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The Pictish Trail, aka Johnny Lynch, in thumb form
Song of the Day: Following Islet, more from Fire Records with some new work of otherworldly beauty from the artist also known as Johnny Lynch, electronica folk musician and resident on the Inner Hebridean island of Eigg
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The Orielles
Song of the Day: After the retro-funk disco of Róisín Murphy, another new track with a parallel style but a new twist from the young Halifax quartet, who have their own unique blend of fresh, pace-changing indie-dance-funk-pop
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Blood moon
Song of the Day: On this 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landings, and also on a full moon, an upbeat sounding rock-pop classic with a prescient, environmentally apocalyptic edge written by John Fogerty that was a hit half a century ago
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Stephen Hawking 1942-2018. Cosmologist, theoretical physicist, humourist
Song of the Day: How best to pay tribute to one of the most intelligent men in history, one mentioned in the same breath as Einstein? With a silly cosmic song of course, taken from the Meaning of Life
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Klaus Nomi, was, among many other things, a big influence on David Bowie
Song of the Day: Bonnie Tyler's throaty rendition of Jim Steinman's vampire song is far too predictable, so to celebrate today's astronomical event across the US, nothing can quite eclipse the extraordinary heights of the theatrical German countertenor
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Joanna Newsom
Song of the Day: From yesterday's Van Morrison, we gaze in wonder at another astral epic, with the starry qualities of this extraordinary harpist and singer making a moving, meteoric link with her sister
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Bikes, bottoms and a whole lot more ... a scene from the Watching The Planets video
Song of the Day: Continuing our astral theme, a characteristically eccentric and extravagant song and video from Wayne Coyne and co, featuring nude cyclists, embryonic biospheres and lots of cavorting
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Jeff Mills … the microcosm and the macrocosm
Song of the Day: Revolving from yesterday's Planetarium, we sample a Holst-inspired suite of full classical electronica played with orchestra and written by the Detroit DJ best known for techno
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The cover of the Planetarium album, released on 4AD
Song of the Day: After yesterday's transitional Mercury Rev track, we turn to Mercury itself, the last song from a space collaboration that contains otherworldly, ethereal music that captures change and myth
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Villagers in 2013
Song of the Day: Moving from 1963's dancing heatwave, we go forward 50 years in time and space to a beautiful, universal ocean wave of perspective from the indie Dublin band
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