Rabbithole

rabbithole

discovery through connections instead of algorithms

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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.

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The cards

The ensemble on August. Harry has the solo.

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• 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.

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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.