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Playlists: big and 'meaty' songs

July 19, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Get on up with the meaty Mountain …

It’s nothing to do with meat to eat,, but this doesn’t stop these playlists, picked from last week’s tasty, succulent but very subjective topic by guest MussoliniHeadkick, being a complete feast of of very fulfilling sounds. Pass the gravy …

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In African, blues, disco, drone, dub, electronica, experimental, funk, hip hop, indie, instrumentals, krautrock, metal, music, playlists, pop, postpunk, prog, psychedelia, punk, reggae, rock, soul, songs, ska, rocksteady Tags songs, playlists, Mountain, The Stooges, Iggy Pop, Mudhoney, King Crimson, A Certain Ratio, Brides of Funkenstein, Mantronix, Forgemasters, Tom Morello, Glaze, Betty Davis, Mandrill, Prince Douglas, Ike and Tina Turner, Otis Redding, Blondie, My Bloody Valentine, Nova Twins, The Cult, sugar, Paul McCartney, Wings, The Killers, The Horrors, Nocturnal Emissions, MussoliniHeadkick, Container
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Two for the show: songs about famous duos and couples

May 4, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Playing it straight? It’s all about timing with Laurel and Hardy in Saps At Sea (1940)

What’s their chemistry? Creative or romantic, adventurous or anarchic, real or fictional, who gets a prominent lyrical or titular appearance in a song, ideally where they are the primary focus rather just a passing mention?

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In African, avant-garde, calypso, blues, 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 Batman, Morecambe & Wise, Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, film soundtrack, Film, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, The Beatles, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare, Baz Luhrmann, Ike and Tina Turner, Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Comedy, Laurel and Hardy, Laurel & Hardy, Rick and Morty, The Muppets, Star Trek, Star Wars, Tom and Jerry
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Playlists: songs about wheels

February 2, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Long exposure: who is spinning this ferris and other records for the playlists?

Long exposure: who is spinning this ferris and other records for the playlists?

Rolling in with a big, beautiful range of rotating artists and contexts, sounds and genres, guest playlister ParaMhor spins a lovely selection of discs picked from a multiple revolutions nominated from last week’s topic

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In African, avant-garde, blues, calypso, country, dance, dub, disco, electronica, experimental, funk, folk, indie, instrumentals, jazz, music, playlists, pop, postpunk, prog, reggae, rock, punk, ska, soul, songs, soundtracks, traditional Tags songs, playlists, wheels, Milan Kundera, The Doors, Steely Dan, Michael Kiwanuka, Bunny Wailer, Ike and Tina Turner, SOHN, Andrew Beaujon, The Limiñanas, I Am Kloot, Crowded House, Mia Shard, Billy Strayhorn, Kay Davis, Mark Lanegan, Tori Amos, Sugar Minott, Charlie Chaplin, Jane Siberry, Gabor Szabo, Brian Eno, Lord Flea and the Jamaican Calypsonians, ELO, The Parking Lot, Nick Garrie, The Electric String Band, BØRNS, Lana Del Rey, John Martyn, Erik Truffaz, Pet Shop Boys, Bobbie Gentry, ParaMhor
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Playlists: songs about spring cleaning and household chores

April 15, 2020 Peter Kimpton
Sensational song suction: a huge hoover-up of hope in these week’s big playlists

Sensational song suction: a huge hoover-up of hope in these week’s big playlists

Spring cleaning takes energy, but the results can also generate even more. The same applies to this week’s serenely and clean playlists chosen by guest DJ Bear, who whizzes around the Bar with a hopeful heart and a spring in his step

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In African, avant-garde, blues, calypso, comedy, country, dance, disco, electronica, experimental, folk, funk, gospel, hip hop, indie, instrumentals, jazz, music, playlists, pop, postpunk, punk, reggae, rock, ska, songs, soul, traditional, soundtracks Tags songs, playlists, spring clean, household chores, John Prine, Miranda Lambert, Elvis Presley, Dolly Parton, Dr John, Roche Sisters, John Handy, Snuff, Poison Girls, Suzi Quatro, John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Paul Kelly and the Dots, Paul Kelly, John Cooper Clarke, XTC, The Au Pairs, Shonen Knife, B-52s, Robert Palmer, John McCutcheon, The Skatalites, Prince Buster, Fats Waller, Spike Jones and His City Slickers, Duke Ellington, Sidney Lipton & His Grosvenor House Dance Orchestra, George Formby, Adriana Caselotti, Cock 'n' Bull, The Corrs, Peggy Seeger, Maria Muldaur, Van Morrison, Jayme Kelly Curtis, Bruce Springsteen, Bill Haley and the Comets, The Coasters, The Spaniels, Sammy Jones, Ike and Tina Turner, Tina Turner, Ike Turner, Betty Wright, Laura Lee, Albert Collins, Wailing Souls, Tapper Zukie, The Philadelphia International All Stars, The Average White Band, Marcia Ball, Helen Boulding, DJ Bear, PopOff!
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Playlists: songs with similes

