A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Recorded in 1957 but not released until 1961, here's the title track from Ray Charles's album 'The Genius After Hours.' See you around.
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The Genius After Hours (2005 Remaster)
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October 20, 2026 at 6:20 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Recorded in 1957 but not released until 1961, here's the title track from Ray Charles's album 'The Genius After Hours.' See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D_A...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D_A...
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: I heard a wonderful live performance of this today by an undergrad pianist and wanted to dig up a version to share with you. Here is "Southern Sketches" by the composer Florence Price, on a recent album of her music performed by pianist Michael Clark. See you around.
Southern Sketches
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October 19, 2026 at 3:41 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: I heard a wonderful live performance of this today by an undergrad pianist and wanted to dig up a version to share with you. Here is "Southern Sketches" by the composer Florence Price, on a recent album of her music performed by pianist Michael Clark. See you around.
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Beautiful tone in this performance by music professor Jeremy Wilson of one of the standard solo pieces for trombone, Danish composer Axel Jørgensen's 1916 "Romance." See you around.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=SajK...
Jørgensen "Romance" - Jeremy Wilson & Caleb Harris
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October 18, 2026 at 4:21 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Beautiful tone in this performance by music professor Jeremy Wilson of one of the standard solo pieces for trombone, Danish composer Axel Jørgensen's 1916 "Romance." See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SajK...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SajK...
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Hoagy Carmichael's song "Stardust" turns 99 this month. Here's a Wynton Marsalis recording of it from 1984. See you around.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzK4...
Stardust
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October 17, 2026 at 6:03 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Hoagy Carmichael's song "Stardust" turns 99 this month. Here's a Wynton Marsalis recording of it from 1984. See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzK4...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzK4...
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Jazz pianist Ronny Whyte, who died last year at 88, recorded this solo version of "Emily" in 2004. The song was originally written by Johnny Mandel for the 1964 movie 'The Americanization of Emily,' starring Julie Andrews and James Garner. See you around.
Emily
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October 16, 2026 at 4:36 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Jazz pianist Ronny Whyte, who died last year at 88, recorded this solo version of "Emily" in 2004. The song was originally written by Johnny Mandel for the 1964 movie 'The Americanization of Emily,' starring Julie Andrews and James Garner. See you around.
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Debby Boone's medley of "It Never Entered My Mind" and "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning," from the 2005 album she made as a tribute to her late mother-in-law, Rosemary Clooney. See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyEn...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyEn...
It Never Entered My Mind/In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning (Album Version)
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October 15, 2026 at 4:46 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Debby Boone's medley of "It Never Entered My Mind" and "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning," from the 2005 album she made as a tribute to her late mother-in-law, Rosemary Clooney. See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyEn...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyEn...
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Cory Henry's "gospelified" take on the Beatles' "Yesterday." See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkMW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkMW...
Grammy-Winning Pianist Cory Henry Covers "Yesterday" by the Beatles
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October 13, 2026 at 6:07 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Cory Henry's "gospelified" take on the Beatles' "Yesterday." See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkMW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkMW...
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: T-Bone Walker's "Get These Blues Off Me." (Hilariously, when this was released as a 78 the B-side was "I Got the Blues Again.") See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYZZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYZZ...
Get These Blues Off Me
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October 11, 2026 at 5:41 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: T-Bone Walker's "Get These Blues Off Me." (Hilariously, when this was released as a 78 the B-side was "I Got the Blues Again.") See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYZZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYZZ...
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: From just about five years ago, here's Adele's "Strangers by Nature" (a song Adele says was inspired by watching the Judy Garland biopic starring Renee Zellwegger). See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYnA...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYnA...
Strangers By Nature
YouTube video by Adele - Topic
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October 10, 2026 at 5:47 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: From just about five years ago, here's Adele's "Strangers by Nature" (a song Adele says was inspired by watching the Judy Garland biopic starring Renee Zellwegger). See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYnA...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYnA...
