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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 4: The joy of the overture with Kathryn Tickell, Joe Stilgoe and Ruairi Glasheen

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Kathryn Tickell, Ruairi Glasheen and Joe Stilgoe help choose the next five tracks.

Pipe player Kathryn Tickell, pianist and singer Joe Stilgoe and percussionist Ruairi Glasheen travel from Quebec to Egypt in this week's playlist.

Kathryn Tickell - composer, performer and the foremost exponent of the Northumbrian pipes - is joined by singer pianist and songwriter Joe Stilgoe and percussionist Ruairi Glasheen as they help Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye add the next five tracks to the playlist.

It's a serendipitous musical journey which takes them from Quebec to New Orleans via Egypt.

Presenters Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye
Producer Jerome Weatherald

The five tracks in this week's playlist:

Expansions by Lonnie Liston Smith
Ouverture by La Bottine Souriante
Overture from Candide by Leonard Bernstein
Khusara Khusara by Hossam Ramzy Egyptian Ensemble
Basin Street Blues by Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five

Other music in this episode:

Green Onions by Booker T. and the M.G.'s
Ché Ché Colé by Héctor Lavoe and Willie Colón
Hushabye Birdie by Kathryn Tickell
La Valse D'Orphelin by Christine Balfa
Toxic by Britney Spears
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from The Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky

Add to Playlist: Series 4

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