Beautiful Song Of The Week

March 11

Week 148: “Peace Piece” by Bill Evans

Looking at the cover of this album, you get the feeling that the record label…

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March 4

Week 147: “Undiscovered Colors” by The Flashbulb

My favourite thing about the camera I had as a kid was the flashbulb it…

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February 25

Week 146: “Bag Lady” by Erykah Badu

There are two versions of this song, and I couldn’t decide which version to post,…

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February 18

Week 145: “Red” by Treble Charger

This is a 1990s alt-rock anthem that doesn’t get enough credit. Which is fitting, because the band…

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February 11

Week 144: “Silver Cruiser” by Royksopp

Have you ever had one of those strange moments when you realize that you’ve been…

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February 4

Week 143: “A Touch of Jazz” by DJ Jazzy Jeff

1987 was a big year for hip hop. Looking at a list of hip hop…

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January 28

Week 142: “Lacrimosa” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Mozart’s death has spawned more theories than probably any other event in the history of…

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January 21

Week 141: “A Forest” by The Cure (Nouvelle Vague cover)

In 2003, French musicians Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux had the kind of strange idea…

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January 14

Week 140: “Hold On (feat. Sampha)” by SBTRKT

The formula for musical success in the early 21st Century seems to be something like…

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January 7

Week 139: “Trouble” by Cat Stevens

By the end of 1967, Cat Stevens was doing pretty well for himself. His first…

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December 31

Week 138: “A Change Is Gonna Come” by Sam Cooke

New Year’s is about change. And change is a big, complicated, mixed bag of emotions.…

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December 24

Week 137: “Christmas Song” by Mogwai

There were certain things I could always count on during the Christmas season when I…

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December 17

Week 136: “Let It Be” by The Beatles

I’m sure all the Beatles fans out there would agree that it’s about time I…

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December 10

Week 135: “White Keys” by Chilly Gonzalez

Lots of people hate winter. It’s cold, it’s dark, and the novelty of snow quickly…

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December 3

Week 134: “How Do You Really Feel?” by Breakestra

If you’ve been spending years trying to become reasonably good at an instrument, but still…

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November 26

Week 133: “One Note Samba” by Antonio Carlos Jobim

I couldn’t let Southern Hemisphere Month go by without including a bossa nova track. Bossa…

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November 19

Week 132: “Two Hearts In 3/4 Time” by The Avalanches

We’re three-quarters of the way through Southern Hemisphere Month, so it’s only fitting that we…

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November 12

Week 131: “Settle Down” by Kimbra

Southern Hemisphere Month here at BSOTW continues with New Zealand’s eccentric Kimbra. You may remember…

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November 5

Week 130: “Last Tango In Paradise” by Goldfish

Up to this point, this blog has been heavily biased in favour of bands from…

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October 29

Week 129: “Over the Rainbow” by Judy Garland

The desire to be somewhere else (or someone else) has never been more perfectly captured…

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