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The Pharcyde. 1992-95 was a golden age for hip hop.
Song of the Day: Two songs from the first half of the 1990s, for many still the golden age of hip hop, exemplified by the innovative south central Los Angeles rappers who also worked with J Dilla
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From the video for Let There Be Horns
Song of the Day: Echoing yesterday's great drum break, let's now celebrate the work of the Ohio multi-instrumentalist and hip-hop artist, who is behind the theme tune to Mad Men, and so much more
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Nat King Cole
Song of the Day: The opening vocals and style of yesterday's 3WW by alt-J, "There was a wayward lad" may spark a musical echo, this beautiful 1948 recording by the jazz pianist and singer, written by the original 'hippie' eden ahbez
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Fats Domino
Song of the Day: A tribute to the sadly departed New Orleans pianist, and singer and songwriter, who reached the ripe old age of 89. This more-than-appropriate number for today was co-written with composer and arranger Dave Bartholomew, released in 1955, and, while a sad song, still exemplifies the joyful charisma and technique of the great performer
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From the cover of Nicolette's album Let No-One Live Rent Free in Your Head
Song of the Day: Alongside Tricky, another collaborator who appeared on Massive Attack's 1994 album Protection, Scottish/Nigerian Londoner Nicolette Love Suwoton's slightly forgotten gem from her brilliant second LP Let No-One Live Rent Free in Your Head, is a sensual mix of electronica, pop, jazz and and trip-hop, yearning for an apolitical utopia
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Dick Dale with the Del-Tones in 1962 with his left-hand Fender Stratocaster
Song of the Day: From a mysterious 19th-century Egyptian song via jazz piano, easy listening to the king of surf guitar, from Dick Dale to the Bikini Beach band, let's trace the history of this tremendous tune
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Desert to Delta: Songhoy Blues were formed in Bamako, Mali.
Song of the Day: A special double, from each of their first two albums, Music In Exile (2015) and Résistance (2017), by the brilliant guitar band from Timbuktu, who were forced to flee Mali after war and Sharia Law. Beloved by many including collaborator Iggy Pop, their superb African funk-blues fusion echoes Zimbabwe's Bhundu Boys, John Lee Hooker and Jimi Hendrix
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Can with bass player and co-founder Holger Czukay (seated).
Song of the Day: As a tribute to krautrock pioneer, bass player and brilliant eccentric band co-founder Holger Czukay, who has died aged 79, two of band's best known songs that exemplifies that highly influential style of repetition and momentum, from 1972's Ege Bamyasi and 1971's Tago Mago
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Steely Dan's Walter Becker, left, with Donald Fagan
Song of the Day: As a tribute to the recently departed Walter Becker, guitarist, bass player and co-songwriter for almost five decades with Donald Fagan, a sample of two their unique blend of rock, jazz, samba, prog and fusion, from 1972's debut album Can't Buy a Thrill, with the two perfectionists, with a host of brilliant other musicians, creating a clever, sophisticated sound
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