Onward Vol. 2: The Final Chapter

Hi friends, I've gathered you here today to present the final chapter of our emotional musical odyssey. But first, let's look back at where were started...

This whole playlist journey we've been on together started in December 2019 when I put together Music for Right Now to help me get through what was, for me, a tough holiday season. 

Our next installment, Music For Right Now Vol. 2, came along in March 2020 when we were all beginning to shelter in place. As I put it then, "These are songs for right now. Songs of contemplation and hope, loneliness and humor." Listening back, I think that description holds up.

December 2020 brought us together for Messages from the Quarentimes. Songs produced either during or directly about the pandemic and boy, did we need them. Giving a name to my fears and feelings through music helped me get through the long winter, and I was encouraged to know I was doing it in communion with so many of you.

With spring 2021 came In Conclusion: A Playlist. A perfect selection of songs to help us get through the last gasping breaths of the "Fuck it! We're so close and yet so far away from normal, and it's an emotional roller coaster!" moment.

Now my friends, as we start to open our homes and our hearts to the world again, I present you with Onward Vol. 2.

Onward Vol. 1 was a private playlist I created to comfort and inspire me during my mid-COVID move to Colorado. I was anxious, excited, and didn't know what to expect, but I had to keep putting one foot in front of the other. I had to keep moving Onward. I imagine many of us are feeling some of those same feelings now.

Whatever your comfort level with re-entry, we're all starting to explore what the after-times mean for us. My hope is for these tunes to guide and ground you on your way. Onward. - ❤️ Sydney