2010s Archives - Page 2 of 17 - Beautiful Song Of The Week

December 18

Week 710: “Papillon” by Johannes Motschmann

If I had to pick a favourite species of butterfly (and I can’t imagine a…

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December 4

Week 708: “Spark” by Niklas Paschburg

The Baltic is a pretty interesting sea. It’s young (for a sea) having only formed…

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November 27

Week 707: “Bless Those Tired Eyes” by Clem Leek

One of the things I enjoyed most about learning to read music was the symbols…

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November 6

Week 704: “Can I Change My Mind” by Tyrone Davis (Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio cover)

The Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio’s website says that they specialize in “the lost art of…

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October 30

Week 703: “Resonance” by Home

Considering that it’s outside of the mainstream, this is a very popular song. While Randy…

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October 9

Week 700: “Nature’s Ratio” by Slowly Rolling Camera

It’s week 700 so I want to do something cool for you. But it’s also…

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September 25

Week 698: “Rises the Moon” by Liana Flores

And in the “leave them wanting more” category, we have British folk artist Liana Flores’…

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August 28

Week 694: “Go!” by Public Service Broadcasting

The quickest way to understand the kind of music made by Britain’s Public Service Broadcasting…

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August 7

Week 691: “Tulsa” by Poolside

Here’s a musical genre that I didn’t know I needed in my life: daytime disco.…

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July 24

Week 689: “Crawl Spaces” by Jesse Brown and Andy Salvanos

We had a crawl space in our basement. It was up behind the TV, hidden…

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July 17

Week 688: “The Water Rises” by Kronos Quartet and Laurie Anderson

One of the great joys of summer is watching a storm approach, then rage, then…

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July 10

Week 687: “This Must Be the Place” by Talking Heads (Iron & Wine and Ben Bridwell cover)

Unpopular opinion alert: Talking Heads are one of those bands that I’m supposed to like…

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July 3

Week 686: “In Twenty Years or So” by Father John Misty

Here’s a question I’ve been thinking about recently: is optimism a symptom of privilege? If…

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June 26

Week 685: “Lost at Sea” by The O’Pears

In keeping with the title of this song, I wanted to tell you a “lost…

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June 19

Week 684: “In My Room” by The Beach Boys (Jacob Collier cover)

How clearly do you remember your childhood room? Since my childhood was spent entirely at…

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June 12

Week 683: “Suddenly” by The Sheepdogs

Not much time this week, so we’re doing a quick one. Just time for a…

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May 8

Week 678: “Grows Old” by Thirdstory

Last week was a pretty deep dive into an obscure pastime, so let’s make this…

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May 1

Week 677: “You Left Me” by Croquet Club

It is 1830. Industrialization is in full swing. Labourers, made redundant by advances in agricultural…

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April 24

Week 676: “Exploding” by Jim James

Carbon, one of the most common elements in the universe, is found in many forms…

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April 3

Week 673: “Hide and Seek” by Imogen Heap

Our house was too small for hide and seek, so my brother and I invented…

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