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Blue tales? The magnificent Millie Jackson will always find out …
Saucy musical hall to broken-hearted blues to soaring heart-wrenching soul, guest magicman reveals all the ins and outs of secret liaisons, setting all affairs in order with three supreme playlists to capture the huge response by readers
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You never know who will turn up … Paul Robeson meets a fan or two in Moscow in 1958
You never know who you might encounter on these playlists - lovers, angels, snake oil salesmen, spaceships, ghosts, brigands, the supernatural, the suicidal and the ecstatic - all artfully picked by guest Suzi from a week of nominations
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Song post from space: a 1959 Romanian stamp depicts Laika the Soviet canine cosmonaut
Dogs, cats, foxes, trucks, museum relics, or lighthouses, this week's playlist writer barbryn hasn't just collected songs, but a supremely illuminating story of alternative voices and perspectives
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