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Xmas ’63. The Dave Clark Five are feeling Glad all over
The Police – Don’t stand so close to me
Roger is in Madrid to say Wish you were here
John Adams has Mr & Mrs Mao taking to the floor in The Chairman dances
Surely at the very pinnacle of the Fab 4’s magical output. Eleanor Rigby
A touch of 17th century Spain. Jordi Savall with Gaspar Sanz’s Canarios improvisation
It’s good to know His Bobness will be with us when the deal goes down
Ella – Miss Otis regrets
Bob – Spirit on the water
It’s 2013 and Caro Emerald looks to Paris
Paul pines for his Honey Pie
Leonard is back on Boogie Street
Try telling Barry McGuire you don’t believe we’re on the eve of destruction
From their Heavy Weather album, here’s Weather Report: A remark you made
1969. John and the Plastic Ono Band say Give peace a chance
Saxman John Surman and bassist Dave Holland join oud player Anouar Brahem for Bahia
From the sublime Requiem of Gabriel Fauré – Sanctus
Eric Clapton pays homage to Prince – Purple Rain
Spot the match: the Fab 4’s All My Loving (1963) vs The Dave Brubeck Q’s Kathy’s Waltz (1959)
Catchy tune from Ludwig van B – Für Elise
For the eager to please sons of touchline dads the world over. Richard Dawson’s two halves
Great cover of a Leadbelly classic. Nirvana – My girl (where did you sleep ..?)
His Bobness says it’s alright ma (I’m only bleeding)
To the slow black, crow black fishing boat bobbing sea to begin at the beginning
It’s October 1958. Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers are Moanin’
Jules Massenet’s intermezzo for solo violin and orchestra in his opera, Thaïs – Meditations
In memory of Jeff Beck, here’s The Yardbirds and For your love
João Gilberto, Stan Getz, Astrud Gilberto and The Girl From Ipanemo
His Bobness, no less, penned an essay on this song from The Clash – London Calling
Beatle George warns of dire dental consequences after the Savoy Truffle
From the Cole Porter playbook, Tony Bennett advises that we Experiment
RIP Terry Hall: December 12, 2022. Lead singer of The Specials, who gave us Ghost Town
Of a zillion covers of this Cole Porter gem, my vote goes to Ella Fitzgerald’s Love for sale
Time for some Ludwig Van B, no? Bologna 2018. Movement 2 of Oboe Concerto in F major
From Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro, Non piu andrai
The bard from Minnesota yearns for a little intimacy in Lay Lady Lay
As with Greensleeves and Favourite Things,’Trane hit melodic gold with Chim Chim Cheree
This played in the BBC series, The English. Rodriguez: Crucify Your Mind
The Norwegian Chamber Orchestra: Bela Bartok’s Romanian Folk Dances for Strings
It’s 1965. Eric and his Geordie pals are saying we gotta get out of this place
A 1964 B-side for the 4 Seasons, in ’67 The Tremeloes went to No. 1 with Silence is Golden
Don’t get caught out! If asked to give an example of a tone poem, say Sibelius: The Bard
Holland Baroque’s unorthodox approach to Hildegrade von Bingen’s Karitas Antphon
October 26, 2022: Sons of the East at the Peppermint Club with California
Bob Dylan is in soul-searching mode for What good am I?
