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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 5: Anne Dudley and Ruairi Glasheen take us from Azerbaijan to Dover

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Anne Dudley and Ruairi Glasheen take us from Azerbaijan to Dover

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Anne Dudley and Ruairi Glasheen explore a popular Bach classic

Composer Anne Dudley and percussionist Ruairi Glasheen join Cerys and Jeffrey as they travel from Iran to Turkey and on to Dover via a coffee house in Leipzig

Musician and composer Anne Dudley and percussionist Ruairi Glasheen embark on a musical journey across continents, centuries and styles as they add the next five tracks to the playlist.

Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye also find out from specialist Simon Heighes about the background to a popular work by Bach, famously used in those old cigar adverts.

This episode was first broadcast in March this year.

Producer Jerome Weatherald
Presented, with music direction, by Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye

The five tracks in this week's playlist:

Infinity by Imamyar Hasanov
Mehter Vuruyor by Mehter 
She’s Gone by Darryl Hall & John Oates 
Air from Orchestral Suite No 3 in D major by J S Bach 
Many Rivers to Cross by Jimmy Cliff

Other music in this episode:

8 Dogs 8 Banjos by Old Crow Medicine Show
Makhloogh by Googoosh
7 Heures du Matin by Jacqueline Taïeb
A Whiter Shade of Pale by Procol Harum
Vietnam by Jimmy Cliff

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