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To honour New York and its vast and significant musical heritage, we’ve chosen some classic music videos, featuring everything from NYC artists Blondie through to A Tribe Called Quest. Plus songs about the city including Beastie Boys' No Sleep Til Brooklyn, The Strokes' New York City Cops and many more.

Hailing from one of the most iconic rap outfits, legendary rapper and producer RZA and DJ Mathematics of the almighty Wu-Tang Clan take over the 6Music airwaves for two hours. They'll be playing hip hop from across the spectrum and the tracks that have been sampled by the genre. With a career that has spanned nearly three decades, the Staten Island natives have released a total of seven studio albums, that including their seminal debut album, Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) in 1993 and most recently 2017's The Saga Continues.

Huey pays tribute to his home city - from Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens and Staten, to the Battery and the top of Manhattan. Beginning in his home neighbourhood of Alphabet City, Huey guides listeners around all five boroughs, dropping in on the well-known musical spots and the places that only a local would know.

Gilles heads to the Big Apple in search of the artists shaping its musical future - from Nick Hakim and Onyx Collective to The Shacks and Madison McFerrin. Joining Gilles will be legendary local digger Amir as he takes us on a trip around his favourite record store spots.

The Hawk kicks off our weekend celebrating music and culture from New York by chatting to The Strokes' record producer about the making of their landmark album, Is This It.

For one morning only, Shaun is live from the World’s greatest nightclub – welcome to Studio4CS! Shaun will turn the studio into a 70s New York nightclub after 9am in homage to New York disco.

Harlem Timeline - From 4am, Sat 10 Feb

Here's another chance to listen to this four-part series, which sees British saxophonist Soweto Kinch go on a journey of discovery in Harlem, a few square miles in northern Manhattan which have given the world great musical riches. First broadcast on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 2 in 2009. Episodes two to four will be broadcast on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday at 4am.

Mary Anne is joined by pioneering artist Laurie Anderson who talks about what it was like to live in the city where she recorded her 1981 single 'O Superman', played the violin while wearing ice skates frozen in blocks of ice, and became NASA's first artist-in-residence.

Craig speaks to the legendary DJ John Morales. At 12 years old John got his first job working in a local record store being paid in records rather that dollars. His ever growing record collection helped him land his first DJ gig at the Stardust Ballroom in the Bronx, and the rest, as they say is history.

New York synth hero, Suzanne Ciani - creator of 'sound logos' for America's most recognisable brands - puts together a 60-minute playlist of music which is significant to her.

Cerys is joined by Nick Hakim for a live session in the 6 Music Live Room. Born in Washington DC. but now residing in New York City, Nick Hakim released his debut album Green Twins last year to wide acclaim, a record that draws on a wide range of influences including Portishead, Al Green and Outkast.

The frontman of New York act Interpol chats to Matt Everitt about the first key musical moments in his life and career to date.

The Big Apple features heavily in this week's show as Guy pays tribute to New York with a reading and Becky does Sesame Street doing Bobby McFerrin.

Amy takes a look across the Hudson River at her hometown of New Jersey.

Help Tom build a special listeners love New York playlist.

Don’s Crucial Vinyl will be ‘Done by the Forces of Nature’, the second studio album by New York hip hop group Jungle Brothers, released in 1989.