Ear Clef picks
Music cultures
Places, eras and sounds worth a journey — and every song in them plays here. Documented eras are snapshots anchored to a national chart where one existed, to scene history where none did, with their sources listed. Decade journeys gather songs released in a place in that decade, each one verified as that release. The song collections are songs written about each place.
Documented eras
16 documented eras, oldest first
- Documented eraSka, rocksteady, and the birth of reggae
- Documented eraThe yé-yé years
- Documented eraFrom the Hep Stars to ABBA — the Kvällstoppen years
- Documented eraBritish Invasion, Motown, and soul
- Documented eraFrom Sanremo to the cantautori — the Musica e dischi years
- Documented eraVeronica’s Top 40 — from the pirate ship to Hilversum
- Documented eraThe Go-Set years — from Friday on My Mind to Eagle Rock
- Documented eraThe Oricon years — enka, novelty, and the folk turn
- Documented eraSchlager, Anglo pop — and a krautrock underground
- Documented eraPunk vs. the pop charts
- Documented eraLa Movida and the pop boom
- Documented eraStreaming takes the chart
- Documented eraStreaming Britain
- Documented eraThe chart at feed speed
- Documented eraStreaming Britain, homegrown edition
- Documented eraShanties, party schlager, and rap royalty
Places by the decade
92 journeys across 29 countries
- Decade journeyArgentina in the 1970s
- Decade journeyArgentina in the 1980s
- Decade journeyArgentina in the 1990s
- Decade journeyAustralia in the 1980s
- Decade journeyAustralia in the 1990s
- Decade journeyAustralia in the 2000s
- Decade journeyAustralia in the 2010s
- Decade journeyAustralia in the 2020s
- Decade journeyAustria in the 1980s
- Decade journeyAustria in the 1990s
- Decade journeyBelgium in the 1980s
- Decade journeyBelgium in the 1990s
- Decade journeyBelgium in the 2000s
- Decade journeyBrazil in the 1960s
- Decade journeyBrazil in the 1970s
- Decade journeyBrazil in the 1980s
- Decade journeyBrazil in the 1990s
- Decade journeyCanada in the 1970s
- Decade journeyCanada in the 1980s
- Decade journeyCanada in the 1990s
- Decade journeyCanada in the 2000s
- Decade journeyCanada in the 2010s
- Decade journeyCanada in the 2020s
- Decade journeyDenmark in the 1990s
- Decade journeyFinland in the 1980s
- Decade journeyFinland in the 1990s
- Decade journeyFinland in the 2000s
- Decade journeyFinland in the 2010s
- Decade journeyFrance in the 1970s
- Decade journeyFrance in the 1980s
- Decade journeyFrance in the 1990s
- Decade journeyFrance in the 2000s
- Decade journeyFrance in the 2010s
- Decade journeyFrance in the 2020s
- Decade journeyGermany in the 1980s
- Decade journeyGermany in the 1990s
- Decade journeyGermany in the 2000s
- Decade journeyGermany in the 2010s
- Decade journeyGreece in the 1980s
- Decade journeyGreece in the 1990s
- Decade journeyGreece in the 2000s
- Decade journeyIreland in the 1980s
- Decade journeyIreland in the 1990s
- Decade journeyIreland in the 2000s
- Decade journeyIsrael in the 2000s
- Decade journeyItaly in the 1970s
- Decade journeyItaly in the 1980s
- Decade journeyItaly in the 1990s
- Decade journeyItaly in the 2000s
- Decade journeyItaly in the 2010s
- Decade journeyJamaica in the 1990s
- Decade journeyJapan in the 1960s
- Decade journeyJapan in the 1980s
- Decade journeyJapan in the 1990s
- Decade journeyJapan in the 2000s
- Decade journeyJapan in the 2010s
- Decade journeyMexico in the 1990s
- Decade journeyNetherlands in the 1980s
- Decade journeyNetherlands in the 1990s
- Decade journeyNetherlands in the 2000s
- Decade journeyNetherlands in the 2010s
- Decade journeyNorway in the 1990s
- Decade journeyNorway in the 2000s
- Decade journeyNorway in the 2010s
- Decade journeyNorway in the 2020s
- Decade journeyPhilippines in the 1980s
- Decade journeyPoland in the 1990s
- Decade journeyPortugal in the 1980s
- Decade journeySpain in the 1990s
- Decade journeySweden in the 1980s
- Decade journeySweden in the 1990s
- Decade journeySweden in the 2000s
- Decade journeySweden in the 2010s
- Decade journeySweden in the 2020s
- Decade journeySwitzerland in the 1980s
- Decade journeySwitzerland in the 1990s
- Decade journeyTaiwan in the 1990s
- Decade journeyTürkiye in the 1970s
- Decade journeyTürkiye in the 1980s
- Decade journeyUnited Kingdom in the 1960s
- Decade journeyUnited Kingdom in the 1970s
- Decade journeyUnited Kingdom in the 1980s
- Decade journeyUnited Kingdom in the 1990s
- Decade journeyUnited Kingdom in the 2000s
- Decade journeyUnited States in the 1920s
