Despite being contemporaries, Debussy and Tchaikovsky were different in many ways. Tchaikovsky, older by 22… Read the postWeek 423: Passepied (Debussy) by Punch Brothers
This blog spends a lot of time discussing beauty, but rarely in the context of… Read the postWeek 416: “Lydia” by The Magic Lantern
By the late 1980s, Paul Simon had every reason to sit back, relax, and stop… Read the postWeek 408: “Can’t Run But” by Paul Simon
On February 2, 1997, an article ran in the Hartford Courant about a young jazz… Read the postWeek 401: “Between The Bars” by Elliott Smith (Madeleine Peyroux cover)
More than any other season, winter feels like it is much more easily navigated with… Read the postWeek 397: “Winter Song” by Sara Bareilles and Ingrid Michaelson
One of the signs of superior musicianship might be the ability to make an instrument… Read the postWeek 396: “Waveland” by Noam Pikelny
A few short decades ago, the cheapest way to show someone you cared about them… Read the postWeek 389: “1 Thing” by Amerie (Peter and Kerry cover)
Going into the studio to record her 2005 album Lookaftering must have been a slightly… Read the postWeek 388: “Here Before” by Vashti Bunyan
I’m a big fan of idioms. They’re fun, they often inspire strange mental images, and… Read the postWeek 383: “Sang D’Encre” by Jean Leloup
The Canadian stereotype of crippling politeness is one that Canadians don’t try too hard to… Read the postWeek 372: “Every Other Conversation” by Dante Matas
Have you ever wondered how many songs there are that reference a specific age? Or… Read the postWeek 360: “Seventeen” by Cody Crump
If you’re familiar with the seven ‘deadly sins’, you might know that each sin has… Read the postWeek 355: “Envy Green” by The Arcadian Wild
This week marks the end of the lunar year. So let’s take a moment to… Read the postWeek 350: “Porcelain” by The Lunar Year
If you’re a western-hemisphere white person, there’s a good chance that you know someone who… Read the postWeek 347: “Hummingbird” by The Watanabes
Ladies and gentlemen, we gather this week to mourn the passing of 2016. Or, for… Read the postWeek 346: “Funeral” by Sonya Kitchell
A lot of things have been running through my head over the past week. Angry things.… Read the postWeek 340: “The Commander Thinks Aloud” by The Long Winters
Of all the things I didn’t know about the city of Toulouse, France (which is… Read the postWeek 327: “Toulouse” by Haux
There’s a point about halfway through a kid’s summer when the last day of school… Read the postWeek 325: “Summer By The Saint-Francois” by Shaun Weadick
As far as riots go, the 1835 “Snow Riot” in Washington DC isn’t widely remembered.… Read the postWeek 318: “Saving Us A Riot” by Phoria
If you’ve ever tried to write a song on the guitar, you know it’s not… Read the postWeek 315: “The Loop” by Mimicking Birds