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Song of the Day: Imogen and the Knife - Mother of God

April 9, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Imogen and the Knife

Song of the Day: A fabulously dark, smoky, brooding, visceral debut single with richly swelling orchestration by the British singer-songwriter Imogen Williams, one about a failing relationship expressed in vivid, recurring dream, and “a waking realisation that unless addressed, the dream, and the pain, won’t leave”

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In 2024, alternative, experimental, pop Tags Imogen and the Knife, Vertex Music, songs, song of the day
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Song of the Day: couchgagzzz - GOSPORTS!!!

April 8, 2024 Peter Kimpton

The mini debut album by couchgagzzz - GOSPORTS!!!

Song of the Day: Short, punchy, catchy and fast, the infectiously energetic title track from the recent debut mini album by the band from Bari, Italy, with inspiration from the Australian punk scene, style they herald budget rock and synth punk, but also with echoes of the Ramones

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In 2024, indie, new wave, post-punk, punk, rock Tags couchgagzzz, songs, song of the day, Ciqala Records
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Song of the Day: Formal Sppeedwear - Bunto

April 7, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Formal Sppeedwear

Song of the Day: A brilliantly wonky and original mixture of clever, oddball riff, arrhythmic post-punk/new wave by the Stoke on Trent trio from their upcoming self-titled EP, with echoes of XTC and Talking Heads and Scary Monsters-era Bowie

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In 2024, experimental, indie, new wave, post-punk Tags Formal Sppeedwear, songs, song of the day, Melodic Records
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Song of the Day: EELS - Goldy

April 6, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Eels Time!, the new album

Song of the Day: Another brilliantly darkly humorous, droll, vivid single by Mark Oliver Everett heralding a new Eels album, the 15th in all, Eels Time! and one of a few tracks he has co-written with All-American Rejects frontman Tyson Ritter

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In 2024, indie, pop, rock Tags Eels, Mark Oliver Everett, Tyson Ritter, E Works, PIAS, songs, song of the day
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Song of the Day: Girl and Girl - Mother / Hello

April 5, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Girl and Girl’s forthcoming album, Call A Doctor

Song of the Day: A Friday pair of upbeat, emotional, stirring, catchy, candid, witty, jangly guitar indie numbers by the band from Queensland, Australia, fronted by Kai James, heralding their upcoming album Call A Doctor, out on 24th May via Sub Pop

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Song of the Day: Remi Wolf - Cinderella

April 4, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Remi Wolf’s forthcoming LP, Big Ideas

Song of the Day: A new, fabulous funk, soul and pop single with a humorously self-detrimentally twist and entertaining flirty video by the Californian singer-songwriter from her upcoming album, Big Ideas, out in July

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In 2024, funk, pop, soul Tags Remi Wolf, Island Records, songs, song of the day
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Song of the Day: Anna Erhard - Botanical Garden

April 3, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Anna Erhard - Botanical Garden

Song of the Day: ‘They would not allow us to pick our favourite flowers’. A beautifully droll, catchy new indie number by the witty Berlin artist, here parodying a miserably bizarre Google-type online review

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Song of the Day: Goat Girl - Ride Around

April 2, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Goat Girl

Song of the Day: Engrossingly downbeat, but with rippling passages of guitar arpeggios in between strums, an alluringly deadpan song by the south London indie band, heralding their next album, Below The Waste, out on 7 June via Rough Trade

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Song of the Day: Wolfgang Tillmans - We Are Not Going Back

March 31, 2024 Peter Kimpton

A screenshot of swimmers from the video which uses footage shot by Tillmans’ grandfather in the 1930s and 40s

Song of the Day: On a day of changing to British Summer Time and clocks going forward, a suitably apt, witty, engaging electro-pop number by the German musician and photographer, the first non-British artist to win the Turner Prize (2000)

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Song of the Day: Mdou Moctar - Imouhar

