Friday 16 May 2008
Two-Faced Friday View Playlist
Listening back over the last week, and forward to what’s on The Daily Planet next week.
Latest Programs
Thursday 15 May 2008
Simphiwe Dana View Playlist
On her latest CD, The One Love Movement on Bantu Biko Street, modernistic fashion icon and vocal-harmony loving Simphiwe Dana sings her songs inspired by Steve Biko’s philosophy.
Wednesday 14 May 2008
Jeff Lang Guest Presenter View Playlist
Today Jeff Lang is our guest presenter so he’ll be choosing the music for The Daily Planet and explaining how it has influenced him and his great new CD, Half Seas Over.
Tuesday 13 May 2008
Bratsch View Playlist
On Plein du Monde, Premier French Gypsy music band Bratsch are joined in a spirited set of songs by a host of guests including Algeria’s Khaled, Israel’s Nourith and France’s own Olivia Ruiz and Charles Aznavour.
Monday 12 May 2008
Truckstop Honeymoon View Playlist
On Truckstop Honeymoon’s latest CD, Diamonds in the Asphalt, real-life and musical partners Mike West and Katie Euless use the country genre to ironic, humorous effect with songs that magnify the mundane aspects of life into crises.
Uri Caine’s CD, The Classical Variations, is a collection of 20 of the Philadelphia-born pianist’s edgy jazz interpretations of Mahler, Beethoven, Schumann, Mozart and Wagner, including 10 previously unreleased takes on Bach.
Husband and wife team Kasey Chambers’ and Shane Nicholson’s debut CD, Rattlin’ Bones is a laid-back, delightfully relaxed and artfully written acoustic alt-country album.
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