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Aug 22, 2022·edited Aug 22, 2022

A different kind of "work song," but I recently discovered this wonderful Ada cover/reimagining of Chicago's "25 or 6 to 4," which is about trying to write a song in the middle of the night: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07iZsOgcKQc

There's also the Adderley brothers' "Work Song," a staple of the jazz canon:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlepuNi40M8

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work_Song_(Adderley_song)

Thank you for another inspiring episode of "Notions"!

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