BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 25th September 2017
Another chance to hear a series first broadcast in 1977 in which Stuart Grundy tells the fascinating story of Stevie Wonder. Part 2: Wondering.
Tuesday, 31 October 2017
The Stevie Wonder Story - 2. Wondering
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 25th September 2017
Another chance to hear a series first broadcast in 1977 in which Stuart Grundy tells the fascinating story of Stevie Wonder. Part 2: Wondering.
Monday, 30 October 2017
The Stevie Wonder Story - 1. Workout Wonder, Workout
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 24th September 2017
Another chance to hear a series first broadcast in 1977 in which Stuart Grundy tells the fascinating story of Stevie Wonder. Part 1: Workout Wonder, Workout.
Sunday, 29 October 2017
Jimmy Page And The BBC Sessions - 2. Part 2
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 7th October 2017
The inside story of Led Zeppelin's BBC sessions told exclusively by Jimmy Page.
Jimmy Page joins Shaun Keaveny for a unique celebration of the thrilling early recordings. The BBC sessions capture the audacity and raw energy of Led Zeppelin's first live shows. Jimmy Page chooses his personal highlights from the music and shares his memories of an extraordinary time in Led Zeppelin's history.
Repeated to coincide with Robert Plant and his Sensational Space Shifters' appearance on 6 Music Live.
Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song (In Concert, Paris Theatre, 4th April 1971) [Atlantic]
Led Zeppelin - That's The Way (In Concert, Paris Theatre, 4th April 1971) [Atlantic]
Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love/Boogie Chillun'/Fixin' To Die/That's Alright Mama/For What It's Worth/A Mess Of Blues/Honey Bee (In Concert, Paris Theatre, 4th April 1971) [Atlantic]
Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven (In Concert, Paris Theatre, 4th April 1971) [Atlantic]
Led Zeppelin - Thank You (In Concert, Paris Theatre, 4th April 1971) [Atlantic]
Saturday, 28 October 2017
Jimmy Page And The BBC Sessions - 1. Part 1
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 6th October 2017
The inside story of Led Zeppelin's BBC sessions, told exclusively by Jimmy Page.
Jimmy joins Shaun Keaveny for a unique celebration of the thrilling early recordings. The BBC sessions capture the audacity and raw energy of Led Zeppelin's first live shows. Jimmy Page chooses his personal highlights from the music, and shares his memories of an extraordinary time in Led Zeppelin's history.
Repeated to coincide with Robert Plant's appearance on 6 Music Live.
Led Zeppelin - Communication Breakdown (Top Gear Session, 23rd March 1969) [Atlantic]
Led Zeppelin - You Shook Me (Top Gear Session, 23rd March 1969) [Atlantic]
Led Zeppelin - What Is And What Should Never Be (Top Gear Session, 29th June 1969) [Atlantic]
Led Zeppelin - Travelling Riverside Blues (Top Gear Session, 29th June 1969) [Atlantic]
Led Zeppelin - Somethin' Else (Tasty Pop Sundae, 22nd June 1969) [Atlantic]
Led Zeppelin - How Many More Times (One Night Stand, 10th August 1969) [Atlantic]
Friday, 27 October 2017
My Top Twelve: Robert Plant - 2. Part 2
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 6th October 2017
In a programme first broadcast in 1983, Robert Plant chooses favourite records and talks to Andy Peebles about his life and work. Among his selections are songs by Gene Vincent, Robert Johnson, Nina Simone, The Damned and Howlin' Wolf.
Repeated to coincide with Robert Plant's appearance on 6 Music Live.
Squeeze - Misadventure [A&M]
Unknown Artist - Ogreyala Mesetchinka [Elektra Nonesuch]
Delroy Wilson - Dancing Mood [Island]
Love - Alone Again Or [Elektra]
Joan Armatrading - Down To Zero [A&M]
Eddie Cochran - Pink-Peg Slacks [See For Miles]
Howlin’ Wolf - How Many More Years [MCA]
Thursday, 26 October 2017
My Top Twelve: Robert Plant - 1. Part 1
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 5th October 2017
In a programme first broadcast in 1983, the Led Zeppelin vocalist chooses favourite records and talks to Andy Peebles about his life and work. Among his selections are songs by Gene Vincent, Robert Johnson, Nina Simone, The Damned and Howlin' Wolf.
Gene Vincent - Git It [Capitol]
Robert Johnson - Preaching Blues [CBS]
Nina Simone - I Put A Spell On You [Polygram]
Moby Grape - Horse Out In The Rain [Reprise]
The Damned - Fan Club [Demon]
Wednesday, 25 October 2017
The Musical History Of Greenwich Village - 2. Episode 2
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 21st September 2017
In the second part of his journey through the musical history of Greenwich Village John Sebastian highlights the continued impact Bob Dylan had on the scene in the early 60's, how Jimi Hendrix was discovered playing in The Café Wha?, Andy Warhol's influential work with the Velvet Underground and Patti Smith, The New York Dolls, Blondie and Talking Heads striking the first chords in the birth of punk.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2.
