Music Friyay: Chet Baker, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Michael Kiwanuka

By Joanna C. Valente

Here’s some music, new and old, you should listen to and check out:

Chet Baker - It Could Happen to You

This 1987 album is full of emotion, sadness, longing, and desire.

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - Watchmen: Volume 3

How can you not love this duo’s soundtrack to the TV show, Watchmen? The cover of Bowie’s “Life on Mars” is tender and delicate, an unlikely but pleasantly surprising interpretation.

Michael Kiwanuka - Kiwanuka

The musician’s 2019 album is a daze of sounds, a mix of R&B, ambient, folk, and just downright dreamy.

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Joanna C. Valente is a human who lives in Brooklyn, New York. They are the author of several books, including Marys of the Sea, #Survivor (2020, The Operating System), and Killer Bob: A Love Story (2021, Vegetarian Alcoholic Press). They are the editor of A Shadow Map: Writing by Survivors of Sexual Assault and received their MFA in writing at Sarah Lawrence College. Joanna is the founder of Yes Poetry and the senior managing editor for Luna Luna Magazine. Some of their writing has appeared in The Rumpus, Them, Brooklyn Magazine, BUST, and elsewhere. Joanna also leads workshops at Brooklyn Poets. joannavalente.com / Twitter: @joannasaid / IG: joannacvalente / FB: joannacvalente