Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways

His last album. His voice sounds like he has accepted death, and most of the songs are about his time coming to an end. It's devastating and beautiful.

Sufjan Stevens - The Avalanche

Great album, but it didn't blend with the terrain, so I didn't listen to it much on my own. Lydia wanted to listen to it, so we played it over and over together.

Two Calexico mixes

Perfect music for the Southwest.

Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood

Neko Case - Hold On, Hold On

Every start of a drive, when I was anxious to get out on the road; every middle of a drive, when loneliness began; every end, as I drove into a new town; this song played.

Neko Case - Maybe Sparrow (Video)

This video is just amazing.