Jimi Hendrix - Driving South [Stateside]
Blondie - X Offender [Capitol]
New York Dolls - Personality Crisis [Mercury]
Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop [Sire]
Bob Dylan - Baby Let Me Follow You Down [Columbia]
Bob Dylan - A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall [Columbia]
Miles Davis - Tune Up [Prestige]
Tiny Tim - Livin' In The Sunlight, Lovin' In The Moonlight [Reprise]
Phil Ochs - One More Parade [Elektra]
Bob Dylan - Don't Think Twice [Columbia]
Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan's Blues [CBS]
Billy Grammer - Gotta Travel On [Decca]
Sonny Rollins - Softly As In A Morning Sunrise [Capitol]
The Clancy Brothers And Tommy Makem - The Rising Of The Moon [Columbia]
Bob Dylan - Blowin In The Wind [Columbia]
Tom Paxton - A Job Of Work [Elektra]
Bob Dylan - Maggie's Farm [Columbia]
The Byrds - Mr Tambourine Man [Castle]
Jimi Hendrix - Hear My Train A Comin' [N/A]
Jimi Hendrix - Crosstown Traffic [Polydor]
Nico & The Velvet Underground - European Son To Delmore [Polydor]
The Velvet Underground - Sunday Morning [Verve]
The Velvet Underground - The Black Angel's Death Song [Verve]
The Velvet Underground - I'm Waiting For The Man [Global]
The Velvet Underground - Femme Fatale [Mercury]
Joni Mitchell - Night In The City [Reprise]
John Lennon - New York City [EMI]
The Roches - Face Down At Folk City [Warner Bros.]
Patti Smith - Free Money [Arista]
Ramones - I Wanna Be Sedated [Rhino]
New York Dolls - Babylon [Mercury]
Blondie - Rip Her To Shreds [Chrysalis]
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer [EMI]
New York Dolls - Chatterbox [Mercury]
LL Cool J - I Need A Beat [Def Jam]
Beastie Boys - Rock Hard [Def Jam Classics]
Suzanne Vega - Luka [Universal Music TV]
Lady Gaga - Poker Face [N/A]
Bob Dylan - Talkin' New York [Columbia]
Tuesday, 24 October 2017
The Musical History Of Greenwich Village - 1. Episode 1
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 20th September 2017
John Sebastian takes a nostalgic journey around Greenwich Village, New York, telling the story of a particularly creative period in modern music history.
John was born and raised in Greenwich Village and, while still at school in the early 50s, it became a focal point for a group of writers, poets, artists, and students known as the Beat Generation. Inspired by what he saw and heard around him, John became immersed in the folk and club scene that subsequently blossomed.
His skills on guitar and harmonica made him an instrumental component of the folk scene and he worked with Bob Dylan, Judy Collins and Tim Hardin, before forming the The Lovin' Spoonful in 1965 and enjoying success with hits like Do You Believe In Magic and Summer In The City.
The history of Greenwich Village is littered with influential names in contemporary music. John's journey highlights the important role it played in the careers of Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, The Velvet Underground, The Kingston Trio, Richie Havens, Maria Muldaur, Tom Paxton, Phil Ochs, Joni Mitchell, Jimi Hendrix, Nina Simone, The Mamas & Papas, The Ramones, Blondie, Talking Heads, Miles Davis, and the most famous resident to become a major musical star in recent years - Lady Gaga.
The soundtrack to this journey features some of the most evocative and famous folk, rock, pop and jazz music recorded by residents of "The Village". Contributors include Steve Earle, Jac Holzman, Rick Rubin, Lenny Kaye, Richie Havens, John Cale, David Bailey, Jack Douglas, Bob Gruen and Julian Lennon.
First broadcast on Radio 2.
Dave Van Ronk - Willie The Weeper [Rootstock Recordings]
Blondie - In The Flesh
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer [EMI]
The Lovin’ Spoonful - Summer In The City [Castle Communications]
Bob Dylan - Blowin In The Wind [Sony]
James Barbagallo - Piano Quartet In C Major
Jelani Eddington - Kitten On The Keys [RJE Productions]
Lehman Engel - On The Town
Pete Seeger - Red River Valley [Membran]
Miles Davis - Blues By Five [OJC]
John Coltrane - Spiritual [Impulse]
Dizzy Gillespie/Charlie Parker - Salt Peanuts [Uptown]
Nina Simone - Children Go Where I Send Thee
Thelonious Monk - Blue Monk [Candid Productions]
Woody Allen - Private Life [Rhino]
Sonny Rollins & The Modern Jazz Quartet - A Night In Tunisia [Blue Note]
Pete Seeger - Buffalo Girls [Real Gone Folk]
Woody Guthrie - Blowin' Down This Road [Doxy Music]
Josh White - Freedom Road [Elektra]
Pete Seeger - Old Joe Clark
Woody Guthrie - Baltimore To Washington [Xtra]
Allen Ginsberg - America [Rhino]
Tom Paxton - Daily News [Elektra]
Richie Havens - High Flying Bird [Polydor]
Harry Belafonte - Come Back Liza [RCA Victor]
Nina Simone - Just In Time [Westside]
Herbie Mann - It Aint Necessarily So [Atlantic]
Dave Van Ronk - Twelve Gates To The City Recording [Folkways]
Bob Dylan - Talkin' New York [Columbia]
Bob Dylan - Song To Woody [Columbia]
Bob Dylan - Riding In My Car [Columbia]
Bob Dylan - Blowin In The Wind [CBS]
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited [CBS]
Bob Dylan - House Of The Rising Sun [CBS]
Bob Dylan - Freight Train Blues [Columbia]
Monday, 23 October 2017
Radio 1 Vintage - 55. John Peel
BBC Radio 1 Vintage broadcast: 2nd October 2017
A compilation of archive material from John Peel's years at Radio 1.
