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Your midweek pick-me-up with Jeffrey Boakye

Craig is joined by the award-winning author and broadcaster Jeffrey Boakye to chat about key moments in music history, pirate radio, and more.

Craig is joined by the award-winning author and broadcaster Jeffrey Boakye to chat about key moments in music history that have informed his writing, pirate radio, teaching, and more.

This conversation comes ahead of Boakye's appearance at Hay Festival, where he will be discussing his latest books 'Musical World' and 'Kofi and the Secret Radio Station'.

Also on the show, we鈥檒l cause anarchy with the Trunk of Punk, and you get to pick a banger in our Closing Credits. Drop us a line: craig@bbc.co.uk

3 hours

Music Played

  • A Certain Ratio

    Shack Up

    • Factory.
  • St. Vincent

    Big Time Nothing

    • Total Pleasure.
  • Lykke Li

    I Follow Rivers

    • LL Recordings.
  • Katy B

    Lights On (feat. Ms. Dynamite)

    • Urban Floorfillers.
    • UMOD (Universal Music On Demand).
    • 9.
  • Arctic Monkeys

    Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair

    • DOMINO.
  • Been Stellar

    Sweet

    • Dirty Hit.
  • Queen Latifah

    Come Into My House

    • Gee Street.
  • The Jam

    Precious

    • Polydor.
  • Kamasi Washington

    Get Lit (feat. George Clinton & D Smoke)

    • Young.
  • Say She She

    In The Morning

    • Karma Chief Records.
  • Khruangbin

    B-Side (feat. Leon Bridges)

    • Dead Oceans.
  • Arooj Aftab

    Raat Ki Rani

    • Verve Records.
  • SNAYX

    Better Days - The Great Escape - 160524

  • Missy Elliott

    Throw It Back

    • Atlantic Records.
  • Madlib

    REEKYOD (feat. Black Thought & Your Old Droog)

    • Madlib Invasion.
  • Skunk Anansie

    All I Want

    • One Little Indian Record.
  • Thom Yorke

    Knife Edge

    • XL Recordings.
  • Bloc Party

    Banquet

    • Wichita.
  • ESG

    My Love For You

    • Come Away With ESG.
    • 99 Records.
  • Ezra Collective

    Ajala

    • Partisan.
  • Jael

    Sunflower Baby

    • Sunflower Baby.
    • Anomali Records.
  • beabadoobee

    Take A Bite

    • Dirty Hit.
  • Hinds

    Boom Boom Back (feat. Beck)

    • Viva Hinds.
    • Lucky Number.
  • 叠箩枚谤办

    Hyperballad

    • One Little Indian.
  • Big Special

    BLACK DOG / WHITE HORSE

    • So Recordings.
  • Yoshika Colwell

    Please

  • 贵颈蝉肠丑别谤鈥怹

    Marliese

    • Red Skies Over Paradise.
    • Liberty.
  • Rancid

    Maxwell Murder

  • Shrag

    Mark E Smith

    • Shrag.
    • Where It's At Is Where You Are.
  • Bab L鈥 Bluz

    IWAIWA FUNK

    • Real World Records.
  • Feist

    1234

    • CD SINGLE.
    • POLYDOR.
  • Real Estate

    Water Underground

    • Domino.
  • Adrianne Lenker

    Free Treasure

    • 4AD.
  • Arab Strap

    Bliss

    • Rock Action.
  • Lush

    Single Girl

  • Shy FX & Mr. Williamz

    Gideon's Charge (feat. KINGH)

    • Digital Soundboy.
  • MT Jones

    Tough Love

Broadcast

  • Wed 22 May 2024 13:00