- 4 – “The Sounds of Earth” (by Various Artists)
- 7 – “Cengunmé” (by Mahi musicians of Benin)
- 9 – “Barnumbirr (Morning Star) and Moikoi Song” (by Tom Djawa, Mudpo, and Waliparu)
- 12 – “Mariuamangɨ” (by Pranis Pandang and Kumbui of the Nyaura Clan)
- 14 – “Partita for Violin Solo No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006: III. Gavotte en Rondeau (Johann Sebastian Bach)” (by Arthur Grumiaux)
- 17 – “Roncadoras and Drums” (by Musicians from Ancash)
- 18 –“Melancholy Blues (Marty Bloom/Walter Melrose)” (by Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven)
- 22 – “Naranaratana Kookokoo (The Cry of the Megapode Bird)” (by Maniasinimae and Taumaetarau Chieftain Tribe of Oloha and Palasu’u Village Community)
- 26 – “Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground” (by Blind Willie Johnson)
- 27 – “String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat Major, Opus 130: V. Cavatina (Ludwig van Beethoven)” (by Budapest String Quartet)
In some ways I felt that this was an almost impossible task. NASA had deliberated, explored and scrutinized which pieces of music to include and I now had to cut 17 of those choices out. Or glass half full – I needed to choose 10. I listened and listened and deliberated. I realized that no choice would be a bad choice. So the choice I made was to not choose. It seems like bots are making lots of decisions for us these days. So I decided to be a bot of a kind. I randomly selected 10 different numbers (without remembering what was what) and made those my choices. Now it would be easy to say well that isn’t really a choice. But I think allowing chance to be a choice is choice in and of itself. Turns out I think it is a great list.
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