Song of the Day: A triple-song tribute the Mark Hollis, founder songwriter and frontman of the extraordinarily innovative and influential 80s band, whose death, at 64, was recently reported
Read moreKora Jazz Trio / Teté Garcia Catulra, Pancho Amat, Mamadou Diabaté / Buena Vista Social Club – Chan Chan
Song of the Day: A Saturday special as we compare three versions of a song made famous by the Cuban ensemble, but here with an African and jazz twist, featuring the kora, piano and more with other musicians
Read moreYoussou N'Dour – Immigrés / Bitim Rew
Song of the Day: Moving from Morocco, and another huge figure in African music and the style of mbalax, which mixes jazz, soul, Latin, and rock blended with sabar, the traditional drumming and dance music of Senegal
Read moreThe Special AKA – Free Nelson Mandela / Hugh Masekela – Bring Him Back Home
Song of the Day: At a time when true statesmen are very much needed, and to mark the centenary of the great South African's birth, two great 1980s songs that helped bring his incarceration, and apartheid, to worldwide attention
Read moreBruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – Pink Cadillac
Song of the Day: After yesterday's heart-racing number by Cake, let's pull in to a classic car song by The Boss that puts aside a certain amount of religious guilt and, with a little innuendo, gets straight down to backseat action
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