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“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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Track List
21 songs
1
So What
Miles Davis · Miles Davis
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2
All Blues
Miles Davis · The Best Of Miles Davis & John Coltrane - Le Best Of Des Deux Géants Du Jazz ! - The Two Greatest Jazz Legends !
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3
Take Five
Dave Brubeck · Columbia Jazz
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4
Blue In Green
Miles Davis · Jazz Classics Katia & Marielle Labeque
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5
Ravel: Boléro, M. 81 (Excerpt)
Maurice Ravel · 40 Most Beautiful Love Themes
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Rhapsody in Blue
George Gershwin · Wayne Marshall Born to Play Gershwin
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7
Tango in D
Isaac Albéniz · Tom Storms (Classical Guitar Student)
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8
The Entertainer
Scott Joplin · Hintergrundmusik, Vol. 5 - 8 - Background Music for Restaurants (Romantic Piano Music) [Royalty Free Music]
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Spinning Wheel
Blood, Sweat & Tears · Blood, Sweat & Tears (Expanded Edition)
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Gymnopédie No. 2. Lent et triste
Erik Satie · Música Clásica para Dormir
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11
A Case of You
Joni Mitchell · Full Circle: The Music of Joni Mitchell
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12
No Surprises
Bartek Wąsik · „Daydreamer” - Bartek Wąsik plays Radiohead
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13
Dirty Old Town
The Pogues · Míticas En Inglés
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14
Road to Nowhere - Live
David Byrne · American Utopia on Broadway (Original Cast Recording)
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15
Wuthering Heights
Kate Bush · Classic Acoustic
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16
Tequila
The Champs · Summer of the 50's & 60's
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17
La llorona
Chavela Vargas · Spain of Sounds
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18
Fast Car
Tracy Chapman Experience · Fast Car
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19
Desolation Row
Craig Cardiff · Upstream Fishing All the Words He Is, - Birthday Cards to Bob Dylan
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Into My Arms
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds · The Boatman's Call (2011 - Remaster)
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