New month, new songs (a 4+ hour playlist)

Music to welcome spring: David Byrne & Arnaldo Antunes, Arooj Aftab & Khruangbin, Mekons, Eddie Vedder, Eric Church, Tortoise, Haim, Bon Iver, Kwashibu Area Band and more.

Here in North America, it’s spring. So: below is a soundtrack for seasonal rebirth, a 70+ song/ 4+ hour playlist, formatted for Apple Music, YouTube Music, and Spotify. It’s got my New Song of the Day highlights from March, plus lots more gems.

Among them:

— The Kwashibu Area Band, from Accra, Ghana. They bill themselves as “introspective highlife.” I love that. Their ultra-chill, dubby grooves will shift a room vibe like incense. Check the jams I’ve included below. The new album, Love Warrior’s Anthem, is out April 11 via the discerning internationalists at Soundways Records. Kwashibu Area sometimes remind me of Khruangbin, especially their amniotic take on old-school West African grooves. And NB: there’s a hint of late-’70s Jerry Garcia Mu-tron wah-wah tone (á la “Estimated Prophet”) on the song “M'akoma Nnwom” that’s just sublime.