<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[“Hush, Lil Darlin” by Brittain Ashford is built on the well-known lullaby “Hush, Little Baby” (traditional) 🎶💤]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>“Hush, Lil Darlin” by Brittain Ashford is built on the well-known lullaby “Hush, Little Baby” (traditional) <img src="https://board.circlewithadot.net/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f3b6.png?v=28325c671da" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--notes" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="🎶" alt="🎶" /><img src="https://board.circlewithadot.net/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f4a4.png?v=28325c671da" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--zzz" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="💤" alt="💤" /></p><p>Originally submitted to the 2025 <a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/tags/WNYC" rel="tag">#<span>WNYC</span></a> Public Song Project, the piece reimagines a familiar song with curious promises of goats and diamond rings <img src="https://board.circlewithadot.net/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f48d.png?v=28325c671da" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--ring" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="💍" alt="💍" /><img src="https://board.circlewithadot.net/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f410.png?v=28325c671da" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--goat" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="🐐" alt="🐐" /> Ashford transforms it into something more intimate, singing to an anxious beloved rather than a child <img src="https://board.circlewithadot.net/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f499.png?v=28325c671da" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--blue_heart" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="💙" alt="💙" /></p><p>Listen now and get inspired <img src="https://board.circlewithadot.net/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f3a7.png?v=28325c671da" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--headphones" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="🎧" alt="🎧" /></p><p>Submissions are open <img src="https://board.circlewithadot.net/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/23f3.png?v=28325c671da" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--hourglass_flowing_sand" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="⏳" alt="⏳" /> Deadline May 10  <img src="https://board.circlewithadot.net/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/2935.png?v=28325c671da" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--arrow_heading_down" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="⤵" alt="⤵" />️<br /><a href="https://wnyc.org/story/2026-public-song-project/" rel="nofollow noopener"><span>https://</span><span>wnyc.org/story/2026-public-son</span><span>g-project/</span></a></p><p>@WNYC</p>

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