iPod shuffle for 1/5/10 (top songs of 2009, mostly but not entirely off-the-beaten-path singer-songwriters)
“Trust Your Heart,” Bernadette Peters
“Cause=Time,” Broken Social Scene
“Adventure.exe,” Final Fantasy
“Idaho,” Inara George
“Flume,” Bon Iver
“Cello Song,” the Books featuring Jose Gonzalez
“Code Monkey,” Kristen Shirts
“Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It),” Beyonce
“The Giant of Illinois,” Andrew Bird
“Come As You Were,” the Bird and the Bee
“Pony (It’s OK),” Erin McCarthy
“Deep Blue Sea,” Grizzly Bear
“Earthbound Starlight,” Duncan Sheik
“Rough Design,” Inara George

“Easy,” Hercules and Love Affair
“Reaching for the Moon,” Lizz Wright
“When Love Takes Over,” David Guetta (featuring Kelly Rowland)
“Know How,” Kings of Conscience
“When, in Disgrace, Fortune and Men’s Eyes,” Rufus Wainwright
“The Wolves (Act I and II),” Bon Iver
“Invitation,” Boz Scaggs
“Die,” Iron & Wine
“Burn,” Ray LaMontagne
“Code Monkey,” Jonathan Coulton
“Great Houses of New York,” Hem
“What Do I Do With My Heart,” the Eagles
“With or Without You,” Keane
“Disturbia,” Rihanna
“Long Bed from Kenya,” Joan Baez
“Winter Was Warm,” Victoria Clark
“Re: Stacks,” Bon Iver
“Service Bell,” Grizzly Bear & Feist
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