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Playlists: songs about blossoms

April 7, 2026 Peter Kimpton

A carpet of cherry blossom

Fleeting but spectacular, their mutable beauty is annually inspirational, and with ideas budding from last week’s theme, guest of the week ParaMhor picks a splendid spread of musical colour

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In blues, avant-garde, bossa nova, calypso, comedy, country, dance, easy listening, electronica, exotica, experimental, folk, funk, indie, jazz, krautrock, lounge, music, musical hall, musicals, playlists, pop, rhythm and blues, reggae, RnB, rock, rocksteady, samba, showtime, ska, songs, soul, soundtracks, traditional Tags blossom, songs, playlists, flowers, Gillian Welch, Dave Rawlings, Nat King Cole, Blossom Dearie, Air, Ada Lea, Giao Linh, Guy Mitchell, Rosemary Clooney, Laura Veirs, The White Stripes, Nirvana, The Nomads, Duke Ellington, Ayuo, Kazue Sawai, Peter Hammill, Guy Evans, Sarah J. Morris, J. Warren, Lily Laskine, Jean Pierre Rampal, Lana Del Rey, Jens Lekman, Emmylou Harris, Tony Rice, Bryan Adams, The Cardinals, The Big Moon, Einstürzende Neubauten, Zhou Xuan, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Yoshida Brothers, Taipei Chamber Singers, LYR, Elvis Costello, Johann Strauss II, ParaMhor
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Playlists: songs about strategic and dangerous waters

April 1, 2026 Peter Kimpton

Spin the music: this week’s playlists pull in a swirl of superb stories

Yaaaaar, me hearties! Troubled waters to dire straits, the world is full of hazardous seas from bad weather to human folly and war. Inspired by last week’s topic nominations, guest Captain Marconius tells many a rich tale with his canticle pickings …

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In avant-garde, African, blues, calypso, classical, country, dance, drone, dub, easy listening, electronica, exotica, experimental, folk, funk, indie, instrumentals, jazz, krautrock, lounge, music, musicals, playlists, pop, postpunk, prog, psychedelia, punk, reggae, rhythm and blues, RnB, rock, rocksteady, samba, showtime, ska, songs, soul, soundtracks, traditional Tags songs, playlists, oceans, water, history, seafaring, The The, The Bee Gees, David King Bolger, The Tragically Hip, Fleetwood Mac, Beatnik Turtle, Ralph McTell, Paco de Lucia, Brand New, Mick Harvey, Amanda Acevedo, Gillian Welch, Alison Krauss, Emmylou Harris, Stan Rogers, The Unthanks, Gill Scott-Heron, Brian Jackson, Albany Shantymen, Neil Gaiman, The FourPlay String Quartet, Morphine, The Fisherman's Friends, Panssarijuna, The McCalmans, The Police, Corrie Folk Trio, Alfred Apaka, New Order, Nick Cave, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Vance Joy, Johnny Preston, Long Johns, Lionel Long, The Kilkennys, Alan Avon & The Toyshop, Enya, Radio Birdman, The Simpsons, Gentle Giant, Bristol's Hope, Frankie Paul, Cedric Myton & The Congos, Blind Willie Johnson, The Saints, Amelia Coburn, Peter Hammill, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, Freddie Hubbard, Henry Jackson, Dirty Three, Inlay, Laura Estees, Sven Libaek, Weather Report, Avril Lavigne, The Evaporators, Marco den Ouden, Marconius
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Playlists: songs about darkness

July 29, 2025 Peter Kimpton

Facing the dark: Find out who below …

Death, fear, the unknown, but most of all affecting beauty - darkness brings a breadth of scenarios and emotions, all brought to light by guest of the week ParaMhor with powerful picked lists inspired by last week’s theme

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In African, avant-garde, blues, country, dance, disco, drone, dub, easy listening, electronica, experimental, folk, funk, hip hop, gospel, indie, jazz, instrumentals, krautrock, lounge, metal, music, musical hall, musicals, playlists, pop, postpunk, prog, psychedelia, punk, reggae, RnB, rock, rocksteady, samba, showtime, ska, songs, soul, soundtracks, traditional, trip hop Tags songs, playlists, Terry Pratchett, William Shakespeare, Loreena McKennitt, Peter Gabriel, The Police, The Herbiliser, The Human League, Sharon Van Etten, Joni Mitchell, Lael Neale, Emmit Rhodes, Gram Parsons, Emmylou Harris, KT Tunstall, Bruce Springsteen, Songs: Ohia, Blind Willie McTell, Dinah Washington, The Alan Bown Set, Mike Oldfield, Tricot, Black Uhuru, Tito and Tarantula, McCarthy, The Shop Assistants, Mr Flood's Party, The Cure, Boyharsher, Pere Ubu, Boy Harsher, David Sylvian, Mo-Dettes, Conor Oberst, Gillian Welch, ParaMhor, Emitt Rhodes
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Playlists: songs about tyranny and dictatorship

