Freshly Squeezed, Vol. 136: Big Little Lions, Ellen Krauss, Sarah Darling & more

Welcome to Freshly Squeezed, a weekly new music playlist: spanning country, pop, EDM and urban, mainstream and other.

Big Little Lions are always calming. There’s something dazzling about their harmony work and the folk-pop aesthetic they’ve grown and nurtured over the years. So, a song like “Need One Another” tickles the ear lobes and offers a slice of hope, soothing and smooth like silk. “We all need one another to heal this wound,” they sing. The stringwork ebbs and flows like a harmonious harp being plucked, and their resilience in the face of turmoil is addicting.

Ellen Krauss is a marvel at the microphone. Her new song “No Talk” numbs the nerve-endings with a stylistic upheaval, strings mixing with synthetic instruments, and she doesn’t even bat an eye. It just is. “Nobody every taught me / Show me all the ways to love,” her signature vocal slides into the side-pocket groove. And before you know it, she’s hypnotized you into a deep slumber. She’s that good.

The latest playlist includes songs from Sarah Darling, Towne, Sylvia Rose Novak, Joshua Ray Walker, Chuck Westmoreland, Tim McGraw, The Sweater Set, Astrid S, and many more!

In all, we’ve got 30 new tracks to soothe your mind during these terrible pandemic times. Insert heart emoji.

Each playlist will be refreshed every Friday morning/afternoon. We reserve the right to update anytime during the week, so make sure you bookmark this page.

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