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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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February 29

Week 303: “Artificial Sweetener” by Daisuke Tanabe

I ate a lot of candy as a kid. The problem began at age 8,…

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February 1

Week 299: “O Sacrum Convivium” by Olivier Messaien

Two things strike me about Olivier Messaien: a) He really liked birds, almost to a…

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December 7

Week 291: “Damascus” by Oskar Schuster

Does your family have that one Christmas album that gets played every year, even though…

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November 23

Week 289: “Moonlight Sonata” by Ludwig Van Beethoven

On top of being one of the greatest composers of all time, Beethoven might take…

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October 26

Week 285: “Lit” by Kiasmos

The other day I realized that I had been tagging some posts on this blog…

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September 14

Week 279: “Dawn’s Song” by Michael Kaeshammer

Small concerts are the best. There’s nothing wrong with super-sized, stadium-filling mega-shows, but sometimes music…

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September 7

Week 278: “Serial Lover” by Ecce Cello

As we’ve already learned, cellists are the coolest members of the orchestra. But David Fernandez,…

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August 10

Week 274: “Andante Cantabile” by Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky

One of the most popular games to play when analyzing the career of a troubled…

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August 3

Week 273: “White Night” by Thus Owls

Watching Thus Owls perform recently at a festival, I was struck by how quickly their…

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July 13

Week 270: “Northern Lights” by Ola Gjeilo

Of all the weird and wonderful phenomena that Mother Nature conjures up, the weirdest and…

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July 6

Week 269: “Melodie au Crepuscule” by Django Reinhardt

I had a friend at university who pretty much never called anyone by their real…

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May 25

Week 263: “Hills Are Floating” by Stev

I feel like I’ve been neglecting Italy. After 262 weeks of beautiful songs, I count…

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April 27

Week 259: “Letters Of A Traveller” by Olafur Arnalds

Ever wonder what classical composers would have been like if they had been born in…

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