What’s This Playlist All About? The endlessly inspiring singer, songwriter, writer, actor, and cyclist offers a refreshing musical tonic for surviving the holidays that has nothing to do with the holidays. Byrne explains more about his picks here.What You Get: A whole lot of impressive musical wordsmiths and abstract thinkers, starting with world-weary, stream-of-conscious avant-garde blues from Lonnie Holley and a heady blend of hip-hop and slam poetry from Hobo Johnson. Following that is a tasty kitchen-sink blend of the “eclectic” promised in the title, from the groovy electro-art-pop of Mitski, My Brightest Diamond, and Kimbra to the eccentric Afro-Brazilian rhythms of Bixiga 70, the sultry Latin R&B of Rosalia, and the bubbly self-love pop of Carly Rae Jepsen.Greatest Discovery: The enchanting mix of classical strings and ethereal electronics of “Stretch Your Eyes” from Danish musician Agnes Obel.Should You Play This At Your Holiday Party? Only if your friends and family are very open-minded.
