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Episodes: 121

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Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe take us on a musical journey of discovery, exploring the web of connections between tracks across the breadth of all musical styles, from pop, rock, reggae and hip-hop to classical, jazz, folk and country.


Episode Date
Neil Brand and Matilda Lloyd celebrate the mambo
Mar 27, 2026
Anne Dudley and Guy Barker are Thunderstruck
Mar 20, 2026
Nicholas McCarthy and Amy Harman watch the clock
Mar 13, 2026
Andrew Roachford and Carol Jarvis celebrate a former taxi driver
Mar 06, 2026
Debbie Wiseman and Jay Capperauld head to Colombia
Feb 27, 2026
Errollyn Wallen and Richard Stilgoe head to Nashville
Feb 20, 2026
Rick Wakeman and Aoife Ní Bhriain launch the new series
Feb 13, 2026
Joe Stilgoe and Heidi Fardell celebrate Yuletide Classics
Dec 19, 2025
Katy Richardson and Ben Gernon head to Mongolia
Dec 12, 2025
Emma Rawicz and Keelan Carew enjoy the vibes
Dec 05, 2025
Claire Wickes and Vince Pope and plenty of strings
Nov 28, 2025
Amy Harman and Peter Long cue the bass
Nov 21, 2025
Neil Brand and Imogen Whitehead launch a new series
Nov 14, 2025
Anne Dudley and Joe Stilgoe round off the series
Sep 19, 2025
Catrin Finch and Rhodri Marsden on absence and resilience
Sep 12, 2025
Callum Au and Natalie Duncan and the beauty of brass
Sep 05, 2025
Jess Gillam and Keelan Carew with music fit for a king
Aug 29, 2025
Alison Balsom and Linton Stephens celebrate the BBC Proms
Aug 22, 2025
Victoria Canal and Roderick Williams launch a brand new series
Aug 15, 2025
Debbie Wiseman and Ben Gernon round off the series
Jun 27, 2025
Anna Lapwood and Andrew Roachford celebrate the 100th episode
Jun 20, 2025
Ashley Henry and Amy Harman on Bowie and Beethoven
Jun 13, 2025
Nicky Spence and Heidi Fardell drop in on the Honky Château
Jun 06, 2025
Claire Booth and Gavin Higgins on a few very famous notes
May 30, 2025
Errollyn Wallen and Neil Brand launch a brand new playlist
May 23, 2025
Tawiah and Linton Stephens round off the series
Apr 04, 2025
Natalie Duncan and Richard Stilgoe celebrate the Red Planet
Mar 28, 2025
Carol Jarvis and Keelan Carew head for a hoedown
Mar 21, 2025
Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne and Anne Dudley salute Amy
Mar 14, 2025
Maya Youssef and Ben Gernon take us to Syria and Hamburg
Mar 07, 2025
Emma Rawicz and Neil Brand reach for the skies
Feb 28, 2025
Julian Joseph and Aoife Ní Bhriain open the new series
Feb 21, 2025
Georgie Ward and Abel Selaocoe round off the series
Jan 03, 2025
Seckou Keita, Tess Tyler and Nick Patrick, from Prince to Kings
Dec 27, 2024
Festive classics with Amy Harman, Francesca Ter-Berg and Roderick Williams
Dec 20, 2024
Lucy Shaw and Ben Nobuto take us to space
Dec 13, 2024
Rhodri Marsden and Yazz Ahmed head from Bahrain to Japan
Dec 06, 2024
Sam Amidon and Heidi Fardell with music to make you dance
Nov 29, 2024
Jess Gillam and Richard Stilgoe launch the new series
Nov 22, 2024
Errollyn Wallen and Neil Brand round off the series
Sep 27, 2024
Rick Wakeman and Fenella Humphreys, from Bach to Eurovision
Sep 20, 2024
Emma Rawicz and Julian Joseph, with special guest Rhiannon Giddens
Sep 13, 2024
Joe Stilgoe and Gabriella Swallow on Beethoven, Doo-wop and Mambo
Sep 06, 2024
Dinara Klinton and Nicky Spence on the mysteries of the masked singers
Aug 30, 2024
Amy Harman and Roderick Williams head for The Village
Aug 23, 2024
Isata Kanneh-Mason and Richard Stilgoe launch a new series
Aug 16, 2024
Heidi Fardell and Keelan Carew round off the series
Jun 28, 2024
Jasdeep Singh Degun and Anne Dudley head to the tavern
Jun 21, 2024
Andrew Roachford and Anna Lapwood celebrate the intricacies of singing
Jun 14, 2024
Emma Rawicz and Gavin Higgins take us from Aldeburgh to Bicycle Town
Jun 07, 2024
Sam Lee and Debbie Wiseman head to outer space
May 31, 2024
Natalie Duncan and Neil Brand take us on a manic journey
May 24, 2024
Maya Youssef and Keelan Carew ride into the sunset
Mar 29, 2024
Eliza Carthy and Tim Rhys-Evans share the joys of singing
Mar 22, 2024
Anne Dudley and Emily Sun are on a Mission
Mar 15, 2024
Anna Meredith and Joe Stilgoe head for South Africa
Mar 08, 2024
Leo Geyer and Gillian Moore take us from Bach to Bowie
Mar 01, 2024
Amy Harman and Debbie Wiseman get In the Mood
Feb 23, 2024
Anna Lapwood and Benjamin Appl go on a European dance adventure
Feb 16, 2024
Corinne Bailey Rae and Nicky Spence launch a brand new series
Feb 09, 2024
Neil Brand and Anna Phoebe round off the latest series
Dec 08, 2023
Natalie Duncan and Martin Phipps unpick a children's festive favourite
Dec 01, 2023
Debbie Wiseman, Rhodri Marsden and Lang Lang enjoy a Beethoven classic
Nov 24, 2023
Fraser T Smith and Amanda Whiting enjoy some Gin and Juice
Nov 17, 2023
Baritone Roderick Williams and violinist Jennifer Pike on a two-note masterpiece
Nov 10, 2023
Matilda Lloyd and Leon Foster Thomas reach for the skies
Nov 03, 2023
Emma Rawicz and Ben Gernon take us from Argentina to Korea
Oct 27, 2023
Amy Harman and Keelan Carew add five more tracks
Oct 20, 2023
Isata Kanneh-Mason and Neil Brand launch a new series
Oct 13, 2023
Isobel Waller-Bridge and Roderick Williams round off the series
Aug 31, 2023
John Lunn, Jess Gillam and Johnny Marr on the joys of the tremolo
Aug 30, 2023
Anne Dudley and Ruairi Glasheen take us from Azerbaijan to Dover
Aug 29, 2023
Julian Joseph and Amy Harman on the mastery of Miles
Aug 28, 2023
Sir Richard Stilgoe takes us from Folsom Prison to the Berlin Wall
Aug 04, 2023
Debbie Wiseman and Sam Sweeney head from the slopes to the ice
Jul 28, 2023
Rick Wakeman and Anna Lapwood on the joys of the keyboard
Jul 21, 2023
Natalie Duncan and Gabriella Swallow celebrate Bastille Day
Jul 14, 2023
Rakhi Singh and Alexis Ffrench with a coronation classic (and a bonus track!)
