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May 30

Week 629: “Everywhere But Up” by Bryan Rahija

In the Swiss city of Winterthur, a residential tower is under construction that will, when…

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May 16

Week 627: “Mother” by Overcoats

The most beautiful but also most heartbreaking part of parenting has to do with control.…

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April 25

Week 624: “To the Mountains” by Lizzy McAlpine

Lizzy McAlpine was meant to be our featured artist last week, but her enthusiastic endorsement…

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March 28

Week 620: “Lost in the Light” by Bahamas

The story of Terry Fox – the 22-year-old cancer survivor and amputee who set out…

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March 14

Week 618: “Foxglove” by Bruce Cockburn

For a white dude who was alive in the 80s, I have a very difficult…

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January 10

Week 609: “Keep Going” by This Is the Kit

The right thing to say always comes to mind when it’s too late. My big…

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December 13

Week 605: “Hundred Acres” by S.Carey

Sometimes you’ve just gotta hunker down. Feeling tired of the world and all the people…

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November 1

Week 599: “Tell Me” by Blick Bassy

Blick Bassy’s home country of Cameroon is an interesting place. For starters, it has a…

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October 25

Week 598: “Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright” by bob Dylan (Peter, Paul, and Mary cover)

If you were under the impression that manufactured pop groups were an invention of the…

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October 18

Week 597: “The Valley” by Ethan Gruska

On a Saturday morning in the 90s, while most other pre-teens were playing sports or…

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October 11

Week 596: “Martha Sways” by Andy Shauf

Some songwriters can craft a perfect micro-story in the form of a three-minute song, as…

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September 20

Week 593: “Infinite Trees” by Nick Mulvey

In the middle of the state of Utah, not far from Fish Lake but very…

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July 19

Week 584: “Lose This Number” by Christian Lee Hutson

On February 6, 2020, Christian Lee Hutson released the video for “Lose This Number,” ahead…

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June 28

Week 581: “Wide World” by Sophie Janna

Sophie Janna’s artist bio says that she makes music that “makes you forget where you…

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May 24

Week 576: “Watching Thus, The Heron is All Pool” by Bibio

Here’s something I’ve learned recently: herons are tricky birds to classify. I understand that classifying…

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May 3

Week 573: “Asheville Skies” by The Milk Carton Kids

They say that introverts spend a lot of time looking at their shoes. But if…

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March 22

Week 567: “Lakes” by Gia Margaret

I was talking recently to someone who had moved here from the coast, and they…

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February 15

Week 562: “New Slang” by The Shins

Despite the title, this song by The Shins has nothing to do with slang; in…

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February 8

Week 561: “Night After Sidewalk” by Kaki King

For obvious reasons, I haven’t taken the subway in almost a year, and I have…

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December 14

Week 553: “State Lines” by Novo Amor

I spent an awful lot of time looking at maps as a child. Any map…

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