From her splendid album, Diva, Annnie Lennox tells of the Gift
His Bobness and Susan Tedeschi revisit Highway 61 Revisited
Lady sings the blues – Strange fruit
Born with a golden voice, Leonard Cohen serenades the Lady Greensleeves
Rhiannon Giddens is joined by Francesco Turrisi for Avalon
Three young musicians do Schubert proud – Trio No. 2, Op.100
Jeff Beck is live with Freeway Jam
A Polish youth orchestra delivers a percussion driven Danse Macabre
50 years ago Von Karajan applied wellie to this slice of Dvorak’s New World
The joy of jass fusion. Snarky Puppy in Holland with Lingus
Composed after going deaf, this is Smetana’s stirring Die Moldau
Greek soprano Agnes Baltsa with a song by compatriot Manos Hadjidakis – O tahidrómos
It’s 1977 and the Queen of Disco, aka Donna Summers, is saying “I feel love”
A beautiful and timely reminder from David Rovics that we are everywhere
From Perth, Australia, Riley Pearce says to keep moving
Glastonbury ’22: Sam Fender is Seventeen going under
From Van Morrisson’s sublime Astral Weeks, here’s Madame George
What a year 1967 was! Sgt Pepper, Forever Changes – and Strange Days
Glastonbury magic as John and Paul reunite (virtually) for I’ve got a feeling
Jazz guitar great Pat Metheny pays homage to the Beatles. And I love her
Phenomenal at Glastonbury 2022, here’s a younger Paul: Got to get you into my life
Tabla virtuoso and improviser extraordinaire, Zakir Hussain, evokes a horse running
In Breaking Bad, S3 E13, Mike rescues Chow as the Beastie Boys do Shambala
Gnarls Barkley on the subject of his Blind Mary
Street boy hiphop as Polish pianist-composer-improviser Aleksander Dębicz plays Toccata 1
The amazingly versatile Rhiannon Giddens goes Gaelic for S’iomadh Rid
Back in the day this got played plenty in my stoned household. The Byrds – Lover of the Bayou
The transcendental Rhianna Giddens on a certain Lousiana Man
As featured in Better Call Saul, here’s Bennie Green just Glidin’ along
Sinister strings and a counter-tenor looking immaculately frightful in Purcell’s Cold Song
Boy George: someday soon he’s gonna tell the moon about the Crying Game
1969. Jimi wows Woodstock. Buzz Aldrin moon-walks. Zager & Evans mull on the year 2525
From Leoš Janáček’s piano cycle, In the Mists. Hélène Grimaud plays the opener, Andante
As Shelley in Top Boy, Little Simz showed she can act. Here she is on the day job: Venom
On his second album, Freewheelin, Dylan wowed the world. And scared it: Talking WW3 Blues
Many were called but few were chosen to make this a monster hit – House of the Rising Sun
Woodstock ’69. As bombs rained on Nam, Jimi echoed the sound – Star-spangled banner
Leadbelly wants to know – Where did you sleep last night?
From Gustav Holst’s Planets Suite, the BBC Symphony Orchestra play Mars
Wreckless Eric says Take The Cash
From the most fascinating country I ever visited: a touch of folk from India
Roger Daltry and his Who bandmates tread the path of The Seeker
“You press them to your lips, my pages of concern.” Leonard Cohen: The letters
Live at the Crossroads, JJ is joined by Eric on After Midnight & Call Me the Breeze
When Ry Cooder went to find the authentic music of Cuba, one result was Chan Chan
It’s said that Tariq Ali was the model for both Street Fighting Man and Revolution
Life ain’t always easy for the Mongolian camel herder – Boerte Gobi
The late great Leonard Cohen on the time he stepped into an avalanche
From the land of the rising sun here’s Tokyo Groove Jyoshi and Funk No. 1
Perotá Chingó sing of mountains, good morrows and a laughing Chinaman – Ríe Chinito
Bob Dylan pays tribute to bluesman Charley Patton in High water risin’
The Grateful Dead meet one August West, aka Wharf Rat
From Gorecki’s 3rd, soprano Dawn Upshaw gives us the symphony of sorrowful songs
Thelonius Monk, Sonny Rollins and crew turning some brilliant corners
In 1993, James wanted someone to Say something
Blue Note ’64: Donald Byrd with stellar crew and a choir to boot for Christ the Redeemer
Unforgettble. The one and only Jacques Brel: Je ne me quitte pas
