It’s all music, all the time on today’s show. In the first hour, Katie plays songs by English, American and Australian artists about sweetness and pain, the loss of a friend due to gun violence, relationship break-ups, being a middle-aged performer, and more. Here is the playlist:

* Sweetness and Pain – Sarah McQuaid

* Ali – Mustafa

* A Portrait of the Artist as a Middle Aged Man (Live) – Lachlan Bryan & The Wildes

* Silence – Izzy Day

* Holding On – Rees Lucia

* Day Job – The Western Distributors

* Treading Water – Charm of Finches

* The Real Thing – Parker Millsap

* Gasoline & Liquor – Natalie D-Napoleon

Above: The Western Distributors’ Off in the Distance album cover; design by Tara Schmidtke