🌟 We Begin Again: A Playlist for a New Year

Songs for looking back with clarity and moving forward with purpose

Here’s a soundtrack for crossing the threshold into a new year — starting quietly, taking stock, gathering light, and then rising with a little determination and a little joy.

These 25 songs move through reflection, hope, resilience, and lift-off. Nothing flashy, nothing forced. Just honest voices, familiar names, and music that knows something about beginning again.

The playlist moves through folk and singer-songwriter roots, touches alt-country and soul, and builds toward rock — with artists like Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Brandi Carlile, Rhiannon Giddens, Nina Simone, Tom Petty, R.E.M., Blue Rodeo, and Bruce Springsteen.

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For the first morning of the year — or any time you want to begin again.

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