Another Jacques Brel cover. From Pomplamoose, this is Vesoul
I’m thinking Beatles, and a piano lesson with Paul
From Copenhagen’s Bistrup Church:, Mahler’s exquisite Die zwei blauen Augen
It’s 1959. Miles is kind of blue. Mingus is saying Better get it in your soul
That time of month? I think not. Live in Berlin, Agnes Obel sings of The curse
Candlemas at Ely Cathedral, celebrated by Jonathan Dove’s Vast ocean of light
Jazz Police! The Marcin Wasilewski Trio, live in Skopje with a Message in a bottle
The Tomasz Stanko Quartet play live in Germany – Celina
Echoes of David Gray? The soulful tenor of Henry Grace, who Can’t be your lover
Back in psychedelic ’69 the word from Jennifer Warnes was to Let the sunshine in
The Twelve Bar Blues Band tell us – as if we needed telling – that Life is hard
Early baroque penned by Andreas Hammerschmidt: Triumph, Triumph, Victoria
“Oh babe, don’t say you’re doing fine …” Elise LeGrow on drinking in the day
South Africa’s Moonchild Sanelly joins Somerset dub duo Sad Night Dynamite – Demon
Doo-wop on the street. Acapella Soul and The lion sleeps tonight
Jazz Jamaica – You don’t love me
Holland’s Caro Emerald is live at Montreax with a Liquid Lunch
BB King has a captive audience for Sing Sing Thanksgiving
Chris Rea is Driving home for Xmas
Ryan McGarvey – Blue Eyed Angel Blues
Now you can tell everybody down in old Frisco, tell ’em Tiny Montgomery says “hello” ..
The one and only Macy Grey covers Radiohead’s Creep
With a Harlem sizzle it’s the Hot Sardines and Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen
From Nantes with more than a soupcon of Arabic vibe is Orange Blossom and Habibi
Here’s French Canadian quartet, Mea Culpa Jazz, with Le vent nous portera
Another Jacques Brel cover. Wyclef Jean pleads, ne me quitte pas
“Bring it on!” cries French Canadian Salomé Leclerc. Tourne encore
Tango to this. Argentina’s Churupaca – No se vive feliz comiendo perdiz
Here’s Beth Hart to warn us that Love is a lie
The stellar blues guitar of Derek Trucks as the Allman Brothers play The sky is crying
For Diva, her sublimely intense post-Eurythmics debut, Annie Lennox goes Primitive
The Dead South follow the Doors in complaining that People are strange
Snake Oil Willie Band on the joy of acceptance: I don’t look good naked anymore
From the vaults of ’62 but relevant as ever. Bob Dylan and those Masters of War
Remember how good cigarettes after sex can be? Heavenly
Mash up of mad Miley with divine Deborah, forty years earlier: Heart of Glass
Duke has Ella’s back on It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing
A touch of class from erstwhile small town Italian lawyer, Paolo Conte – Via Con Me
Stan Getz and Helen Merrill do justice to Jacqes Brel’s If you go away
I’m in love with her and I feel fine
Pamplamoose do justice to Georges Brassens on Je Me Suis Fait Tout Petit
Sounds like Jagger but its Van. Them’s gritty ’66 cover of Dylan’s Baby Blue
This Mahogany Session has James Gillespie crying, Rescue me
Russia mourns her 20 million dead in Zhuravli (Cranes)
Elton John gets blue-grassed as Iron Horse do Rocket Man
A touch of the old Vivaldi magic – Concerto for 4 violins
Bob penned it, Jimi electrified it. Now try Jay Howie’s All along the watchtower
Mahogany Sessions bring us Violet Skies and Lonely
Anthropomorphists Simon & Garfunkel are At the zoo
She might be in Tangiers, says Bob, and if you see her say hello
Afro-Celtic band Baka Beyond not a million miles from Bath with Topé Malangui Bodé
It’s 1969. Jimi at the Albert Hall can hear his Train A Comin’
Cuba’s Maraca heads the Latin Jazz All Stars in Marciac, France, with Manteca
Many say they’re the most underrated 60s band. Family, and The Weaver’s Answer
No end of covers of this, but Leonard’s strikes a secret chord with me – Tennessee Waltz
Song-around-the-world take on the Grateful Dead’s Ripple
Jackson Browne urges, won’t you Stay Just a Little Bit Longer
It’s 1964 and Irma Thomas is advising, Baby Don’t Look Down
Charlie, who drums no more, takes the Stones All Down the Line