December 4, 2019 Peter Kimpton
Leonard Cohen. Like no one else.

Leonard Cohen. Like no one else.

There’s noting quite like a simile playlist, and even more special is a pair. This week’s guest ParaMhor creates perfect examples for comparison, picked with impeccable taste out of a vast selection from last week’s topic

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In avant-garde, blues, classical, country, dance, disco, electronica, experimental, folk, funk, hip hop, indie, jazz, instrumentals, music, musicals, playlists, pop, postpunk, songs, rock, soul, traditional Tags songs, playlists, similes, language, Beck, Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, Definition of Sound, Smokey Robinson, The Miracles, Rita & The Tiaras, Stevie Wonder, This Mortal Coil, Leonard Cohen, Chet Baker, Van Morrison, Cheikh Lô, The Grateful Dead, The Allman Brothers Band, Dolly Parton, Ike and Tina Turner, Boogie Down Productions, Lavern Baker, Dean Martin, Joaquin Sabina, Iceage, Placebo, Captain Beefheart, Sparklehorse, Bert Jansch, Abbey Lincoln, Gillian Welch, Stephen Crane, PG Wodehouse, Raymond Chandler, ParaMhor, Orange Juice, Benjamin Britten
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Playlists: songs about spiders

June 12, 2019 Peter Kimpton
Fiddling for arachnophobes

Fiddling for arachnophobes

How do songwriters face their arachnophobia? Spotting behavioural trends expressed through musical and lyrics, and weaving a beautiful and witty web, this week’s guest swawilg creates playlists from last week’s thread of song suggestions

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In avant-garde, blues, comedy, country, dance, disco, electronica, dub, experimental, folk, gospel, indie, instrumentals, jazz, metal, music, playlists, pop, postpunk, prog, punk, reggae, rock, songs, ska, soul, traditional Tags songs, playlists, spiders, wildlife, biology, psychology, Slim Newton, Flanders and Swann, The Who, John Entwistle, Toy Dolls, Captain Beefheart, Dr John, The Handsome Family, Hoagy Carmichael, Tidal Waves, Ludovico Einaudi, Wilco, Joanna Newsom, Black Box Recorder, TISM, Herbie Hancock, Barenaked Ladies, Memphis Jug Band, Jean Luc Ponty, Ten Years After, Buckshot Lefonque, Fats Waller, Ike and Tina Turner, Jim Stafford, Robyn Hitchcock, Jef Neve, Pascal Schumacher, swawilg
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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 with dynamic volume changes

May 24, 2017 Peter Kimpton
Mr Dynamic … Otis Redding

Mr Dynamic … Otis Redding

Otis Redding to Arvo Pärt, Beach Boys to Beau, Kate Bush Waking The Witch to Wedding Present's Bewitched, guest writer Rachel Courtney turns up diverse and distinguished playlists from last week's topic

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In playlists, music, songs Tags songs, music production, Music, Arvo Pärt, Kate Bush, Beau, The Beach Boys, Otis Redding, Ride, The Fall, The Velvet Underground, Fleetwood Mac, The Wedding Present, Ten Years After, Faust, The Undertones, Little Anthony and the Imperials, Einstürzende Neubauten, The Psychedelic Furs, Smashing Pumpkins, Hüsker Dü, Bauhaus, NoMeansNo, Deep Purple, Ike and Tina Turner, The Feelies, Hawkwind, The Mamas and Papas, Rachel Courtney / uneasy listening
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Playlists: Who's got the funk?

April 26, 2017 Peter Kimpton
Ooh Betty. Davis.

Ooh Betty. Davis.

