Beautiful Song Of The Week

March 2

Week 512: “Liu” by Siriusmo

I have a shorter musical attention span than I used to. It’s a strange thing…

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February 24

Week 511: “Plus Tôt” by Alexandra Stréliski

When I learned, probably sometime in my teens, that the history of Western art was…

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February 17

Week 510: “Waende” by Ceeys

Toronto went through a major building boom in the 1960s and 1970s, and this means…

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February 10

Week 509: “Venice” by Cannonball Adderley

I had an English teacher whose favourite activity was to plonk down two seemingly unrelated…

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February 3

Week 508: “Green Arrow” by Yo La Tengo

In 1962, baseball player Richie Ashburn was in the final season of a hall-of-fame career.…

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January 27

Week 507: “King of The Rats” by Brock Berrigan

Not to brag or anything, but when I was a kid I helped save the…

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January 20

Week 506: “I Remember” by Molly Drake

If time travel were possible, there are a few times and places I wouldn’t mind…

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January 13

Week 505: “Qui Tollis” by Antonio Lotti

Here’s an interesting (if slightly morbid) thing I learned recently: the “Birthday Effect.” Since there…

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January 6

Week 504: “Worlds To Run (VIP Dub)” By Kenny Segal, and “Worlds To Run” by Busdriver

No Monday is more Mondayish than the first Monday after the New Year. After two…

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December 30

Week 503: “Watermark” by Art Garfunkel

I really wanted to write a post about Art Garfunkel without mentioning Paul Simon. My…

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December 23

Week 502: “O Come, O Come Emmanuel” by Sarah Spring

I’ve featured a fair bit of Christmas music over the years, and I’ve tried to…

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December 16

Week 501: “Wrapped” by Ola Szmidt

In most ways, I’m a fully-functional adult. I pay my bills. I do my laundry.…

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December 9

Week 500: “These Days” by The Black Keys

By 2010, The Black Keys had been together for nearly a decade. They were doing…

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December 2

Week 499: “Edge Hill” by Groove Armada

I’ve always liked the title of this one. There’s something about this track that feels…

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November 25

Week 498: “Lilac” by G Mills

Lilacs have a pretty limited blooming period – sometimes as brief as two weeks –…

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November 18

Week 497: “Sunny Road” by Emilíana Torrini

If you’ve ever been inside a store that sells incense, or received a gift from…

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November 11

Week 496: “Flickering Darkness” by Tom Richards

In the late 1980s, as the Cold War faded, the American military began allowing scientists…

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November 4

Week 495: “Impromptu V” by Jean Sibelius

It’s tempting to look at the lives of composers and turn them into parables. Mozart’s…

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October 28

Week 494: “Praise You” by Fatboy Slim (Maribou State remix)

Many turn-of-the-millennium DJs and electronic acts liked to counterbalance their dance floor anthems and manic…

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October 21

Week 493: “The Border” by Nicolas Godin

Nicolas Godin’s homeland of France shares a 623km border with Spain, and for something as…

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