Canada Archives - Beautiful Song Of The Week

September 30

Week 751: “Qaisimalaurittuq (Wish You Were Here)” by Elisapie

I’ve recently been listening to Inuktitut, Elisapie’s fantastic 2023 album of cover songs in which…

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August 5

Week 743: “Ben’s Sanctuary” by Harley Card

One of my very favourite places in Toronto is High Park. Torontonians sometimes like to…

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July 8

Week 739: “Death Bed (coffee for your head) by Powfu feat. beabadoobee

For the first time ever, this week I’m bringing you a song recommended to me…

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May 20

Week 732: “Weighty Ghost” by Wintersleep

Everyone’s got a ghost. Not a floaty skeleton dressed in a bed sheet, but something…

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April 8

Week 726: “Years” by Jesse Marchant

In North America, today is eclipse day. School days are cancelled or shortened, everyone’s scrambling…

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January 22

Week 715: “Don’t Worry” by Zoë Keating

I’m not a big fan of worrying. I do enjoy planning. And daydreaming. Talking and…

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September 4

Week 695: “Eleuthera” by Tor

I didn’t have a treehouse in my backyard growing up, but I did have a…

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July 24

Week 689: “Crawl Spaces” by Jesse Brown and Andy Salvanos

We had a crawl space in our basement. It was up behind the TV, hidden…

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June 26

Week 685: “Lost at Sea” by The O’Pears

In keeping with the title of this song, I wanted to tell you a “lost…

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June 12

Week 683: “Suddenly” by The Sheepdogs

Not much time this week, so we’re doing a quick one. Just time for a…

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June 5

Week 682: “Glossover” by Afternoon Bike Ride feat. Lowswimmer

One of the trickiest things about starting a band has to be coming up with…

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March 20

Week 671: “The First Day of Spring” by Gandharvas

This song was huge in the 90s. I remember hearing it everywhere, marvelling at the…

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December 12

Week 657: “Christmas Time is Here” by Vince Guaraldi (Christopher John Cover)

I grew up in a household that used a fake Christmas tree. The reasons were…

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November 21

Week 654: “Disclaimer” by Fresh Kils

Do have that friend who can’t take a compliment without slipping into self-deprecation? The one…

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March 28

Week 620: “Lost in the Light” by Bahamas

The story of Terry Fox – the 22-year-old cancer survivor and amputee who set out…

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March 14

Week 618: “Foxglove” by Bruce Cockburn

For a white dude who was alive in the 80s, I have a very difficult…

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January 31

Week 612: “Junior Panthers” by Sloan

It’s unlikely that you’ve heard of Sloan if you live outside of Canada, but they’ve…

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October 11

Week 596: “Martha Sways” by Andy Shauf

Some songwriters can craft a perfect micro-story in the form of a three-minute song, as…

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July 26

Week 585: “Long Walk, Short Dock” by Blue Wednesday

In 1936, Mexico began an impressive project: the construction of a pier at the town…

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May 31

Week 577: “Coucou Waltz” by Nahre Sol

Traditional piano lessons are a structured, upward march through progressively more and more difficult pieces.…

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