Thursday Tunes

I know it has been quite a while since I shared music with you. I kept listening to this playlist for a while but it didn't feel ready and I wasn't sure if I should even share it but here it is. The playlist is called "Home". I wanted to create a playlist which gathers some of the themes I love about home like love, forgiveness, the sharing of food, the deconstructing and just being yourself, the letting go, the running towards home, the heart of it all, where we come from and family. It is the kind of playlist which you can put on when you have guest or listen to it the moment you come home or when you're homesick.
As always you can listen right here or listen and follow over on spotify.

xoxo
Ramona

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Thursday Tunes

I love Christmas and I also love Christmas music. Come December 1 I turn on the Christmas music. I always try to find new interpretations of old song or ways to incorporate non Christmas songs into the season to bring a nice diversity to the music.
So I thought I should share this playlist with you with my current favorite Christmas songs. And since I am a big Elvis fan you will find not only one but two Elvis Christmas songs. I called the playlist "rustic romance Christmas" because it features some truly romantic acoustic versions of well known songs as well as some good vintage pieces you wouldn't want to miss.
I strongly suggest not hitting the Shuffle button but listening from start to finish (it makes the most sense).
As always you can listen here or listen and follow directly on spotify.




xoxo
Ramona

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Thursday Tunes

A few weeks ago I promised you a playlist for all your kitchen adventures and today I am finally able to share it with you. I tried to put together a good mix of fun, romance, vintage and pop music for you to dance and cook and clean and have fun in the kitchen. The playlist is kitchen approved by me. I listen to it all the time.
Listen and follow it here or directly on spotify and have fun.



xoxo
Ramona

PS: Come back next week for my Christmas Soundtrack Edition.

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Thursday Tunes

A few years ago I started organizing my music into seasons and started with Fall because it came really easy to me to capture the mood and atmosphere of the season in music. And although this year saying goodbye to Summer is a little harder than usual Fall is here and I think I'm falling in love with it all over again. The clouds and the golden light, the way the trees turn into color, the burning of candles and the smell of warm plum crisp and hot tea. I put together a Soundtrack that is truly a Soundrack to accompany you on a walk through the forest or snuggled up on your sofa. It can also serve as background music for your next dinner gathering with friends. It has some soft piano pop, some funky tunes, some mellow Indie and some folk.
Listen and follow here or directly on spotify and create your own memories with it.


xoxo

Ramona

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Thursday Tunes

Well hello there and welcome to another Thursday with awesome music and the end of the week approaching. I have decided to make the Thursday Tunes even easier for you and created a "The Soundtrack of my Life" playlist on spotify for you to follow. I will update it as regularly as possible and will share it here too. This week we're calling it "Summer Rock 'n Roll" because this music got me dancing all week while I was preparing dinner and enjoying what is left of Summer.

It has been a great summer and funny enough I have been listening to a lot of country granted though I was BBQing a lot and what suits it better than country right? Right.

The band in the playlist is called Vintage Trouble and they are pure soulish Rock 'n Roll and Blues and they have been on repeat for days!
So whatever you're doing right now, cooking, cleaning, working out, working... push play and get in a good mood!

xoxo
Ramona

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Thursday Tunes

This album cover is currently going around the world as it should be because this album by Hillsong United is lifting up the name of Jesus and pointing people to His saving grace. If you haven't listened to it yet I strongly urge you to buy the album or give it to a friend.

xoxo

Ramona

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Thursday Tunes

Last week on Thursday a friend texted me asking for some Thursday Tunes recommendations and I texted her a few ideas. But I didn't tell her about James Bay. I discovered his music about two years ago on Noisetrade and have loved his EPs ever since. Well, now he produced a whole album for all of us to enjoy. It has some of his older songs on there as well as a few new ones and I think you should have a listen to it. Also if you're a hopeless romantic like me this album is definitely going to feed you well.



xoxo
Ramona

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Thursday Tunes

It is about time I post another song by Sleeping at last because his song writing is one of the best I have ever seen. It is beautiful poetry put into songs which take you to other places and the song I am sharing with you today is not different.
The other day I was biking home from work and this song came up and somehow I had not fully taken in this song before but there it was and we all know I am a hopeless romantic and so my bike ride became somewhat of a movie scene and I was imagining all kinds of romance.
The song is called We're still here and I think you should put it on, listen, sway to it and get carried away with it.
And if you do not know Sleeping at last yet it is about time you check them out. That is an order... because I think you would love them.



xoxo
Ramona

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Thursday Tunes

I don't think I ever wrote about johnnyswim before but their music is amazing. The couple is not only the sweetest but they are so talented and beautiful in their music writing and performing. So as last week I am sharing a SerialBox Session with you but it is a 30 minute session for your 30 minute musical break which I think you should totally take to soak up some beautiful tunes.
Here's the video for your enjoyment.


xoxo
Ramona

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Thursday Tunes

We all know how much I love The Lone Bellow. They just released a new song and I cannot wait for their next album to come out.
The new song is phenomenal as expected and they teamed up with SerialBox for a live session. So I am posting the video here for you all to see and listen that you may also fall in love with them!


 xoxo
Ramona

PS: I have a few new Thursday Tunes lined up for you with some beautiful music I have been listening to recently. Keep coming back and not only Thursdays.

