Canada Archives - Beautiful Song Of The Week

May 19

Week 784: “Berceuse Pour Riel” by Étienne Fletcher

Before Europeans settled in North America, millions upon millions of bison roamed the great plains…

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May 12

Week 783: “Svalbard” by Leland Whitty

Svalbard is group of islands belonging to Norway, with a combined area about the same…

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April 21

Week 780: “Psalm” by Hey Rosetta!

When I was 26 my new girlfriend told me about a music festival we absolutely…

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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 24

Week 776: “Feeling Good” by Dominique Fils-Aimé

Spring time often inspires musicians and poets to write about renewal and rebirth and hope…

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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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January 6

Week 765: “Lenny’s Mood” by Lenny Breau

Lenny Breau’s story includes enough talent and tragedy that he should have enjoyed the same…

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December 16

Week 762: “Bloom” by Teset

The first time I saw it, the cover of Teset’s 2023 album Egress caught my…

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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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September 30

Week 751: “Qaisimalaurittuq (Wish You Were Here)” by Elisapie

I’ve recently been listening to Inuktitut, Elisapie’s fantastic 2023 album of cover songs in which…

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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 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 20

Week 732: “Weighty Ghost” by Wintersleep

Everyone’s got a ghost. Not a floaty skeleton dressed in a bed sheet, but something…

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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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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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September 4

Week 695: “Eleuthera” by Tor

I didn’t have a treehouse in my backyard growing up, but I did have a…

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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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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 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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June 5

Week 682: “Glossover” by Afternoon Bike Ride feat. Lowswimmer

One of the trickiest things about starting a band has to be coming up with…

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