Inspired by last week's pyroclastic flow of song suggestions, the Song Bar Landlord takes a visit to see who is playing at the House of Funk and finds a vibe that is both super cool and hot, hot, hot

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In playlists, songs, music Tags songs, playlists, funk, Betty Davis, Bill Withers, Marvin Gaye, Sly & The Family Stone, Isaac Hayes, Rose Royce, Talking Heads, Scritti Politti, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Zainichi Funk, David Bowie, David Byrne, Charles Bradley, Ike and Tina Turner, Tina Turner, James Brown, The O'Jays, Michael Jackson, The Isley Brothers, Funkadelic, Wild Cherry Pie, Bobby Byrd, The Philadelphia International All Stars, War, Eumir Deodato, The Explosions, Anette Peacock, A Certain Ratio, Thundercat, Cameo, Kid Creole and the Coconuts, Digital Underground, Basement Jaxx, The Meters, Archie Bell and the Drells, Prince
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New Albums …

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Apr 29, 2026
Sam Grassie: Where Two Hawks Fly
Apr 29, 2026

New album: Beautiful debut LP by the London-based Glaswegian fingerstyle folk guitarist and singer-songwriter, with added saxophone, double bass, flute, clairsach and clarinet in a release of mostly the traditional, covers, sung or instrumental, and supported by the Bert Jansch Foundation

Apr 29, 2026
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Apr 29, 2026
Irmin Schmidt: Requiem
Apr 29, 2026

New album: A strangely mesmeric, avant-garde and analogue-ambient, field recording-based experimental release by the last surviving founding member of experimental ‘krautrock’ band CAN, who, approaching the age of 89, has also written over 40 TV and film scores

Apr 29, 2026
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Apr 28, 2026
Gia Margaret: Singing
Apr 28, 2026

New album: Gently profound, and full of wondrous, mesmeric, slow, delicate experimental songs, this simple title has a powerful resonance – it is the Chicago artist’s first vocal album since 2018’s There’s Always Glimmer (there have been two instrumental LPs since), having suffered and recovered from a severe vocal injury, she returns with a delicate, candid, whispery but hauntingly beautiful delivery

Apr 28, 2026
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Apr 28, 2026
Angelo De Augustine: Angel in Plainclothes
Apr 28, 2026

New album: A beautiful, delicate fifth LP from the Los Angeles singer-songwriter, friend and collaborator with Sufjan Stevens with whom he shares a stylistic resemblance, here with themes on life's fragility, second chances, and picking up the pieces after an undiagnosed illness forced him to re-learn basic abilities

Apr 28, 2026
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Apr 28, 2026
Carla dal Forno: Confession
Apr 28, 2026

New album: This lo-fi, darkly minimalist but also oddly candid fourth LP by the Australian, Castlemaine-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist centres on the conflicted, obsessive feelings about “a friendship that became emotionally charged in an unexpected way”, and “an album about closeness that arrives late and unexpectedly. About stability rubbing up against desire.”

Apr 28, 2026
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Apr 26, 2026
Friko: Something Worth Waiting For
Apr 26, 2026

New album: Passionate, powerful, dynamic indie rock in this sophomore LP by the Chicago-based quartet that gallops forwards with a driving momentum, some elements of early PJ Harvey and Radiohead, and is produced by John Congleton

Apr 26, 2026
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Apr 26, 2026
White Denim: 13
Apr 26, 2026

New album: This 13th LP in two decades by the Austin, Texas rock band fronted by James Petralli has a particularly mischievous experimentalism, spreading styles far beyond breathlessly paced prog rock, with wrily humorous, surreal, personal and passionate numbers across heavy funk, dub, soul, psyche, country, dirty blues and more, joined by host of outstanding extra musicians

Apr 26, 2026
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Apr 24, 2026
Hukwe Zawose Foundation: Asili ya Mama
Apr 24, 2026

New album: Wonderfully evocative field recordings release of Wagogo, Waluguru and Wasambaa Tanzanian women singing traditional songs in their villages, rarely heard outside of their own circles, the title is translated as The Origin of Mother, rich in stories and capturing the place where song is first learned, first felt, first shared

Apr 24, 2026
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Apr 23, 2026
They Might Be Giants - The World Is To Dig
Apr 23, 2026

