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Listen Wider Challenge 2020

Playlists and Reading Lists for the Listen Wider Challenge

Challenge

  1. A song sung by two or more siblings

This week's challenge is to listen to songs sung by two or more siblings. First, the "sung" part limits us to vocal music. And, since the point of the challenge is to listen beyond the mainstream or already familiar, I bypassed well-known family groups like the Jackson 5 or the Jonas brothers in favor of somewhat lesser known groups; most of the examples on my playlist might be described as "indie" music and are otherwise difficult to describe in terms of genre. 

How I Found These

Searching for music performed by siblings is a bit tough-- that's not the kind of information that tends to be included in library descriptions of albums or streaming databases. Instead, we have to rely on press coverage or academic studies that take an interest in that aspect of the performance. It's also tricky because that coverage could describe the performers as siblings, or as brothers, or sisters, depending on the details. Using the operator "OR" in an advanced search gives you the option of including any results that include any of a set of alternative terms.

Bibliography and Resources