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Song of the Day: Ella Raphael - Tangled Love

March 3, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Ella Raphael - Tangled Love

Song of the Day: A gorgeously smooth, hazy, exotic, noirish, vibraphone-led slice of melancholy with a lush lap steel guitar by the singer-songwriter from Haifa “about the way we are raised, a breakdown in communication, and the entanglement that evolves as a result”

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In 2024, alternative, Americana, country, folk, jazz Tags Ella Raphael, Fire Records, songs, song of the day
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Song of the Day: Tomasz Guiddo and Jimi Tenor - Where The Wild Roam

February 11, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Where The Wild Roam EP by Tomasz Guiddo & Jimi Tenor

Song of the Day: A delicious fusion of jazz, electronica, dance music and classical, celebrating freedom, by the Warsaw-born DJ, composer, multi-instrumentalist, and producer, joined by the acclaimed Finnish saxophonist Jimi Tenor on vocals, flute, piano and keyboards

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In 2024, alternative, electronica, experimental, fusion, indie, jazz Tags Tomasz Guiddo, Jimi Tenor, Compost Records, songs, song of the day
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Song of the Day: Stevie Toddler - Wake Me Like

January 31, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Stevie Toddler’s forthcoming 8-track EP release, Last Time Forever

Song of the Day: From the forthcoming sophomore release, Last Time Forever, a gorgeous experimental mix of pop, jazz and classical by the Bristol artist, here with rolling piano sounds, orchestral instruments and a wonderful wooziness that captures that moment of falling awake in a dream-like state

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Song of the Day: Lucy Rose - The Racket / Could You Help Me

January 22, 2024 Peter Kimpton

Lucy Rose

Song of the Day: With her first new music in four years, the British singer-songwriter returns with two dynamic rock-pop singles, one with mesmeric rising and falling piano chord line, the other with a jaunty jazz style, heralding her new album, This Ain’t the Way You Go Out

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In 2024, 2023, jazz, pop, rock Tags Lucy Rose, Communion Records, songs, song of the day
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Song of the Day: Peacey - Culture Bandit (featuring Vanessa Hidary)

December 21, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Peacey - Culture Bandit (featuring Vanessa Hidary)

Song of the Day: Punchy, pacy, catchy and exclamatory, a super smart talky-dance track by the Edinburgh-based DJ and electronica artist David Peace joined by New York spoken-word artist celebratory multiculturalism

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In 2023, alternative, dance, electronica, experimental, spoken word, funk, jazz Tags Atjazz Record Company, Peacey, Vanessa Hidary, songs, song of the day
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Song of the Day: Kahil El'Zabar's Ethnic Heritage Ensemble - Compared to What

December 11, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Kahil El'Zabar's Ethnic Heritage Ensemble (EHE) - Kahil El'Zabar (middle), Corey Wilkes (left) and Alex Harding (right)

Song of the Day: The veteran singer-percussionist and friends release a fabulous 8-minute, jazz-blues interpretation of the Eugene McDaniel protest song, taken from the forthcoming album Open Me, A Higher Consciousness of Sound and Spirit, out on 8 March on Spiritmuse Records

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In 2023, jazz, African Tags Kahil El'Zabar, Kahil El'Zabar's Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, Eugene McDaniel, songs, song of the day, Spiritmuse Records
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Song of the Day: O. - Slice

December 8, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Slice by O.

Song of the Day: The title track from the debut EP by the exciting, experimental, energetic King Tubby-influenced London duo of baritone saxophonist Joseph Henwood and drummer Tash Keary, out on Speedy Wunderground and produced by Dan Carey

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In 2023, alternative, experimental, indie, jazz Tags O., Speedy Wunderground, Dan Carey
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Song of the Day: Maruja - One Hand Behind The Devil

October 29, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Manchester’s Maruja

Song of the Day: Stormy, scything, dynamic post-punk with blasts of jazz by the Manchester quartet of singer-guitarist Harry Wilkinson, drummer Jacob Hayes, bassist Matt Buonaccorsi and saxophonist Joe Carroll

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In 2023, experimental, jazz, punk, post-punk Tags Maruja, songs, song of the day
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Song of the Day: BADBADNOTGOOD and Charlotte Day Wilson - Sleeper

October 26, 2023 Peter Kimpton

BADBADNOTGOOD & Charlotte Day Wilson - Sleeper

Song of the Day: A beautiful, classy fusion of soul and jazz of perfect balance by the Canadian instrumental trio and fellow Toronto singer, marked by particularly crisp drumming and delicate flutes