New album: Four decades since their self-titled debut, Brooklyn alternative rockers John Flansburgh and John Linnell return with their 24th LP, packed with of punchy, pacy, wistful, whimsical, clever wordplay and indie rock-pop, buoyantly satirical and also a little world weary at times, they remain oddball, lively commentators on the ongoing absurdity of life

Apr 23, 2026
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Apr 22, 2026
Eaves Wilder: Little Miss Sunshine
Apr 22, 2026

New album: After 2023’s Hookey EP, a strong, passionate indie-dream-pop-shoegaze full debut by the London singer-songwriter, whose breathy voice intertwines with strong, stirring riffs and textured sounds, themed around cycles of nature aiming to explain and celebrate the mercurial nature of human emotional weather

Apr 22, 2026
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Apr 22, 2026
Honey Dijon: The Nightlife
Apr 22, 2026

New album: The irrepressible, prolific and charismatic London-based Chicago DJ, musician, producer and vinyl lover returns with a flamboyantly fun celebration of club and queer culture through the prism of dance music from disco to house, with a wide variety of guest vocalists

Apr 22, 2026
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Apr 21, 2026
Tiga: HOTLIFE
Apr 21, 2026

New album: Montreal’s acclaimed electronica/techno/dance artist Tiga Sontag returns with his fourth album - inventively packed with head-nodding, toe-tapping, oddly itchy, infectious grooves, cleverly crafted retro sounds recalling Kraftwerk to acid house and electroclash, insistent bold beats and synth riffs, with lyrics of the existential, droll and surreal

Apr 21, 2026
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Apr 20, 2026
TOMORA: Come Closer
Apr 20, 2026

New album: A striking, dynamic collaboration between Norwegian experimental pop sensation Aurora and Tom Rowlands, one of half of Chemical Brothers, with a sensual, otherworldly energetic fusion of mystical, sensual ambience, and block-rocking dance beats

Apr 20, 2026
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Apr 20, 2026
Jessie Ware: Superbloom
Apr 20, 2026

New album: Following 2020’s What’s Your Pleasure? and 2023’s That! Feels Good!, as well as the successful food podcast Table Manners she hosts alongside her mother, the British pop singer continues to ride the 70s disco ball train, catering to the clever, kitsch and catchy with an ironic wink, adding also a luxuriant garden metaphor

Apr 20, 2026

new songs …

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May 1, 2026
Song of the Day: Bleachers - I'm Not Joking
May 1, 2026

Song of the Day: Featuring harpsichord, Hammond organ, Dobro and more, producer Jack Antonoff and his New Jersey rock band return with a heartfelt love song single heralding the upcoming album, Everyone For Ten Minutes, out on 22 May via Dirty Hit

May 1, 2026
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Apr 30, 2026
Song of the Day: Alewya - Selah
Apr 30, 2026

Song of the Day: Striking, stylishly agile electronica and dance with a rich African and Arabian influence by the London-based British singer-songwriter, producer, multidisciplinary artist and model Alewya Demmisse, heralding her upcoming album, Zero, out on 26 June via LDN Records

Apr 30, 2026
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Apr 29, 2026
Song of the Day: Metric - Crush Forever
Apr 29, 2026

Song of the Day: Uplifting, effervescent electro-disco-pop by the Toronto indie rock band, with a song vocalist/keyboardist Emily Haines describes as “my love letter to strong girls in this world”, taken from their recently released 10th album, Romanticize the Dive, out on Metric Music via Thirty Tigers

Apr 29, 2026
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Apr 28, 2026
Song of the Day: Jim Ghedi - The Hungry Child
Apr 28, 2026

Song of the Day: Dark, gripping, visceral folk by the Sheffield singer-songwriter, with a striking number based on an early 19th-century German poem about the fatal story of a child pleading for food, and, following last year’s acclaimed album, Wasteland, also out on Basin Rock, it heralds his upcoming soundtrack for the Hugh Jackman film, The Death of Robin Hood.