Jul 07, 2023
Anna Phoebe and Neil Brand journey from Brighton to Beirut
Jun 30, 2023
Hannah Peel and Keelan Carew and the power of musical stabs
Jun 23, 2023
Kate St. John and Joe Stilgoe take us from Paris to Buenos Aires
Jun 16, 2023
Amy Harman and Gavin Higgins start a brand new playlist
Jun 09, 2023
Natalie Duncan, Bjarte Eike, Brian Eno and a track that changed the pop landscape
Mar 03, 2023
James Taylor of JTQ and Dinara Klinton celebrate the joys of the keyboard
Feb 24, 2023
Gareth Malone, Gillian Moore and Dele Sosimi head from Benin to Havana
Feb 17, 2023
Anna Lapwood and Linton Stephens launch the new playlist
Feb 10, 2023
From the Bald Mountain to Puerto Rico with Anne Dudley and Patrick Rimes
Dec 29, 2022
Catrin Finch and Neil Brand on musical highs and lows
Dec 28, 2022
From Jamaica to Westminster Abbey with Nicky Spence and Laura Jurd
Dec 27, 2022
Richard Stilgoe and Alina Bzhezhinska start a new playlist
Dec 26, 2022
Isobel Waller-Bridge and Mikey J Asante round off the series
Dec 02, 2022
Esther Abrami and Giacomo Smith enjoy the spirit of rebellion
Nov 25, 2022
From Belgian fields to a raging sea with Gavin Higgins and Gillian Moore
Nov 18, 2022
Time signatures and scales with Zara McFarlane and Ollie Howell
Nov 11, 2022
The joy of the overture with Kathryn Tickell, Joe Stilgoe and Ruairi Glasheen
Nov 04, 2022
Gabriel Prokofiev and Uchenna Ngwe round off the series
Jul 29, 2022
Sean Shibe and Camilla George take us from the Ozark Mountains to Jupiter
Jul 22, 2022
Nitin Sawhney and Gabriella Swallow take to the skies
Jul 15, 2022
Linton Stephens and Dinara Klinton celebrate musical pioneers
Jul 08, 2022
Jess Gillam, Iain Burnside and Woody Woodmansey take us from tragedy to joy
Jul 01, 2022
Hannah French and Neil Brand bring on the musical fireworks
Jun 24, 2022
Hannah Peel, Soweto Kinch and Richard Stilgoe take us to the Caribbean
Jun 17, 2022
David Arnold and Anna Lapwood kick off a new playlist
Jun 10, 2022
Wynne Evans, Anne Denholm and Patrick Rimes at the Hay Festival
Jun 03, 2022
Ayanna Witter-Johnson and Joe Stilgoe round off the latest playlist
Mar 25, 2022
Howard Goodall and Yshani Perinpanayagam and the wonders of the keyboard
Mar 18, 2022
Dinara Klinton and Neil Brand continue the journey
Mar 11, 2022
Gillian Moore and Bogdan Văcărescu with ragas and folk tales
Mar 04, 2022
Jess Gillam and Jeremy Summerly hit the high notes
Feb 25, 2022
Rebekah Reid and Neil Brand take us to Stalin's Russia and film noir
Feb 18, 2022
Anna Lapwood, Abel Selaocoe and Phil Thornalley take us to Soweto and the Balkans
Feb 11, 2022
Gary Crosby, Dinara Klinton and Kojo Samuel open the new series
Feb 04, 2022
Dele Sosimi and Clare Norburn on Afrobeat and a Medieval visionary
Nov 26, 2021
Jamie Cullum and Mark Frost on a children's classic and the power of brass
Nov 19, 2021
Joe Stilgoe and Sonny Ji take us to the Alps and Bollywood
Nov 12, 2021
Jasmin Kent Rodgman and Gwyn Hughes Jones on a new discovery and a classic
Nov 05, 2021
Guests Soweto Kinch and Steven Devine celebrate the joys of the keyboard
Oct 29, 2021
From Lahore to New York with guests saxophonist Jess Gillam and Nitin Sawhney
Oct 22, 2021
Guests Neil Brand and Plinio Fernandes take us to Paris and Brazil
Oct 15, 2021
Guests Kojo Samuel and Tasmin Little launch the musical journey
Oct 08, 2021
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Oct 01, 2021