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Short Cuts: Series 20: Musical

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Short documentaries about music and musicians presented by Josie Long.

Josie Long presents stories about music and musicians, from the magic of Downtown to a gay country music album. From 2019.

A spider infestation turns into a musical performance, the pianist Glenn Gould unpicks the magic of Petula Clark's Downtown and Patrick Haggerty talks about Lavender Country, which has come to be known as the first gay country music album.

Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about music and musicians.

Lavender Country
Featuring Patrick Haggerty
Produced by Thomas Curry, Lauren Eisen and Sofie Strøbeck

Downtown
Featuring Glenn Gould
Produced by Alan Hall

Spiders! The Musical
Produced by Phil Smith

Image Credit: Matthew Wilson

Production team: Andrea Rangecroft and Alia Cassam
Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2019.

Short Cuts: Series 20

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