March 30, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Mdou Moctar

Song of the Day: Building to a powerful guitar crescendo, a stirring new desert blues and rock single about cultural identity by the Nigerian Tuareg musician and band return with a title meaning “brother or comrade”

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Song of the Day: John Grant - It's A Bitch

March 28, 2024 Peter Kimpton

John Grant’s forthcoming album, The Art Of The Lie, out on Bella Union

Song of the Day: Catchy funk and 80s-inspired electro-pop get the full phat treatment from the witty Iceland-based American artist in this new single heralding his forthcoming next album, The Art Of The Lie, released 14 June 2024 via Bella Union

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Song of the Day: Solo Moderna - Planeta De Roca

March 27, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Solo Moderna

Song of the Day: A quirky, cheeky, catchy mix of Afro-Latin rhythms and old-school, 8-Bit 80s and 70s synth-pop with clever Kraftwerk-inspired sampling by the Dutch producer Bas Voorn, and guest vocals by Kristel “krage” Peijnenborg

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Song of the Day: Angélica Garcia - Color De Dolor

March 25, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Angélica Garcia

Song of the Day: Stylish, soaring, emotive Spanish-language pop (colour of pain) by the American singer-songwriter of Mexican and Salvadoran descent taken from her forthcoming third album, Gemelo out on 7 June via Partisan Records

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Song of the Day: Baby Rose with BADBADNOTGOOD - One Last Dance

March 24, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Baby Rose’s upcoming EP, Slow Burn, is out in April

Song of the Day: Serene, gentle, simmering soul and jaz in this ode to lost friendship by the smoky-voiced Atlanta singer-songwriter Jasmine Rose Wilson, joined by the Canadian instrumentalist, from upcoming EP Slow Burn, out on 12 April on Secretly Canadian

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Song of the Day: Maria Chiara Argirò - Light

March 23, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Maria Chiara Argirò’s forthcoming album, Closer

Song of the Day: Mesmeric, infectious, sensual synth-pop with added trumpet by the London-based Italian artist originally from Rome, in this number about “establishing a lighter and balanced relationship with your inner self and consequently with others”

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Song of the Day: BODEGA - Cultural Consumer III

March 22, 2024 Peter Kimpton

BODEGA’s forthcoming next album, Our Brand Could Be YR Life

Song of the Day: Smart, punchy, social satire in this new post-punk single by the New York band fronted by Ben Hozie, from the upcoming album Our Brand Could Be YR Life, out on Chrysalis Records

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Song of the Day: LYR - Folk Song / Blossom: A CV (Blossomise EP)

March 21, 2024 Peter Kimpton

LYR’s Blossomise EP

Song of the Day: To mark a special project in conjunction with The National Trust, marking the first day of spring, and also World Poetry Day, two beautifully evocative tracks from a new EP by the trio of poet laureate Simon Armitage, with music from singer Richard Walters, and producer Patrick J Pearson

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In 2024, alternative, electronica, experimental, folk, pop, spoken word, poetry Tags LYR, Simon Armitage, songs, song of the day, World Poetry Day, spring, Richard Walters, Patrick Pearson
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Song of the Day: meija - MAGIC (featuring JAWNY) / POSSUM (featuring Eels)

March 20, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Eels’ Mark Oliver Everett and Jamie Sierota, aka meija, in the Possum video

Song of the Day: A pair of recent excellent indie-pop singles by the LA based producer and songwriter Jamie Sierota, witty, catchy and clever, featuring respectively, guests Jawny - aka American singer Jacob Lee-Nicholas Sullenger, and Eels’ Mark Oliver Everett

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Song of the Day: Nuha Ruby Ra - Fetish 2 Forget

March 19, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Nuha Ruby Ra

Song of the Day: The stylishly creative East London singer-songwriter returns with an alluring, innovative fusion of sultry pop and dark, burbling, electronica in a warehouse dancefloor setting

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Song of the Day: Crystal Murray - STARMANIAK

