On this day in music history - Diesel and Dust, by Midnight Oil (1987):

Diesel and Dust

Album by Midnight Oil,

released August 2, 1987.

Track list:

Beds Are Burning; Put Down That Weapon; Dreamworld; Arctic World; Warakurna; The Dead Heart; Whoah; Bullroarer; Sell My Soul; Sometimes; Gunbarrel Highway.

On this day in music history - Aeterna, by Constance Demby (1995):

Aeterna

Album by Constance Demby,

released July 28, 1995.

Track list:

The Dawning; Ocean Without Shores; Innocence: Starfields / Innocence/Beloved; Cry of the Heart; Eternal Return: Unfolding / Enfolding / Return; Rites of Passage: Remembrance / The Calling / Serenity.

On this day in music history - Strauss: Four Last Songs, by Renée Fleming (2008):

Strauss: Four Last Songs

Album by Renée Fleming,

was released on July 24, 2008.

Track list:

Frühling; September; Beim Schlafengehen; Im Abendrot; Ach! Wo war ich? Tot? ...; Ein Schönes war; Es gibt ein Reich; Verführung, op. 33 no. 1; Freundliche Vision, op. 48 no. 1; Winterweihe, op. 48 no. 4; Zueignung, op. 10 no. 1; Zweite Brautnacht!; Eugene Onegin--Letter Scene; Rusalka--Song to the Moon; Otello--Willow Song...Ave Maria; Thaïs--Ah! Je suis seule...Dis-moi que je suis belle; Capriccio--Moonlight Music & Final Scene.

On this day in music history - Butterfly, by Natalie Merchant (2017):

Butterfly

Album by Natalie Merchant,
released July 14, 2017.

Track list:

Butterfly; She Devil; Baby Mine; Frozen Charlotte; Ophelia; The Worst Thing; The Man in the Wilderness; My Skin; Vain & Careless; Andalucia.

On this day in music history - Idle Hours, by Lonnie Johnson and Victoria Spivey (1961):

Idle Hours

Album by Lonnie Johnson and Victoria Spivey,

recorded July 13, 1961.

Track list:

Darling I Miss You So; Long Time Blues; You Are My Life; Or Yes, Baby; Please Baby; Leave Me or Love Me; Idle Hours; You Have No Love in Your Heart; Good Luck Darling; No More Cryin’; I Got the Blues So Bad 6. End It All.

On this day in music history - Cloudwalker & the Ascent, by Zero Ohms (2022):

Cloudwalker & the Ascent

Album by Zero Ohms,
released June 24, 2022.

Credits:

Cloudwalker and the Ascent; Unknownland; Vistas Beyond; Tum Gaon (ascending to higher places); Skybound (free from terrestrial bonds); Deep Sky Tones; Across the Seven Skies.

June 21 – World Music Day:

Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life.

- Ludwig van Beethoven.

Music was my refuge.
I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.

- Maya Angelou.

Life would be flat without music.
It is the background to all I do.
It speaks to the heart in its own special way like nothing else.

- Ludwig van Beethoven.

Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.

- Confucius.

Music is the medicine of the mind.

- John Logan.

If music be the food of love, play on.

- William Shakespeare.

I think it's almost a law of nature that there are only certain things that hit an emotive space,

and that's what was always special for me about music: it made me feel something.

- Kate Bush.

Music can change the world.

- Ludwig van Beethoven.

On this day in music history - Mirage, by Fleetwood Mac (1982):

Mirage

Album by Fleetwood Mac,

released June 18, 1982.

Track list:

Love in Store (2016 Remaster); Can’t Go Back (2016 Remaster); That’s Alright (2016 Remaster); Book of Love (2016 Remaster); Gypsy (2016 Remaster); Only over You (2016 Remaster); Empire State (2016 Remaster); Straight Back (2016 Remaster); Hold Me (2016 Remaster); Oh Diane (2016 Remaster); Eyes of the World (2016 Remaster); Wish You Were Here (2016 Remaster); Love in Store (Early Version) [2016 Remaster]; Suma’s Walk a.k.a. Can’t Go Back (Outtake) [2016 Remaster]; That’s Alright (Alternate Take) [2016 Remaster]; Book of Love (Early Version) [2016 Remaster]; Gypsy (Early Version) [2016 Remaster]; Only over You (Alternate Version) [2016 Remaster]; Empire State (Early Version); If You Were My Love (Outtake) [2016 Remaster]; Hold Me (Early Version) [2016 Remaster]; Oh Diane (Early Version) [2016 Remaster]; Smile at You (Outtake) [2016 Remaster]; Goodbye Angel (Original Outtake) [2016 Remaster]; Eyes of the World (Alternate Early Version) [2016 Remaster]; Straight Back (2016 Remaster); Wish You Were Here (Alternate Version) [2016 Remaster]; Cool Water (2016 Remaster); Gypsy (2016 Remaster); Put a Candle in the Window (2016 Remaster); Teen Beat (Outtake) [2016 Remaster]; Blue Monday (Jam) [2016 Remaster].

