Most of the music I listen to is geared towards an ambient warmth. The auditory equivalent of a mug of hot cocoa on a frosty day goes down real smooth into my eardrums. There are times and places for energizing music, of course, and I relish quite a variety, but the truth is most of the time when I hear a song, I am drawn to the comfort of a soothing melody, perhaps something lilting and hopeful, proud, satisfied. In writing this piece, I was drawn to just such a song, in this case 2007’s “Surviving The Times” by Nas.
40 in 25: Mitch Haniger