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Song of the Day: Ego Ella May - Undone

September 22, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Ego Ella May

Song of the Day: An exquisitely crisp, delicate soulful number by the London singer-songwriter inspired by a book about Swedish business who becomes a Buddhist monk in Thailand for 17 years, and is about letting go of control, ditching facades and leaving it all behind

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Song of the Day: Ash Walker - Time Gets Wasted (featuring Denitia and Sly5thAve)

May 4, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Ash Walker

Song of the Day: From the London multi-instrumentalist’s forthcoming LP, Astronaut following 2019’s Aquamarine, a beautifully luxuriant fusion of cosmic jazz, blues, soul, funk, piano, flute, brass, swinging, rippling rhythms and delicious guest vocals

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Song of the Day: Yussef Dayes - Black Classical Music

May 2, 2023 Peter Kimpton

The cover of Yussef Dayes’ forthcoming album, Black Classical Music

Song of the Day: A whirlwind of brilliant dynamism, energy and invention by the British jazz drummer with the title track of his forthcoming debut solo album, out on Brownswood Recordings, Warners and Cashmere Thoughts Recordings

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Song of the Day: WITCH - Avalanche of Love (featuring Sampa the Great)

April 11, 2023 Peter Kimpton

WITCH’s forthcoming album, Zango

Song of the Day: The pioneering zamrock band originally formed in the 1970s are joined by the charismatic Zambian singer and rapper in this fabulously funky new track, potent mix of African, psychedelic rock, garage rock, jazz, hip hop and blues

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In 2023, African, jazz, psychedelia, rock Tags WITCH, Sampa The Great, songs, song of the day, Desert Daze Sound
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Song of the Day: Meshell Ndegeocello - Virgo

March 25, 2023 Peter Kimpton

From the video for Meshell Ndegeocello’s Virgo

Song of the Day: Wondrously beautiful, soulful, time-spanning, cosmic eclectic, delicate, intricate, funk-psych guitars, jazz, electronica, dynamic rhythm changes, harp and the gorgeous voice of the German-born American singer-songwriter, rapper, and bassist

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In 2023, alternative, electronica, experimental, funk, fusion, jazz, psychedelia, soul, hip hop Tags Meshell Ndegeocello, songs, song of the day, Blue Note Records
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Song of the Day: Angel Olsen - Nothing's Free

March 12, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Angel Olsen

Song of the Day: A powerful, sensual, smoky slow-burn new single by the American singer-songwriter with smouldering piano, organ, jazz sax and drums, taken from the forthcoming EP Forever Means out on Jagjaguwar

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Song of the Day: Alfa Mist - Aged Eyes (featuring Kaya Thomas-Dyke)

March 9, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Alfa Mist’s new album, Variables

Song of the Day: From his forthcoming album, Variables, and decorated here with the soaring, pure voice of Kaya Thomas-Dyke, the British musician and producer’s latest single is a real beauty, of jazz and soul, piano, guitar and orchestral strings

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In 2023, alternative, jazz, soul Tags Alfa Mist, Kaya Thomas-Dyke, Anti Records, songs, song of the day
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Song of the Day: Fire-Toolz - I Couldn't Have Been BoRn At ThE wRoNg TiMe Because I Was Never Even Born LOL!

March 5, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Fire-Toolz’s forthcoming album I Am Upset Because I See Something That Is Not There

Song of the Day: An entrancing, unwieldy energy ball of almost indescribable eclecticism comes with this experimental fusion of electronica, pop, dark metal, prog, jazz and ambience by the Chicago producer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist Angel Marcloid

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Song of the Day: Stanlæy - fluorescent_fossils

February 14, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Stanlæy’s recent album theeverything_inbetween

Song of the Day: Taken from the recent album the_everything_inbetween, a gorgeous, meandering, eclectic, experimental track with jazz elements, strings and a distinctive high voice by the Bristol-based Bethany Stenning, producer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist

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Song of the Day: Dele Sosimi & The Estuary 21 - Ride Out The Storm / Mo Ṣe B'ọ́lá Tán (feat. Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly)

February 7, 2023 Peter Kimpton

Dele Sosumi’s forthcoming album, The Confluence

Songs of the Day: Beautiful, smooth fusion of afrobeat, jazz and pop by the Hackney-born Nigerian artist Dele Sosimi who was raised in Fela Kuti's commune, with two songs about about fortitude, and also acceptance and acknowledgement of individual creativity

