Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe take us on a musical journey of discovery, exploring the web of connections between tracks across the breadth of all musical styl...
Jess Gillam and Richard Stilgoe launch the new series
Saxophonist and Radio 3 presenter Jess Gillam, and lyricist and songwriter Richard Stilgoe, launch a new series as they join Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe to add the first five tracks of the new playlist. The elements feature in three of the tracks (but Earth, Wind & Fire don't!), before we head to the barber's and round off with a Dylan classic.Producer: Jerome Weatherald
Presented with musical direction by Jeffrey Boakye and Anna PhoebeThe five tracks in this week's playlist:I Feel the Earth Move by Carole King
Earth by Joe Henderson and Alice Coltrane
The Elements by Tom Lehrer
Shave and a Haircut by Billy Watson and His International Silver String Submarine Band
Mr. Tambourine Man by Bob DylanOther music in this episode:Ay Jona by The Bahama Social Club
Will You Love Me Tomorrow by Carole King
Poisoning Pigeons In The Park by Tom Lehrer
Major General's Song from The Pirates of Penzance by W S Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan
We Will All Go Together When We Go by Tom Lehrer
Magic Melody by Les Paul and Mary Ford
Unsquare Dance by The Dave Brubeck Quartet
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Errollyn Wallen and Neil Brand round off the series
Belize-born British composer Errollyn Wallen, recently announced as Master of the King's Music, and composer and silent film music specialist Neil Brand, join Anna Phoebe and Jeffrey Boakye to round off the current series.From the first winner of the Eurovision Song contest to a Marvin Gaye masterpiece, via warring brothers, Add to Playlist wraps up before returning for a new series in November.Producer: Jerome Weatherald
Presented with musical direction by Jeffrey Boakye and Anna PhoebeThe five tracks in this week's playlist:Refrain by Lys Assia
The Honeysuckle and the Bee by Stanley Holloway
Champagne Supernova by Oasis
Sunny Afternoon by The Kinks
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough by Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell Other music in this episode:1st Movement of Concerto Grosso by Errollyn Wallen
Trenulețul (Eurovision 2022) by Zdob și Zdub
All in Your Head by New Jack & Lys Assia
Flight of the Bumblebee by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Disco Inferno by The Trammps
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Rick Wakeman and Fenella Humphreys, from Bach to Eurovision
Keyboard maestro and prog rock musician Rick Wakeman and concert violinist Fenella Humphreys are today's studio guests with Anna Phoebe and Jeffrey Boakye. In the penultimate episode of the current series, they take us from a Bach favourite via an Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong classic before hopping on a train to Moldova for some lively Eurovision action.Producer: Jerome Weatherald
Presented with musical direction by Jeffrey Boakye and Anna PhoebeThe five tracks in this week's playlist:1st movement of Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor by Bach
A Futuristic Auntyquarian by Gryphon
Your Woman by White Town
Summertime by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
Trenulețul (Eurovision 2022) by Zdob și ZdubOther music in this episode:Would You...? by Touch and Go
Bapaalaay by Esukolaal
Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor by Anne-Sophie Mutter
Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor by Yehudi Menuhin
My Woman by Lew Stone and the Monseigneur Band
Love Again by Dua Lipa
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Emma Rawicz and Julian Joseph, with special guest Rhiannon Giddens
Saxophone player and composer Emma Rawicz and jazz pianist and bandleader Julian Joseph join Anna Phoebe and Jeffrey Boakye as they take us from a 1973 Elton John hit to music with historical links to the Deep South. Special guest Rhiannon Giddens, the American folk musician, fiddler and banjo player, reveals the history of the bluegrass banjo, taking us from West Africa to the Americas, and the role of the transatlantic slave trade.The five tracks in this week's playlist:Bennie and the Jets by Elton John
SilkyM by Sean Mason
They Say I’m Different by Betty Davis
Walkin’ Boss by Sam Amidon
Bapaalaay by EsukolaalOther music in this episode:Carnaval de Paris by Dario G
Slave to the Rhythm by Grace Jones
Dreams by Kelsey Lu
He Used to be Your Man by Lena Wilson
Freight Train by Elizabeth Cotten
Texas Hold 'Em by Beyoncé
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Joe Stilgoe and Gabriella Swallow on Beethoven, Doo-wop and Mambo
Cellist Gabriella Swallow and singer, pianist and songwriter Joe Stilgoe join Anna Phoebe and Jeffrey Boakye as they add the next five tracks, taking us from a pioneering use of a vocoder for a Stanley Kubrick soundtrack to a Grace Jones synth hit, via some early American Doo-wop.Producer: Jerome Weatherald
Presented with musical direction by Jeffrey Boakye and Anna PhoebeThe five tracks in this week's playlist:March – from A Clockwork Orange by Beethoven, Wendy Carlos & Rachel Elkind
This Night by Billy Joel
When You Dance by The Turbans
Gopher by Yma Sumac
Slave to the Rhythm by Grace JonesOther music in this episode:Night Boat to Cairo by Madness
Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger by Daft Punk
The Shining - Main Title, by Wendy Carlos and Rachel Elkind
Piano Sonata No.8 by Bach, played by Alfred Brendel
Why do Fools Fall in Love by Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers
The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss) by Betty Everett
Street Hassle by Lou Reed
Dance at the Gym from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein
Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe take us on a musical journey of discovery, exploring the web of connections between tracks across the breadth of all musical styles, from pop, rock, reggae and hip-hop to classical, jazz, folk and country.
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