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The music that got these Bostonians through 2020
By James Sullivan Globe correspondent,Updated December 28, 2020, 3:53 p.m.
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If music is what feelings sound like, then hereâs hoping you had more than your share of music in your life this year. Because we were all up in our feelings.
Whether it was that one certain song, a beloved old album as comforting as mashed potatoes, or a playlist that matched your frustration or lifted you out of it, you probably had a few musical go-tos specific to 2020. One guy I know immersed himself in the transcendental kind of jazz. As questions go, âwhy?â got a good workout this year, and the spiritual descendants of John Coltrane would like some answers.