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Childish Gambino, aka Donald Glover in a still from the video by Hiro Murai
Song of the Day: Continuing our ongoing edgy theme, this time on a different plain – a super-sharp, ironic cultural commentary with one of the most talked about videos in years by the US rapper, actor and comedian, aka Donald McKinley Glover Jr.
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Japanese dress up to parade and celebrate Hina Matsuri
Song of the Day: One of our regular readers, Hoshino Sakura, who lives in Japan, takes a turn on SOTD to choose a special song to mark a festival that highlights the rights and importance of women
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Hugh Masekela, 1939-2018
Song of the Day: A triple tribute to the sadly departed but hugely influential South African trumpeter, composer, singer, cornet and flugelhorn player, and leading anti-apartheid campaigner
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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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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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