March 18, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Crystal Murray

Song of the Day: From the London-based Parisian singer-songwriter’s forthcoming album Sad Lovers and Giants, scintillating, catchy, sexy electro-pop with a fabulous street-scene video. The album is out on 31 May via Because Music

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Dec 18, 2025
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Dec 18, 2025

Welcome to the third and final part of Song Bar favourite albums of 2025. There is also Part One, and Part Two. There is no countdown nor describing these necessarily as “best” albums of the year, but they are chosen by their quality, originality and reader popularity

Dec 18, 2025
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Dec 17, 2025
Favourite albums of 2025 - Part Two
Dec 17, 2025

Welcome to the second part of Song Bar favourite albums of 2025. There is also a first part and a third part this week. There is no countdown nor describing these necessarily as “best” albums of the year, but they are chosen by their quality, originality and reader popularity

Dec 17, 2025
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Dec 16, 2025
Favourite albums of 2025 - Part One
Dec 16, 2025

Welcome to the first part of Song Bar favourite albums of 2025. There will also be a second and third part this week. There is no countdown nor describing these necessarily as “best” albums of the year, but they are chosen by their quality, originality and reader popularity

Dec 16, 2025
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Dec 16, 2025
Juliana Hatfield: Lightning Might Strike
Dec 16, 2025

New album: Personal upheaval, grief, powerlessness, trauma, sudden change inform the title and colour the lyrics of this latest LP by the seasoned Boston indie artist but her songs are packed with brutally honest, candid, concise reflections and warm, catchy, stirring riffs and melodies

Dec 16, 2025
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Dec 9, 2025
Dove Ellis: Blizzard
Dec 9, 2025

New album: An extraordinarily mature, passionate, poetic, and outstandingly powerful debut by the Manchester-based Galway-born singer-songwriter, whose soaring delivery has instant echoes of Jeff Buckley and lyrics that go above and beyond

Dec 9, 2025
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Dec 5, 2025
Ólöf Arnalds: Spíra
Dec 5, 2025

New album: A gorgeous, delicate, ethereal first release in a decade by the Icelandic singer-songwriter, acoustic instruments and her gentle, high, pure voice, all in her native language, caressing this listening experience like pure waters of some slowly trickling glacial stream

Dec 5, 2025
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Dec 5, 2025
Melody's Echo Chamber: Unclouded
Dec 5, 2025

New album: A fourth album, here full of delicious uplifting, dreamily chic, psychedelic soul pop by the French musician Melody Prochet, with bright, upbeat, optimistic numbers and a title lifted from a quote by the acclaimed Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki, about achieving equilibrium

Dec 5, 2025
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Dec 2, 2025
anaiis: Devotion & The Black Divine
Dec 2, 2025

New album: Following a summer Song of the Day - Deus Deus, a review of the autumn release and third LP by the London-based French-Senegalese singer-songwriter of resonantly beautiful, dynamic, sensual soul, gospel, R&B and experimental and chamber pop, with themes of new motherhood, uncertainty, religion, self-love and acceptance

Dec 2, 2025
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Nov 26, 2025
De La Soul: Cabin In The Sky
Nov 26, 2025

New album: The hip-hop veterans return with their first without, yet including the voice of, and a tribute to, founding member Trugoy the Dove, AKA Dave Jolicoeur who passed away in 2023, alongside many hip-hop luminary guests, with trademark playful skits, and all themed around the afterlife

Nov 26, 2025
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Nov 26, 2025
The Mountain Goats: Through This Fire Across From Peter Balkan
Nov 26, 2025

New album: An evocative musical journey of a concept album by the indie-folk band from Claremont, California, fronted by singer-songwriter John Darnielle, based on a dream of his in 2023 about a voyage to a fictional island by the titular captain, charting adventure, wonder and tragedy

Nov 26, 2025
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Nov 26, 2025
Allie X: Happiness Is Going To Get You
Nov 26, 2025