Duster Bennett - It's A Man Down There [Blue City]
Joni Mitchell - My Old Man (BBC TV In Concert, 1970)
The Damned - So Messed Up (BBC Session 30/11/1976)
New Order - Dreams Never End (Radio 1 Session, 26 Jan 1981)
The Undertones - Teenage Kicks [EMI]
Wailing Souls - War Deh Round A John Shop [Greensleeves]
Matt Black & The Coldcut Crew - The Music Maker
Babes In Toyland - Laredo [Southern]
Ash - Kung Fu [Indolent]
Blue - On Your Own (Live at Peel Acres) [Food]
J-Zone - The Zone Mission [Old Maid Entertainment Inc.]
Underworld - Born Slippy (Live Track) [Junior Boy's Own]
Sunday, 22 October 2017
Radio 1 Vintage - 54. Mary Anne Hobbs
BBC Radio 1 Vintage broadcast: 2nd October 2017
A compilation of archive material from Mary Anne Hobbs's years at Radio 1.
Wiley - Off Da Radar
Heartless Crew - In The Mix
Mala - In The Mix
Skream - In The Mix
Kode 9 & Space Ape - In The Mix
DJ Shadow - Midnight In A Perfect World [Mo'Wax]
DJ Roc - One Blood [Planet Mu]
Gonjasufi & The Gaslamp Killer - Change
Jahbitat & Daniel Gutiérrez - Tonada Del Tormento
Saturday, 21 October 2017
Radio 1 Vintage - 17. Teenage Dreams: A John Peel Documentary
BBC Radio 1 Vintage broadcast: 30th September 2017
A tribute to John Peel, presented by Jarvis Cocker. Originally broadcast in December 2004, a few months after John Peel's death.
Friday, 20 October 2017
Ian Hunter - Live Hammersmith Odeon 1979
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 30th September 2017
Ian Hunter - Once Bitten Twice Shy
Ian Hunter - Laugh At Me
Ian Hunter - Sons And Daughters
Ian Hunter - Irene Wilde
Ian Hunter - Life After Death
Ian Hunter - Golden Age Of Rock 'N' Roll
Ian Hunter - Angeline
Ian Hunter - Standin' In My Light
Ian Hunter - All The Way To Memphis
Ian Hunter - All The Young Dudes
Ian Hunter - Walking With A Mountain
Thursday, 19 October 2017
Harlem Timeline - 4. Part 4
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 19th September 2017
Soweto Kinch concludes his personal journey to discover the story of Harlem, its music, politics and culture.
He meets record producer Paul Winley to discover how doo-wop became hip hop. Kurtis Blow and Zulu Jeff explain how hip hop spread to every corner of Harlem and Soweto also encounters break dancers and DJs.
Soweto sees that Harlem's cultural future is assured, with a visit to the National Jazz Museum in Harlem which conserves the rich musical legacy of the area. He also joins in a jam session at Bill's Place, a venue styled after the speakeasies of 1920s and 30s Harlem.
The journey ends at the marvellously preserved art deco Lenox Lounge, scene of many a recent movie, where jazz and blues remain a central part of Harlem's rich cultural atmosphere.
Wednesday, 18 October 2017
Harlem Timeline - 3. Part 3
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 18th September 2017
Soweto Kinch continues his personal journey to discover the story of Harlem. Today he'll be be tracing what happened from the end of the 1940s to the 1970s, taking in the story of soul music, and the growth of doo wop, but also looking at the social problems of the 60s, when Harlem's name was synonymous with protests and violence.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in 2009.
Tuesday, 17 October 2017
Harlem Timeline - 2. Part 2
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 17th September 2017
In his second journey into Harlem's history, Soweto Kinch finds out about the rich gospel tradition, explores the art, music and poetry of the harlem Renaissance, and traces the story of jazz from swing to bebop. He visits the place where politician Marcus Garvey addressed the crowds from a soapbox, and finds out where African American thinker and reformer W. E. B DuBois lived and worked. He hears about the legendary Savoy Ballroom, and the late night clubs like Minton's and the Uptown House where Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie created a new style of jazz. Finally as the 1940s progress, rhythm and blues arrives on the scene and the everyday sound of Harlem is transformed.
First broadcast in on BBC Radio 2 in 2009.
Kurtis Blow - One Two Five (Main Street Harlem Usa) [Mercury]
Gregory Hopkins & Male Choir Of Convent Avenue Baptist Church - Highway To Heaven [AJB]
Paul Robeson - Scandalize My Name [Hiltongrove]
Gregory Hopkins & Male Choir Of Convent Avenue Baptist Church - Who Built The Ark [AJB]
Ice T - If We Must Die (Poem) [Rhino]
Branford Marsalis - The Weary Blues (Poem) [Rhino]
Willie “The Lion” Smith - Achin Hearted Blues [Charly]
LeVar Burton - The Damnation Of Women (Essay) [Rhino]
Chick Webb And His Orchestra - Stompin' At The Savoy [Hep]
Chick Webb - Darktown Strutters Ball [Hep]
Chick Webb & His Orch/Ella Fitzgerald - A Tisket A Tasket [Pulse]
Chick Webb & Ella Fitzgerald - I Was Doing All Right [Proper]
Al Cooper & Savoy Sultans - Second Balcony Jump [N/A]
Mills Blue Rhythm Band - The Growl [Chant Du Monde]
Roy Eldridge - Sittin' In [Proper]
Billy Eckstine And His Orchestra - Blowin' The Blues Away [Proper]
Sir Charles Thompson - Takin' Off [Delmark]
Dizzy Gillespie Quintet - Shaw Nuff [Proper]
Charlie Parker Plus Band - Just Friends [Verve]
Big Joe Turner - Sweeet Sixteen [JSP]
Gene Ammons - The Last Mile [Classics]
George Benson - Smokin' Cheeba Cheeba [Paul Winley]
George Benson - Sideman [Columbia]
George Benson - Hello Birdie [Columbia]
Ray Charles - What'd I Say [Atco]
Monday, 16 October 2017
Harlem Timeline - 1. Part 1
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 16th September 2017
Soweto Kinch begins a four-part journey of discovery in Harlem, a few square miles in northern Manhattan which have given the world great musical riches.
