Some low and slow stuff, instrumentals and a couple of Irish laments to help process this increasingly strange world many of us find ourselves in lately.

Song: Orange Kay
Artist: Daniel Lanois
Album: Sling Blade Soundtrack

Song: People Are Good (AC Fool Mix)
Artist: Depech Mode
Album: People Are Good EP

Song: Lady Grinning Soul
Artist: David Bowie
Album: Aladdin Sane

Song: The Pearl
Artist: Emmylou Harris
Album: Red Dir Girl

Song: Dust
Artist: Lucinda Williams
Album: The Ghosts of Highway 20,

Song: Ramshackle Day Parade
Artist: Joe Stru& The Mescaleros
Album: Streetcore

Song: Know Your Rights
Artist: The Clash
Album: Combat Rock

Song: Death Letter
Artist: De Stijl
Album: White Stripes

Song: Cold As Ice
Artist: Foreigner
Album: Foreigner

Song: War on War
Artist: Wilco
Album: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Song: Holland, 1945
Artist: Neutral Milk Hotel
Album: Holland, 1945

Song: Heroes
Artist: David Bowie
Album: Changes

Song: Everybody Hurts (Live From Pyramid Stage, Glastonbury Festival / 1999)
Artist: R.E.M.
Album: R.E.M. At The BBC (Live)

Song: I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday
Artist: Morrissey
Album: Your Arsenal

Song: Night Still Comes
Artist: Neko Case
Album: The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You

Song: Wild God
Artist: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Album: Wild God

Song: Strange Religion
Artist: Mark Lanegan
Album: Bubblegum

Song: One Minute You're Here
Artist: Bruce Springsteen
Album: Letter to You

Song: Rough God Goes Riding
Artist: Van Morrison
Album: The Healing Game

Song: All the King's Horses
Artist: Aretha Franklin
Album: Young, Gifted and Black

Song: The Wicked Flee
Artist: Carter Burwell
Album: True Grit Soundtrack

Song: An Raibh Tu Ag An Gcarraig?
Artist: Sissel
Album: The Long Journey Home (soundtrack)

Song: She Moved Through The Fair (Live At The Alhambra Palace, Granada, Spain/2006)
Artist: Loreena McKennitt
Album: Nights From The Alhambra

Song: So What
Artist: Miles Davis
Album: So What