9 Songs You Should Know By Jason Molina

Songs: Ohia and Magnolia Electric Co. singer Jason Molina has passed away , but his music lives on. Here's some songs you should know by this prolific folk musician.

Jason Molina died at the age of 39 on Saturday, March 16th.

Jason Molina died at the age of 39 on Saturday, March 16th.

Source: twentyfourbit.com

Still, Molina's songs wove that self-pitying sadness — songs of a man cowering under a sky he cursed, or peering into horizons that seemed empty — into expressions of bracing, strangely soothing beauty. His open, aching voice could convey overwhelming emotion with the slightest inflection; if you loved his music, you'd swear you could feel a word or phrase or hook in your blood.

Via: npr.org

Jason Molina began performing songs under the name Songs: Ohia in 1996

"Just Be Simple"
Key Lyrics:
"But I'm not looking for an easy way out / This whole life it's been about / Try and try and try / And try and try and try / To be simple again."

"I've Been Riding With A Ghost"
Key Lyrics:
"See I ain't getting better / I am only getting behind / I am standing on a crossroad trying to make up my mind / I'm trying to remember how it got so late / Why every night pain comes from a different place."


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