If there’s ever been a year that we wish for a new day, 2017 is probably at the top. We're not chopping cotton, but yet, we are. Ya know? So, here’s a little something to make everyday a fresh one to wake up to, slowly. More new great emerging artists – like SZA – are here alongside classics by the legendary Neil Young and the truly obscure but precious work of Italian Lucio Aracri. Kilo Kash and Sean Leon are serving up some nice electro-soul plates that I just can’t get enough of these days and another gem from PJ Harvey quietly calls out. I have to give shout-outs to the TV productions “Insecure” and “Pretty Little Lies” and “Master of None,” whose music scapes provided inspiration for a couple of the selections here. Surprises are coming from wonderful places.

SLO GET UP 16

Tree of Level - The Fairfield Four
Fall in Love - Badbadnotgood
Shine On - Ladi6
I Wish - Tom Misch
The Wind - PJ Harvey
Biking - Frank Ocean
(feat Jay Z and Tyler the Creator)
Frustrations + Solutions - Kilo Kish
Georgia - Emily King
Supermodel - SZA
Harvest Moon - Neil Young
Matthew in the Middle - Sean Leon
(feat. Daniel Caeser)
Amarsi un po - Lucio Aracri
Jupiter - Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
Stand Tall - Childish Gambino
Way Back When - Brenda Russell