January 24, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Revolutionary warnings: Crass

Coercion, violence and suppression, it’s a recurring cycle through history. Spanning the globe with philosophy and genre, guest playlister Marco den Ouden examines the big questions about autocracy and anarchy, picked from last week’s topic nominations

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In African, avant-garde, blues, calypso, classical, comedy, country, dance, disco, drone, dub, electronica, experimental, folk, funk, gospel, hip hop, indie, instrumentals, jazz, krautrock, metal, music, musical hall, musicals, playlists, pop, postpunk, prog, psychedelia, punk, reggae, rock, rocksteady, showtime, ska, songs, soul, soundtracks, traditional Tags tyranny, dictators, dictatorship, democracy, politics, history, Eek-a-Mouse, Lousiana Red, Steppenwolf, Archie Roach, Smith & Mighty, Andy Scholes, Cult With No Name, Dub Syndicate, Tom Robinson, Negativland, Todd Rundgren, Donald Fagen, Crass, Chico Buarque, Milton Nascimento, Hozier, Mavis Staples, The Beatles, The Winans, Robb Johnson, Catherine Graindorge, Iggy Pop, The Melodians, The Golden Gate Quartet, Rich Kids, Elektrisk Regn, Mercedes Sosa, Mark Knopfler, Emmylou Harris, Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel, The Pogues, Mark Stewart & the Maffia, Mark Lambert, Midnight Oil, Woody Guthrie, Sting, David Bowie, Randy Newman, Pop Will Eat Itself, Bob Marley, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Crystal Axis, Bruce Cockburn, Janis Ian, Nicko, Peter Tosh, Lucky Dube, Lord Invader, Arcade Fire, Curtis Mayfield, Raimon, Manhattan Transfer, Sweet Honey In the Rock, Nordic Giants, Marco den Ouden, Marconius, Isaiah Berlin
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Playlists: songs about the impossible

July 5, 2022 Peter Kimpton

Impossibly bending the rules: Television’s landmark LP Marquee Moon

Can it be done? Can we only dream? It’s time to bend the rules through the incomparable prism of the Song Bar theme process – and see what happens. With a vibrant vortex of wonderful nominations last week, guest playlister Maki presents the amazing choices

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Tags impossible, songs, playlists, Wilco, NoMeansNo, television, Champion Jack Dupree, Martin Stephenson and the Daintees, The Grateful Dead, The Honeybus, Carmen McRae, Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine, Lalo Schifrin, Blancmange, Wire, Simple Minds, Radiohead, Tony Joe White, Jack Bruce, Maya de Vitry, Jeffrey Lewis, Jackie Leven, Mark Knopfler, Emmylou Harris, Carlos Cano, Maki
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Playlists: songs about tomorrow

November 24, 2021 Peter Kimpton

She’ll wait, but it finally brings her turn: Rhiannon Giddens

When is it coming? When do you want it? Now? After waves of nominations, tomorrow comes in many parties and parts, in imagination, on the clock, in emotions, and more, in a mammoth collection of clever categories chosen by guest playlister Nicko

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In African, avant-garde, blues, country, dance, disco, drone, dub, electronica, experimental, folk, funk, gospel, hip hop, indie, instrumentals, jazz, metal, music, musical hall, musicals, playlists, pop, postpunk, prog, punk, reggae, rock, rocksteady, ska, songs, soul, soundtracks, traditional Tags tomorrow, songs, playlists, The Cure, The Byrds, Bob Dylan, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Rhiannon Giddens, Gram Parsons, Emmylou Harris, Mitski, Southwest F.O.B., The Beatles, Roger Whittaker, Spacemen 3, Love And Rockets, The Durutti Column, Hendrickson Road House, Screaming Blue Stars, McDonald & Giles, The Vibrators, Tindersticks, The WordD, Definition of Sound, Lou Pride, Bill Wells, Aidan Moffat, Al Green, Radio Tarifa, Rokia Traoré, William Onyeabor, Soko, Takashi Shimura, Icehouse, Barrington Levy, Gabriel Omolo & His Apollo Komesha, Junior Wells, Nicko
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Playlists: songs about wells

April 14, 2021 Peter Kimpton
All is well …

All is well …

After finding a rich source in last week’s topical excavation, guest George Boyland lowered his musical bucket and pulled out some of music’s deepest and stirring material, spanning blues to reggae, rock to gospel

