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Halfway Home

@halfwayhomemusic.bsky.social

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I think I make Indie folk music. Or at least I try. But that takes kind of a while, so I spend a lot of time thinking and talking about books and other people’s songs in the interim.

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Halfway Home @halfwayhomemusic.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

#DailyJukebox #158. Song of Good Hope (@glenhansard.bsky.social) It’s been a less-than-daily juke. I don’t know what to make of being “part of the internet” anymore. I want things to be better. So much better. #indiemusic #musicsky #hope #folk open.spotify.com/track/7oFCqR...

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Song of Good Hope

Halfway Home @halfwayhomemusic.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Sweet land of liberty, for thee I sing. 🫡🇺🇸

Halfway Home @halfwayhomemusic.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Long-ish story. I send my wife an email every Friday. She said “I don’t like poetry” one day, and I confidently declared, “I’m going to convert you to poetry because I have the best book of poetry on earth.” So I would type up a poem from @clintsmithiii.bsky.social’s ABOVE GROUND once a week.

Halfway Home @halfwayhomemusic.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

#DailyJukebox #157. Real House (Adrianne Lenker). Saturday night #earbud majesty. #indiemusic #musicsky #folk open.spotify.com/track/62R903...

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Adrianne Lenker · Bright Future · Song · 2024

Halfway Home @halfwayhomemusic.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Important question. What is the correct wine pairing for a Cheeto snack while hanging with your kids as they eat dinner in anticipation of a late night “leftovers in house dinner date”? I said red but my wife disagrees. #wine #foodie #bigquestions #cheetos

Halfway Home @halfwayhomemusic.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

#DailyJukebox #156. Walkin Boss (David Grisman, Jerry Garcia). A #worksong for Monday. Walkin Boss, I don’t belong to you. #musicsky #folk #traditional open.spotify.com/track/3iPxlx...

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Jerry Garcia, David Grisman · Jerry Garcia & David Grisman · Song · 1991

Halfway Home @halfwayhomemusic.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

#DailyJukebox #155. Wash Away (Reprise) (Joe Purdy). Funeral today, which made me think of this. When my time comes, I hope it feels like walking into the surf to this tune. The packed church for the kind soul spoke: burn no bridges. #folk #indiemusic #musicsky open.spotify.com/track/5VEKmP...

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Wash Away (Reprise)

Joe Purdy · Julie Blue · Song · 2004

Halfway Home @halfwayhomemusic.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

#DailyJukebox #154. The Muse (The Wood Brothers). Thinking’s the last thing I wanna do. #indiemusic #musicsky #folk open.spotify.com/track/2eEj2c...

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The Wood Brothers · The Muse · Song · 2013

Halfway Home @halfwayhomemusic.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

#DailyJukebox #153. Fool for Love (Lord Huron). I’ve been in need of an uplift, which generally means extra distance from algorithms of any kind. But I decided it’s better to share the antidote than avoid the source. Herein the antidote. #musicsky #indiemusic open.spotify.com/track/3fEKWG...

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Lord Huron · Strange Trails · Song · 2015

Halfway Home @halfwayhomemusic.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

(1/8) I went to a college near an east coast city, studying communistic things (like how societies organize themselves - but more likely try to destroy each other). Now I work in construction in a Rust Belt town. My peers mostly opted against the socialist brain expansion/debt expansion program.

Halfway Home @halfwayhomemusic.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

#DailyJukebox #152. Is There Anybody Out There (Lord Huron). Returning from voluntary mountain sabbatical with a song I was enjoying in the great remove. #musicsky #indiemusic vaguely #newmusic open.spotify.com/track/3QEe27...

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Is There Anybody Out There

Lord Huron · The Cosmic Selector Vol. 1 · Song · 2025

Halfway Home @halfwayhomemusic.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

One side wasn’t wearing a mask and protected children while asserting all Americans are entitled to equal treatment. The other side is funded by our tax dollars and allegedly provides justice. Cool country. #heroes #resist #wilder

Halfway Home @halfwayhomemusic.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

#DailyJukebox #151. Helplessness Blues (Fleet Foxes). My plan was to listen to Fleet Foxes songs on shuffle until I was charmed by an unfamiliar track to the point of sharing, but this one’s too good. #indiemusic #musicsky #folk open.spotify.com/track/02VdHw...

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Helplessness Blues

Fleet Foxes · Helplessness Blues · Song · 2011

Halfway Home @halfwayhomemusic.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

#surgeons #doctors #help!

Halfway Home @halfwayhomemusic.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

#DailyJukebox #150. Funeral (Phoebe Bridgers). Jesus Christ, I’m so blue all the time. #musicsky #indiemusic #folk open.spotify.com/track/3rJDsZ...

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Phoebe Bridgers · Stranger in the Alps · Song · 2017

Halfway Home @halfwayhomemusic.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

#DailyJukebox #149. Work Song ( @hozier.bsky.social ). Monday evening come down. For the #workers. #musicsky #folk open.spotify.com/track/5TgEJ6...