This did much to shape shape Bob’s early image: Positively 4th Street
Dig this dude, though the lyrics be rude. Prince Buster: Wreck A Pum Pum
Montserrat Caballé with Puccini’s O mio babbino caro
Arthur Smith, a telecaster and Guitar Boogie
Germany’s Zoe Wees, just 21. She doesn’t want to lose Control
These haunting ‘scat’ vocals were my intro to Duke Ellington. Creole Love Call
Exquisite. Anastasia Huppmann gives us Chopin’s Fantaisie Impromptu in C sharp minor
The Raconteurs want to know what you gonna do now you’re Old Enough
Primal. Faroese songstress Eivør Pálsdóttir tells of Tròdlabùndin
Folk? Country? Not quite blue grass? Old Crow Medicine Show with Wagon Wheel
Glastonbury 2019. Arlo Parks fears for her Super Sad Generation
Jack Savoretti and Written in Scars
Chicago 1927: tuba and drums turn Satchmo’s Hot 5 into a Hot 7 for Potato Head Blues
Divine sound of the Orthodox Church of Romania. Тело Христово примите
Jazz guitarist Rob Luft and quintet, at the Lescar in Sheffield, say to Expect the Unexpected
Trip-hop from Kazakhstan. Viktor Van River and Word
Daniel Barenboim plays the 1st Movement of Beethoven’s Appassionata
They influenced the Fab 4 no less: Everly Brothers and Cathy’s Clown
Vibesman Bobby Hutcherson has Freddie Hubbard on trumpet for Jasper
Sixty years on it’s lost none of its power. Bob tells us A Hard rain’s a Gonna Fall
Abigail Washburn joins Wu Fei in Vermont to blend Wusuli Boat Song/The Water is Wide
Recorded live in Brixton, it’s Joe Strummer and I fought the law
South Africa songbird Alice Phoebe Lou pays homage to polymath Hedy Lamarr in She
Apocalypse Now. Death visits a Viet village to the sound of Ride of the Valkyries
Chelmsford V Festival 2009. Amy joins the Specials for You’re wondering now
Indonesia’s Munir has a nice little dance-drama thing going with Barong Shy
Muddy Waters in Chicago is joined by Mick, Keef and Ronnie for Baby please don’t go
Tehran based Bomrani have a plea as old as the hills – Don’t leave me
The Stones with something about Wild Horses
Ireland’s Hilary Woods with a magnificent Sever
Seong-Jin Cho with Debussy’s Claire de Lune
Thierry Huillet & Clara Cernat with a Hungarian folk dance from Vittoria Monti – Csárdás
Pseudonymous house/R&B/disco outfit Sault say Don’t Waste My Time
BB King and them Three o’ clock blues
Dory Previn in anti-war mode with Veterans’ Big Parade … Play it again Sam
Arabian Fuzz from French/Egyptian outfit, Al-Qasar – Selma
Time we had some Mongolian Disco, no? This is Muujgai – Loce & 168
About to be shot José Cura, Mario in Puccini’s Tosca, sings his heart out – E lucevan le stelle
Quintet du Hot Club de Greece? Gadjo Dilo play Sou Sfirizo
Grecian folk from the 70s. Arleta sings Aftiachto Ki Astolisto
Black people do we really have to fight? asks Big Youth, on a Train to Rhodesia
Dark swamp blues on a Dobro Duolian. It’s Justin Johnstone again, with Son of a witch
Awesome home studio sound from Justin Johnson and his men – RumbleStrippin’‘
Final song on the film Calvary, with Brendan Gleeson as the troubled priest, is Subo
If the fab 4 ever put out a B-tune, it passed me by. B-side of Paperback Writer was Rain
Valentina Lisitsa with Liszt’s arrangement of Schubert’s Ave Maria
Diva Dionne. If you see her on the street in tears, she advises, just Walk on by
As tunesmiths go, not even Mozart beats the Fab 4. Here’s Amy with All My Loving
Ella Fitzgerald with Cole Porter’s Anything Goes
From his sublime Light as a Feather: keyboard genius Chick Corea (RIP) is 500 Miles High
Otis Taylor and African Orchestra, plus Jason Ricci’s harmonica, on Mandan Woman
1972. The Stones, still with Mick Taylor, deliver bluesman Robert Johnson’s Love in Vain
John Lennon on the subject of Isolation
Live in Austin, Lucinda Williams laments the loss by senseless shooting of a Drunken Angel
Grainy footage here but the quality shines through. This is Weather Report with Birdland
“Jimi would be impressed”. Octogenarian Elizabeth Cotton does Freight train
Chris Buck asks: was John Lennon a good guitar player?