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In African, blues, calypso, country, dub, folk, funk, gospel, indie, jazz, music, pop, playlists, postpunk, reggae, rock, ska, songs, soul, traditional Tags songs, playlists, wells, The Acoustic Guitars, Charley Patton, Free, Lead Belly, Pixies, Ken Boothe, Tower Of Power, Martin Carthy, RIchie Havens, 10000 Maniacs, The Wailing Souls, Emmylou Harris, Kevin Ayers, Mahalia Jackson, Chaka Khan, Peter Tosh, The Band, Anne Briggs, Jackie Leven, The Grateful Dead, The Incredible String Band, Percy Mayfield, Primal Scream, The Fall, The Levellers, John Fogerty, Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, George Boyland
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Song Bar Fifth Birthday Special: Playlists – songs about jukeboxes

February 17, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Give it a Wurl

Give it a Wurl

Early blues juke joints to big band jazz, 1950s rock’n’ roll to disco, punk, pop and later experimental music, with the Landlord’s playlists picked from reader nominations, we celebrate five years of Song Bar with numbers about this mechanical mind palace

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In dance, country, disco, electronica, funk, folk, indie, instrumentals, jazz, music, musical hall, playlists, pop, postpunk, punk, rock, songs, soul, traditional, blues Tags songs, playlists, jukeboxes, Wurlitzer, Seeburg, John Barry, Boy Green, Teresa Brewer, Dixieland All Stars, Tammy Wynette, June Carter, Olivia Newton-John, Roy Orbison, Connie Francis, Silver Jews, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Stray Cats, Jackson 5, B-52s, David Lee Roth, J Jordenson Bluegrass Band, Van Halen, The Jam, The Fall, The Pogues, Ani di Franco, Shannon McNally, Joan Jett, Suzi Quatro, Tina Turner, Barry Blue, Dave Edmunds, The Rubettes, Adam and the Ants, Alan Vega, Jackie Leven, Saint Etienne, Pete & The Pirates, Rickie Lee Jones, Fred Buscaglione, Serge Gainsbourg, Dorothy Dandridge, Glenn Miller, Gene Pitney, Emmylou Harris, Buck Owens, James Taylor, Ella Fitzgerald, Jason Molina, Ellis Paul, Penguin Cafe Orchestra
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Playlists: songs about babies

October 14, 2020 Peter Kimpton
Kate and Anna McGarrigle sing about baby Rufus …

Kate and Anna McGarrigle sing about baby Rufus …

Planned, unplanned, loved or otherwise, they bring intense emotions and also in songs and stories about them. From conception parenting, guest playlister George Boyland delivers the full package from a vast number of nominations

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In blues, comedy, country, dance, dub, electronica, experimental, folk, gospel, indie, jazz, music, funk, traditional, soul, songs, rock, reggae, punk, prog, postpunk, pop, playlists Tags songs, playlists, babies, Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Kate and Anna McGarrigle, Sly & The Family Stone, Charlie Feathers, Swamp Dogg, Judy Henske, Lauryn Hill, The White Stripes, Lead Belly, Leadbelly, The Pretenders, Spirit, The Grateful Dead, Jonathan Richman, Natalie Merchant, Cream, Brandi Carlile, Peter Blegvad, Cocteau Twins, Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch, Alison Krauss, Paul Weller, Captain Beefheart, Free, Ivor Cutler, Slapp Happy, Nick Cope, George Boyland
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Playlists: songs about sand

July 15, 2020 Peter Kimpton
Made of soft rock? Far better to come on this week’s musical shoreline …

Made of soft rock? Far better to come on this week’s musical shoreline …

Songs about sand is a lot more than soft rock. These playlists, picked by skilful guest beachcomber George Boyland from waves of nominations, features a beautiful coast of styles from rock to reggae, postpunk to flamenco and electronica

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In African, blues, calypso, dance, dub, electronica, experimental, folk, funk, gospel, indie, jazz, instrumentals, music, pop, postpunk, prog, punk, reggae, rock, songs, soul, soundtracks, traditional Tags songs, playlists, sand, geology, beaches, coasts, Jonathan Richman, The Modern Lovers, The Who, family, The Drifters, Freddie McGregor, Bomb The Bass, El Camaron de La Isla, Paco de Lucia, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, The Whiskey Rebellion, Misty in Roots, Taska Black, Emmylou Harris, Bob Dylan, Bonobo, Bill Nelson, The Bees, Temples, Donald Fagen, B-52s, Brain Ticket, The God Machine, Maggie Holland, The Youngbloods, Wire, Beyonce, Squeeze, George Boyland
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Playlists: songs about photographs and photography

March 6, 2019 Peter Kimpton
Which will make the album?

