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August 3

Week 273: “White Night” by Thus Owls

Watching Thus Owls perform recently at a festival, I was struck by how quickly their…

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July 13

Week 270: “Northern Lights” by Ola Gjeilo

Of all the weird and wonderful phenomena that Mother Nature conjures up, the weirdest and…

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July 6

Week 269: “Melodie au Crepuscule” by Django Reinhardt

I had a friend at university who pretty much never called anyone by their real…

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May 25

Week 263: “Hills Are Floating” by Stev

I feel like I’ve been neglecting Italy. After 262 weeks of beautiful songs, I count…

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April 27

Week 259: “Letters Of A Traveller” by Olafur Arnalds

Ever wonder what classical composers would have been like if they had been born in…

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April 20

Week 258: “Different Paths” by Western Skies Motel

When I wrote to Rene Gonzalez Schelbeck of Western Skies Motel to tell him that…

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March 23

Week 254: “The Rustle of Spring” by Christian Sinding

Some waterfalls only exist for a few weeks each year. There are several of these…

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March 16

Week 253: “Like Real People Do” by Hozier

If you feel like celebrating St. Patrick’s Day this year, you can probably do without…

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February 9

Week 248: “Pretty Face” by Soley

There’s a literary genre that I’ve been really into recently, called “stunt non-fiction”. The formula…

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January 19

Week 245: “The Miller and the Brook” by Franz Schubert

Classical composers were dying young way before rock stars made it cool. Mozart famously (and…

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December 15

Week 240: “Blafeldur” by amiina

Picking out a winter coat is a tricky business. It’s tricky because you can’t test…

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November 10

Week 235: “Abendlied” by Josef Rheinberger

I’ve got nothing against parties, nightclubs, pub crawls, or any event that involves a lot…

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September 22

Week 228: “Saendscho” by Islands Of Light

I’ve been in a few bands over the years, and I can tell you that…

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July 28

Week 220: “Liebst Du Um Schonheit” by Clara Schumann

Clara Wieck’s father Friedrich decided that she was going to be a musician well before…

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June 2

Week 212: “Prelude #1” by Charles-Valentin Alkan

Alkan was a piano superstar in Paris at the same time as his good friends…

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March 24

Week 202: “Haiku” by Stefano Guzzetti

Mister Guzzetti: Italian pianist And sound designer. When he was a kid He saw Kraftwerk…

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February 24

Week 198: Serenade from “The Snowman” by Erich Korngold

I made a snowman when I was about 11 years old that I was very…

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February 10

Week 196: “Yeti’s Lament” by Berry Weight

As the album’s title suggests, the songs on “Music For Imaginary Movies” are very good…

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January 20

Week 193: “Song 2” by DJ Krush

Have you ever found yourself staring at a particular word over and over again, re-reading…

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January 13

Week 192: “Nocturne no. 10” by John Field

Of all the composers who wrote nocturnes, the most overlooked is probably John Field. Which…

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