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: I love how Joseph Solomon's singing voice manages to be both warm and raw, as in his cover of Burt Bacharach and Hal David's "I Say a Little Prayer." See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ikrc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ikrc...
i say a little prayer - aretha franklin (joseph solomon cover)
YouTube video by Joseph Solomon
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October 9, 2026 at 5:52 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: I love how Joseph Solomon's singing voice manages to be both warm and raw, as in his cover of Burt Bacharach and Hal David's "I Say a Little Prayer." See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ikrc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ikrc...
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Freddie Jackson died this week at the age of 70. This song, which first came out almost exactly forty years ago on an album that went platinum, went on to be a number-one hit on the U.S. R&B charts as a single. See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFDK...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFDK...
Have You Ever Loved Somebody
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October 8, 2026 at 5:57 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Freddie Jackson died this week at the age of 70. This song, which first came out almost exactly forty years ago on an album that went platinum, went on to be a number-one hit on the U.S. R&B charts as a single. See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFDK...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFDK...
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Here, from early 1970, is Oscar Peterson's reimagining of the bossa nova we heard last night. See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDNe...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDNe...
October 7, 2026 at 5:07 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Here, from early 1970, is Oscar Peterson's reimagining of the bossa nova we heard last night. See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDNe...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDNe...
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: I promise this bossa nova classic from 1967 doesn't sound quite as melancholy as its name suggests. Here's Antônio Carlos Jobim's "Triste" ("Sad"). See you around.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=P47N...
Antônio Carlos Jobim - Triste (Official Audio)
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October 6, 2026 at 5:07 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: I promise this bossa nova classic from 1967 doesn't sound quite as melancholy as its name suggests. Here's Antônio Carlos Jobim's "Triste" ("Sad"). See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P47N...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P47N...
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: The Gershwins wrote "Someone to Watch Over Me" a century ago—in fact the first recording was made in Oct. 1926, a hundred years ago this month. (The musical it appears in, 'Oh, Kay!,' opened in Nov. 1926.) Here's Blossom Dearie's 1959 interpretation. See you around.
Someone To Watch Over Me
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October 4, 2026 at 4:12 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: The Gershwins wrote "Someone to Watch Over Me" a century ago—in fact the first recording was made in Oct. 1926, a hundred years ago this month. (The musical it appears in, 'Oh, Kay!,' opened in Nov. 1926.) Here's Blossom Dearie's 1959 interpretation. See you around.
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: From Steely Dan's last studio album—panned by critics but generally (I think) pretty well liked by fans—here's the title track. It's downright epitaphic. See you around.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiK2...
Everything Must Go
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October 3, 2026 at 4:51 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: From Steely Dan's last studio album—panned by critics but generally (I think) pretty well liked by fans—here's the title track. It's downright epitaphic. See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiK2...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiK2...
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Alexander Glazunov's 1890 "Rêverie" for horn and piano—here performed on a horn from the 1880s and a piano from 1866 (by Anneke Scott and Steven Devine respectively). See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAeF...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAeF...
Alexander Glazunov, Rêverie Op. 24 for horn and piano - Anneke Scott & Steven Devine
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October 1, 2026 at 4:18 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Alexander Glazunov's 1890 "Rêverie" for horn and piano—here performed on a horn from the 1880s and a piano from 1866 (by Anneke Scott and Steven Devine respectively). See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAeF...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAeF...
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Here's Australian musician Kevin Parker, who records as Tame Impala, in his dreamy, floaty, 2015 song "Yes I'm Changing." Nostalgia-inducing synthesizer work here. See you around.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_cM...
Tame Impala - Yes I'm Changing (Audio)
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September 30, 2026 at 5:43 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Here's Australian musician Kevin Parker, who records as Tame Impala, in his dreamy, floaty, 2015 song "Yes I'm Changing." Nostalgia-inducing synthesizer work here. See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_cM...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_cM...
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Burt Bacharach and Hal David wrote this song for the 1964 movie 'A House Is Not a Home.' This instrumental recording by the Bill Evans Trio—on an album that won a Grammy five months after Evans's September 1980 death—is so sad and filled with yearning. See you around.
