Beautiful Song Of The Week

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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May 26

Week 211: “If You Can’t Sleep” by She & Him

Remember when you were a kid, and you’d been at some kind of family event…

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May 19

Week 210: “Dock of the Bay” by Otis Redding

To me, this song is simultaneously relaxing and eerie. Relaxing because, well, who wouldn’t want…

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May 12

Week 209: “Sex Slave Ship” by Flying Lotus

When you’re up late working on something – a creative project of some kind, usually…

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May 5

Week 208: “Conference of the Birds” by Dave Holland Quartet

There’s a group of pigeons who sit on a telephone wire that I walk past…

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April 28

Week 207: “Happy” by Pharrell Williams

Since last summer, this song has been everywhere. Movies. Commercials. The grocery store. I’m pretty…

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April 21

Week 206: “Mono No Aware” by Hammock

I have to admit, I was a bit confused by the title of this song…

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April 14

Week 205: “Au Cinema” by Lianne La Havas

If you’re skipping work and you can’t decide what to do with yourself, I would…

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April 7

Week 204: “Sarah’s Song” by David Downing

According to a friend of mine who has spent most of his time around classical…

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March 31

Week 203: “Something In The Way” by Nirvana

I don’t really remember much about Kurt Cobain’s suicide. At the time, I was more…

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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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March 17

Week 201: “Ain’t No Sunshine” by Bill Withers

The first time I heard this song was in this classic scene from “The Fresh…

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March 10

Week 200: “Beyond This Moment” by Patrick O’Hearn

I spent an embarrassingly long time trying to think of something special to write about…

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March 3

Week 199: “Advanced Falconry” by Mutual Benefit

I’m not really the type to get excited when the Renaissance Faire comes to town,…

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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 17

Week 197: “All The While” by Barzin

With some songs, it’s the melody that gets lodged in your brain. It’s a guitar…

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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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February 3

Week 195: “You Go To My Head” by Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday’s 1952 recording of this song is the one that’s usually included on her…

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January 27

Week 194: “Deep Cold” by Carl Bray

A few days from now, groundhogs across North America will cheerfully emerge to let us…

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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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