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September 9

Week 487: “Cotton Eyed Joe” by Terry Callier

When “Cotton Eye Joe” was released in 1994 by Rednex, a Swedish techno-country crossover act…

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September 2

Week 486: “Long May It Sustain” by A Winged Victory For The Sullen

I grew up in a house that was mostly free of junk food, and where…

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August 26

Week 485: “While You Dooooo (Extended)” by Teebs

I like having art on my walls. I’m just really bad at picking art that…

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August 19

Week 484: “Oscarine” by Ballaké Sissoko and Vincent Segal

In my 20s, I was in the early days of a relationship with a woman…

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August 12

Week 483: “Life In Mono” by Mono

In my mid-teenage years, I had inexplicable and simultaneous crushes on Ethan Hawke and Gwyneth…

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August 5

Week 482: “Dream Chorus” by TOKiMONSTA

By 2015, Jennifer Lee had built a substantial resumé as a DJ and producer under…

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July 29

Week 481: “Bunny” by Tourist

All tourists exist on a spectrum. At one end, you have the person who plans…

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July 22

Week 480: “As We Go Along” by The Monkees

For the most part, The Monkees are remembered as a bit of a joke, mostly…

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July 15

Week 479: “So Far, Not Close” by Square Peg Round Hole

If you can believe it, we’re less than six months away from a year that…

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July 8

Week 478: “Mountain Path” by WMD

Years ago, when my wife and I had zero kids and infinite free time, we…

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July 1

Week 477: “Love For Sale” by K.D. Lang

The 1990s were a bit of a golden age for Canadian divas. They were many,…

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June 24

Week 476: “Impressions in F Major” by Brian Green

What’s the best way to listen to music? It’s the kind of question that would…

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June 17

Week 475: “Washed Ashore” by Monster Rally

Slightly shameful admission as we head into the first week of summer: I’ve never really…

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June 10

Week 474: “Solfeggio in C Minor” by CPE Bach (Eugen Cicero cover)

Summing up Bach’s legacy and influence on following generations of composers, Mozart once said, “Bach…

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June 3

Week 473: “I Carried This For Years” by Ibeyi

A good friend of mine has two siblings: his twin brother, and their older sister.…

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May 27

Week 472: “Serenade For Clarinet and Strings” by Derek Holman

When I was nine, I joined a church choir. I wasn’t especially religious or prodigiously…

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May 20

Week 471: “Child Falling Asleep” by Robert Schumann

Robert Schumann’s lifelong struggle with mental and physical illness has been written about and analyzed…

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May 13

Week 470: “Bitter Sweet Symphony” by The Verve

A bit of a long post this week, but to compress this story any more…

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May 6

Week 469: “Love Cubes” by Animal Feelings

If three-dimensional shapes were a family, the sphere would probably be the favourite child. From…

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April 29

Week 468: “Wait Upon” by Hidden Land

My family used to rent a cottage that was on a quiet river, just as…

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