Which will make the album?

Photography isn’t always happy holiday snaps and selfies. This week’s musical cameraman, EnglishOutlaw, creates two albums of perceptive, sensitive, thought-provoking songs, with a tale of love portraits that develop unexpectedly

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In blues, country, disco, folk, indie, music, pop, playlists, punk, rock, songs, soul Tags songs, playlists, photography, relationships, Nina Nesbitt, The Would-Be-Goods, Bishop Allen, Weddings, Weddings Parties Anything, Melanie, Mark Knopfler, Emmylou Harris, Radio Stars, Lady Gaga, The Vapors, Satellites, Goose House, Uriah Heep, Arcade Fire, Saint Etienne, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Ballboy, 10cc, The Kinks, The Lucksmiths, Strangelove, Michael Chapman, Damon Albarn, "Whispering" Jack Smith, EnglishOutlaw, FKA Twigs
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Playlists: songs influenced by gospel

December 12, 2018 Peter Kimpton
Al Green … holy and sexual in the same line

Al Green … holy and sexual in the same line

Hallelujah! This week’s divine lists, picked by guest magicman from countless nominations, not only shines light on gospel’s music in soul to jazz, disco and more, but will lift hearts and minds though dark times

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In country, dance, gospel, music, playlists, pop, songs, soul, blues Tags songs, playlists, gospel, Billy Ward & The Dominoes, Bed of Roses, The Statler Brothers, Ray Charles, Sam & Dave, Wynton Marsalis, Elton John, Aretha Franklin, Chaka Kahn, Al Green, The Moody Blues, Bobby 'Blue' Bland, Jennifer Holliday, Kanye West, Kirk Franklin, Chance The Rapper, Donny Hathaway, The Impressions, The Staple Singers, Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, Against All Logic, Nicolas Jaar, Charles Mingus, Labelle, Patti Labelle, Ike and Tina Turner, Ike Turner, Tina Turner, Jackie Wilson, Ry Cooder, Marvin Gaye, Tammi Terrell, Otis Redding, Sam Cooke, Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters, The Source, Candi Staton, Frankie Knuckles, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, Billy Joel, Bobby Womack, Cannonball Adderley, Emmylou Harris, The Hollies, Jamie Lidell, John Legend, Michael Jackson, Midfield General, Randy Travis, Toots and the Maytals, Change, Nuyorican Soul, Jocelyn Brown, Earth Wind & Fire, Ben Folds Five, Toni Braxton, magicman
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Playlists: songs and music by trios

November 28, 2018 Peter Kimpton
Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris

Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris

Intricate jazz to country three-part harmony, postpunk, pop, indie, hip-hop, Cuban traditional to perfect Persian drumming, playlister Nilpferd picks a perfect ‘triumph-virate’ of holy trinities across genres

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In blues, country, dance, disco, folk, gospel, hip hop, indie, instrumentals, music, playlists, pop, postpunk, prog, punk, rock, songs, soul, traditional Tags songs, trios, playlists, Jimmy Giuffre Trio, Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Trio Matamoros, Trio Chemirani, GoGo Penguin, London Grammar, Tony Williams Lifetime, Bill Evans Trio, The Police, Zounds, Sleater-Kinney, Di Meola Mclaughlin De Lucia, Trio, Johnny Winter, Crosby Stills & Nash, The Fugees, Nat King Cole, Nonstop Body, Dinosaur Jr, J Mascis, Le Trio Joubran, Jaco Pastorius, Sonny Rollins, Bronski Beat, Traffic, Morton Schantz, Aufgang, Nilpferd
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Playlists: songs about milk and other non-alcoholic drinks

May 30, 2018 Peter Kimpton
Shonen Knife are stirring the hot chocolate

Shonen Knife are stirring the hot chocolate

Looking for some musical refreshment? From Shonen Knife’s Hot Chocolate to Emmylou Harris’s Deeper Well of water, this week’s playlist writer Rachel Courtney has a fully-stocked bar for you inspired by last week’s nominations

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In blues, colours, dance, electronica, gospel, indie, instrumentals, metal, music, playlists, pop, postpunk, punk, rock, soul, songs Tags Songs, playlists, drinks, fizzy drinks, Coca-Cola, Jesus & Mary Chain, Lithics, The Faction, Priests, Shonen Knife, Chineapple Punx, The Boys, Beat Happening, Chumbawumba, Jackie Mittoo, Emmylou Harris, Leadbelly, Bobby Darin, Cats and the Fiddle, Tommy Johnson, Sons of the Pioneers, Kid Stormy Weather, Desmond Dekker, William Bell, Astrud Gilberto, Air Miami, Rachel Courtney / uneasy listening, Sheena & The Rokkets
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Playlists: songs with great backing vocals

