2024-04-15 05:00
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Sundials are, without a doubt, a cool invention.
They are practical. They’re ing… Read More
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2024-04-08 05:00
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In North America, today is eclipse day. School days are cancelled or shortened, everyone’s scrambli… Read More
2024-04-01 05:00
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Several times during my childhood, I tried to start a specific type of coin collection. The goal was to a… Read More
2024-03-25 05:00
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Any musician famous enough to amass a large fan base inevitably amasses some haters. If it’s not for th… Read More
2024-03-18 05:00
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One of my kids’ favourite things to do is to watch videos of themselves as babies and toddlers. They… Read More
2024-03-11 05:00
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This week’s song was recommended by a reader. Thanks, Mia!
Do you ever look at an ol… Read More
2024-03-04 05:00
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No, it’s not a glitch with your devi… Read More
2024-02-26 05:00
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Generally speaking, I’m not really into opera. The last time… Read More
2024-02-19 05:00
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Plenty of musicians have recorded albums of covers, typically at the… Read More
2024-02-12 05:00
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Pedro Mizutani is a throwback whose brief whispered imagery will take you back to Ipan… Read More
2024-02-05 05:00
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Waiting in line for things is an underrated experience. Or more accurately: a lost art… Read More
2024-01-29 05:00
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There’s a YouTube video for this song that I find pretty fascinating.
It was uploa… Read More
2024-01-22 05:00
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I’m not a big fan of worrying.
I do enjoy planning. And daydreaming. Talking and wondering and… Read More
2024-01-15 05:00
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Ever since humans became seafarers, sailors have been coming back to land with unbelievable tales of t… Read More
2024-01-08 05:00
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I got a sweater for Christmas this year.
Not one of those ironically ugly Christmas sweaters that a… Read More
2024-01-01 05:00
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If your goals for 2024 feel too far off to be attainable, take some inspiration fro… Read More
2023-12-25 05:00
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Not only is Greensleeves a Christmas classic, but it’s likely the oldest song… Read More
2023-12-18 05:00
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If I had to pick a favourite species of butterfly (and I can’t imagine a situation in which I would… Read More
2023-12-11 05:00
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“Clap Your Hands Say Yeah” – Alec Ounsworth’s fantastic stage name &ndash… Read More
2023-12-04 05:00
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The Baltic is a pretty interesting sea.
It’s young (for a sea) having only formed s… Read More
2023-11-27 05:00
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One of the things I enjoyed most about learning to read music was the symbols used… Read More
2023-11-20 05:00
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First things first: “The Bulgarian State Television Female Choir” has to be… Read More
2023-11-13 05:00
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I was most definitely a bicycle kid.
Mind you, I probably wasn’t the type of bicycle kid that… Read More
2023-11-06 05:00
The Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio’s website says that they specialize in “the lost art of feel-good music,” and it’s hard to disagree with that bold claim.
I don&rs… Read More
2023-10-30 05:00
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Considering that it’s outside of the mainstream, this is a very popular song.
