In North America, today is eclipse day. School days are cancelled or shortened, everyone’s scrambling… Read the postWeek 726: “Years” by Jesse Marchant
Plenty of musicians have recorded albums of covers, typically at the tail end of their… Read the postWeek 719: “Wolf Like Howls from the Bathhouse (South East Land Otter Champs)” by Sonny Smith
I’m not a big fan of worrying. I do enjoy planning. And daydreaming. Talking and… Read the postWeek 715: “Don’t Worry” by Zoë Keating
I got a sweater for Christmas this year. Not one of those ironically ugly Christmas… Read the postWeek 713: “Waltz in Sweaters” by Sean Angus Watson
Not only is Greensleeves a Christmas classic, but it’s likely the oldest song that could… Read the postWeek 711: “What Child Is This? (Greensleeves)” by Freedom Fry
If I had to pick a favourite species of butterfly (and I can’t imagine a… Read the postWeek 710: “Papillon” by Johannes Motschmann
The Baltic is a pretty interesting sea. It’s young (for a sea) having only formed… Read the postWeek 708: “Spark” by Niklas Paschburg
One of the things I enjoyed most about learning to read music was the symbols… Read the postWeek 707: “Bless Those Tired Eyes” by Clem Leek
The Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio’s website says that they specialize in “the lost art of… Read the postWeek 704: “Can I Change My Mind” by Tyrone Davis (Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio cover)
Considering that it’s outside of the mainstream, this is a very popular song. While Randy… Read the postWeek 703: “Resonance” by Home
It’s week 700 so I want to do something cool for you. But it’s also… Read the postWeek 700: “Nature’s Ratio” by Slowly Rolling Camera
And in the “leave them wanting more” category, we have British folk artist Liana Flores’… Read the postWeek 698: “Rises the Moon” by Liana Flores
The quickest way to understand the kind of music made by Britain’s Public Service Broadcasting… Read the postWeek 694: “Go!” by Public Service Broadcasting
Here’s a musical genre that I didn’t know I needed in my life: daytime disco.… Read the postWeek 691: “Tulsa” by Poolside
We had a crawl space in our basement. It was up behind the TV, hidden… Read the postWeek 689: “Crawl Spaces” by Jesse Brown and Andy Salvanos
One of the great joys of summer is watching a storm approach, then rage, then… Read the postWeek 688: “The Water Rises” by Kronos Quartet and Laurie Anderson
Unpopular opinion alert: Talking Heads are one of those bands that I’m supposed to like… Read the postWeek 687: “This Must Be the Place” by Talking Heads (Iron & Wine and Ben Bridwell cover)
Here’s a question I’ve been thinking about recently: is optimism a symptom of privilege? If… Read the postWeek 686: “In Twenty Years or So” by Father John Misty
In keeping with the title of this song, I wanted to tell you a “lost… Read the postWeek 685: “Lost at Sea” by The O’Pears
How clearly do you remember your childhood room? Since my childhood was spent entirely at… Read the postWeek 684: “In My Room” by The Beach Boys (Jacob Collier cover)