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Hozier · Hozier (Expanded Edition) · Song · 2014

Halfway Home @halfwayhomemusic.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

#DailyJukebox #148. Untitled #4 (@sigurros.com) Sunday night, floating away. #indiemusic #musicsky open.spotify.com/track/3fjoFe...

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Untitled #4 - Njósnavélin

Sigur Rós · ( ) · Song · 2002

Halfway Home @halfwayhomemusic.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

#DailyJukebox #147. Song for Zula (Phosphorescent). New genre: Saturday twilight cocktail moment. #musicsky #indiemusic #indiefolk open.spotify.com/track/6Thn8A...

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Phosphorescent · Muchacho · Song · 2013

Halfway Home @halfwayhomemusic.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Remember when people were accountable for the things that they wrote … publicly!?!?? Good times. Getting back to that would definitely make America great again.

Halfway Home @halfwayhomemusic.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

#DailyJukebox #146. The World (Is Going Up in Flames) (Charles Bradley). I mean, obviously. But also, good gawd above! #musicsky #indiemusic #soul open.spotify.com/track/6MQlNH...

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The World (Is Going Up in Flames)

Charles Bradley, Menahan Street Band · No Time For Dreaming · Song · 2011

Halfway Home @halfwayhomemusic.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

#DailyJukebox #145. Havana Burning (Dan Reeder). This functionally perfect tune consistently receives the strongest “holy cow this is unbelievable!” response of any song I’ve ever recommended. Keep it handy. #musicsky #indiemusic #folk open.spotify.com/track/1H5tKY...

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Halfway Home @halfwayhomemusic.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

#DailyJukebox #144. Over and Done With (The Proclaimers). I was listening to The Replacements today, which made me think of this song because human neurology is crazy but also not completely so. #musicsky #indiemusic open.spotify.com/track/6cdVpt...

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Over and Done With

The Proclaimers · This Is the Story · Song · 1987

Halfway Home @halfwayhomemusic.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

This is an extremely articulate piece on an insanely deflating time & place. It’s a terrible reality that has no reward for talented craftsmanship. This is meant to be the golden age of niche expression. Where is the gold?

Halfway Home @halfwayhomemusic.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

#DailyJukebox #143. Stay Alive (Jose Gonzalez). Savored this evening. Highly recommended. #musicsky #indiemusic #folk open.spotify.com/track/0ZNYGr...

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Stay Alive - From "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" Soundtrack

José González · Stay Alive (From The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty) · Song · 2013

Halfway Home @halfwayhomemusic.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

#ice #fetterman

Halfway Home @halfwayhomemusic.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

#DailyJukebox #142. Get Yourself Another Fool (Sam Cooke). It’s a Night Beat kind of evening. Buried treasure, right there in your phone. #musicsky #laidback #nightcap open.spotify.com/track/6X4cYT...

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Get Yourself Another Fool

Sam Cooke · Night Beat · Song · 1963

Halfway Home @halfwayhomemusic.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

#DailyJukebox #141. Philadelphia (Neil Young). I was about to cry in the Lowe’s parking lot today, and I thought about this song and … then… didn’t cry? I don’t understand either but it’s a very pretty song. #NeilYoung #musicsky #philadelphia youtu.be/IHpQFF_Et4s?...

Philadelphia - Neil Young

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Halfway Home @halfwayhomemusic.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

#DailyJukebox #140. Please Be Patient with Me (Wilco). If America could sing… #indiemusic #musicsky #folk #wilco #america #4thofjuly open.spotify.com/track/44mgJM...

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Please Be Patient with Me

Wilco · Sky Blue Sky · Song · 2007

Halfway Home @halfwayhomemusic.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

#4thofJuly #marktwain

Halfway Home @halfwayhomemusic.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Ladies Love Cool J and I do too.

Halfway Home @halfwayhomemusic.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

My entire platform for the 2026 Midterm Elections. (Then we can get to the real work in 2028) #CtrlZ #BeginAgain

Halfway Home @halfwayhomemusic.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Ten stars!

Halfway Home @halfwayhomemusic.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

#DailyJukebox #139. You Had Time (Ani DiFranco). This is a desperately beautiful song that is timeless to my ear and my spirit. Special thanks to my older sister for sharing the good shit with me in the mid/late 90’s. #musicsky #indiemusic #cryingmusic #folk open.spotify.com/track/0tYTwQ...

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Ani DiFranco · Out Of Range · Song · 1994

Halfway Home @halfwayhomemusic.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

#DailyJukebox #138. Mistaken for Strangers (The National). #CurrentMood but that’s why we’ve got this great music. #indiemusic #musicsky #thenational open.spotify.com/track/2d60QB...

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Mistaken for Strangers

The National · Boxer · Song · 2007

Halfway Home @halfwayhomemusic.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

#DailyJukebox #137. Mountain at My Gates (Foals). #Monday Morning arrived as advertised. Triumphal motivation (musical form) is working better than coffee. #indiemusic #musicsky #perseverance open.spotify.com/track/3f7Oyf...

