TNB Night Owl: Happy New Year’s Day

Photo by Alan Light Chicago's 16th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade, June 1985

The calendar flips, the noise clears, and the year opens quietly before it gets complicated. Tonight’s Night Owl is about fresh starts — songs that feel open, hopeful, and steady without demanding resolutions or declarations. Just the sense that something new has begun.

Here Comes the Sun – The Beatles:

Beautiful Day – U2:

Unwritten – Natasha Bedingfield:

Feeling Good – Nina Simone:

Brave – Sara Bareilles:

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