He hears from Pulitzer Prize winning novelist David Levering Lewis (author of "When Harlem Was In Vogue") about the origins of the area and visits the site of the "Tree of Hope" where superstitious musicians have touched the bark to help launch their careers.
We hear about the unique Harlem Stride style of piano jazz; visit speakeasies and the site of the famous Lincoln Theatre (which is now an Episcopalian church); and journey to Sugar Hill, the home of the Harlem Renaissance movement which saw intellectuals produce some of the area's richest writing, poetry and painting.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in 2009.
Kurtis Blow - One Two Five (Main Street Harlem USA) [Mercury]
Billy Eckstine - Love Is Just Around The Corner [Emarcy]
James Brown - Gonna Have A Funky Good Time [Charly/Atlas]
Eubie Blake - Charleston Rag [Classic Jazz/Charly]
Louis Armstrong - (What Did I Do To Be So) Black And Blue [CBS]
Duke Ellington - Cotton Club Stomp / Misty Morning [Bluebird]
Baby Dee - Look What Baby's Got For You [Delmark]
Adelaide Hall & Bill Robinson & Duke Ellington - I Can't Give You Anything But Love [CBS]
Duke Ellington - Freeze And Melt [Bluebird]
Cab Calloway - Minnie The Moocher [Castle Communications]
Cab Calloway - Kicking The Gong Around [ASV Living Era]
Cab Calloway - Trickeration [JSP]
Fats Waller - Handful Of Keys [Properbox]
Scott Joplin - Elite Syncopations [Biograph]
Fats Waller - The Joint Is Jumpin' [Proper]
Fats Waller - Carolina Shout [Proper]
Butch Thompson - Maple Leaf Rag
Don Ewell & Willie “The Lion” Smith - I Found A New Baby [Delmark]
Fats Waller - Rusty Pail [Proper]
Gregory Hopkins & Male Choir Of Convent Avenue Baptist Church - Highway To Heaven [AJB]
Sunday, 15 October 2017
Classic Albums Of The 90s: The Verve - Urban Hymns
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 8th September 2017
Steve Lamacq looks back at The Verve's 1997 release Urban Hymns - their third album, which included Bitter Sweet Symphony, The Drugs Don't Work and Lucky Man.
Saturday, 14 October 2017
Arto Lindsay - Late Junction Mixtape
BBC Radio 3 broadcast: 1st September 2017
Earlier this year the Brazilian-American musician Arto Lindsay released his first album in 13 years. Now he takes time out to select some of his favourite music from recent years for the latest edition of the Late Junction Mixtape.
Once described by journalist Brian Olewnick as 'sounding like the bastard child of Derek Bailey', Lindsay first emerged from the avant-garde No Wave scene in New York in the 1970s with his band DNA. Since then his music has tripped between abstract noise, electronica and bossa nova and he's become known for his studiedly naive guitar style. Over the years he has worked with many different musicians both as collaborator and producer, among them Caetano Veloso, David Byrne, Laurie Anderson, Tom Waits and Ryuichi Sakamoto.
For his mixtape he's selected songs that he's been listening to obsessively over the last year, the songs that have been wearing the needle out on his record player and draining his laptop battery. Recently he's been interested in the latest developments in hip hop, praising new artists like Young Thug and Future for their innovative pop production. Jostling for space on his mix are harmony singers from Bahia, a moving piece written by Lou Reed after the death of his friend the song writer Doc Pomus, and transgressive performance art from the early 1970s.
Produced by Alannah Chance for Reduced Listening.
Arto Lindsay - Uncrossed [Northern Spy]
Arto Lindsay - Arto vs. Arto [Northern Spy]
MC Beijinho - Me Libera Nega [Bonde Drop]
Arto Lindsay - Ridiculously Deep [Rykodisc]
Lou Reed - Power And Glory (The Situation) [Warner Bros.]
Thiago Nassif - Shiu (Coçar Onde Coça) [Self-released]
Frank Sinatra - Talk To Me [Capitol]
Os Tincoãs - Promessa Ao Gantois [RCA Victor]
Shuta Hasunuma & U-Zhaan - Green Gold Grey (feat. Arto Lindsay)
Héctor Lavoe - Hacha Y Machete [Fania]
Gal Costa - Folhetim [Philips]
Friday, 13 October 2017
Late Junction: Nick Luscombe With Golden Records 29th August 2017
BBC Radio 3 broadcast: 29th August 2017
Marking the 40th anniversary of the Voyager Golden Record, a sonic gift sent into space by NASA to transmit earthly music, sounds and languages to extraterrestrials. A committee chaired by Carl Sagan selected the contents of this "message in a bottle cast into the cosmic ocean", including bits of Bach, blues music, and Chuck Berry on the gold-plated copper disc.