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Thursday Tunes: The romantic edition

Well, by now most of you might have realized that my musical taste has a very wide span. But the common denominator (yes I am indeed using a mathematical word - too much White Collar - guilty pleasure - watching these days) is real instruments, real voices, real lyrics. You will not find much popular pop songs, electro, house or any kind of hip hop on my itunes.
But anyways, sometimes I get hit by a wave of total romance, total pop songs. I blame it on the rainy weather these days and then there is no stopping in my indulgences when it comes to overly romantic, let's play them at a wedding songs.
So I have decided to put a little what I called Hopeless Romantic playlist together for your enjoyment. Turn it on and turn it up and on repeat.

xoxo

Ramona

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Thursday Tunes

As I told you in my post about Italy I had put together a playlist for our road trip there and why not share it with you so you can either listen to it on your next roadtrip or just turn up the volume and enjoy a summer breeze.
Here it is. The Italy Roadmix:

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Thursday Tunes

I love this weather right now and the coming of summer and all it holds. To me whenever summer is around everything kind of becomes quiet. I love summernights and sitting outside listening to the crickets and watching the stars rise.
Today I want to share a song with you which embodies all of this for me. The video is a bit on the cheesy side, but the song is amazing plus you get the lyrics with it.

xoxo

Ramona

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Thursday Tunes

Well hello there! Today's Tunes are going to be a tad different and we are going to travel in time a little. Very often the music I share here is rather deep, emotional, poetic or just different but today we're going on a whole different level.
This is due to the fact that I had my very own little dance party (by myself!) yesterday night while doing the dishes after discovering an awesome playlist on spotify.
So I thought, hey why not share some of my favorites with you so you too can turn up the volume and bust a move in your living room, kitchen or wherever you fancy.
So here you go. They're all rather old songs, but so classic!


Dance on and xoxo

Ramona

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Thursday Tunes

You may or may not know this about me, but I love classical music. I grew up with it, played it on the piano myself. Whenever I listen to classical music it is as if my heart opens up and it touches me in ways other music cannot.
I also am a big lover for the New Years concert which is broadcast every year on January 1 live from Vienna. Watching this concert was a tradition in my grandmother's house and a tradition in my parents' house and so I continued it and watch it every single year. Of course they play all the traditional songs by Strauss and it's the perfect way to start a new year.
Anyways all this to say I have been listening to the Kaiserwalzer on repeat for a week now. Everytime I get into my car it's playing. I don't know why, but I just love it so I thought you should share in the beauty of this piece.
I am pretty sure most of you will now the main melody of the piece but there is some parts in it which are slow and steady and make you dream of a beautiful dance and realization of love and what not. So here it comes, 8:34 minutes of pure greatness.

 



xoxo
Ramona

Thursday Tunes

Well, hello there everybody. I am sorry this blog stayed rather quiet over the past 3 weeks. We had our 21 days of prayer and fasting and somehow it turned into a blogging fast as well - unwillingly but it was good. There are many things I have been thinking and praying about and so many decisions I have made.
I tried to be really meaningful with what music I listen to during this time and one album which really stayed with me throughout this whole time is by Gungor and is called "A Creation Liturgy". It's a live album and I think you'll all love it.

I have some more posts coming up soon on some personal things.

xoxo

Ramona

Day 19: Thursday Tunes - The Christmas Edition

The last two Thursdays I have already posted some Christmas music and today I am going to share with you a playlist of some of my favorites from this season as we head into the last weekend of Advent.
It is a very versatile mix of country, pop, indie and folk music. Have it playing while you decorate your home or wrap some presents.

xoxo

Ramona

Day 12: Thursday Tunes

Time is running and it's only 12 more days until Christmas, wow. I already told you last week how I am trying to have some alternatives to the classic Christmas music and today I want to share a song with you which caught my attention the other day when I had my Christmas playlist on random. It is "Silent Night" but sung in such a beautiful way and so differently I had to stop whatever it was I was doing and pay full attention to the song.
So why don't we all do that together today, stop for a moment and pay full attention.

xoxo

Ramona

Day 5: Thursday Tunes

I thought since it is Thursday and I really love music why not share some beautiful tunes with you. I like Christmas music a lot but let's be honest it doesn't take too long for me to have had it with bells and Rudolph and White Christmas. So a few years ago I started adding some alternatives to my Christmas playlist. I added songs which might have Christmas lyrics but don't sound like Christmas music or I added songs that had nothing to do with Christmas but were beautiful and romantic. The great thing is that I am not the only one and so you find more and more playlists which really add some beautiful music to the season. Plus, noisetrade really helps.
Anyways today I felt like sharing this Joni Mitchell song with you. It is a life performance and I totally love the video with it. Kind of makes me want tot travel back in time.



xoxo

Ramona

Thursday Tunes

Summer is really here and for me that always means great fun music, roadtrip mixes and the kind of music which makes you dream away the day!
I`ve posted The Lone Bellow before and I finally received their album in the mail last week (yes I still order good old CDs!).
Anyways, this song I`m sharing today is one which makes me get up, throw my hands in the air, dance in circles and sing along. This therefore means that today`s Thursday Tunes come with a  challenge for you: Turn up the volume, get up, throw your hands up and DANCE!!!

xoxo

Ramona