Apr 28, 2026
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Apr 27, 2026
Song of the Day: holybones (with Baxter Dury) - SLUGBOY
Apr 27, 2026

Song of the Day: Dark, unsettling, sleazy and strange, this is arrestingly vivid new collaborative single between the clandestine London electronic collective and the downbeat, deep-voiced poetic Londoner, out on Promised Land Recordings

Apr 27, 2026
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Apr 26, 2026
Song of the Day: Hand Habits - Good Person
Apr 26, 2026

Song of the Day: Gentle, droll, humorously self-deprecatingly, and also delicately beautiful, this new experimental folk single by the moniker of Los Angeles singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Meg Duffy addresses the love-hate relationship with making music, out on Fat Possum

Apr 26, 2026
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Apr 25, 2026
Song of the Day: Pigeon - Miami
Apr 25, 2026

Song of the Day: Catchy, sunny, upbeawt indie synth-pop with an African twist by the Margate band fronted by Falle Nioke, with flavours of William Onyeabor, Hot Chip and New York 70s disco, heralding their upcoming album OUTTANATIONAL, out on 1 May via Memphis Industries

Apr 25, 2026
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Apr 24, 2026
Song of the Day: Tricky - Out of Place (featuring Marta Złakowska)
Apr 24, 2026

Song of the Day: A pulsating fusion of beats, orchestral strings and the Bristol trip-hop pioneer’s distinctive, deep, croaky voice, with an emotional reference to his daughter Mina Topley-Bird (1995–2019), and heralding his first solo album for six years, Different When It’s Silent, out on 17 June via False Idols

Apr 24, 2026
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Apr 23, 2026
Song of the Day: Beck - Ride Lonesome
Apr 23, 2026

Song of the Day: Beautiful, simmering, slow, melancholy and reflective, a surprise single and welcome return by the acclaimed US artist, evoking the haunting, sun-bleached landscapes and musical textures of his 2015 Grammy winning album Morning Phase, out now on Iliad Records/Capitol Records

Apr 23, 2026
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Apr 22, 2026
Song of the Day: Gelli Haha - Klouds Will Carry Me To Sleep
Apr 22, 2026

Song of the Day: Described appropriately as somewhere between Studio 42 and Area 51, eccentric, effervescent, spacey, catchy and eclectic disco pop by the Los Angeles artist (aka Angel Abaya, co-written with Sean Guerin) out on Innovative Leisure

Apr 22, 2026
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Apr 21, 2026
Song of the Day: LEENALCHI 이날치 - Here Comes That Crow 떴다 저 가마귀
Apr 21, 2026

Song of the Day: Wonderfully catchy, funky, psychedelic and quirky new work by the seven-piece Seoul-based Korean pansori band led by bassist Jang Young Gyu with the title track of their new EP, out on 12 June via Luaka Bop, and heralding a European and North American tour

Apr 21, 2026
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Apr 20, 2026
Song of the Day: Jesca Hoop - Big Storm
Apr 20, 2026

Song of the Day: Catchy, quirky experimental indie folk-pop by the innovative Manchester-based California artist, featuring a clever video that old footage and Hoop in various vintage guises, heralding her upcoming album Long Wave Home, out on 1 May via Last Laugh / Republic of Music

Apr 20, 2026

Word of the week

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Apr 23, 2026
Word of the week: throstle
Apr 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

Apr 23, 2026
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Apr 9, 2026
Word of the week: undine
Apr 9, 2026

Word of the week: It might sound like the act of abstaining from food, but this noun from derived from undina (Latin unda) meaning wave, refers to mythical, elemental beings associated with water, such as mermaids, and stemming from the alchemical writings of the 16th-century Swiss physician, alchemist and philosopher Paracelsus

Apr 9, 2026
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Mar 27, 2026
Word of the week: veena
Mar 27, 2026

Word of the week: This ornate, curvaceous, south Indian classical instrument, the saraswati veena, is a special bowl lute with a rich, resonant tone, has 24 copper frets with four playing strings and three drone strings, and is used for Carnatic music

Mar 27, 2026
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Mar 12, 2026
Word of the week: wallfish
Mar 12, 2026

Word of the week: It sounds like the singing finned picture ornament Big Mouth Billy Bass that became popular in the late 1990s, but this is a much older noun, derived in Somerset, England, pertains to the climbing gastropod that can slowly climb up any surface

Mar 12, 2026
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Feb 25, 2026
Word of the week: xiphias
Feb 25, 2026

Word of the week: Get the point? This is the scientific name for the swordfish, in full Xiphias gladius (from the Greek and Latin for sword), that extraordinary sea creature with the long, pointy bill. But what of it in song?

Feb 25, 2026

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