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<em>The Atlantic</em> <em>Daily</em>: Three Pandemic Playlists

Welcome to our virtual quarantine concert.

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This pandemic is helping the world rediscover the joys of communal listening. In that spirit, welcome to The Atlantic’s virtual quarantine concert. Tonight, we’ve got three acts:

  • Our headliner is Dave Grohl, the Foo Fighters front man, Nirvana alum, and your new personal DJ. Dave picks out a song for every stage of social-distancing life.
  • Next, enjoy some Atlantic staff picks: 14 writers and editors from around our newsroom each offer you one comfort song.   
  • And last but never least, we’ve got a pandemic playlist curated by you—our readers.

We hope you’ll follow along at home. All three playlists can be found on our Spotify.

Dave Grohl’s Pandemic Playlist

Follow along on Spotify here.

“Hi, I’m Dave Grohl,” says Dave Grohl, of Foo Fighters and

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