In the sweet embrace of life, the Wynton Marsalis Septet are filled with the Holy Ghost
July ’63. Beatlemania is here. JFK has 4 months to live. The Crystals sing Then He Kissed Me
The Devils Daughter with a raunchy Rock Boppin’ Baby
A three legend get-together: Wynton, Eric and Taj Mahal Play the Blues
Sinatra called it “the greatest love song of the past 50 years”. Beatle George’s Something
Henry VIII could pen a decent tune. Like Pastyme with good companye
Countertenor Philippe Jaroussky joins soprano Nuria Rial on Monteverdi’s Pur ti Miro
Hootenanny 2015. Cyndi Lauper gets everybody stompin’ on Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Aided by Jools’s footstompers, Ed Sheeran covers Stevie Wonder’s ode to joy: Masterblaster
From her sublime 1971 album, Blue, Joni Mitchell wishes she had a River
It’s 1948 and Charlie Parker is alto-saxing a White Christmas
George Winston hits the piano for the Holly and the Ivy
No intro needed for Ludwig van B’s Moonlight Sonata
A charming MonaLisa Twins cover of a much loved Kinks tribute to a trannie – Lola
Shivers go down my spine every time I hear it. Ismael Lo – Jammu Africa
Polish klezmer from the Kroke, singer Natasha Atlas and Nigel Kennedy – Ajde Jano
After decades apart, Cream reunite at the Albert Hall, 2005 – Sunshine of your love
Sigvards Kļava directs the Sinfonietta Rīga for Pēteris Vasks’ Fruit of Silence
Think we can pull it off? Some transcendental moment? Leonard Cohen on the Morning Glory
Maestro von Karajan takes the Vienna Philharmonic for the Largo of Dvorak’s New World
Ginger Baker, rejoined by Eric Clapton at the Albert Hall, drums us through Toad
From the land of the rising sun, Johann Pachelbel’s Canon in D
Here’s a ditty from the steel city: Arctic Monkeys at Glastonbury with Mardy Bum
All the way from California, Andrew St. James sings of Slap City
Light in Babylon on the streets of Istanbul with Hinech Yafa
Brazilian cool from Milk’n Blues with two classy Stones and Pink Floyd covers
John Williams and the late Julian Bream with Ferdinand Carulli’s sublime Duo in G
Ronnie Wood joins the Corrs for one from the Stones’ back catalogue: Ruby Tuesday
Cindy Cashdollar helps out as Leon Redbone tells of them Old Familiar Blues
Led by cellist and composer Hilary Kleinig, Zephyr Quartet and Great White Bird
The Speakeasy Three with the Swing Ninjas. When I get low I get high
Hyde Park, 2013. The world’s greatest rock ’n roll band still want to Paint it Black
At Hard Rock Cafe, Budapest, Caro Emerald tells of A Night Like This
Milk’n Blues segue from BBK to Gershwin: The thrill is gone … Summertime
Becca Krueger says Hit the road Jack
Mind-blowing. In a Massachusetts backyard Joanna Connor does Walking Blues
Tom Jones joins a for once smiling Van Morrison on I’m Not Feeling it Anymore
For once without fiddle or banjo, it’s Rhiannon Giddens: Shake Sugaree
Aw go on then, Bob – one more cup of coffee for the road
Chick Corea protege Al di Meola joins Paco de Lucia on Mediterranean Sundance
Live in Paris, Anoushka Shankar with Voice of the Moon
London 2013: aided by Tony Soprano’s consiglieri, The Boss is Dancing in the Dark
Ill starred and vastly underrated, 60s band Love do Singing Cowboy
Lynne, Petty, Prince, Winwood and Harrison Junior on While My Guitar gently weeps
The composer himself explains his choices for the theme music for Succession
“Honey can I jump on it some time?” Your brand new Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
2016. Carlos Santana is at the House of Blues in Las Vegas with Samba Pa Ti
Blue grass? Pass. From Saskatchewan via NYC, The Dead South with Broken Cowboy.
