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London Olympic Stadium, 2012. An internet message, but does it also help define music-making culture this century?
This week we’re looking for songs or instrumentals recorded since 2000 that help define what the first 18 years of this century are all about: genres, landmarks, movements, trends, sounds and fusions
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Jump, they say. But where next? David Bowie
Rock band does reggae? Punk band goes country? Rapper does jazz? This week we explore genre-switching or surprise moments in artists’ careers that confounded fans’ expectations
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If I had a hammer ...
From hand-held hammering to skilful sawing, sewing, screwing, or searching, take a good look in your musical shed for top tool-related tunes and place them in the suggestion box below
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Crossing into surprising territory ...
Unrecognisable after the first few seconds? It begins with odd sounds or another style? This week let's play with songs that initially keep you guessing, and don’t start as a they mean to go on
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