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Gary Crosby, Dinara Klinton and Kojo Samuel open the new series

Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye return with a new series as they create an entirely new playlist. Gary Crosby, Dinara Klinton and Kojo Samuel help choose the first five tracks

Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye return with a new series as they create a new playlist with the help of jazz bass player Gary Crosby OBE, pianist Dinara Klinton and music director Kojo Samuel.

Follow their musical journey of discovery as they reveal surprising connections that link one piece of music to another, as they cross eras, continents, genres and styles.

Presenters Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye
Producer Jerome Weatherald

The five tracks in this week's playlist:

Umbrella by Rihanna
After the Rain by John Coltrane
"Ah! vous dirai-je, Maman" - 12 Variations in C Major by Mozart
Bam Bam by Sister Nancy
Show me the Way by Peter Frampton

Other music in this episode:

One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer by John Lee Hooker
Old Town Road by Lil Nas X ft Billy Ray Cyrus
I Got Rhythm by George Gershwin
La Mantovana, attributed to Giuseppe Cenci
Baa Baa Black Sheep by The Sing-a-Long Toddlers
Alphabet Song by Music for Little People Choir
What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong
Bam Bam by Toots and the Maytals
Stalag 17 by Ansel Collins
Don't Leave Me by Blackstreet
Rockit by Herbie Hancock
Baby, I Love Your Way by Peter Frampton
Haitian Divorce by Steely Dan
Show Me the Way to Go Home by Max Bygraves

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42 minutes

Broadcast

  • Fri 4 Feb 2022 19:15

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