January 3, 2018 Peter Kimpton
Ray Charles and The Raelettes

Ray Charles and The Raelettes

Aretha and her sisters to Ray and the Raelettes, Louis and Keely to Gladys and the Pips, this week's brilliant backing vocals came from a chorus of nominations topic, led by a masterful guest playlister magicman

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Tags songs, playlists, backing vocals, Aretha Franklin, Elvis Presley, The Jordanaires, Sam Cooke, The Sweet Inspirations, Emily 'Cissy' Houston, Sylvia Shemwell, Dee Dee Warwick, Carolyn Franklin, Erma Franklin, Lou Rawls, Ray Charles, The Raelettes, Mary Ann Fisher, Margie Hendrix, Gram Parsons, Emmylou Harris, 10cc, Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Lol Creme, Kevin Godley, Donna Summer, Quincy Jones, Lionel Richie, Dionne Warwick, Michael Jackson, Brenda Russell, Christopher Cross, Dyan Cannon, James Ingram, Kenny Loggins, Stevie Wonder, The Hollies, The Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, The Marcels, Louis Prima, Keely Smith, The Turtles, Flo & Eddie, Dawn Penn, Rose Stone & The Venice Four, Bob Marley, The Wailers, Mory Kanté, Betty Everett, The Tams, Lou Christie, The Delfonics, Todd Rundgren, Diana Ross, Ry Cooder, Gladys Knight, The Pips, Bill Monroe, The Gatlin Brothers, magicman
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Born this way … biographical and autobiographical songs

September 28, 2017 Peter Kimpton
From the cover of The Slits' guitarist Viv Albertine's book Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys (2014)

From the cover of The Slits' guitarist Viv Albertine's book Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys (2014)

Let me tell you a story … this week we're looking for songs that capture the narrative or arc of a person's life, about themselves or others, famous or unknown, whether that's in the first or third person

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Tags Songs, biography, autobiography, Viv Albertine, The Slits, James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, books, Mark Twain, Samuel Goldwyn, Film, Steven Wright, Comedy, showbusiness, Mike Leigh, David Thewlis, evolution, Charles Darwin, art, painting, Jackson Pollock, Oliver Reed, Brian Blessed, Marx Brothers, Harpo Marx, David Niven, Hollywood, Marlon Brando, Robert Evans, Quincy Jones, Ice Cube, Keith Richards, The Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger, Johnny Cash, Slash, Guns 'n' Roses, Woody Guthrie, Nick Tosches, Dean Martin, The Rat Pack, mafia, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley, Diana Ross, Emmylou Harris, Gram Parsons, Humphrey Carpenter, Ian Mckellen, acting, Orson Welles, Ernest Hemingway, James Joyce, Charles Dickens, Peter Ackroyd, WH Auden, John Kennedy Toole, Oscar Wilde
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Playlists: elegies and other remembrance songs

November 16, 2016 Peter Kimpton
Andy. Remembered by Lou ...

Andy. Remembered by Lou ...

Soaring soul to gentle lament, Ray Davies on his sister to Lou Reed's farewell to Andy Warhol, guest writer barbryn's beautiful playlists inspired by last week's elegy topic will leave you moved and inspired

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In playlists, songs Tags songs, remembrance, elegies, Maurice Ravel, Ólafur Arnalds, Shura Cherkassky, Sufjan Stevens, Sun Kil Moon, Guy Clark, Tim Rogers, Lou Reed, John Cale, The Kinks, Sheila Chandra, Hollie Cook, Virginia Astley, Jean Redpath, Ibeyi, Mark Hollis, Shearwater, Trash Can Sinatras, Southpaw Jones, The Cure, Prince, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Paxton, Mayte Martin, Emmylou Harris, Jesu, Peter Broderick, Barbryn
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At the cemetery gates: elegies and other songs of remembrance

November 10, 2016 Peter Kimpton

Away from all the political turmoil, it’s time for musical rest, something poetic. Honouring soldiers or victims of war to family, friends or lost fellow bandmates, suggest music that remembers the departed on a personal, profound and beautiful note

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Tags songs, elegies, war, grief, remembrance, poetry, DH Lawrence, politics, media, Charles Baudelaire, Berlin, Holocaust, Mary Elizabeth Frye, Dylan Thomas, WH Auden, history, First World War, Vietnam War, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, The Clash, The Dead Kennedys, The Passengers, Elvis Costello, Pete Seeger, John McRae, William Wordsworth, Percy Shelley, Nick Cave, John Lennon, George Harrison, AC/DC, Bob Dylan, Elbow, Emmylou Harris, Gerry & The Pacemakers, Genesis, The Libertines, The Pretenders, Prince, Primus, Pink Floyd, Lou Reed, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Victoria Williams, The Who, The Smiths, Thomas Gray, Richard Wise, James Joyce
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Playlists: successful out-of-tune songs

August 31, 2016 Peter Kimpton
Why worry about being in tune when you have a dose of PiL?

