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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: Isobel Waller-Bridge and Mikey J Asante round off the series

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Isobel Waller-Bridge and Mikey J Asante round off the series

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BBC Radio 4 - Add to Playlist, Series 4, Isobel Waller-Bridge and Mikey J Asante round off the series

Isobel Waller-Bridge and Mikey J Asante help add the final five tracks to this playlist.

Composer Isobel Waller-Bridge and producer Michael 'Mikey J' Asante add the last five tracks to the current playlist, taking us from a club in Istanbul to a Christmas classic.

Composer Isobel Waller-Bridge and producer and composer Michael 'Mikey J' Asante take us from a club in Istanbul to a classic grime track via a cigarette factory in Seville, as they add the final five tracks to the current playlist. 

Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye also hear from the Lebanese-born trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf and Professor Alkis Raftis, a leading authority on Greek dance.

Presenters Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye
Producer Jerome Weatherald

The five tracks in this week's playlist:

Will Soon be a Woman (live at the Babylon Istanbul) by Ibrahim Maalouf
Dance Me to the End of Love by Leonard Cohen
Carmen, Act I, Sc 4, Havanaise/Habanera by Georges Bizet
Eskimo by Wiley
Deck the Halls by Nat King Cole

Other music in this episode:

Trace by Isobel Waller-Bridge
Green Onions by Booker T. and the M.G.’s
Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Aria by JS Bach, played by Glenn Gould
Niandou by Ballaké Sissoko and Vincent Segal
Zorba The Greek: Zorba's Dance by Mikis Theodorakis
Hasapiko performed by Christina Pluhar
Popcorn by Hot Butter

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Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye create a playlist no computer could.

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