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Folk, roots and acoustic-based music. The guest is playwright and novelist Willy Russell , who has just released his first CD of his own songs. He plays tracks from the album and picks songs from some of his favourite folk singers, including Nic Jones ,
Shirley Collins and Ron Sexmith. mike.harding@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Willy Russell
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Nic Jones
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Shirley Collins
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Ron Sexmith.

1/6 Stuart Maconie profiles six of the biggest heavyweights of pop and rock, tracing their careers using original critical reviews and features by some of the most renowned names in music journalism, including Charles Shaar Murray, Paul Morley, Barney Hoskyns and Jill Furmanovsky.

Kicking off the series is the band whose love for excess has always held a certain fascination for music writers.

Contributors

Presenter:
Stuart Maconie
Producer:
Nicky Birch
Producer:
Matt Hall

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