Why worry about being in tune when you have a dose of PiL?

It didn't stop Public Image Limited, Joy Division or Teardrop Explodes from a great performance. Check out guest writer ParaMhor's playlists from last week's topic to find out why going off key will still keep you on song

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Tags songs, Music, ParaMhor, Lee Marvin, The Quads, Orange Juice, Rosie and the Originals, Vic Godard and the Subway Sect, Tuxedomoon, Joy Division, Shrimp Boat, Public Image Limited, Neu!, Richard Dawson, Didier Hébert, Teardrop Explodes, Robert Browning, poetry, George W Bush, Louis Armstrong, Arthur Lee, Lee Hazelwood, Karen Carpenter, Klaus Dinger, Dollar, Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, Crystal Stilts, Rowland S Howard, Lydia Lunch, Alternative TV, Adam and the Ants, A Certain Ratio, Pavement, The Slits, ESG, Gram Parsons, Emmylou Harris, Daniel Johnston, Florence Foster Jenkins, opera
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Playlists: songs from collaborations and side projects

June 1, 2016 Peter Kimpton
Let's have a big hand for ... James and Luciano

Let's have a big hand for ... James and Luciano

Walk this way! From James Brown to Bob Dylan, Baaba Maal to the Bunnymen, this world would mean nothing without some fabulous collaborations, this week chosen by our guest writer Flatfrog

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Tags songs, collaborations, James Brown, Luciano Pavarotti, Flatfrog, The Blues Brothers, Run DMC, Robert Plant, Alison Krauss, Robert Glasper Experiment, Mos Def, Propellerheads, Shirley Bassey, Mumford & Sons, Baaba Maal, Echo and the Bunnymen, Drummers of Burundi, Buddy Guy, Quinn Sullivan, Traveling Wilburys, The Dukes of Stratosphear, Pythia, Band Aid, Art of Noise, Duane Eddy, Mark Knopfler, Emmylou Harris, Gorillaz, David Byrne, St Vincent, Avicii, Toto, Miles Davis, Shakti, John McLaughlin, David Morales, Jan Gabarek, David McAlmont, Michael Nyman, Diamanda Galas, John Paul Jones, Boogie Woogie Twins, Dr John, Jools Holland, The Glove
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New album: Fabulously fun, vibrant, feisty, catchy, wittily droll post-punk, new wave and art-punk in this pacy, vivacious sophomore LP by the Montréal collective with themes from mental health, dysfunctional relationships, food to enjoyable elderly activities, with styles reminiscent of The B-52s and Devo

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Kelsey Lu: So Help Me God
June 13, 2026

New album: Luxuriant, ethereal, dramatic and passionate experimental and chamber dream pop by the American singer-songwriter and cellist, with their second LP, seven years since 2019 debut Blood, with guests including Sampha, Kamasi Washington, Kim Gordon, and co-producer Jack Antonoff

June 13, 2026
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June 10, 2026
Vince Staples: Cry Baby
June 10, 2026

New album: The Compton/ Long Beach, Californian rapper returns with a potent, punchy, overtly political rock-hip hop seventh LP that heavily critiques American society and power, racism, police violence, gun culture, media and the music industry, largely accompanied by a tight, riff-heavy electric guitars, bass and drums

June 10, 2026
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June 9, 2026
Liz Lawrence: Vespers
June 9, 2026

New album: More acoustic, stripped back and lo-fi than her previous four albums, yet with deeply powerful and moving songwriting and performance, the British artist’s latest is suffused with grief, reflection and devotion for the premature loss of her sister Jessie, capturing life and death, poetically expressing devotion and reflection

June 9, 2026
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June 9, 2026
Bedouine: Neon Summer Skin
June 9, 2026

New album: A serenely beautiful, but also nostalgically sorrowful fourth LP by American singer-songwriter Azniv Korkejian who has Armenian-Syrian heritage, with songs about displacement and identity, very mindful of Middle Eastern conflicts, atrocities and her family history, while broadening her sound into the lush mould of 1970s Carole King and Laurel Canyon