Tonight the task is Nick Luscombe's. He will be speculating on what futuristic sounds we would send out into the universe were we to do it again now, as well as playing the best bits from the original Golden Record, including traditional music from Benin, Peru, and Australia, mariachi from Lorenzo Barcelata, and Hindustani classical music from Kesarbai Kerkar.
To help discuss and dissect the Golden Record, Nick welcomes Black Quantum Futurism to Late Junction. Made up of experimental musician Moor Mother and author/attorney Rasheedah Phillips, they are an afro-futurist force in music, film, and literature, with a special interest in time capsules and temporality.
Humanity's farthest and longest-lived spacecraft, Voyager 1 and 2 achieve 40 years of exploration this August and September. Though they have left the planets far behind and will not come close to another star for 40,000 years, they continue to communicate with NASA daily.
Produced by Jack Howson for Reduced Listening.
Warp 9 - Light Years Away [4th & Broadway]
Mahi Musicians Of Benin - Cengunmé
Tom Djawa & Mudpo & Waliparu - Barnumbirr (Morning Star) / Moikoi Song
Lorenzo Barcelata & Antonio Maciel And Los Aguilillas & Mariachi México de Pepe Villa & Rafael Carrión - El Cascabel
Gorō Yamaguchi - Sokaku-Reibo (Depicting The Cranes In Their Nest)
Georgian State Merited Ensemble Of Folk Song and Dance & Anzor Kavsadze - Chakrulo
Young Girl Of Huancavelica - Wedding Song
Guan Pinghu - Liu Shui (Flowing Streams)
Kesarbai Kerkar - Bhairavi: Jaat Kahan Ho
Bob Dylan - Stardust [Columbia]
Dan Deacon - Sago An Ya Rev (Live @ Sacrum Profanum Festival, Krakow) [Cantaloupe Music]
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Further Than We've Gone [Virgin]
NICK IN CONVERSATION WITH BLACK QUANTUM FUTURISM
Moor Mother - Time Distortion (feat. Black Quantum Futurism) [The Vinyl Factory]
Alice Coltrane & Carlos Santana - Illuminations [Columbia]
Matana Roberts - J.P. [Constellation]
Black Quantum Futurism - Temporal Technologies [Self-released]
Betty Carter - Sounds (Movin' On) [Verve]
David Allred - The Universe [Oscarson]
Yann Tomita - Time Machine [Sony]
Alexander Courage - Star Trek - End Title (Electric Violin Version)
Caoimhín Breathnach - Bolcán
Vangelis - Pulstar [RCA Victor]
Parliament - Mothership Connection (Star Child) [Casablanca]
Space Dimension Controller - The Love Quadrant [Kinnego]
Coda To Coda - Celestial Mechanisms [Coda To Coda]
Laurie Spiegel - Kepler's Harmony Of The Worlds [Unseen Worlds]
Carl Sagan - A Glorious Dawn (feat. Stephen Hawking) [Third Man]
Thursday, 12 October 2017
Andrew Weatherall - Freak Zone Playlist 24th September 2017
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 24th September 2017
Somewhere within an area bounded by Zola's residence in exile, Pissarro's paint pots, Marconi's mistakenly Martian message receiver and the site of a Spurgeon sermon, lies a tract of boggy ground of which not even ardent foragers are aware.
It was whilst digging for peat on this land that my spade struck the metal box.
A box buried in the rich dark layer.
A box buried in the moine dubh.
On retrieving and opening what looked like an ammo tin I found it to be full of quarter inch magnetic tape.
Tapes full of invocation, evocation and magick.
Spells etched into magnetic ribbons.
Franck Alba - Piano Night
Kave - Kave Of Dreams
Echowood - Witchfinder
Eva Eden - Long Lost Brother
Nina & Erick - Still Dreaming
Fireflies - Stoney Lane
Lowroad - The Last
Clancy, Riley, Walsh & O'Brien - Raag Electric
Alain Maclean - Desert Song
Nina Walsh - Lover Teacher
Rootmasters - Fade To Blue
Barry Woolnough - Sunshine
Jessica Cahill - Cold Blows The Wind
Kave - Monolith
Nina Walsh - My December
Wednesday, 11 October 2017
The Story Of Mogwai
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 27th August 2017
Mary Anne Hobbs talks to Stuart Braithwaite of the band about their career to date, with contributions from Gruff Rhys, Clint Mansell and journalist Jane Graham.
They move through his early influences and how the success of fellow Scottish bands such as Jesus And Mary Chain and Primal Scream really helped give them confidence. They discuss how the band create their music and why there are very few vocals. Mary Anne asks about John Peel who was a key player in their early career, they discuss just how important sessions and records of the week use to be before moving into talking about their more recent soundtrack work. Live performance is at the heart of what the band do, and they discuss why this is so important.
First broadcast in 2015.
