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Simon Armitage - Poet Laureate nominates his Tune Of The Week

Guy Garvey brings his own unique taste to 6 Music with the help of our Poet Laureate, Simon Armitage. Beckapedia chooses a tune by The Homin Male Voice Choir.

Guy Garvey brings his own unique taste to 6 Music with the help of our Poet Laureate, Simon Armitage.

Beckapedia chooses a tune by The Homin Male Voice Choir.

We've archive clips about Halley's Comet, the Mud March, Suzi Quatro and Carmen Miranda - a nice cross section.

Plus we've music from Aldous Harding and a new track from Saint Saviour featuring Badly Drawn Boy.

Enjoy.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Depeche Mode

    Personal Jesus

  • The Jimi Hendrix Experience

    Third Stone From The Sun

    • Universal.
  • Johnny Cash

    The Man Comes Around

  • Carmen Miranda

    South American Way

  • Bonnie 鈥淧rince鈥 Billy

    Dream Awhile

  • Squirrel Flower

    Red Shoulder

  • Bill Fay

    Filled With Wonder Once Again

  • The Handsome Family

    When That Helicopter Comes

  • Herbie Hancock

    Watermelon Man

  • The Beatles

    Tomorrow Never Knows

  • Greg Foat

    Of My Hands

  • Aldous Harding

    The Barrel

  • J.J. Cale

    Crying Eyes

  • King Curtis

    A Whiter Shade of Pale

  • Richie Havens

    Here Comes the Sun

  • Homin Male Voice Choir

    Sun Set Lullaby

  • Dr. John

    I Walk On Guilded Splinters

  • Scott Walker

    30 Century Man

  • Alexander Carson

    Porous

  • Saint Saviour

    The Place I Want To Be (feat. Badly Drawn Boy)

  • Amon Tobin

    Toys

  • Hayden Thorpe

    Earthly Needs

  • Ivor Cutler

    A Romantic Man (John Peel Session, 12 Jun 1998)

  • Jimmy McGriff

    Round Midnight

  • Genesis

    A Trick Of The Tail

    • A Trick of the Tail.
    • Charisma.
    • 007.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 9 Feb 2020 14:00
  • Mon 10 Feb 2020 00:00