2010s Archives - Beautiful Song Of The Week

April 14

Week 779: “Blue Heron” by William French

When my kids were tiny, we bought them a bird book. One of those books…

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March 31

Week 777: “Campfires” by Jim Guthrie

By the time the video game Below was released at the end of 2018, the…

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March 17

Week 775: “That’s No Way to Fly” by Uly

The Irish, as a people, have a bit of a history of hard knocks: famines,…

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March 3

Week 773: “Talk” by Coldplay (Antoine Dufour cover)

This was never one of Coldplay’s biggest songs, but I always liked it. “Talk” came…

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December 2

Week 760: “Retrace” by Lusine

In the seventh century BCE, the Latin cities of Rome and Alba Longa were on…

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November 18

Week 758: “Something Forever” by Beatchild

This list has been going for so long that I sometimes can’t remember who’s on…

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November 11

Week 757: “Ends of the Earth” by Lord Huron

As we all know – well, most of us – the earth isn’t the right…

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October 21

Week 754: “Pointillism” by Laurent Dury

Hiroyuki Doi was a successful chef in Japan until his mid-thirties, when his younger brother…

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September 9

Week 748: “Lo-Velo” by Evenings

I’ve always been a fan of evenings (the time of day) but I’ve only recently…

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August 26

Week 746: “Georgia to Texas” by Leon Bridges

Sometimes I think that the way we celebrate birthdays is wrong. I mean, it’s nice…

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August 19

Week 745: “Instants” by Skúli Sverrisson

Here’s a weird story I heard recently. In 1977, Eric and Greg Hentzel of Palo…

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August 5

Week 743: “Ben’s Sanctuary” by Harley Card

One of my very favourite places in Toronto is High Park. Torontonians sometimes like to…

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July 22

Week 741: “Houston” by Allah-Las

Houston is a huge city. It covers an area more than 28 times the size…

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July 8

Week 739: “Death Bed (coffee for your head) by Powfu feat. beabadoobee

For the first time ever, this week I’m bringing you a song recommended to me…

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May 6

Week 730: “Mother & Child” by Todd Baker

If you’ve ever wanted to step inside a piece of art by MC Escher and…

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April 8

Week 726: “Years” by Jesse Marchant

In North America, today is eclipse day. School days are cancelled or shortened, everyone’s scrambling…

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February 19

Week 719: “Wolf Like Howls from the Bathhouse (South East Land Otter Champs)” by Sonny Smith

Plenty of musicians have recorded albums of covers, typically at the tail end of their…

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January 22

Week 715: “Don’t Worry” by Zoë Keating

I’m not a big fan of worrying. I do enjoy planning. And daydreaming. Talking and…

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January 8

Week 713: “Waltz in Sweaters” by Sean Angus Watson

I got a sweater for Christmas this year. Not one of those ironically ugly Christmas…

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December 25

Week 711: “What Child Is This? (Greensleeves)” by Freedom Fry

Not only is Greensleeves a Christmas classic, but it’s likely the oldest song that could…

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