This week’s song was recommended by a reader. Thanks, Mia! Do you ever look at… Read the postWeek 722: “Hold On Magnolia (demo)” by Songs: Ohia
No, it’s not a glitch with your device and you’re not having some kind of… Read the postWeek 721: “Intermezzo” by Giacomo Puccini
Generally speaking, I’m not really into opera. The last time I featured anything from an… Read the postWeek 720: “Intermezzo Sinfonico” by Pietro Mascagni
Plenty of musicians have recorded albums of covers, typically at the tail end of their… Read the postWeek 719: “Wolf Like Howls from the Bathhouse (South East Land Otter Champs)” by Sonny Smith
Pedro Mizutani is a throwback whose brief whispered imagery will take you back to Ipanema.… Read the postWeek 718: “Chuva de Verão” by Pedro Mizutani (FloFilz remix)
Waiting in line for things is an underrated experience. Or more accurately: a lost art.… Read the postWeek 717: “In the Waiting Line” by Zero 7
There’s a YouTube video for this song that I find pretty fascinating. It was uploaded… Read the postWeek 716: “Time is the Enemy” by Quantic
I’m not a big fan of worrying. I do enjoy planning. And daydreaming. Talking and… Read the postWeek 715: “Don’t Worry” by Zoë Keating
Ever since humans became seafarers, sailors have been coming back to land with unbelievable tales… Read the postWeek 714: “Eyes” by Rogue Wave
I got a sweater for Christmas this year. Not one of those ironically ugly Christmas… Read the postWeek 713: “Waltz in Sweaters” by Sean Angus Watson
If your goals for 2024 feel too far off to be attainable, take some inspiration… Read the postWeek 712: “Happy” by Christian Wannerwall
Not only is Greensleeves a Christmas classic, but it’s likely the oldest song that could… Read the postWeek 711: “What Child Is This? (Greensleeves)” by Freedom Fry
If I had to pick a favourite species of butterfly (and I can’t imagine a… Read the postWeek 710: “Papillon” by Johannes Motschmann
“Clap Your Hands Say Yeah” – Alec Ounsworth’s fantastic stage name – implies and encourages… Read the postWeek 709: “Blue Turning Gray” by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
The Baltic is a pretty interesting sea. It’s young (for a sea) having only formed… Read the postWeek 708: “Spark” by Niklas Paschburg
One of the things I enjoyed most about learning to read music was the symbols… Read the postWeek 707: “Bless Those Tired Eyes” by Clem Leek
First things first: “The Bulgarian State Television Female Choir” has to be the most bizarre… Read the postWeek 706: “Polegnara e Todora” by The Bulgarian State Television Female Choir
I was most definitely a bicycle kid. Mind you, I probably wasn’t the type of… Read the postWeek 705: “Bicycle Kids” by Phil Cook
The Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio’s website says that they specialize in “the lost art of… Read the postWeek 704: “Can I Change My Mind” by Tyrone Davis (Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio cover)
Considering that it’s outside of the mainstream, this is a very popular song. While Randy… Read the postWeek 703: “Resonance” by Home