A few more licks like this and she’ll be able to afford shoes! Mean Mary is Blazing
Letters found after Erik Satie’s death inspired Elena Kats-Chernin’s Unsent Love Letters
Eric Dolphy opens his 1964 Blue Note masterpiece, Out to Lunch, with Hat and Beard
China’s Yuja Wang with an energising two minutes forty from Stravinsky’s Petrushka
1988. As the avant garde take to meditation, Tim Wheater offers A Calmer Panorama
Chris Farlowe impressed Otis Redding; Keef ‘n Mick penned this for him: Out of Time
Tony Soprano’s consiglieri looks on as a Melbourne lad joins the Boss on Growing Up
… sit and watch the moon rise over Claddagh, and see the sun go down on Galway Bay
Foot-stomping manic virtuosity – 2Cellos live in Sydney with Rihanna’s We found love
From Bach’s Suite in E minor, Edinburgh’s Sean Shibe gives us Sarabande
Norman Greenbaum wants us to know he’s going up to the Spirit in the Sky
Awesome. France’s Tina S shreds guitar on Ludwig van’s Moonlight Sonata
Viviane Donner gives her all as Atom Pink Floyd Tribute go live with Great Gig in the Sky
Inspired by the Franz Kafka story of that name, Philip Glass’s Metaphorsosis
The ultimate professionals. Come on y’all – have a little Sympathy for the Devil
Chicago Soul from Chess Records: Tony Gideon on The Way You Move Me Baby
lockdown gives new meaning to an ’80s two-tone classic. The Specials – Ghost Town
From Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, Lucinda Williams with 2 Kool 2 Be 4-gotten
Most underrated of 60s bands were the Kinks: live here and thinking of the Days
Sketches of Spain was foreshadowed on Kind of Blue with Flamenco Sketches
A taste of West Africa – singer/kora player Sona Jobarteh, live in Budapest with Gambia
“His music is a contributory factor to juvenile delinquency today.” – Elvis and Hound dog
Elkie Brooks, 61 and in magnificent form with – what else? – Pearl’s a Singer
New folk trio, Trials of Cato with Sedi Donka
Ivory Coast born to Malian parents, Fatoumata Diawar in Paris with Nterini
Bob Dylan on Dallas ’63, Beatles and much besides in Murder most foul
Dance? Trance? Ambience? From Russia with love, it’s Balagan and Moonlight
Power from Zimbabwe. The late Chiwoniso Maraire and Zvichapera
We’re back in the ’20s, and Lillian Glinn is Cravin’ a Man
Great voice, great presence. Kate Davis says to Keep an Open Heart
Blues maestro and mesmerising showman, live in ’73 with Hey, Bo Diddley
Life is tough, life is a bust. Oxford duo Cassels on The Queue at the Chemists
New Orleans indie duo, Generationals, with a message of Trust
Symphony Hall: a Dresden Doll reacts to a cell phone going off at a Tchaikovsky recital
Brazilian pianist Eliane Rodrigues hits a stuck pedal at Rotterdam’s De Doelen.
Nigel K and his violin come close to capturing Jimi’s spirit and subtlety on Little Wing.
Ringo joins Robbie for a Song Around the World take on The Weight.
Blogger Caitlin Johnstone’s words, Michael Brunnock’s music: A Blessing for Anyone
Roberta Flack and First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Tuba Skinny on Royal Street, French Quarter of New Orleans, with Jubilee Stomp
Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello and others join Roy Orbison on Pretty Woman
