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Ibeyi’s Lisa-Kaindé Diaz and Naomi Diaz
Young, older, tender, close, bosom pals, supportive, mother-some to fierce, bitchy, inter-family rivals and constantly bothersome. They come in all shapes and types, and whether it’s by any songwriter, or from within a sibling band, let’s sing out for the sister
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Charles Mingus
It’s time to take the A Train and continue across the five boroughs on a musical journey. Inspired by last week’s topic, NY resident magicman takes us on fabulous tour of work recorded in, and capturing the spirit of the Big Apple
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Disco, funk, punk, soul, postpunk, pop, and more were all being spun on 12-inch in the 70s …
Dub and reggae, funk and disco, hip hop, punk postpunk, pop, electronica and more, this week let's span the 60s-70s period that gave birth to this format and spin favourite records it highlighted
Cassettes? What a carry on.
Travelling to shopping, fashion houses to homeless hobos, suitcases to handbags, briefcases to guitar cases, bags are the performer’s constant companion carried out in many songs, but it’s also about the contents …
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HI! I'm Andy Kaufman. Where am I? Who sang about me?
Andy to Billy, Carey to Terry, this week's guest writer treefrogdemon does a roll call through hundreds of your song suggestions from last week's topic to show how lyrics define far more than just a name
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This young man knew a thing or two about dancing. Photograph: Tilemahos Efthimiadis
Benny's band to Brazil beats, Jackson's wall to a wondrous waltz, guest writer magicman gets The Song Bar party into full swinging with two playlists that will keep us moving all night long
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