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Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe explore the rich web of connections in music.

Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe continue to explore the rich web of connections in music, from Beyoncé to Beethoven, on Radio 4's weekly music programme.

Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe take us on a musical journey of discovery, exploring the web of connections between tracks across the breadth of all musical styles, from pop, rock, reggae and hip-hop to classical, jazz, folk and country.

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Add to Playlist: Series 1: Jasmin Kent Rodgman and Gwyn Hughes Jones on a new discovery and a classic

Series 1

Jasmin Kent Rodgman and Gwyn Hughes Jones on a new discovery and a classic

BBC Radio 4 - Add to Playlist, Series 1, Jasmin Kent Rodgman and Gwyn Hughes Jones on a new discovery and a classic

Cerys and Jeffrey add another five tracks to their weekly playlist.

Guests - British/Malaysian composer Jasmin Kent Rodgman and Welsh operatic tenor Gwyn Hughes Jones - join Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye to add five more tracks to the playlist.

Jasmin Kent Rodgman, the British/Malaysian artist and composer, joins Welsh tenor Gwyn Hughes Jones and British/Chinese artist Aowen Jin as they select and discuss the latest five tracks to be added to the weekly playlist, where each track has a musical connection with the previous one.

Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye pick up where they left off last time, with Luis Fonsi and Justin Bieber's classic earworm Despacito. So where will their journey take us from there? 

Presenters Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye
Producer Jerome Weatherald

The five tracks added to this week's playlist:

Tu Vuò' Fà' l'Americano by Sophia Loren and Paolo Bacilieri
Heebie Jeebies by Louis Armstrong
Ha Ha Lili by San Dingding
Nessun Dorma! by Giacomo Puccini, sung by Luciano Pavarotti
I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles sung by Doris Day and Jack Smith


Other music in this episode:

God Walked Down by The Allergies
The Other Bank by Janet Kent Rodgman
Despacito by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee feat Justin Bieber
Tu Vuò' Fà' l'Americano sung by Jude Law, Matt Damon and Rosario Fiorello
Life on Mars by David Bowie
Shotgun by George Ezra
I Fought the Law by The Clash
Are You Lonesome Tonight? by Elvis Presley
Violaine by Cocteau Twins
Sequenza III for Female Voice by Luciano Berio
Shawnee Stomp Dance from First Nation Sacred Songs
Adiemus by Karl Jenkins
Puirt a beul, Scottish Mouth Music, by the Quadriga Consort
Nessun Dorma! sung by Gwyn Hughes Jones
I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles sung by Vera Lynn

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