A great mix of music for the weekend, including a featured album by M.I.A.
It's Lyrical Sunday! Mary Anne asks musicians about lyrics that have stayed with them over the years, and how they feel listening to those words being sung today. Show more
Join Cerys for an exploration of lyrics and poems. Plus Sir Michael Morpurgo talks about his new book, and Cosmo Sheldrake performs in the Live Room. Show more
The writer and broadcaster Tony Parsons picks a selection of his favourite records, including numbers by Otis Redding, John Martyn, The Clash and Johnny Cash. Show more
Guy celebrates Lyrical Sunday with special guest Canadian singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith. Show more
Amy Lame presents her brand new Sunday afternoon show. She is joined by Amsterdam-born singer Pip Blom ahead of a UK tour in support of her latest single I Think I'm In Love. Show more
Now Playing wants your suggestions for their wordplay playlist. Which songwriters and lyricists have quoted other people's words within their songs?
Stuart features Swans' pivotal record Children of God plus music from extreme-metal duo The Body, spiritual Mancunian jazz from GoGo Penguin and techno-synth-post-rock from Suuns. Show more
The Don's selections cross time, space and genre and this week's Crucial Vinyl is What's the 411? Remix, released in 1993 by Mary J. Blige. Show more
Guy celebrates Lyrical Sunday with special guest Canadian singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith. Show more
A mixtape full of the best brand new music.
The Roy Young Band in concert in London in 1972, plus a session recorded by Little Angels on 19 March 1993 and one from That Dog from 9 December 1993. Show more
Lyrics by... With Murray Lachlan Young
Episode 2: with Chris Difford
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Murray Lachlan Young is joined by Chris Difford from Squeeze as they look back to the explosion in consciousness of the 1960s and how that changed lyric writing in popular music. Show more