Rabbithole

rabbithole

discovery through connections instead of algorithms

First, the "why"

• Nearly all music players and so-called "streaming platforms" have a music discovery feature based on an algorithm. And just as often, these algorithms slowly lead the listener from the interesting, compelling music they desire, one-short-hop-at-a-time toward a sludgy gravitational center of poppy slop.

• You might start with Tony Rice, but pretty soon you're on to Tennessee Whiskey, and from there, you're already on a collision course with Garth Brooks. (sorry not sorry)

Discovery through connections instead of algorithms

Rabbithole is a music player that emphasizes the full ensemble of a track, and allows the listener to easily examine and delve into other works by members of that ensemble.

As a song plays, it shows who is playing what and opens each player's PickiPedia page as they take their solo. Click a player to follow them to the next song they're on, down the rabbithole of pickers.

Public Beta beginning 11 Nov 2026

At 11:11 on 11/11, we launched a public beta. It's buggy for sure. Bugs can be reported on the talk page for this page, or via magenta.

• Listen to "Paint Exchange" in Rabbithole here

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August at 1:06: Harry Clark takes the mandolin solo, his card leads the ensemble, and the pane has followed the solo to his page.

The cards

The ensemble on August. Harry has the solo.

• Each person on the track has a card, with their instrument. Whoever has the solo leads, with a ⭐. A card dims while its player sits out.
• A flourish is a moment the chart marks for one player, and their card glows. In August, Gaven Largent's dobro glows at 2:03.
• Click a card to open that person's page.

Follow the solo

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The player: the song, the switch and the carrot, Webamp, the ensemble, your rabbithole, the song parts.

With Follow the solo on (the switch by the carrot), a song opens on its own Song: page. While the song plays, the wiki pane opens each player's page as they take the solo. It only moves while the music plays.

Steering the pane yourself turns it off, so what you're reading stays put. That means clicking a card or a link, or searching. While it's off, picking a new song leaves the pane alone too. Flip the switch to turn it back on.

Follow a picker

Open a player's page by clicking their card. The top of the page offers to follow them and names the song that plays first, for example: "Follow Kyle Tuttle: after this song, play the songs Kyle is on, one after another. First up: Silver 44." Press Follow, and each time a song starts, their next song lines up behind it. Songs you've already heard are skipped.

Pick a song

The dropdown under the title lists every song with a chart on PickiPedia, grouped by album. Chart a song and it appears there.