Badlands by Mumford & Sons and Gracie Abrams

Badlands by Mumford & Sons and Gracie Abrams gets the Just A Daily Song treatment: music context, artist notes and why this song still matters.

Badlands by Mumford & Sons and Gracie Abrams gets the Just A Daily Song treatment: music context, artist notes and why this song still matters.

Soulwax presents: Abbey Road After Hours (with 2manydjs) by Soulwax gets the Just A Daily Song treatment: music context, artist notes and why this song sti

Hary Styles in the live lounge at BBC with Carla's Song. A must listen for fans.

“I Played the Fool” arrives like a quiet seismic shift: Michael Stipe’s first new song in three years, and a reminder of just how singular his voice remains in modern music. Decades after reshaping alternative rock with R.E.M., Stipe has…

Some songs are meant for the studio, but Blame Brett by The Beaches was clearly born to be shouted back at the stage. This CBC Music Live version strips away any remaining polish and lets the band’s full personality kick…

A Rainy Night in Soho by Bruce Springsteen gets the Just A Daily Song treatment: music context, artist notes and why this song still matters.

Paul Van Dyk live on a big podium is still a real treat for the fans of electronic music.

With “God’s Lonely Man”, Anna Calvi continues her quiet conquest of the modern art-rock landscape, this time calling on one of rock’s most enduring figures: Iggy Pop. It’s a collaboration that feels both unlikely and completely inevitable, a meeting of…

Last week we had Pulp’s contribution to the War Child project; this week, we move into darker, synth-laced territory with Depeche Mode’s take on “Universal Soldier.” Originally written by Buffy Sainte-Marie in the 1960s as a stark anti-war folk song,…

What You Want by Angèle (feat. Justice) gets the Just A Daily Song treatment: music context, artist notes and why this song still matters.