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June 19, 2013
Largehearted Boy Features Masha Hamilton Playlist
Largehearted Boy, a music blog featuring daily free and legal music downloads as well as news from the worlds of music, literature, and pop culture, has posted Masha Hamilton’s preferred music playlist that relates to her recently released novel, What Changes Everything. In her own words, Hamilton explains her reasons for picking each song.
Below is an excerpt from the article including the first three songs from her list…
Footsteps in the Light, 2006
By Yusef Islam, also known as Cat Stevens and before that as Steven Demetre Georgiou. Okay, so there’s been some confusion of identity here, but maybe that’s what makes this call to prayer so compelling, so otherworldly.The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace, 2005
By Karl Jenkins, a Welsh musician and composer whose father was a chapel organist. This remarkable album, dedicated to the victims of the Kosovo crisis, begins with the sounds of marching feet and a piccolo imitating the flutes of a military band, almost a celebratory descent into conflict. The call to prayer is the second track.Fire Dance, 1990, and Dance Into Eternity, 2000
By Omar Faruk Tekbilek, a Turkish musician whose style builds on Sufi music. His father used to call out the prayers during mosque services. He moved to the US and worked in a clothing factory in Rochester, NY, until he was “discovered” in 1988 by Brian Keane. This call to prayer feels filled with a sense of timelessness. It is the longest track in my selected four, lasting 5:24.
What Changes Everything is a brilliant depiction of the cost of war, and Masha Hamilton once again proves herself a master at creating nuanced characters and gripping narrative.
Previous contributors to Largehearted Boy’s playlist feature include Bret Easton Ellis, Kate Christensen, Kevin Brockmeier, George Pelecanos, Dana Spiotta, Amy Bloom, Aimee Bender, Myla Goldberg, Heidi Julavits, Hari Kunzru, and many others.
To see the entire article and playlist on the Largehearted Boy website, Click Here
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