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    Neil Brand and Matilda Lloyd celebrate the mambo

    27/03/2026 | 42 mins.
    Pianist and silent film music specialist Neil Brand and trumpeter Matilda Lloyd join Jeffrey and Anna as they add five tracks to the playlist, in the last of the current series. From a celebrated American singer who died aged 27 we head to the most successful artist in the history of the Grammys, via a famous sacred Italian work, appropriate as Good Friday approaches.
    Producer Jerome Weatherald
    Presented with musical direction by Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe
    The five tracks in this week's playlist:
    Mercedes Benz by Janis Joplin
    Stabat Mater Dolorosa by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
    Mambo Bacan by Sophia Loren
    The Pink Panther Theme by Henry Mancini
    Say My Name by Destiny’s Child
    Other music in this episode:
    Toccata by Giovanni Battista Martini, played by Matilda Lloyd
    Peter Piper by Run-D.M.C.
    My Adidas by Run-D.M.C.
    Mambo No 5 by Pérez Prado
    Que Rico Mambo by Pérez Prado
    Bangers & Mash by Sophia Loren and Peter Sellers
    Moon River by Henry Mancini, sung by Audrey Hepburn
    Say My Name (Acapella) by Destiny's Child
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    Anne Dudley and Guy Barker are Thunderstruck

    20/03/2026 | 42 mins.
    Trumpeter and bandleader Guy Barker and composer and arranger Anne Dudley join Jeffrey and Anna as they add five more tracks, taking us from a high-octane heavy-metal classic to Run-D.M.C. via signature stage moves and dreamy Ella.
    Producer Jerome Weatherald
    Presented with musical direction by Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe
    The five tracks in this week's playlist:
    Thunderstruck by AC/DC
    I Got You (I Feel Good) by James Brown
    Hommage à Rameau by Claude Debussy
    My Reverie by Ella Fitzgerald
    Peter Piper by Run-D.M.C.
    Other music in this episode:
    Love's Theme by The Love Unlimited Orchestra
    Gravel Pit by Wu-Tang Clan
    Surrender by Swing Out Sister
    It's a Man's Man's Man's World by James Brown
    Reverie by Debussy, performed by Lang Lang
    A-Tisket A-Tasket by Ella Fitzgerald and Chick Webb
    Humpty Dumpty by Aimee Mann
    All The King's Horses by Dusty Springfield
    Take Me To The Mardi Gras by Bob James
    Take Me To The Mardi Gras by Paul Simon
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    Nicholas McCarthy and Amy Harman watch the clock

    13/03/2026 | 42 mins.
    Bassoonist Amy Harman and concert pianist Nicholas McCarthy are the studio guests of Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe as they add five more tracks. Kicking off with an internationally famous track written in Ostend in Belgium, they end up in a gravel pit via a ticking clock or two.
    Producer Jerome Weatherald
    Presented with musical direction by Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe
    The five tracks in this week's playlist:
    Sexual Healing by Marvin Gaye
    Clocks by Coldplay
    The Clock (the 2nd mvt) from Symphony No 101 in D Major by Haydn
    Precipitato (the 3rd mvt) from Piano Sonata No 7 in B Flat Major by Prokofiev
    Gravel Pit by Wu-Tang Clan
    Other music in this episode:
    Etudes: Op 8 No 12 in D-Flat Minor by Scriabin, played by Nicholas McCarthy
    Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D-Major by Ravel, played by Nicholas McCarthy
    On the Road Again (Live) by Willie Nelson
    Who'll Buy My Memories by Willie Nelson
    Impulse by Hans Zimmer
    Lux Aeterna by Clint Mansell
    Nautilus by Anna Meredith
    It's a Man's Man's Man's World by James Brown
    Da Mystery of Chessboxin by Wu-Tang Clan
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    Andrew Roachford and Carol Jarvis celebrate a former taxi driver

    06/03/2026 | 42 mins.
    Trombonist Carol Jarvis and singer and songwriter Andrew Roachford join Jeffrey and Anna to add five more tracks to the playlist. Starting with a famous composer and former taxi driver, they head to some classic boogie-woogie, a female kora virtuoso, and hit the road again with one of country's finest.
    Producer Jerome Weatherald
    Presented with musical direction by Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe
    The five tracks in this week's playlist:
    Etudes: No 6 by Philip Glass
    Pyramid Song by Radiohead
    Hassle Attack by Ann Rabson
    Ballaké Sissoko by Sona Jobarteh
    On the Road Again (Live) by Willie Nelson
    Other music in this episode:
    Mary Ann by Buddy Guy
    With Love by Thin Lizzy
    Sex Machine by James Brown
    Big Yellow Taxi by Joni Mitchell
    Diary of a Taxi Driver by Bernard Herrmann
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    Debbie Wiseman and Jay Capperauld head to Colombia

    27/02/2026 | 42 mins.
    Wolf Hall composer Debbie Wiseman and Scottish classical composer Jay Capperauld are Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe's studio guests as they add five more tracks. Starting with a hip-shake in Colombia, they head to South Africa, a state secondary school in London, the firebombing of Dresden, and finally to Honolulu for a Canadian lament.
    Producer Jerome Weatherald
    Presented with musical direction by Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe
    The five tracks in this week's playlist:
    Hips Don’t Lie by Shakira
    Zithande by Freshlyground
    Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2, by Pink Floyd
    String Quartet No 8, 2nd mvt: Allegro Molto by Dmitri Shostakovich
    Big Yellow Taxi by Joni Mitchell
    Other music in this episode:
    Rock Your Baby by George McCrae
    Our Gilded Veins by Jay Capperauld
    With Love by Thin Lizzy
    Amores Como El Nuestro by Jerry Rivera
    Dance Like This by Wyclef Jean
    The Time of Our Lives by Toni Braxton and Il Divo
    Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) by Shakira and Freshlyground
    Chicken to Change by Freshlyground
    Endlings by Jay Capperauld

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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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