June 9, 2026
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June 8, 2026
Lee "Scratch" Perry and Mouse on Mars: Spatial, No Problem
June 8, 2026

New album: This wondrously eclectic and entertaining final official album project by the legendary Jamaican producer and artist, made before his passing in 2021, is a collaboration with the German electronic duo Jan St. Werner and Andi Toma, mixing reggae, krautrock, ambient, dub, jazz, New Orleans brass and more, alongside Perry’s distinctive voice

June 8, 2026
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June 7, 2026
Jalen Ngonda: Doctrine of Love
June 7, 2026

New album: Following his acclaimed 2023 debut Come Around And Love Me, the American UK-based impressive soul singer’s second LP is another classy collection of beautifully uplifting, sublime Northern soul and Motown-era love songs

June 7, 2026
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June 7, 2026
Death Cab For Cutie: I Built You A Tower
June 7, 2026

New album: Elegantly expressed emotional turmoil unfolds across 11 cleverly crafted songs in this 11th album by the Seattle indie rock band fronted by Ben Gibbard and produced by the brilliant John Congleton around a metaphor for post-marriage grief

June 7, 2026
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June 6, 2026
Zoh Amba: Eyes Full
June 6, 2026

New album: The NY-scene free jazz saxophonist forms an indie-folk-country-rock-muddy-blues trio with fabulously strong results in this passionate, raw, free-flowing debut as guitarist-singer-songwriter, lyrics themed around their original hometown of Kingsport, Tennessee, and coloured by Appalachian roots

June 6, 2026
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ear: Rumspringa
June 5, 2026

New album: Minimalistic, introverted, nuanced quirky laptop experimental electronica by the New York duo Jonah Paz and Yaelle Avtan, following last year’s debut The Most Dear and the Future, this one named after a a rite of passage for Amish adolescents translated as "running around" in Pennsylvania German

June 5, 2026
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June 3, 2026
Greg Mendez: Beauty Land
June 3, 2026

New album: A gently ironic title, but no doubting beauty of the sound, reminiscent of the late, great Elliott Smith, this new gem of a lo-fi LP is full of mildly tragic, sensitive, thoughtful 14 short numbers by the Philadelphia high falsetto singer-songwriter

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Iceage: For Love of Grace & The Hereafter
June 3, 2026

New album: A stylishly ramshackle, brilliantly brash’n’breezy punk-shoegaze feral sixth studio LP, streamlining sounds from 50s rock’n’roll through to early 00s indie by the Copenhagen band fronted by Elias Rønnenfelt, successfully fulfilling their aim on this to be “immediate, urgent, raw and fast” across themes of romantic devotion with violent chaos and nihilism

June 3, 2026
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June 2, 2026
Boards of Canada: Inferno
June 2, 2026

New album: Scotland’s hugely influential electronic experimental sibling duo Mike Sandison and Marcus Eoin return 13 years after their last LP, Tomorrow’s Harvest, with an epic 18-track collection that dissects the psychology of religion with distorted vocal samples and cut-ups across landscapes of dystopian synth textures and beats

June 2, 2026
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June 2, 2026
Kurt Vile: Philadelphia's Been Good To Me
June 2, 2026

New album: A selection of fond love-letter songs to the city where he was raised and has remained by the 46-year-ld American singer-songwriter, in this deliciously laid back 10th LP of songs of interweaving guitars, folk, rock, country and psychedelia, all with his inimitably relaxed vocal delivery

June 2, 2026

new songs …

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June 15, 2026
Song of the Day: L'Rain - Soulless Cycle
June 15, 2026

Song of the Day: A whoosh of thunderous, mesmeric alternative rock marks this striking new single by the Brooklyn experimental composer, musician, artist and singer Taja Cheek, heralding her upcoming fourth album Fata Morgana, out on 14 August via Mexican Summer

June 15, 2026
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June 14, 2026
Song of the Day: Fenne Lily - Uh Huh
June 14, 2026

Song of the Day: Beautiful, banjo accompanied, reflective wistful indie folk-pop by the the Brooklyn-based British singer-songwriter with this first single heralding her upcoming fourth album, Win Win, out on 23 October via Nettwerk Music

June 14, 2026
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June 13, 2026
Song of the Day: Interpol - See Out Loud
June 13, 2026

Song of the Day: Pulsating indie rock by the seasoned New York band fronted by singer Paul Banks and guitarist Daniel Kessler, heralding their upcoming eighth album This Mirror Weighs a Ton, out on 28 August, and newly signed to Partisan Records

June 13, 2026
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June 12, 2026
Song of the Day: Jack White - Dollar Bill
June 12, 2026

