Subscriber Playlist, November 2024: Just the Keys, Please
A collection of songs highlighting the beauty of solo piano work.
Along with the guitar, the piano might just be the world’s most ubiquitous musical instrument. How many of us can remember sitting through childhood piano lessons, or spending countless hours absentmindedly plunking away at the keys in our grandparent’s house? And if you grew up in church circles? Then the piano probably figured pretty prominently in your childhood; you weren’t going to sing all of those hymns and worship songs a cappella, now, were you?
As a result of this ubiquity, though, it’s all-too easy to overlook the piano and dismiss it out of hand. As the artists in this month’s playlist reveal, however, the piano is an endlessly fascinating instrument, and capable of a rich array of sounds and styles, from jazz and modern classical to ambient and New Age.