On this day in music history:

Destination Anywhere by Jon Bon Jovi (1997)

Not That Kind by Anastacia (2000)

Destination Anywhere

Album by Jon Bon Jovi,

released June 16, 1997.

Track listing (some versions of this album include two bonus tracks):

Queen of New Orleans; Janie, Don’t Take Your Love to Town; Midnight in Chelsea; Ugly; Staring at Your Window with a Suitcase in My Hand; Every Word Was a Piece of My Heart; It’s Just Me; Destination Anywhere; Learning How to Fall; Naked; Little City; August 7, 4:15; Cold Hard Heart; Cold Hard Heart (Demo); I Talk to Jesus (Demo).

Not That Kind

Album by Anastacia,

released June 16, 2000.

Track list:

Not That Kind; I’m Outta Love; Cowboys & Kisses; Why’d You Lie to Me; Who’s Gonna Stop the Rain; I Ask of You; Don’tcha Wanna; Late Last Night; Made For Lovin’ You; Black Roses; Yo Trippin’; One More Chance; Same Old Story.

On this day in music history: Big City Blues, by Sue Foley (1995):

Big City Blues

Album by Sue Foley,

released June 15, 1995.

Track list:

Big City Blues; Howlin’ For My Darlin’; To Be Alone With You; One Hundred Dollar Bill; Ain’t Gonna Worry No More; This Time; As Long As I Have You; Highway Bound; If You Gotta Go; My Baby’s Sweeter; Girl’s Night Out.

On this day in music history - Crush, by Bon Jovi (2000):

Crush

Album by Bon Jovi,

released June 13, 2000.

Track list:

It’s My Life; Say It Isn’t So; Thank You for Loving Me; Two Story Town; Next 100 Years; Just Older; Save the World; She’s a Mystery; One Wild Night; I Could Make a Living Out of Lovin’ You (Bonus Track); Neurotica (Bonus Track in Australia and Japan); Mystery Train; Captain Crash & the Beauty Queen from Mars; I Got the Girl.

On this day in music history: Moon Goes Missing, by Carolyn Wonderland (2017):

Moon Goes Missing

Album by Carolyn Wonderland,

released June 9, 2017.

Track list:

Moon Goes Missing; Open Eyes; Hellfire Bitters; Can't Nobody Hide From God; Swamp; Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat; She Wants to Know; To Be Free; Every Time You Go; Come Together; Bad to the Bone.

On this day in music history:

Vapor Drawings by Mark Isham (1983)

Street Angel by Stevie Nicks (1994)

Once by Nightwish (2004)

Forever by Bon Jovi (2024)

Oceans by Jennifer Thomas (2024)

Vapor Drawings

Album by Mark Isham,

released on June 7, 1983.

Track list: Many Chinas; Sympathy and Acknowledgement; On the Threshold of Liberty; When Things Dream; Raffles in Rio; Something Nice for My Dog; Men Before the Mirror; Mr. Moto’s Penguin (Who’d Be an Eskimo’s Wife?); In the Blue Distance.

Street Angel

Album by Stevie Nicks,

released June 7, 1994.

Track list: Blue Denim; Greta; Street Angel; Docklands; Listen to the Rain; Destiny; Unconditional Love; Love Is Like a River; Rose Garden; Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind; Just Like a Woman; Kick It; Jane.

Once

Album by Nightwish,

released June 7, 2004.

Track list from all editions: Dark Chest of Wonders; Wish I Had an Angel; Nemo; Planet Hell; Creek Mary's Blood; The Siren; Dead Gardens; Romanticide; Ghost Love Score; Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan (Finnish for "Death Makes an Artist"); Higher Than Hope (in memory of Marc Brueland); White Night Fantasy; Live to Tell the Tale; Where Were You Last Night (Ankie Bagger cover); Wish I Had an Angel (demo).

Forever

Album by Bon Jovi,

released June 7, 2024.

Track list: Legendary; We Made It Look Easy; Living Proof; Waves; Seeds; Kiss The Bride; The People’s House; Walls of Jericho; I Wrote You A Song; Living In Paradise; My First Guitar; Hollow Man.

Oceans

Album by Jennifer Thomas,

released June 7, 2024.

Track list: Oceans; The Lighthouse; Underwater Carnival Ride; The Siren and the Sailor (Ft. Alexa Ray); Just a Teardrop in the Ocean; Sea of Diamonds; Something Just Like This (Coldplay / The Chainsmokers cover); Mermaids (Ft. Alexa Ray) (from Pirates of the Caribbean, Hans Zimmer); The Metamorphosis Suite: Metamorphosis I: Transformation; Metamorphosis II: Flight; Transcendence (Ft. Ryan Stewart, Ardy); You Carried Me Home; Pirates Cove; The Siren and the Sailor (Instrumental Version); You Carried Me Home (A Cappella Version).

On this day in music history:

Bad Animals by Heart (1987)

Group Therapy by Above & Beyond (2011)

Bad Animals

Album by Heart,

released June 6, 1987.

Track list: Who Will You Run To; Alone; There’s The Girl; I Want You So Bad; Wait For An Answer; Bad Animals; You Ain’t So Tough; Strangers Of The Heart; Easy Target; RSVP.

Group Therapy

Album by Above & Beyond,

released June 6, 2011.

Track list: Filmic; Alchemy; Sun & Moon; You Got To Go; Black Room Boy; Giving It Out; On My Way To Heaven; Prelude; Sun In Your Eyes; Love Is Not Enough; Every Little Beat; Sweetest Heart; Thing Called Love; Only A Few Things; Eternal.

On this day in music history - The Night Shines Like the Day, by Kristin Asbjørnsen (2009):

The Night Shines Like the Day

Album by Kristin Asbjørnsen,
released June 5, 2009.

Track list:

Green Is Everywhere; Is This the Ending; Snowflake; Don’t Hide Your Face from Me; Afloat; And I Long to See You Again; I’m Too Heavy Now; Walk Around Me; Moment; Rain, Oh Lord; One Day My Heart Will Break; Someday I’ll Carry You Home; Lose.

On this day in music history - Porcelain, by Helen Jane Long (2007):

Porcelain

Album by Helen Jane Long,
Released June 4, 2007.

Track list:

Porcelain; Release; Echo; Stars; Expression; Lost Wind; Doll; Out of It All; Rockerbye; Broken; Eclipse; Turn Away; Through the Dark.

On this day in music history - Gish, by Smashing Pumpkins (1991):

Gish

Album by Smashing Pumpkins,
released May 28, 1991.

Track list:

I am one; Siva; Rhinoceros; Bury me; Crush; Suffer; Snail; Tristessa; Window paine; Daydream.

On this day in music history - Spirit of the Ancients: Crystal Bowl Sound Healing, by Tryshe Dhevney (2015):

Spirit of the Ancients: Crystal Bowl Sound Healing

Album by Tryshe Dhevney,
released May 26, 2015.

Track list:

Time Outside Of Time; Breaking Light; A Temple Deep Inside; Emergence; You Have Wings; Walking Turtle Blessing.

On this day in music history:

Belinda by Belinda Carlisle (1986)

Land of Forever by 2002 (1998)

Ophelia by Natalie Merchant (1998)

Belinda

Album by Belinda Carlisle,

released May 19, 1986.

Track list: Mad About You; I Need a Disguise; Since You’ve Gone; I Feel the Magic; I Never Wanted a Rich Man; Band of Gold; Gotta Get to You; From the Heart; Shot in the Dark; Stuff and Nonsense; Band of Gold [Featuring Freda Payne] [Single Mix]; Dancing in the City; Mad About You [Extended Version]; Band of Gold [Featuring Freda Payne] [Extended Mix]; Band of Gold [Featuring Freda Payne] [Dub Mix]; Shot in the Dark; Lust to Love; Mad About You; Since You’ve Gone; Head Over Heels.

Land of Forever

Album by 2002,

released May 19, 1998.

Track list: Summer of 300 Years; Sea of Dreams; Land of Forever; Realms of Splendor; The Calling; Dance with a Princess; Feast of Immortals; Falling Through Time; Heavenly Cities; Oceansky.

Ophelia

Album by Natalie Merchant,

released May 19, 1998.

Track list: Ophelia; Life Is Sweet; Kind & Generous; Frozen Charlotte; My Skin; Break Your Heart; King of May; Thick As Thieves; Effigy; The Living; When They Ring the Golden Bells.

On this day in music history:

Project by Lee Aaron (1984)

Wings by 2002 (1999)

Equilibrium by Kerani (2015)

Auriga to Orion by Majestica / aka Sherry Finzer & Cass Anawaty (2018)

Project

Album by Lee Aaron,

released May 18, 1984.

Track list: Under Your Spell; Lonely for You Love; Night Riders; Texas Outlaw; I Like My Rock Hard; I Just Wanna Make Love to You; Runnin’ from His Love; Should Have Known; Took Your Heart Away; Under the Stars [Live].

Wings

Album by 2002,

released May 18, 1999.

Track list: Once In Ancient Greece; A Year And A Day; The Sands Of Crete; Icarus; Athens Memories; The Tower Of Monos; Wings; Feathers; Templo Of Apollo.

Equilibrium

Album by Kerani,

released May 18, 2015.

Track list: Equilibrium; Fragrant Mountain; Anchoress; Bouddica, Heart on Fire; Hypatia’s Universe; O, Aeterne Deus; Lady’s Grace; Avane; The Wyse Wytch.

Auriga to Orion

Album by Majestica,

aka Sherry Finzer & Cass Anawaty,

released May 18, 2018.

Track list: Alpha Orionis; Kesil’s Light; Monte Alban; Auriga To Orion; Dark Years Away; Chasing The Leonids; Flaming Star.