New album: A hugely entertaining, witty, droll, inventive, chamber and synth-pop fourth LP with a goth twist by the charismatic and theatrical Canadian artist Alexandra Hughes, who brings paradox and dark themes through sounds that include string quartet, harpsichord, classical and pure pop piano with killer lyrics

Nov 26, 2025
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Nov 25, 2025
Tortoise: Touch
Nov 25, 2025

New album: A welcome return with a cinematic and mesmeric groove-filled first studio LP in nine years, and the eighth over all by the eclectic Chicago post-rock/jazz/krautrock multi-instrumentalists Dan Bitney, John Herndon, Douglas McCombs, John McEntire and Jeff Parker

Nov 25, 2025
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Nov 24, 2025
Haley Heynderickx and Max García Conover: What of Our Nature
Nov 24, 2025

New album: Beautiful, precise, poignant and poetic new folk numbers inspired by the life and music style of Woody Guthrie as the Portland, Oregon and New Yorker, now Portland, Maine-based singer-songwriters bring a delicious duet album, alternating and sharing songs covering a variety of forever topical social issues

Nov 24, 2025
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Nov 24, 2025
Oneohtrix Point Never: Tranquilizer
Nov 24, 2025

New album: Ambient, otherworldly, cinematic, mesmeric, and at times very odd, the Brooklyn-based electronic artist and producer Daniel Lopatin returns with a new nostalgia-based concept – constructing tracks from lost-then-refound Y2K CDs of 1990s and early 2000s royalty-free sample electronic sounds

Nov 24, 2025

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Dec 19, 2025
Song of the Day: DEADLETTER - To The Brim
Dec 19, 2025

Song of the Day: A moody, mysterious minute-long intro with gentle bursts of brass and woodwind veils what becomes a punchy new lead single by the Leeds post-punk band heralding their second LP - Existence is Bliss out on 27 February via SO Recordings

Dec 19, 2025
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Dec 18, 2025
Song of the Day: Greentea Peng - Prisoners Round
Dec 18, 2025

Song of the Day: Following March 2025’s acclaimed album, Tell Dem It’s Sunny, the south-east London artist (aka Aria Wells) returns with another smoky, dark, track with hues of blues, dub and soul and Portishead-esque trip-hop, focusing on the trappings and challenges of modern life

Dec 18, 2025
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Dec 17, 2025
Song of the Day: Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - I Miss the Way You Swim
Dec 17, 2025

Song of the Day: Beautiful modular synths and intermingling orchestral sounds ripple in this work by the American composer, performer and producer in a piece shaped by loss of someone loved, taken from an upcoming instrumental album Thoughts On The Future, out on Nettwerk Music

Dec 17, 2025
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Dec 16, 2025
Song of the Day: The Paper Kites - Change Of The Wind
Dec 16, 2025

Song of the Day: A beautiful, reflective number by the alternative folk-rock band from Melbourne fronted by Sam Bentley, heralding their seventh studio album If You Go There, I Hope You Find It, out on 23 January via Nettwerk Music Group

Dec 16, 2025
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Dec 15, 2025
Song of the Day: Courtney Marie Andrews - Little Picture Of A Butterfly
Dec 15, 2025

Song of the Day: Beautiful, delicate, fluttering, eclectic, heartbreak folk and Americana by the singer-songwriter from Phoenix, Arizona, heralding her forthcoming new album, Valentine, out on 16 January via Loose Future

Dec 15, 2025
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Dec 12, 2025
Song of the Day: Peter Perrett - PROUD TO BE SELF-HATING (irony and provocation)
Dec 12, 2025

Song of the Day: The veteran British artist, originally frontman of The Only Ones, and now with three solo albums, who actually has Jewish heritage, releases a gently powerful, nuanced, pro-Palestine acoustic number as a response to ongoing genocide by the Israeli government, out on Domino Records

Dec 12, 2025
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Dec 11, 2025
Song of the Day: Maddie Ashman - Jaded
Dec 11, 2025

