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September 14

Week 540: “A Taste of Honey” by Paul Desmond

The 33-year friendship between saxophonist Paul Desmond and pianist Dave Brubeck was as remarkable as…

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August 3

Week 534: “Black Hole Sun” by Soundgarden (Norah Jones cover)

Did you know that August is International Cover Song Month? You didn’t? Well, that’s because…

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July 27

Week 533: “Lullaby for String Orchestra” by George Gershwin

George Gershwin was a musical turning point. He was born in 1898, a year after…

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May 11

Week 522: “10 Years Ago” by FKJ

10 years ago this week, Beautiful Song of the Week began. I already did a…

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April 13

Week 518: “Saga of Harrison Crabfeathers” by Milos Foreman

This song caught my ear when it popped up on my “Discover Weekly” Spotify playlist…

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March 2

Week 512: “Liu” by Siriusmo

I have a shorter musical attention span than I used to. It’s a strange thing…

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February 10

Week 509: “Venice” by Cannonball Adderley

I had an English teacher whose favourite activity was to plonk down two seemingly unrelated…

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November 11

Week 496: “Flickering Darkness” by Tom Richards

In the late 1980s, as the Cold War faded, the American military began allowing scientists…

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September 30

Week 490: “Part 1 – Opening” by Kenny Wheeler

A few weeks ago, I wrote about the experience of singing in a choir during…

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July 15

Week 479: “So Far, Not Close” by Square Peg Round Hole

If you can believe it, we’re less than six months away from a year that…

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July 1

Week 477: “Love For Sale” by K.D. Lang

The 1990s were a bit of a golden age for Canadian divas. They were many,…

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June 24

Week 476: “Impressions in F Major” by Brian Green

What’s the best way to listen to music? It’s the kind of question that would…

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June 10

Week 474: “Solfeggio in C Minor” by CPE Bach (Eugen Cicero cover)

Summing up Bach’s legacy and influence on following generations of composers, Mozart once said, “Bach…

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March 25

Week 463: “When It’s Time To Go” by Buddy Fo and His Group

Plenty of countries around the world have separatist movements within them. Would-be breakaway states like…

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March 18

Week 462: “Forever Spring” by Kris Bowers

Where I live, this has been an unrelenting monster of a winter. Snow. Ice. Eyeball-freezing…

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January 14

Week 453: “Chopinesque” by Jon Batiste

For a musician, it must be a mixed blessing to get a gig as a…

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November 26

Week 446: “The Midnight Sun Will Never Set” by Quincy Jones

If there is a chain that connects the music of this century and last century,…

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October 29

Week 442: “Ferris Wheel” by Gábor Szabó

If you’re the kind of person who feels weighed down by unreasonable expectations, then you…

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October 1

Week 438: “Going Home” by Charlie Haden and Hank Jones

Although they may not have the name recognition of jazz legends like Herbie Hancock or…

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September 3

Week 434: “She’s Alive” by OutKast (Bremer/McCoy cover)

NOTE (2025): In this post, I go on for quite a while mansplaining the Netherlands.…

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