Fathers and Songs: Music for Father's Day

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Sasha Duncan

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16/06/2013

BBC Four - Fathers and Songs: Music for Father's Day

With Cat Stevens, Emmylou Harris, Paul Simon, Madonna, Peter Gabriel and many more.

Compilation of songs that celebrate and probe the emotional complexities generated by fathers, with Kid Creole, Cat Stevens, Emmylou Harris, Paul Simon, Madonna and many more.

Fatherhood has proved a great subject for a variety of artists - some celebratory, some conflicted, but all inspired by what dad does and doesn't do. Here's a mixture of songs that celebrate and probe the emotional complexities generated by the sometime head of the household.

Kid Creole and the Coconuts, Cat Stevens, Emmylou Harris, Paul Simon, Madonna, Peter Gabriel, Mike and the Mechanics, Suggs and the Blockheads, Neil Young, James Brown, Pigbag and even Ozzy Osbourne and his daughter Kelly put in an appearance, making a cracking compilation for Father's Day.

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