While Randy G… Read More
2023-10-23 05:00
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I’m glad that Goon chose “Pink and Orange” as the title for the opening track on… Read More
2023-10-16 05:00
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Ask most of us what we know about Tasmania and we might be able to identify that Tasmania is home to a… Read More
2023-10-09 05:00
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It’s week 700 so I want to do something cool for you. But it’s also a holiday so I want t… Read More
2023-10-02 05:00
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You’ve probably seen an image of a nebula, even if you weren’t aware that it was a nebula. If you… Read More
2023-09-25 05:00
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And in the “leave them wanting more” category, we have British folk artist Li… Read More
2023-09-18 05:00
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There is no shortage of breakup songs in the pop universe. Most of these f… Read More
2023-09-11 05:00
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After a few days travelling and camping in the highlands of Iceland, Bonobo and Ó… Read More
2023-09-04 05:00
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I didn’t have a treehouse in my backyard growing up, but I did have a special, p… Read More
2023-08-28 05:00
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The quickest way to understand the kind of music made by Britain’s Public Serv… Read More
2023-08-21 05:00
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I am particularly susceptible to getting lost in albums that pile obsc… Read More
2023-08-14 14:01
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Sam Prekop’s self-titled debut album came out in 1999, but it doesn’t sound like 1999… Read More
2023-08-07 05:00
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Here’s a musical genre that I didn’t know I needed in my life: daytime di… Read More
2023-07-31 05:00
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There’s a series of photos of Kurt Cobain taken at the 1993 VMAs that are probably among the mo… Read More
2023-07-24 05:00
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We had a crawl space in our basement. It was up behind the TV, hidden behind floor-to-ceiling curtains. T… Read More
2023-07-17 05:00
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One of the great joys of summer is watching a storm approach, then r… Read More
2023-07-10 05:00
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Unpopular opinion alert: Talking Heads are one of those bands that I’m supposed to lik… Read More
2023-07-03 05:00
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Here’s a question I’ve been… Read More
2023-06-26 05:00
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In keeping with the title of this song, I wanted to tell you a “lost at sea” story this wee… Read More
2023-06-19 03:00
http://www.beautifulsongoftheweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/In-My-Room-Audio-Jacob-Collier.mp3
How clearly do you remember your childhood room?
Since my childhood was spent entire… Read More
2023-06-12 05:00
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Not much time this week, so we’re doing a quick one. Just time for a single… Read More
2023-06-05 05:00
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One of the trickiest things about starting a band has to be coming u… Read More
2023-05-29 05:00
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The world’s most populous……isAnd you might be interested to know&hellip… Read More
2023-05-22 05:00
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I don’t believe in fate, but I do like the idea of fate… Read More
2023-05-15 05:00
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I agree with Gemp that trees – or at least some trees – should be purple. It wou… Read More
2023-05-08 05:00
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Last week was a pretty deep dive into an obscure pastime, so let’s make thi… Read More
2023-05-01 05:00
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It is 1830. Industrialization is in full swing. Labourers, made redundant by advances in a… Read More
2023-04-24 05:00
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Carbon, one of the most common elements in the universe, is found in many forms thanks to its will… Read More
2023-04-17 05:00
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When conditions are just right, wildflowers in parts of California will burst into colours s… Read More
2023-04-10 05:00
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In 1909, Hungarian playwright Ferenc Molnár released his play Li… Read More
2023-04-03 05:00
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Our house was too small for hide and seek, so my brother and I invented a variation known as “h… Read More
2023-03-27 05:00
http://www.beautifulsongoftheweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Christian-Loffler-Beirut.mp3You know how when a disaster happens it’s all the world talks about for a few days, and we… Read More
2023-03-20 05:00
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This song was huge in the 90s. I remember hearing it everywhere, marvelling at the exotic alb… Read More
2023-03-13 05:00
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When I’m feeling really sick, and when the only thing I can do is to lie in bed, I sometimes try to ima… Read More
2023-03-06 05:00
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Are you the type who craves stability, or who’s always looking for some… Read More
2023-02-27 05:00
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When I saw online that Carolina Eyck was a “German-Sorb composer… Read More
2023-02-20 05:00
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On the list of ridiculous things humans have come up with, shoes made of wood have to be cl… Read More
2023-02-13 05:00
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We’ve arrived at this blog’s 666th week. This got me thinking: of all the numbers… Read More
2023-02-06 05:00
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As band names go, it doesn’t get much better than &ldqu… Read More
2023-01-30 05:00
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Jon Batiste is known for his jubilant jazz, while Cory Wong specializes in the type of music that makes you… Read More
2023-01-23 05:00
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As the 90s transitioned into the 00s, Dido was just about the biggest thing in pop mu… Read More
2023-01-16 05:00
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Christian Sands’ 2020 record Be Water takes its title (a… Read More
2023-01-09 05:00
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When I started this blog I thought it was important to tag each post with… Read More
2023-01-02 05:00
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Ask someone why diamonds are expensive and they’ll probably say diamonds have value b… Read More
2022-12-26 05:00
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Although it stands as one of the most successful pop songs in the history… Read More
2022-12-19 05:00
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Christmas is a bit of a nostalgia trap.