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Mountain at My Gates

Foals · What Went Down · Song · 2015

Halfway Home @halfwayhomemusic.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

#DailyJukebox #136. Be at Rest (Possessed by Paul James). It’s been heavy sledding here at Juke HQ. Sunday night respite listening. open.spotify.com/track/2zJhj1... #folk #indiemusic #musicsky #rest #sundaymusic

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Possessed by Paul James · Be at Rest · Song · 2019

Halfway Home @halfwayhomemusic.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

#DailyJukebox #135. Car Jamming (The Clash). I do not have a coherent reason for saying so, but I associate this track with driving when it’s really hot out. It is really hot out and I was just driving. #musicsky #indiemusic #theclash #heatwave open.spotify.com/track/3QcqUf...

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Car Jamming - Remastered

The Clash · Combat Rock (Remastered) · Song · 1982

Halfway Home @halfwayhomemusic.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

#DailyJukebox #134. Last Days of Disco ( @actualylt.bsky.social ) My wish for you tonight is that you find yourself driving in some open space with the windows down and this. #indiemusic #musicsky open.spotify.com/track/1DSUJ2...

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Last Days of Disco

Yo La Tengo · And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out · Song · 2000

Halfway Home @halfwayhomemusic.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

#DailyJukebox #133. Sinnerman (Ms. Nina Simone). Bring down power. Bring down power. Bring down power. #musicsky #jazz #resist open.spotify.com/track/5xRP5i...

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Nina Simone · Pastel Blues · Song · 1965

Halfway Home @halfwayhomemusic.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

#DailyJukebox #132. Slow It Down (@thelumineersmusic.bsky.social) I listened to this once today and then couldn’t stop. Also didn’t want to. It doesn’t sound this way at all, but my brain willfully hears “rest your heart, rest your head.” So that’s what I sing. open.spotify.com/track/4OEtHW...

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The Lumineers · The Lumineers · Song · 2012

Halfway Home @halfwayhomemusic.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

#DailyJukebox #131. Only Son (Shakey Graves). About a week of quasi-phoneless existence (serenity!!) is over and The Juke’ is back. Had to bring some heat for the triumphant return. #indiemusic #musicsky #folk #shakeygraves open.spotify.com/track/5vtUNQ...

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Shakey Graves · And The War Came · Song · 2014

Halfway Home @halfwayhomemusic.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

#America, 2025. Thank you for your service, Mr. Lander.

Halfway Home @halfwayhomemusic.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

#DailyJukebox #130. Dial Drunk (Noah Kahan). I thought to myself “what was the last song I cried to?” And I was modestly surprised to find that this was the answer. How about the rest of the world? #musicsky #noahkahan #cryingmusic open.spotify.com/track/4hc72s...

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Noah Kahan · Stick Season (Forever) · Song · 2024

Halfway Home @halfwayhomemusic.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

#DailyJukebox #129. Michael Told Me (S.G. Goodman). Holy beautiful planet this song is insane!!!! open.spotify.com/track/1cm58y...

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Michael Told Me

S.G. Goodman · Michael Told Me · Song · 2025

Halfway Home @halfwayhomemusic.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

The funniest part about this is the notion that #potus would make it through a whole book. Particularly if there weren’t pictures of him every few pages.

Halfway Home @halfwayhomemusic.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

#DailyJukebox #128. On the River (Black Belt Eagle Scout) The part where you are listening to a playlist that you have missed and then a song that you’ve been neglecting comes on and you audibly gasp from its fathomless beauty. #indiemusic #musicsky #beauty open.spotify.com/track/3Qr2s8...

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Black Belt Eagle Scout · The Land, The Water, The Sky · Song · 2023

Halfway Home @halfwayhomemusic.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

#DailyJukebox #127. Non-Stop ( #Hamilton soundtrack). Another round of #HumpdayHamilton. The #writers mission: How do you write like tomorrow won’t arrive? How do you write like you need it to survive? open.spotify.com/track/7qfoq1...

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Leslie Odom Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Phillipa Soo, Christopher Jackson, Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton · Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) · Song · 2015

Halfway Home @halfwayhomemusic.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Happy Birthday Allen Ginsberg. “America, when will you be angelic?” #poetry #allenginsberg #writers open.spotify.com/track/6XVVPb...

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Allen Ginsberg · Howl · Song · 1998

Halfway Home @halfwayhomemusic.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

#DailyJukebox #126. Laylow (@mymorningjacket.bsky.social) One of the jobs of music is to deliver joy to strangers. Seeing this last year brought as much joy as any song ever has. I put it on my ear buds at high volume last night. Several times in a row. Pure joy. open.spotify.com/track/4fikCV...

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My Morning Jacket · Z · Song · 2005

Halfway Home @halfwayhomemusic.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Guilty as charged. Although I’ve gotten worse at small talk as I’ve gotten better at big talk, so let’s call it a compliment!