Mogwai - Hunted By A Freak [PIAS]
Mogwai - San Pedro [Rock Action]
The Velvet Underground - Venus In Furs [Verve]
The Jesus And Mary Chain - Cracking Up [Creation]
Bauhaus - Double Dare
The Pastels - Check My Heart [Domino]
Dinosaur Jr. - Just Like Heaven [Blast First]
Iggy And The Stooges - Raw Power [Virgin]
Mogwai - New Paths To Helicon (Part 1) [Rock Action]
Mogwai - Summer [Rock Action]
Joy Division - Transmission
Sonic Youth - Shadow Of A Doubt [Geffen]
Mogwai - Summer (Priority Version) (Radio 1 Session, 22 December 1996)
Mogwai - Tracy [Chemikal Underground]
Mogwai - Mogwai Fears Satan (Live At Glastonbury 1999)
Mogwai - Mogwai Fears Satan (Surgeon Remix)
Mogwai & Kronos Quartet & Clint Mansell - Holy Dread! [Nonesuch]
Mogwai - Half Time [Play It Again Sam]
Stars Of The Lid - Another Ballad For Heavy Lids [Kranky]
James Orr Complex - Angry Mob
Errors - Lease Of Life (Radio Edit) [Rock Action]
Mogwai - Teenage Exorcists [Rock Action]
Tuesday, 10 October 2017
Kutmah - Benji B Guest Mix 14th September 2017
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 14th September 2017
Don Robertson - Dawn [Limelight]
Dwight Trible & The Light Force Trio - Celestial Blues [Ninja Tune]
Ahmed Malek & Flako - Tape 3 Track 4 [Habibi Funk]
Kankick - Ancestry [Kankick Productions]
Al Dobson Jr. - Players Club (aka Bernie Mac Riddim) [Izwid]
Frankie Reyes - Studies 3-4 [Gifted & Blessed]
Sun Ra Arkestra - Somebody Else's World [Strut]
Akello G Light - The Cosmos Is Me [Self Released]
Akello G Light - Please Hate [Self Released]
Akello G Light - Hugs For Your Bad Vibe [Self Released]
Akello G Light - Dion Fortune Psychic Attacks [Self Released]
Akello G Light - Anything You [Self Released]
Akello G Light - The World Ain't Ish/Green Tea Mint [Izwid]
Kutmah - Thoughts Under The Full Moon/Heeehqtes Trobbbi (feat. Akello G Light) [Big Dada]
Spectrum - Feel Like I'm Slipping Away/Forever Alien [Space Age Recordings]
Saul Williams - You Massage The Universe's Spine...(Excerpt from the film 'Slam')
The Montclairs - Baby (You Know I'm Gonna Miss You) [Paula]
Beastie Boys - Netty's Girl [EMI]
The Capris - There's A Moon Out Tonight [Old Town]
Pilooski - Love Is Wet [Astro Lab]
Sunny & The Sunliners - Smile Now, Cry Later [Big Crown]
Sunny & The Sunliners - My Dream [Big Crown]
Suicide - I Remember [Red Star]
Durlin Lurt - Magic [Leaving]
Madlib - Young Warrior (Remix Edit) [Blue Note]
Intro (320kbs-m4a/4mb/2mins)
Monday, 9 October 2017
The Evolution Of John Peel - 2000s Evolution
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 24th September 2017
Continuing the series that explores John Peel's developing musical passions with a look back at some of his Radio 1 shows from 2000 until his sad death in October 2004. Complementing Radio 1's 50th anniversary celebrations and introduced by Mary Anne Hobbs.
Grinderswitch - Pickin' The Blues [Capricorn]
The Go - Suzy Don't Leave
Solex - Snappy And Cocky
Cornell Campbell - The Gorgon
The Fall - Powder Keg [N/A]
Ken Colyer And His Jazzmen - If I Ever Cease To Love
The White Stripes - We Are Going To Be Friends (John Peel At Maida Vale Session)
Son House - Don't You Mind People Grinnin' In Your Face (John Peel Session)
Roy Harper - When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease [Science Friction]
3 Inches Of Blood - Heir To The Chaos Throne
Kanda Bongo Man - Mosali
Amsterdam - Does This Train Stop On Merseyside [Not Given]
Half Man Half Biscuit - It Makes The Room Look Bigger
Cinerama - Don't Touch That Dial
Conway Twitty - It's Only Make Believe [Trax]
Klute - Time For Change
Sunday, 8 October 2017
The Evolution Of John Peel - All-time Festive 50 (From 2000)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 25th September 2017
Continuing the series that explores John Peel's (and also his listeners') developing musical passions, with an abridged look back at the all-time Festive 50, compiled from votes from his listeners and first broadcast in January 2000.
Complementing Radio 1's 50th anniversary celebrations and introduced by Mary Anne Hobbs.
Grinderswitch - Pickin The Blues [Capricorn]
Pavement - Here [Domino]
PJ Harvey - Sheela-Na-Gig [Island]
Culture - Lion Rock [Warner]
The Sundays - Can't Be Sure [Rough Trade]
The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations [Capitol]
The Beatles - I Am The Walrus [EMI Music UK]
Bob Dylan - Visions Of Johanna [CBS]
Nick Drake - Northern Sky [Island]
The Velvet Underground - Heroin [Polygram]
The Beach Boys - God Only Knows [Capitol]
Tim Buckley - Song To The Siren [WSM]
The Damned - New Rose [Castle Music]
The Fall - The Classical
Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower [Experience]
Stereolab - French Disco [D-UHF]
Pixies - Debaser [4AD]
Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant [Virgin]
Joy Division - Transmission [London]
My Bloody Valentine - Feed Me With Your Kiss
The Delgados - Pull The Wires From The Wall [Chemikal Underground]
Joy Division - She's Lost Control [Factory]
New Order - Temptation [Factory]
The Only Ones - Another Girl Another Planet [Warners]
New Order - Ceremony [Centredate]
My Bloody Valentine - Soon [Creation]
Joy Division - New Dawn Fades [Centredate]
Dead Kennedys - Holidays In Cambodia [Cherry Red]
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Big Eyed Beans From Venus [Reprise]
Pulp - Common People [Island]
Robert Wyatt - Shipbuilding [Rykodisc]
The Clash - (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais [Columbia]
Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The U.K. [Virgin]
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart [Centredate]
The Undertones - Teenage Kicks [Essential]
Joy Division - Atmosphere [Centredate]
Saturday, 7 October 2017
The Evolution Of John Peel - 1990s Evolution
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 17th September 2017
Ever since he came off the pirate ships and joined Radio 1 in 1967, John Peel was a champion of new, exciting and occasionally challenging music like no other DJ.
