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Louisa Roach from She Drew The Gun
Song of the Day: A pair of finely crafted and powerful songs addressing pain and ongoing social problems from the Liverpool indie pop band fronted by singer and songwriter Louisa Roach from the 2018 album Revolution of Mind
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Aldwyn Roberts, aka Lord Kitchener
Song of the Day: In the wake of the scandalous treatment of the Windrush immigrants by the current UK government, let's celebrate the work of a singer who appeared to write an 'optimistic' song from that 1948 first wave – but contained extra irony
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Nadine Shah
Song of the Day: With a rich, full voice and truly original sound, from one of the best albums of 2017, two powerful songs from the intelligent South Tyneside singer-songwriter with a Norwegian/Pakistani heritage. This cuts deep into one of the burning issues of modern times, the plight and treatment of war-torn immigrants in the UK, and the divisions in our state. Think PJ Harvey and Anna Calvi with a new, contemporary, edgy twist
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From the video, inspired by Trumpton and Camberwick Green
Song of the Day: On the eve of their return to Glastonbury, we make another Trumpton connection here with the band's disturbing Wicker Man-style depiction of society in the shadow of xenophobic politics
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The Pogues, from the cover of the 1988 album If I Should Fall from Grace with God
Song of the Day: From our previous boat song, we continue our voyage across the waters with a remarkable historical perspective from the Anglo-Irish band charting the fate of Irish emigrants
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