With selections and write-ups from some of our core contributors, in alphabetical order. 

Conflict avoidance, escape into dreams, and love of nature. 

Doris Allen, John Lennon, and what love songs are really about. 

With songs by Local Natives, the Dodos, Calexico, Patrick Watson and Metric. 

As the rainy season begins in Vancouver, songs about the rain. 

Being an Explanation of Principles Present in Dispensational Theology and Jazz Music and Relevant to Both: The Creation Story.

Facebook friends weigh in on where to start with these two great artists.

A solo a capella rendition of a traditional song that would make a convention of devils weep. 

The J'box spins some of out favorite songs about superheroes. 

Domestic violence and sexual subjugation - and from indie female artists with integrity. What gives?