We decorate the same way we do every year (a… Read More
2022-12-12 05:00
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I grew up in a household that used a fake Christmas tree. The reasons were more financial th… Read More
2022-12-05 05:00
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December is the shortest month.
Okay, technically, February is the shortest month. It&rsqu… Read More
2022-11-28 05:00
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My parents didn’t watch much TV when I was a kid, but when they did it was usually obscure an… Read More
2022-11-21 05:00
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Do have that friend who can’t take a compliment without slipping into self-deprecation? The one wh… Read More
2022-11-14 05:00
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Ambient duo yes/and is the project of guitarist Meg Duffy and producer Joel Ford. But it’s… Read More
2022-11-07 05:00
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We’ve all heard of the two common types of twins: identical (in which a fertilized egg splits) and frate… Read More
2022-10-31 05:00
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Teeth Agency is a transatlantic audio-visual art collaboration between producer Jesse Hackett and Mar… Read More
2022-10-24 05:00
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I got COVID this week, so I spent a lot more time sleeping than finding beautiful music for you.
I hop… Read More
2022-10-17 05:00
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Salvador Dali was a complicated person.
I mean, I know that’s not a groun… Read More
2022-10-10 05:00
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John Waters, a quirky cult filmmaker famous for movies like Pink Flamingos and Hair… Read More
2022-10-03 05:00
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People don’t give autumn the recognition it deserves.
Spring is the season of life and hope and ne… Read More
2022-09-26 05:00
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Here’s a weird fact about me that will probably make you think I’m totally stran… Read More
2022-09-19 05:00
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Roger Federer retired from tennis last week, and it hit me a bit harder than I had… Read More
2022-09-12 05:00
http://www.beautifulsongoftheweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Manhattan-Sara-Bareilles.mp3
Sometimes you just need to hear a good break-up song.
A good break-up song doesn’… Read More
2022-09-05 05:00
http://www.beautifulsongoftheweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Being-Here.mp3
Looking at my hands.
Resting on the keys.
Index ‘f’ and ‘j’.
I can feel… Read More
2022-08-29 05:00
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In university I was in a student production of the musical Hair; a hippie time capsule which, a… Read More
2022-08-22 05:00
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“Fold me into you” – the opening line Abimaro’s strikingly beautiful “Folding… Read More
2022-08-15 05:00
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Here are some of my favourite ways to use my five senses:
Sight: watching the different shades of green that ap… Read More
2022-08-08 05:00
http://www.beautifulsongoftheweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Laoidh-na-h-Oidhche-feat.-Julie-Fowlis.mp3
On my first day of high school, we were given a tour of the building by one… Read More
2022-08-01 05:00
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If you had to put the following things in order from oldest to most recent date of invention, what would y… Read More
2022-07-25 05:00
http://www.beautifulsongoftheweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Spoon-Astral-Jacket-Official-Audio.mp3
I think one of the under-appreciated movies of this century is the 2005 comedy Str… Read More
2022-07-18 05:00
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I sang in a church choir as a kid, and this was one of the pieces that we sang on a semi-regular basis… Read More
2022-07-11 05:00
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More and more people, it seems to me, are getting comfortable with travelling again, and I hope this tren… Read More
2022-07-04 05:00
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Every group of friends has one member who, despite being a bit off-the-wall… Read More
2022-06-27 01:25
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Have you ever had a small child try to scare you, but you knew it was coming, and had to just play it cool f… Read More
2022-06-20 05:00
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Just a short post this week to thank you for reading.
That’s you: the person who’… Read More
2022-06-13 17:00
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2016 was shaping up to be a great year for Madison McFerrin. Until it was a disast… Read More
2022-06-06 05:00
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A movie that I don’t think got enough attention was Ben Stiller’s 2013 adaptation of… Read More
2022-05-30 05:00
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In the Swiss city of Winterthur, a residential tower is under construction that will, when comple… Read More
2022-05-23 05:00
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I’ve never been one for teams of superheroes. Or superheroes at all, really.
I know this leaves me… Read More
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