diff --git a/beets/player/bpd.py b/beets/player/bpd.py
index d246827e2..dc713f21f 100755
--- a/beets/player/bpd.py
+++ b/beets/player/bpd.py
@@ -941,7 +941,7 @@ class Server(BaseServer):
         c.execute(statement, subvals)
         
         for row in c:
-            conn.send(show_tag + ': ' + row[0])
+            conn.send(show_tag + ': ' + unicode(row[0]))
     
     def cmd_count(self, conn, tag, value):
         """Returns the number and total time of songs matching the