opener to a dinner-party setlist. Dorham's tone is beautiful, and if you're not a jazz fan, know this: when Rudy Van Gelder remasters an album, it's worth listening at least once.\n\n### Storm Warnings - Florence Road\n\nFlorence Road are one of those bands that I just can't stop listening to, and something about this track has wormed its way into my soul. Flo Ro haven't released a full album, but in 2025 they put out something like a half-dozen singles and a wonderful EP, _Fall Back_ , so I'm hoping for more from them this year.\nAny artist who can weave the word \"lacerate\" into a lyric is doing something special, and at this rate, this song's gonna be in my top ten for the year.\n\n### Icarus - Mumford & Sons + Gigi Perez\n\nI'm not usually a big M&S guy, (though this live performance is one of my favorites) but this new record feels like they're doing everything they can to win me over. _Prizefighter_ has features from Chris Stapleton, Hozier, Gracie Abrams, and Gigi Perez. It's a long shot, but I think those four could make a great supergroup.\n\nPerez's _At The Beach, In Every Life_ was one of my favorite records of 2025, and she delivers magic again on this track with Mumford and his beloved Sons.\n\nThat's all I've got! If you want to listen, here's the tracks on Spotify and Apple:",
  "title": "Five Songs",
  "updatedAt": "2026-03-13T14:20:39.827Z"
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