Today BBC Radio 6 Music lives on in that pioneering spirit, with its presenters continuing the passion and love he showed for new music.
Mary-Anne Hobbs presents the second show in this five-part series, which this week covers the 1980s.
Highlights include Peel sessions from Blur and Pulp, alternative US music from The Mountain Goats, plus home grown indie bands including Kenickie and Bis.
Plus 6 Music DJ Steve Lamacq will give his favourite memories of Peel in the decade he joined the BBC.
Grinderswitch - Pickin' The Blues [Atlantic]
Dweeb - Buzzsong
The Mountain Goats & Alastair Galbraith - Blood Royal
PJ Harvey - C'Mon Billy [Island]
Pulp - Pencil Skirt
White Hassle - The Beating Of My Heart
Spiritualized - Take Your Time
bis - Kiss And Tell
Mosquito - Lucky [Psycho Acoustic Sounds]
Popinjays - Please Let Me Go
The Fall - Rainmaster
Seafood - Porchlight
Elastica - All Nighter
Teenage Fanclub & Frank Black - Handy Man (BBC Session, 14 May 1994)
Blur - M.O.R. [Food]
The Trashwomen - Bumble Bee
Busytoby - Me, My Drums And You
Secret - Cyclone
Friday, 6 October 2017
The Evolution Of John Peel - 1990s Revolution
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 17th September 2017
Ever since he came off the pirate ships and joined Radio 1 in 1967, John Peel was a champion of new, exciting and occasionally challenging music like no other DJ.
Today BBC Radio 6 Music lives on in that pioneering spirit, with its presenters continuing the passion and love he showed for new music.
Mary Anne Hobbs presents this companion show to the Evolution of John Peel, broadcast Sunday at 1pm, with more highlights of John's shows in the nineties.
Grinderswitch - Pickin' The Blues [Atlantic]
Mogwai - Rollerball
Andrés Landero y Su Conjunto - Mercedes
Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci - Lucy's Hamper
Half Man Half Biscuit - Sponsoring The Moshpits
Mufflon 5 - Gross Feeder
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit [Geffen]
Conemelt - Artificial Timestretch Lady
Crocodile God - Final Song
Lost Acapulco - MPM (La Quebradora)
The London Punkharmonic Orchestra - Teenage Kicks
The Undertones - Teenage Kicks [EMI]
Kenickie - Come In
Cibo Matto - Beef Jerky
Shut Up And Dance - White White World (Radio 1 Session, 5 Aug 1990)
Pavement - The Sutcliffe Catering Song (Radio 1 Session, 11 Feb 1994)
Tongoenda Sounds - Tscvenhando
Thursday, 5 October 2017
The Evolution Of John Peel - 1980s Evolution
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 10th September 2017
Ever since he came off the pirate ships and joined Radio 1 in 1967, John Peel was a champion of new, exciting and occasionally challenging music like no other DJ.
Today BBC Radio 6 Music lives on in that pioneering spirit, with its presenters continuing the passion and love he showed for new music.
Mary-Anne Hobbs presents the second show in this five-part series, which this week covers the 1980s.
Highlights include alternative, independent music from The Smiths and The Fall, world music from African Connexion, reggae from Black Uhuru and the beginnings of acid house with MARRS.
Plus 6 Music DJ Mark Radcliffe will give his favourite memories of working with Peel, including a 1984 session from The Triffids that he produced.
Grinderswitch - Pickin' The Blues [Atlantic]
The Cramps - Rockin' Bones
New Order - I.C.B. (Radio 1 Session, 26 Jan 1981)
Toyah - Tribal Look
The 49 Americans - Is This Rock And Roll?
Black Uhuru - World Is Africa [Island]
The Wedding Present - Anyone Can Make Mistakes
The Velvet Underground - There She Goes Again [Polydor]
The Fall - Middle Mass
MARRS - Pump Up The Volume [Telstar]
African Connexion - C'est La Danse (Kwanza Kwanza I)
The Triffids - Monkey On My Back (Radio 1 Session, 6 November 1984)
The Sinatras - Happy Feeling
Cocteau Twins - The Tinderbox (Of A Heart)
The Jesus And Mary Chain - Deep One Perfect Morning
Wednesday, 4 October 2017
The Evolution Of John Peel - 1980s Revolution
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 10th September 2017
Ever since he came off the pirate ships and joined Radio 1 in 1967, John Peel was a champion of new, exciting and occasionally challenging music like no other DJ.
Today BBC Radio 6 Music lives on in that pioneering spirit, with its presenters continuing the passion and love he showed for new music.
Mary Anne Hobbs presents this companion show to the Evolution of John Peel, broadcast Sunday at 1pm, with more highlights of John's shows in the eighties.