Song of the Day: The White Stripes man returns with a blistering, bluesy rock guitar, Led Zeppelin-ish single, heralding his upcoming seventh solo album, Frozen Charlotte, out on 10 July via Third Man Records

June 12, 2026
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June 11, 2026
Song of the Day: Sylvan Esso - Hot Slob
June 11, 2026

Song of the Day: A proudly messy, rowdy, pointed and punchy new indie rock single embracing the spirit and chaos of living in the glitch by the North Carolina duo of Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn, here featuring Jenn Wasner and TJ Maiani and out on Psychic Hotline

June 11, 2026
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June 10, 2026
Song of the Day: Rodrigo y Gabriela - Monster
June 10, 2026

Song of the Day: The hugely popular and Grammy-winning Mexico City-raised guitar duo return with a dextrously brilliant new single mixing acoustic and rock styles, heralding their new upcoming new album OurHome out 18 September via ATO Records

June 10, 2026
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June 9, 2026
Song of the Day: JJerome87 - Mr. Alligator
June 9, 2026

Song of the Day: A bluesy, smooth, luxuriantly produced Americana number about a dubious authority figure by the British songwriter and musician Joe Newman, frontman of the Mercury winning band alt-J, in this latest single from his debut solo album, The Canyon, out on 26 June via Mushroom Music/ Virgin

June 9, 2026
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June 8, 2026
Song of the Day: Baalti & Lapgan - Romance / Ipa Ma
June 8, 2026

Song of the Day: Vibrant, rhythmic, experimental electronica and dance music sampling Bollywood, Bengali disco, Hindustani classical and Gujarati folk by the NY-based pair Jaiveer Singh, Mihir Chauhan, joined by producer Gaurav Nagpa, from their recent album, Threads, out on Azal/FADER

June 8, 2026
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June 7, 2026
Song of the Day: Margaret Glaspy - Michigan
June 7, 2026

Song of the Day: A beautiful finger-picked acoustic single by New York-based Californian singer-songwriter about escaping the big city post breakup, heralding her upcoming album I Am Both out on 7 August via ATO

June 7, 2026
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June 6, 2026
Song of the Day: LA Priest - Into The Sky
June 6, 2026

Song of the Day: High-octane electronica and euphoric, dance music by the eccentric, eclectic US artist Sam Eastgate with his first music for two years, and a highly entertaining video, out on Domino Records

June 6, 2026
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June 5, 2026
Song of the Day: Ibeyi - Aset / Offerings
June 5, 2026

Song of the Day: A pair of sensual, soulfully vivid new singles partly sung in Spanish, and the first new music for four years from the French-Cuban twin sisters Lisa-Kaindé Diaz and Naomi Diaz, heralding their upcoming fourth album, Offering, out on 26 June via AWAL Recordings

June 5, 2026
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June 4, 2026
Song of the Day: Seasick Steve - The Last Season of America
June 4, 2026

Song of the Day: A poignant, powerfully gentle folk-blues-Americana protest number by the veteran Calfornian singer-songwriter with an extended metaphor about the state of his country in this title track heralding his upcoming album out on 18 September via Steve’s new label Eastcote Recordings

June 4, 2026

Word of the week

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June 11, 2026
Word of the week: phialiform
June 11, 2026

Word of the week: This rare but oddly beautiful rare adjective means "saucer-shaped" or having the form of a small, shallow cup or vessel, from the Latin root phiala (a shallow bowl or phial) and the suffix -iform, meaning shape

June 11, 2026
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June 4, 2026
Word of the week: quamoclit
June 4, 2026

Word of the week: Also known as cypress vine, cardinal creeper, cardinal vine, star glory, star of Bethlehem or hummingbird vine, this striking climbing flower, Ipomoea quamoclit, is native tropical regions of the Americas and has a distinctive trumpet with five-point star-shaped petals

June 4, 2026
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May 21, 2026
Word of the week: riqq
May 21, 2026

Word of the week: An appropriately onomatopoeic noun for name for Middle Eastern tambourine, able to produce a range of percussive sounds, and commonly heard in traditional Egyptian, Arab, Greek and Turkish music

May 21, 2026
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May 7, 2026
Word of the week: salpinx
May 7, 2026

Word of the week: This very imposing, loud, resonant noun is an ancient Greek, trumpet-like instrument used as a tactical signal on the battle field, as well as to signal the beginnings of gatherings, or of races in sport

May 7, 2026
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April 23, 2026
Word of the week: throstle
April 23, 2026

Word of the week: An archaic, evocative noun with two connected meanings, originally for the song thrush, then later a textiles industrial frame for spinning, twisting and winding machine for cotton, wool, and other fibres simultaneously

April 23, 2026
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