Bill Evans Trio - A House Is Not A Home (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bill Evans
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September 29, 2026 at 5:58 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Burt Bacharach and Hal David wrote this song for the 1964 movie 'A House Is Not a Home.' This instrumental recording by the Bill Evans Trio—on an album that won a Grammy five months after Evans's September 1980 death—is so sad and filled with yearning. See you around.
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Cellist Pierre Fournier arranged and recorded (with pianist Gerald Moore) these three Bach chorales 80 years ago this month—in the same Abbey Road studio room where the Beatles would record "Tomorrow Never Knows" twenty years later. See you around.
Pierre Fournier plays three Bach chorales 1946
YouTube video by Topclassical
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September 28, 2026 at 5:29 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Cellist Pierre Fournier arranged and recorded (with pianist Gerald Moore) these three Bach chorales 80 years ago this month—in the same Abbey Road studio room where the Beatles would record "Tomorrow Never Knows" twenty years later. See you around.
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Since 'Avengers: Endgame' is back in theaters, here's the song that famously comes up at the end. Kitty Kallen sings, Harry James solos on trumpet, and Willie Smith solos on alto sax. It really has been a long, long time. See you around.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=Chs2...
Harry James & His Orchestra - It's Been A Long, Long Time (Audio)
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September 27, 2026 at 3:38 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Since 'Avengers: Endgame' is back in theaters, here's the song that famously comes up at the end. Kitty Kallen sings, Harry James solos on trumpet, and Willie Smith solos on alto sax. It really has been a long, long time. See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Chs2...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Chs2...
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Since yesterday would have been the 90th birthday of the late Jim Henson, and since today marks one month since Dolly Parton died, here they are singing a duet (with Henson voicing Kermit the Frog) on Dolly's variety show in 1987. See you around.
Dolly Parton & Kermit The Frog – “Everyday People” from 'Dolly' episode 5 (1987)
YouTube video by Jason Kottke
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September 26, 2026 at 3:27 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Since yesterday would have been the 90th birthday of the late Jim Henson, and since today marks one month since Dolly Parton died, here they are singing a duet (with Henson voicing Kermit the Frog) on Dolly's variety show in 1987. See you around.
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: 100 years ago this fall, Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II started composing and writing 'Show Boat'—even before they had the rights. Here's Peggy Lee's 1964 cover of one of the musical's great songs. See you around.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ4H...
Make Believe
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September 25, 2026 at 4:17 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: 100 years ago this fall, Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II started composing and writing 'Show Boat'—even before they had the rights. Here's Peggy Lee's 1964 cover of one of the musical's great songs. See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ4H...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ4H...
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Here's Hilary Hahn playing one of the "doubles" (variations) from within a Bach partita for solo violin. See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=swiO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=swiO...
J.S. Bach: Partita No. 1 for Solo Violin in B Minor, BWV 1002: VI. Double
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September 24, 2026 at 6:24 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Here's Hilary Hahn playing one of the "doubles" (variations) from within a Bach partita for solo violin. See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=swiO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=swiO...
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: What a groove. From Shaun Martin's 2015 album '7 Summers,' here's "Yellow Jacket," inspired in part by music of the jazz fusion band the Yellowjackets. See you around.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlcK...
Shaun Martin - Yellow Jacket (7 Summers)
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September 23, 2026 at 6:40 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: What a groove. From Shaun Martin's 2015 album '7 Summers,' here's "Yellow Jacket," inspired in part by music of the jazz fusion band the Yellowjackets. See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlcK...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlcK...
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: The Corries, the Scottish folk group, recorded this version of the traditional "Skye Boat Song" in 1969. (The song is probably best known to Americans as the theme song, by another performer, to the TV show 'Outlander.') See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wIe...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wIe...
The Skye Boat Song
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September 22, 2026 at 6:01 AM
A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: The Corries, the Scottish folk group, recorded this version of the traditional "Skye Boat Song" in 1969. (The song is probably best known to Americans as the theme song, by another performer, to the TV show 'Outlander.') See you around.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wIe...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wIe...