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June 18

Week 423: Passepied (Debussy) by Punch Brothers

Despite being contemporaries, Debussy and Tchaikovsky were different in many ways. Tchaikovsky, older by 22…

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June 4

Week 421: “Pater Noster” by Peteris Vasks

As well as being home to composer Peteris Vasks, Latvia is home to a waterfall…

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May 28

Week 420: “Ezra Was Right” by Grandbrothers

Pianos are miracles of musical engineering. Each one is a miniature wooden cathedral, filled with…

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March 19

Week 410: “Twice” by Little Dragon

Surprising fact: the oldest form of puppetry is one that doesn’t involve puppets. Well, kind…

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November 13

Week 392: “Sculpture” by Skalpel

Back when DVDs were considered legitimate gifts, I was given a really interesting DVD as…

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October 9

Week 387: “Angel Wings” by James Maloney (Tontario remix)

One of my favourite pastimes is to watch my nearly-three-year-old son do anything that requires…

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September 18

Week 384: “Come Silence” by Dag Rosenqvist

I used to think that white was a pretty straightforward colour. Then I tried to…

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July 3

Week 373: “Consequence” by The Notwist

Some albums are constructed through meticulous planning and and granular focus on songwriting. Others are…

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June 12

Week 370: “The Plum Blossom” by Yusef Lateef

Shakespeare insisted that a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. True as…

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June 5

Week 369: “Cello Sonata in E Minor (First Movement)” by Antonio Vivaldi

Antonio Vivaldi, had he been born a few centuries later, might have fit in well…

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April 17

Week 362: “Prelude No. 3, Op. 17” by Alexander Scriabin

I think one of the big mistakes we often make when setting goals or making…

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February 13

Week 353: “Pur Ti Miro” by Claudio Monteverdi

The problem with love songs is that they’re often one-sided. We only get half the…

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January 16

Week 349: “Surprises” by Ibrahim Maalouf

There are not many cities in the world with an archaeological history as rich as…

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January 2

Week 347: “Hummingbird” by The Watanabes

If you’re a western-hemisphere white person, there’s a good chance that you know someone who…

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December 12

Week 344: “Let It Snow” by filous

If you’re surprised by what you hear when you press play this week, I don’t…

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December 5

Week 343: “Letter” by Yosi Horikawa

Today, for no particular reason beyond the title of this week’s featured song, I would…

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April 25

Week 311: “Homerun Ubershow” by The High Llamas (Schneider TM remix)

For a brief period in the late 90s, one of the best ways to discover…

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April 11

Week 309: “Heartbreaker” by The Cardigans

Sweden really has a knack for pop music. From ABBA in the 70s, to Roxette in the…

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April 4

Week 308: “Rose Rouge” by St. Germain

This is the song that made me realize I liked jazz. I never disliked it,…

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March 7

Week 304: “Open” by Rhye

Here’s your fact of the day: for almost a century, Canada and Denmark have been…

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