Beautiful Song Of The Week

November 7

Week 652: “Twin” by Kip LaVie

We’ve all heard of the two common types of twins: identical (in which a fertilized…

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October 31

Week 651: “Monique’s Mood” by Teeth Agency

Teeth Agency is a transatlantic audio-visual art collaboration between producer Jesse Hackett and Mariano Chavez.…

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October 24

Week 650: “Montania” by Calma Interiore

I got COVID this week, so I spent a lot more time sleeping than finding…

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October 17

Week 649: “Delusional Affection” by Ahren Merz

Salvador Dali was a complicated person. I mean, I know that’s not a groundbreaking statement.…

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October 10

Week 648: “Over the Ocean” by Here We Go Magic

John Waters, a quirky cult filmmaker famous for movies like Pink Flamingos and Hairspray, and…

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October 3

Week 647: “Oktober” by Båd

People don’t give autumn the recognition it deserves. Spring is the season of life and…

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September 26

Week 646: “Yarrow” by Celestial North

Here’s a weird fact about me that will probably make you think I’m totally strange:…

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September 19

Week 645: “Anything You Synthesize” by The American Dollar

Roger Federer retired from tennis last week, and it hit me a bit harder than…

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September 12

Week 644: “Manhattan” by Sara Bareilles

Sometimes you just need to hear a good break-up song. A good break-up song doesn’t…

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September 5

Week 643: “Being Here” by Mammal Hands

Looking at my hands. Resting on the keys. Index ‘f’ and ‘j’. I can feel…

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August 29

Week 642: “A Calf Born in Winter” by Khruangbin

In university I was in a student production of the musical Hair; a hippie time…

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August 22

Week 641: “Folding” by Abimaro

“Fold me into you” – the opening line Abimaro’s strikingly beautiful “Folding” is a simple…

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August 15

Week 640: “Sensuous” by Cornelius

Here are some of my favourite ways to use my five senses: Sight: watching the…

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August 8

Week 639: “Laoidh na h-Oidhche” by Kim Carnie

On my first day of high school, we were given a tour of the building…

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August 1

Week 638: “Midnight” by Paper Planes

If you had to put the following things in order from oldest to most recent…

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July 25

Week 637: “Astral Jacket” by Spoon

I think one of the under-appreciated movies of this century is the 2005 comedy Stranger…

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July 18

Week 636: “Sicut Cervus” by Giovanni da Palestrina

I sang in a church choir as a kid, and this was one of the…

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July 11

Week 635: “Walkabout” by Blue States

More and more people, it seems to me, are getting comfortable with travelling again, and…

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July 4

Week 634: “Before Your Very Eyes…” by Atoms For Peace

Every group of friends has one member who, despite being a bit off-the-wall, is really…

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June 27

Week 633: “Driven” by Felix Rösch

Have you ever had a small child try to scare you, but you knew it…

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