Tales of tragedy and adversity, death, survival and joy, from folk, rock, experimental and beyond, this week’s guest captain George Boyland steers us on a fabulous music journey, a deep dive to follow tales of whales and dolphins
Read moreA sense of porpoise: songs about cetaceans
Cetaceans are dolphins, whales and porpoises – familiar yet mysterious, those large, intelligent water mammals that have inspired oceans of songwriters, but in what way? On freedom, tragedy, slaughter, or wondrous, otherworldly sounds?
Read morePlaylists: songs about fish and other life aquatic
Diving dolphins to scavenging sharks, biting punk to soft seal lullabies, guest writer severin makes a beautiful oceanic journey from New Orleans to India to Cornish shores inspired by last week's topic
Read moreIn the swim of it: songs about fish and other life aquatic
Fish, dolphin, whale, shark, octopus, seal and more? This week it's time to dive deep into those music collections for catchy items about creatures of the water and their human connections
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