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Dec 26, 2025

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9 min read

Joni Sings Mingus, Mehldau Plays Elliot Smith

Aug 1, 2025

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4 min read

Ty Seagall, Bob Dylan, Bognar Szilvia, Sinners

May 23, 2025

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4 min read

Patrick Street, Sufjan Stevens, Megadeth, Sting

Mar 14, 2025

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3 min read

Laurence, HAIM, Improvement Movement

Feb 21, 2025

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3 min read

George Benson, Dirty Projectors, Federale

Apr 29, 2024

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5 min read

Coltrane, Fiona, Rick Springfield

Mar 31, 2023

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6 min read

Louis Cole, Stromae, Nickel Creek

Dec 30, 2022

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4 min read

Julian Lage, Lettuce, Wet Leg

Aug 12, 2022

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4 min read

Hendrix, Wong, & Mary Lou

Nov 19, 2021

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4 min read

Gotye, Japanese Breakfast, Love, Dean

Sep 10, 2021

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4 min read

Hornsby, Sammy Rae, Sparks

Jul 30, 2021

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7 min read

A Ton Of Summer Music

Jan 15, 2021

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3 min read

Tame Impala, Banjourou, Joni

Nov 13, 2020

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3 min read

A Flying Microtonal Banana?

Oct 2, 2020

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3 min read

Jazz, Björk, and the Zimbabwe Beat

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Podcasts: They're For Your Ears

Jan 2, 2026

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11 min read

Podcasts: They're For Your Ears

"A voice can fill your consciousness"

Practicing Difficulty

Oct 15, 2025

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10 min read

Practicing Difficulty

Two very different art forms embrace mastery through repetition

Begone, Cursed Phone

Nov 7, 2025

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9 min read

Begone, Cursed Phone

Why is this thing in my pocket all day?


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