It’s been an unusually long and hot summer here. The heat didn’t break until mid-September, and it’s still a little warmer than usual. But the cool nights and mornings have returned, along with clear blue skies, and the trees are very slowly starting to show spots of color, so it’s time for a musical interlude.

I recently learned that some people hate this song, but the title contains the start of both meteorological and astronomical autumn, so let’s start with it:

And for the people who hate that song:

Some more dance music:

It’s still September in here:

I refuse to choose between that one and this one:

September and a musical theater classic:

I like this theme because of all of the great classic songs that are part of it. Here, one of my favorite duos:

The 2 sides of “Autumn Leaves”—first Johnny Mathis:

Then Miles Davis:

 

Nick Drake is an autumnal artist in my opinion, spare and beautiful:

More:

This fits the bill:

One more from that era:

Always have to have some Taylor:

And Hall & Oates if you find a fitting one:

There are so many more but they’ll keep until next fall. I’ll leave you with the title earworm, courtesy of Our Fearless Leader Adrastos: