While Sotto Voce wasn’t a music fic, music played a role in the story — in the names of the wines of Rhapsody Vineyards and as the background and scene setter at various points.

The Sotto Voce Playlist is a combination of songs in the story, music I listened to while writing it and songs that a character or a theme in the story, from Kurt’s electronica to the soulful classics that are very much a part of this characterization of Blaine.

The songs of Rhapsody vineyards are particularly tinged with the modern blues of Michael Kiwanuka and the rustic-folk sounds of Goat Rodeo and Andrew Bird.

The song that really stuck in my head as the music of Sotto Voce, however, is Pearl Jam’s Just Breathe. It’s a beautiful, deceptively simple song that to me just felt like the pace and sound of Rhapsody.

These are files from my Spotify playlist, so my apologies if you’re in a country that can’t access them directly.

Moby – In My Heart

Alison Moyet – Love Resurrection

Andrew Bird – Orpheo Looks Back

Stuart Duncan – Attaboy

Michael Kiwanuka – I’m Getting Ready

Stuart Duncan – No One But You

Jorge Luis Cabrera – Musica Romantica

Marvin Gaye – I Heard It Through The Grapevine 

P!nk – Sober

Regina Spektor – Firewood

Annie Lennox – Waiting In Vain

Nina Simone – He Needs Me

Aretha Franklin – Good Times

Otis Redding – I’ve Been Loving You Too Long

Pearl Jam – Just Breathe

Aretha Franklin – Never Let Me Go

Amy Winehouse – Wake Up Alone 

Billie Holiday – Come Rain or Come Shine

Michael Kiwanuka – Home Again

Andrew Bird – Belles