From politics to personal life, sexuality and personal liberation to broader social issues, on the back of recent elections and a topic covering freedom of speech, guest playlister Maki spans geography, genre and time to give the subject a full hearing
Read morePlaylists: songs and music in three-four time signatures
Beethoven to Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin to Funkadelic, Joe Cocker to Cocteau Twins, it’s time to waltz into a set of lists that swing across time and genres, picked expertly by guest playlister DJ Bear from a mass of nominations
Read moreA magic number: songs and music by trios
Triangles and holy trinities, this week let’s explore the musical dynamic within groups in which three artists perform as a self-contained unit, not merely pop, jazz, classical, or folk, but across all all genres
Read morePlaylists: songs with screams, howls, grunts and shrieks
This week's guest writer Hoshino Sakura takes us on a fantastical, loud, emotional and joyously entertaining trip through experience of choosing nominations from last week's topic
Read morePlaylists: songs with outstanding percussion
Spoons to syncopation, Bonham to big beats, Africa to India, this week's music guru Ravi Raman, keeps up the 'Paice' with a global selection of percussion masterpieces chosen from last week's topic
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