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Under the Volcano

“Under the Volcano” is a slow-motion descent—an Irishman in exile in Mexico, haunted by drink, memory, and the tightening geometry of fate. This playlist threads that arc with instrumentals that feel like heat, distance, and inevitability, paired with vocals that carry regret, drift, and hard-eyed devotion to place.

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Aug 30, 2026

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by Malcolm Lowry

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Miles Davis · Miles Davis

All Blues

Miles Davis · The Best Of Miles Davis & John Coltrane - Le Best Of Des Deux Géants Du Jazz ! - The Two Greatest Jazz Legends !

Take Five

Dave Brubeck · Columbia Jazz

Blue In Green

Miles Davis · Jazz Classics Katia & Marielle Labeque

Ravel: Boléro, M. 81 (Excerpt)

Maurice Ravel · 40 Most Beautiful Love Themes

Rhapsody in Blue

George Gershwin · Wayne Marshall Born to Play Gershwin

Tango in D

Isaac Albéniz · Tom Storms (Classical Guitar Student)

The Entertainer

Scott Joplin · Hintergrundmusik, Vol. 5 - 8 - Background Music for Restaurants (Romantic Piano Music) [Royalty Free Music]

Spinning Wheel

Blood, Sweat & Tears · Blood, Sweat & Tears (Expanded Edition)

Gymnopédie No. 2. Lent et triste

Erik Satie · Música Clásica para Dormir

A Case of You

Joni Mitchell · Full Circle: The Music of Joni Mitchell

No Surprises

Bartek Wąsik · „Daydreamer” - Bartek Wąsik plays Radiohead

Dirty Old Town

The Pogues · Míticas En Inglés

Road to Nowhere - Live

David Byrne · American Utopia on Broadway (Original Cast Recording)

Wuthering Heights

Kate Bush · Classic Acoustic

Tequila

The Champs · Summer of the 50's & 60's

La llorona

Chavela Vargas · Spain of Sounds

Fast Car

Tracy Chapman Experience · Fast Car

Desolation Row

Craig Cardiff · Upstream Fishing All the Words He Is, - Birthday Cards to Bob Dylan

Into My Arms

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds · The Boatman's Call (2011 - Remaster)

Don’t Give Too Much of a Fuck

Luminary Flux · Too Many Monsters in My Closet

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