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December 10

Week 448: “Carol of the Bells” by The Bird and the Bee

Over the next three weeks, as Christmas creeps closer and we all begin to tire…

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July 30

Week 429: “Ooh Child” by The Five Stairsteps (MILCK cover)

Last Sunday night, as I was going to bed and last week’s post – “City…

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July 23

Week 428: “City Nights” by Little Glass Men

There are different kinds of city nights. There are the sweltering midsummer ones, when everyone…

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July 2

Week 425: “Beautiful Love” by Nels Cline

“Beautiful Love” is another one of those 1930s standards that every jazz great has recorded…

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May 7

Week 417: “Night Song” by Steve Davit

The spring before I turned 21, I worked the night shift in a bank mailing…

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April 23

Week 415: “Dirty Old Bossa Nova” by The Howard Roberts Quartet

Quick quiz: It’s Friday night. You’re getting ready to go out. What song do you…

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April 16

Week 414: “Graffiti On A Tuesday Night” by Neat Beats

Alvin Fenner’s stage name “Neat Beats” feels self-deprecating almost to the point of being comical.…

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January 29

Week 403: “Human Racing” by St. Vincent

I have no excuse for not getting into St. Vincent earlier. It’s not as if…

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January 15

Week 401: “Between The Bars” by Elliott Smith (Madeleine Peyroux cover)

On February 2, 1997, an article ran in the Hartford Courant about a young jazz…

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December 18

Week 397: “Winter Song” by Sara Bareilles and Ingrid Michaelson

More than any other season, winter feels like it is much more easily navigated with…

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October 30

Week 390: “It’s Only a Paper Moon” by Bing Crosby & Rosemary Clooney

Hollywood marriages aren’t known for their longevity. But occasionally, platonic Hollywood friendships bear incredible fruit.…

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June 19

Week 371: “Indica Rain” by Safe Neighbor

Sunny days at the cottage are great, but there’s something to be said for a…

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May 22

Week 367: “Sunshower” by Chris Cornell

The phenomenon of a sunshower – the rain falling despite the sun shining – is…

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May 1

Week 364: “Fernweh” by The Ideal Setback

Here are ten things I know about setbacks: Setbacks are inevitable. Setbacks can hurt. Setbacks…

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April 3

Week 360: “Seventeen” by Cody Crump

Have you ever wondered how many songs there are that reference a specific age? Or…

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October 31

Week 338: “Half Sick Of Shadows” by The Parlour Trick

This song deserves to be the “White Christmas” of Halloween songs. It should play in…

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September 26

Week 333: “September Song” by Chet Baker

I love September. September reminds me that the world is colourful and vibrant. September is…

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July 25

Week 324: “Autumn Wake” by Early Day Miners

More than 40 000 years ago, in what is now Swaziland, some pre-historic human decided…

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July 11

Week 322: “Kusanagi” by Odesza

One of the joys of being a kid is taking stuff apart. Maybe your parents…

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May 23

Week 315: “The Loop” by Mimicking Birds

If you’ve ever tried to write a song on the guitar, you know it’s not…

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