Stunning sights and sounds that will melt your heart, but hopefully not too much of the ice. From Siberia to Alaska, the Inuit to the Laps and beyond, Marco den Ouden takes us on a fabulous journey across the frozen north inspired by last week's topic
Read morePlaylists: songs about life in the 19th century
It brought enduring global change, from the Industrial Revolution to the American Civil War and abolition of slavery. Inspired by last week’s song nominations, guest Shiv SideCar captures the century in a series of historic playlists
Read moreThe remains of the day: songs about the evening
As dusk falls, and the day changes clothing, there’s something about the light fade and mood. This week we are all about the evening, after work, and songs that mark that time in emotions, activities, sights and sounds
Read moreWaltz this way: songs and music in three-four time signatures
You can count on this, as easy as one, two, three. While four or eight beats to the has been the dominant form, this week we swing over to three or six beats to the bar, and it's surprising just how many artists have used it
Read morePlaylists: songs about the colour orange
Fresh, funky, bright and effervescent, spreading from Jamaica to India, France and America and all the way to Japan, this week’s guest playlister Hoshino Sakura captures the essence of this colour in all forms, sky to fruit to street
Read morePlaylists: songs about contentment and tranquility
Busking on the beach to sailing with Jacque Brel, sipping beer with Elbow to looking at old photographs with Al Stewart, this week's guest writer Barbryn brings balm to any soul with two beautiful playlists
Read morePlaylists: songs about chance and coincidence
Crossing The Streets and serendipity, to turning different corners with George Michael, this week's guest writer Maki takes his chance with not entirely random nominations to create inevitably perfect playlists
Read morePlaylists: songs about migrants, immigrants and refugees
From Ireland and Cornwall, from Syria and Africa to America and elsewhere, it's hard not to be moved by stirring, and emotional playlists picked by this week's guest writer Marco den Ouden from last week's topic
Read morePlaylists: songs and music from or about Russia
Prokofiev to Prince to Pussy Riot, Mussorgsky to Marc Almond, east meets west in a perfect political and personal parade encoded by this week's secret agent, EnglishOutlaw, from last week's topic
Read morePlaylists: songs about borders, barriers, walls and fences
Rope boundaries to big bouncers, river banks to border patrols, this week's guest writer ParaMhor breaks through musical thresholds to show there's no limit to making perfect playlists
Read morePlaylists: songs about curves and spheres
Space, time, the sun; smacking sports balls to curvy bodily fun; this week's well rounded playlists by this week's guest guru Marco den Ouden arch across the far reaches of the universe from the intimate to the infinite
Read morePlaylists: songs that mention specific or obscure locations
Britain to Berlin, Bangkok to Baghdad or Buenos Aires, our guest writer Marco den Ouden takes a truly global tour of Earth-spanning eclecticism inspired by last week's Song Bar topic
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