Summer Mix 2021

This year's summer mix spans 52 years with 25 tracks from 1969 to 2021, and touches every decade in between.


There is a "love" theme throughout, but no storyline this year. There are some summertime sound effects -- opening with a summer's day and closing with a summer's evening with a brief snippet of "When You Wish Upon a Star."

If Not Now (Then When) [feat. Durand Jones] - The Bamboos (2021)
Valerie (feat. Amy Winehouse) - Mark Ronson featuring Amy Winehouse (2007)
Summertime Magic - Childish Gambino (2018)
Hypotheticals - Lake Street Dive (2021)
Don't Tell Me - Soulive (2007)
Julia - Mt. Joy (2018)
Something's Got to Give - Labrinth (2019)
Big Ol' Game - Joss Stone (2007)
Keep Going - The Revivalists (2015)
The Fever - Bruce Springsteen (1973)
Colors - Black Pumas (2019)
Dried Up River - The Lone Bellow (2021)
Out on the Weekend (Live) - Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats (2017)
All My Sweetest Dreams - Emmaline (2019)
You're All I Need to Get By - Aretha Franklin (1971)
Love Of My Life - Santana (1999)
Never Stop - The Brand New Heavies (1991)
You Go Down Smooth - Lake Street Dive (2014)
Roll With the Changes - REO Speedwagon (1978)
Please Forgive Me - David Gray (2007)
Last Dance - Donna Summer (1978)
Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words) - Bobby Womack (1969)
Can't Hardly Wait - The Replacements (1987)
Isn't It Wonderful - Ray Charles (2010)
It's All Right - Jon Batiste (2020)


This year's cover photo was taken at Bushkill Creek near Nazareth, Pa.

- Salud!

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