Songs of the Day: On this, the shortest day of 2021, the winter solstice, a poetic pair of songs older and recent by the group composed of poet laureate Simon Armitage and musicians Patrick Pearson and Richard Walters, with Rozi Plain as guest on the second
Read moreSong of the Day: Joe Unknown - Ride
Song of the Day: ‘I like to participate in life’s edge. From time to time I take a little ride over that edge’. Heart-racing, breathless spoken word packed with images of hedonism, pubs and fast, frantic living in this debut single by the quintessentially British MC who is a mixture of Sleaford Mods, Slowthai and the Streets
Read moreSong of the Day: For Those I Love - Birthday / The Pain
Song of the Day: A powerful autobiographical number about the aftermath of witnessing a death as a child, building from a soulful sample intro into a spoken-word narrative, this new track by Dublin producer, poet and songwriter David Balfe comes from his forthcoming self-titled album
Read moreBaxter Dury - Miami / Prince of Tears
Song of the Day: Sounding uncannily like his dad Ian in the speaking department, but producing entirely different music and his own, more relaxed style, the opening and title tracks from his 2017 album are deeply personal and still laced with aggression, irony, self-loathing and dark humour
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