- Decade journeyUnited States in the 1930s
- Decade journeyUnited States in the 1940s
- Decade journeyUnited States in the 1950s
- Decade journeyUnited States in the 1970s
- Decade journeyUnited States in the 1980s
- Decade journeyUnited States in the 1990s
- Decade journeyUnited States in the 2000s
Songs about a place
54 countries, most songs first
- Songs about a placeSongs about United States
- Songs about a placeSongs about United Kingdom
- Songs about a placeSongs about Australia
- Songs about a placeSongs about France
- Songs about a placeSongs about Canada
- Songs about a placeSongs about Spain
- Songs about a placeSongs about Brazil
- Songs about a placeSongs about Japan
- Songs about a placeSongs about Mexico
- Songs about a placeSongs about Russia
- Songs about a placeSongs about Ireland
- Songs about a placeSongs about Italy
- Songs about a placeSongs about Jamaica
- Songs about a placeSongs about Belgium
- Songs about a placeSongs about Germany
- Songs about a placeSongs about Israel
- Songs about a placeSongs about Netherlands
- Songs about a placeSongs about Puerto Rico
- Songs about a placeSongs about Tibet
- Songs about a placeSongs about Sweden
- Songs about a placeSongs about Egypt
- Songs about a placeSongs about Austria
- Songs about a placeSongs about Argentina
- Songs about a placeSongs about South Africa
- Songs about a placeSongs about Cuba
- Songs about a placeSongs about India
- Songs about a placeSongs about Greece
- Songs about a placeSongs about Indonesia
- Songs about a placeSongs about New Zealand
- Songs about a placeSongs about Palestine
- Songs about a placeSongs about Vietnam
- Songs about a placeSongs about Denmark
- Songs about a placeSongs about El Salvador
- Songs about a placeSongs about Iran
- Songs about a placeSongs about Iraq
- Songs about a placeSongs about Morocco
- Songs about a placeSongs about Nicaragua
- Songs about a placeSongs about Norway
- Songs about a placeSongs about Portugal
- Songs about a placeSongs about Switzerland
- Songs about a placeSongs about Thailand
- Songs about a placeSongs about Turkey
- Songs about a placeSongs about Afghanistan
- Songs about a placeSongs about Bangladesh
- Songs about a placeSongs about Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Songs about a placeSongs about Chile
- Songs about a placeSongs about Croatia
- Songs about a placeSongs about Guatemala
- Songs about a placeSongs about Lebanon
- Songs about a placeSongs about Nigeria
- Songs about a placeSongs about Philippines
- Songs about a placeSongs about Romania
- Songs about a placeSongs about South Korea
- Songs about a placeSongs about Trinidad and Tobago
States and nations
45 US states and UK nations
- Songs about a placeSongs about California
- Songs about a placeSongs about Texas
- Songs about a placeSongs about Georgia
- Songs about a placeSongs about Tennessee
- Songs about a placeSongs about Mississippi
- Songs about a placeSongs about New Jersey
- Songs about a placeSongs about England
- Songs about a placeSongs about Hawaii
- Songs about a placeSongs about Kentucky
- Songs about a placeSongs about Alabama
- Songs about a placeSongs about Florida
- Songs about a placeSongs about Oklahoma
- Songs about a placeSongs about West Virginia
- Songs about a placeSongs about Arkansas
- Songs about a placeSongs about North Carolina
- Songs about a placeSongs about Louisiana
- Songs about a placeSongs about Pennsylvania
- Songs about a placeSongs about Kansas
- Songs about a placeSongs about Scotland
- Songs about a placeSongs about Virginia
- Songs about a placeSongs about Alaska
- Songs about a placeSongs about Colorado
- Songs about a placeSongs about Indiana
- Songs about a placeSongs about Massachusetts
- Songs about a placeSongs about Nebraska
- Songs about a placeSongs about New York
- Songs about a placeSongs about Ohio
- Songs about a placeSongs about Arizona
- Songs about a placeSongs about Illinois
- Songs about a placeSongs about Michigan
- Songs about a placeSongs about Minnesota
- Songs about a placeSongs about Montana
- Songs about a placeSongs about Vermont
- Songs about a placeSongs about Washington
- Songs about a placeSongs about Idaho
- Songs about a placeSongs about Maine
- Songs about a placeSongs about Missouri
- Songs about a placeSongs about Nevada
- Songs about a placeSongs about New Mexico
- Songs about a placeSongs about Oregon
- Songs about a placeSongs about South Carolina
- Songs about a placeSongs about Utah
- Songs about a placeSongs about Wales
- Songs about a placeSongs about Wisconsin
- Songs about a placeSongs about Wyoming
