*Text by Kim Hughes. Image courtesy of Katherine Holland.*

A veteran broadcaster at CBC, Toronto’s Talia Schlanger added “recording artist” to her CV this year, issuing the acclaimed Grace for the Going. She knows a song with, ahem, “drive” when she hears one. “A road trip is a perfect opportunity to focus my eyes while letting my ears wander. I’m drawn to music with intrigue and layers, and I always include downtempo tearjerkers to make space for the feelings only a long road trip can conjure.”

5 dollars Christine and the Queens

Everlasting Sigh Moses Sumney

Coyote Joni Mitchell

All the Dreamers PJ Morton (ft. Asa & Ndabo Zulu)

Masseduction St. Vincent

Bridge Over Troubled Water Roberta Flack

Phoenix Big Red Machine (ft. Fleet Foxes & Anaïs Mitchell)

L.A. (Looking Alive) Madison Cunningham

Cosoco Juana Molina

All Night Sedans Leif Vollebekk

Songs may not be appropriate for everyone. Listener discretion is advised.