Jackson's Playlists

Kate writes:

‘I always make a compilation tape for Jackson for each book.  I find it’s rather like a meditation, something  I come back to on a regular basis when I’m writing because in some mysterious way it reminds me of the essence of each particular book. He, and I, like country music but that’s quite a broad church. Sometimes it’s apparent to me why I’ve chosen certain tracks and at other times I’m not at all sure of the reason. There are a lot of songs about dead mothers and orphaned children for Case Histories and When Will There Be Good News, and more than a few about death and heaven in Started Early.  (Jackson’s taste is strictly on the melancholic side.)  At the moment I’m writing a book that begins in 1910 and goes through the Second World War so just now I’m listening to music from the Twenties and Thirties, rather odd and not entirely to my taste.  I’m looking forward to Glenn Miller and the Andrew Sisters – not Jackson’s taste at all!’

Click on the links below to access Jackson's playlists on iTunes.

Case Histories

One Good Turn

When Will There Be Good News? (coming soon)

Started Early, Took My Dog (coming soon)

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