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Song of the Day: London Brew - Miles Chases New Voodoo In The Church

January 30, 2023 Peter Kimpton

The forthcoming London Brew album

Song of the Day: A fabulous swirling concoction of jazz and psychedelia by a top-class group of London musicians reinterpreting Miles Davis’ album Bitches Brew and his ode to Jimi Hendrix (Miles Runs the Voodoo Down)

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New Albums …

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June 17, 2026
Fruit Bats: The Landfill
June 17, 2026

New album: Written as usual with his first-thing-in-the-morning, stream-of-consciousness technique, the singer-songwriter Eric D. Johnson, also one-third of the folk trio Bonny Light Horseman, returns with a new collection of melodic, often beautiful, and profound, reflective, gentle, folky rock now 30 years since the first album

June 17, 2026
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June 17, 2026
Horse Lords: Demand to Be Taken to Heaven Alive!
June 17, 2026

New album: The Berlin-based, Baltimore quartet return with their special brand of mesmeric, experimental rock, weaving a rich maze of African polyrhythmic patterns and fascinating tessellations of percussion, guitar, bass, saxophone, microtones, electronic and voice loops

June 17, 2026
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June 17, 2026
Widowspeak: Roses
June 17, 2026

New album: Deliciously gentle-paced and languid, warmly twangy and romantically nostalgic, poetic indie-country-rock by the New York band of spouses vocalist Molly Hamilton and guitarist Robert Earl Thomas, with delicate musical echoes of Tom Petty, Rolling Stones, REM, Neil Young, Yo La Tengo and Cat Power in this finely crafted seventh LP

June 17, 2026
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June 16, 2026
Olivia Rodrigo: you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love
June 16, 2026

New album: The 23-year-old American singer-songwriter, actress, and evidently big fan of The Cure returns with consummately crafted, smart, witty pop and indie rock, featuring an appearance by Robert Smith, and charting the arc of a romantic relationship from unbridled joy to bitter aftermath in her third LP

June 16, 2026
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June 15, 2026
La Sécurité: Bingo!
June 15, 2026

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

June 15, 2026
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June 13, 2026
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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June 5, 2026
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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 21, 2026
Song of the Day: Elanor Moss - Sarah Waiting in the Car
June 21, 2026

Song of the Day: Gorgeously delicate, finger-picking folk by the British singer-songwriter from York, heralding her upcoming debut album The Knife, The Needle, out on 21 August via Merge Records

June 21, 2026
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June 20, 2026
Song of the Day: Pan Amsterdam & The 1FS - Szechuan Beef
June 20, 2026

Song of the Day: Themed around his favourite subject of food, but also going to many other places, American jazz trumpeter, composer and vocalist Leron Thomas returns with the New York composer and visual artist in an eclectic, eccentric fusion of jazz and hip-hop

June 20, 2026
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June 19, 2026
Song of the Day: Julia Jacklin - Get Away From Me (I Think I'll Love You Soon)
June 19, 2026

Song of the Day: A cleverly nuanced, emotionally ambiguous beautifully stirring indie-pop love song by the Australian singer-songwriter, in this first single heralding her upcoming fourth album The Gem, out on 25 September via 4AD

June 19, 2026
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June 18, 2026
Song of the Day: Paycheque - Heatwave
June 18, 2026

Song of the Day: Stylishly solemn, 80s-influenced synth and scything guitar indie pop with big drums by the Los Angeles duo of Allison Goldfarb and Jackson MacIntosh, from their recently released self-titled debut album, out on Mansions and Millions

June 18, 2026
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June 17, 2026
Song of the Day: Hanna Tuulikki and Tommy Perman - We Came Out (Lesser Horseshoe bat)
June 17, 2026

Song of the Day: A pair of wondrously striking experimental electronica tracks infused with field recordings of the nocturnal winged mammal by the experimental artists and designer based in Scotland

June 17, 2026
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June 16, 2026
Song of the Day: Surusinghe - FRIED
June 16, 2026

Song of the Day: A mesmeric, eclectic opening track by the Naarm/Melbourne-raised, London-based electronic artist, DJ and producer aka Suze Gurusinghe, from her recently released EP, Cutting Thread, out on Dh2

June 16, 2026
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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

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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