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Music Friyay: Billie Holiday, Goblin, Kimya Dawson

MusicJoanna Valentemusic
Music Friyay: Billie Holiday, Goblin, Kimya Dawson

By Joanna C. Valente

Here’s some music, new and old, you should listen to and check out:

Billie Holiday - Blue Moon

How do you not love this 1952 classic album? Every song is a gem.

Goblin - Suspiria

It’s the season for spooky and nothing gets weirder than Goblin’s music for the soundtrack for the 1977 Suspiria.

Kimya Dawson - Remember That I Love You

Dawson’s 2001 album is nostalgic for me, but it’s a tender lovingly bizarre love note. My favorite? “Better Weather.”


Joanna C. Valente is a human who lives in Brooklyn, New York. They are the author of Sirs & Madams, The Gods Are Dead, Marys of the Sea, Sexting Ghosts, Xenos, No(body), #Survivor (forthcoming, The Operating System), and is the editor of A Shadow Map: Writing by Survivors of Sexual Assault. They received their MFA in writing at Sarah Lawrence College. Joanna is the founder of Yes Poetry and the senior managing editor for Luna Luna Magazine. Some of their writing has appeared in The Rumpus, Them, Brooklyn Magazine, BUST, and elsewhere. Joanna also leads workshops at Brooklyn Poets. joannavalente.com / Twitter: @joannasaid / IG: joannacvalente / FB: joannacvalente