Grinderswitch - Pickin' The Blues [Atlantic]
Madness - Un Passo Avanti
The Mekons - I'm So Happy
Billy Bragg - Lovers Town (BBC Session, 21 Feb 1984)
Echo & The Bunnymen - All My Colours Turn To Clouds
The Beat - Tears Of A Clown (BBC Radio 1 John Peel Session, 24 Oct 1979)
The Vapors - Cold War
Matt Black & The Coldcut Crew - The Music Maker
The Smiths - Still Ill [Rhino]
Burning Spear - Bad To Worse
The Undertones - Tearproof
Nina Hagen - African Reggae
Big Black - Passing Complexion
Bow Wow Wow - Giant Sized Baby Thing
The Specials - Gangsters (BBC Session, 23 May 1979)
The Delmonts - So It's Not To Be
Tuesday, 3 October 2017
The Evolution Of John Peel - 1970s Evolution
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 3rd September 2017
Ever since he came off the pirate ships and joined Radio 1 in 1967, John Peel was a champion of new, exciting and occasionally challenging music like no other DJ.
Today BBC Radio 6 Music lives on in that pioneering spirit, with its presenters continuing the passion and love he showed for new music.
Mary-Anne Hobbs presents the first show in this five-part series, which this week covers the 1970s.
Highlights include Tyrannosaurus Rex performing live for John at the BBC Paris Theatre at the turn of the decade, a legendary Peel session from Joy Division, reggae and roots from Culture, Swedish punk from Attentat, and the band Peel frequently cited as the best in the world, The Undertones.
Tyrannosaurus Rex - Dove (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 4 January 1970)
Joy Division - Sound Of Music (BBC Maida Vale Session, 26 Nov 1979)
Culture - Down In Jamaica [High Note]
The Undertones - Girls Don't Like It
The Slits - Instant Hit (Radio 1 Session, 17 Aug 1978)
Attentat - Ge Fan I Mej
The Crawdaddys - Let's Make It
Family - Love Is A Sleeper
The Ruts - SUS
Asher & Trimble - Humble Yourself
Mo-Dettes - White Mice
Skids - Charade
Trespass - One Of These Days
Delia Gartrell - See What You Done Done (Hymn No. 9)
Monday, 2 October 2017
The Evolution Of John Peel - 1970s Revolution
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 3rd September 2017
Ever since he came off the pirate ships and joined Radio 1 in 1967, John Peel was a champion of new, exciting and occasionally challenging music like no other DJ.
Today BBC Radio 6 Music lives on in that pioneering spirit, with its presenters continuing the passion and love he showed for new music.
Mary Anne Hobbs presents this companion show to the Evolution of John Peel, broadcast Sunday at 1pm, with more highlights of John's shows in the seventies.
Bob Dylan - George Jackson
Stackridge - The Three Legged Table
The Vibrators - Judy Says
25 Rifles - Revolution Blues
Madness - The Prince (Radio 1 Session, 14 Aug 1979)
The Dickies - You Drive Me Ape (You Big Gorilla)
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Big Tears
The Fall - Futures And Pasts (Radio 1 Session, 30 May 1978)
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Blackman Redemption
The Chi‐Lites - Have You Seen Her [EMI]
Ralph McTell - Genesis 1 Verse 20
Marmalade - Sarah
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry [Fiction]
The Rolling Stones - Con Le Mie Lacrime
Captain Beefheart - Hard Workin' Man
Buzzcocks - Paradise
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Hong Kong Garden (Radio 1 Session, 6 Feb 1978)
John Fahey - The Yellow Princess
Sunday, 1 October 2017
FAC 501: The Tony Wilson Story - 2. Part 2
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 20th August 2017
Paul Morley presents the concluding half of FAC 501: The Tony Wilson Story to mark 10 years since the Mancunian broadcaster and cultural catalyst passed away.
On August 10th 2007, music mogul, impresario, Northern institution and professional motormouth Anthony H. Wilson died of a heart attack aged 57 at Christie's Hospital in Manchester.
Tony Wilson will always be remembered as the founding father of Factory Records, the man behind bands like Joy Division and New Order and creator of one of the world's most famous clubs - The Hacienda - as well as for helping to establish the scene that was Madchester and continuing that task with In The City.
Music journalist Paul Morley traces Wilson's life, from growing up in Salford right through to his last days suffering with cancer, including an exclusive interview with Tony months before he died, plus interviews with friends and family on how one man's passion and self-belief affected the cultural and physical landscape of the city of Manchester.
New Order - Blue Monday [Factory]
New Order - True Faith [Factory]
Happy Mondays - W.F.L. (Vince Clarke Remix) [London]
Joy Division - Atmosphere [Factory]
808 State - Pacific 707 [ZTT]
The Durutti Column - 28 Oldham Street [Factory Once]
Happy Mondays - Hallelujah (Maccoll Mix) [Factory]
Happy Mondays - Hallelujah (Club Mix) [Factory]
Electronic - Tighten Up [Factory]
New Order - The Happy One [Factory]
A Certain Ratio - Flight [Factory]
New Order - Vanishing Point (Instrumental Making Out Mix) [Factory]
The Durutti Column - Messidor [Factory]
Happy Mondays - Theme From Netto [Factory]
New Order - Peter Saville Soundtrack
New Order - World (Perfecto Mix)
The Durutti Column - Home [Factory]
New Order - Mto [Factory]
Sub Sub - Fire Suite [Robs]
Happy Mondays - 24 Hour Party People [Factory]
Mike Garry & Joe Duddell - St Anthony: An Ode To Anthony H. Wilson (Andrew Weatherall Instrumental Remix)
The Durutti Column - Anthony
The Durutti Column - Duet For Piano
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