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The Fulu Miziki collective
Song of the Day: Released earlier in 2020, a sample of the fabulously energised music of the musicians’ collective in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, led by eco activist Pisko Crane who play instruments made from recycled rubbish
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Joni Mitchell in the early 1970s
Song of the Day: After two previous colourful entries, let's enter the vividly depicted world of the Canadian singer-songwriter, here taking us from Los Angeles to Paris and back on a journey of street and field scenes that capture big issues old and new.
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Song of the Day: From yesterday's simmering lust by Regina Spektor, we visit the same title by the New York band of 1966, to find that looking for love is hampered by heat and urban pollution
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Elvis Costello
Song of the Day: Sharp as a knife, right on the money, and a miracle of condensed ideas, this snappy number from 1982 continues our ironic min-theme punches together history's errors and a relationship
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Prince reigning purple in 2007
Songs of the Day: A special tribute selection of four songs to mark exactly a year since the Purple One suddenly passed away – variously sad, political, funky, and triumphantly emotional
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Talking Heads
Song of the Day: As spring begins to hit full bloom, we highlight the postpunk band's beautiful song reversing the nostalgia perspective featuring elevating and colourful guest guitar work from Johnny Marr
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Kate Tempest
Song of the Day: From PJ Harvey's war-torn English rose we move to a passionate post-Brexit poem-song with an industrial, urban edge that captures an isolated, confused, dystopian Britain and beyond
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