Song of the Day: Magical, delicate, eclectic, intricate, experimental microtonal music by the London musician and singer, released alongside a longer track, In Autumn My Heart Breaks

Dec 11, 2025
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Dec 10, 2025
Song of the Day: Ye Vagabonds - The Flood
Dec 10, 2025

Song of the Day: Wonderfully warm, rich, lively fiddle-driven Irish folk by the award-winning band fronted by Carlow brothers Brían and Diarmuid Mac Gloinn with a heartbreaking number about the housing crisis, heralding their upcoming new album, All Tied Together, out on Rough Trade’s River Lea Recordings on 30 January

Dec 10, 2025
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Dec 9, 2025
Song of the Day: DBA! A Poet And A Clown
Dec 9, 2025

Song of the Day: Catchy fuzz-guitar indie rock with a swagger by the Liverpool-formed trio of Sam Warren, James Lindberg and Joshua Grant in a song described as “a confessional story of desire tangled with religious guilt”

Dec 9, 2025
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Dec 8, 2025
Song of the Day: Puma Blue - Croak Dream
Dec 8, 2025

Song of the Day: A dark, esoteric, mysterious and stylish title track with a hint of Radiohead and playing with the idea of knowing your future death, from the experimental indie/goth/ambient London artist Jacob Allen’s forthcoming album out on 6 February via Play It Again Sam

Dec 8, 2025
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Dec 7, 2025
Song of the Day: ELIZA - Anyone Else
Dec 7, 2025

Song of the Day: Stripped-back, bluesy, fuzzy funk with slight echoes of Prince and alt-R&B are conjured up in this love song by the London-based singer-songwriter Eliza Caird, her first single for two years, now off the mainstream and out on Log Off Records

Dec 7, 2025
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Dec 6, 2025
Song of the Day: Tiga (featuring Fcukers) - Silk Scarf
Dec 6, 2025

Song of the Day: A fun, sensual, quirkily oddball electronica dance single with a slick, fetish-flirtatious ode to a favourite smooth material by the Montreal musician (Tiga James Sontag) joined here with vocals by the New York band (Shanny Wise and Jackson Walker Lewis), and heralding Tiga’s upcoming album Hotlife, out in April on Secret City Records

Dec 6, 2025

Word of the week

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Word of the week: crapulence
Dec 4, 2025

Word of the week: A term that may apply regularly during Xmas party season, from the from the Latin crapula, in turn from the Greek kraipálē meaning "drunkenness" or "headache" pertains to sickness symptoms caused by excess in eating or drinking, or general intemperance and overindulgence

Dec 4, 2025
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Nov 20, 2025
Word of the week: discalceate
Nov 20, 2025

Word of the week: A rarely used, but often practised verb, especially when arriving home, it means to take off your shoes, but is also a slightly more common adjective meaning barefoot or unshod, particularly for certain religious orders that wear sandals instead of shoes. But in what context does this come up in song?

Nov 20, 2025
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Nov 6, 2025
Word of the week: erythrophyll
Nov 6, 2025

Word of the week: A seasonally topical word relating to the the red pigment of tree leaves, fruits and flowers, that appears particularly when changing in autumn, as opposed to the green effect of chlorophyll, from the Greek erythros for red, and phyll for leaves. But what of songs about this?

Nov 6, 2025
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Oct 22, 2025
Word of the week: fennec
Oct 22, 2025

Word of the week: It’s a small pale-fawn nocturnal fox with unusually large, highly sensitive ears, that inhabits from African and Arab deserts areas from Western Sahara and Mauritania to the Sinai Peninsula. But has it ever been seen in a song?

Oct 22, 2025
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Oct 9, 2025
Word of the week: gongoozler
Oct 9, 2025

Word of the week: A fabulous old English slang term for someone who tends to stand or sit for long periods staring at the passing of boats on canals, sometimes with a derogatory or at least ironic use for someone who is useless or lazy. But what of songs about this activity and culture?

Oct 9, 2025

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