Playlist 16.11.09

Dave Rawlings is a neo-bluegrass practitioner who hangs out with Ryan Adams, Bright Eyes and Gillian Welch. He plays beautifully and writes a decent song, including a Ryan collaboration, To Be Young (Is To Be Sad Is To Be High). Happily, he has stepped out of semi-obscurity to deliver his own album, which includes a version of the aforementioned tune, plus some sweet and evocative extras.

You dont need an introduction to Dame Shirley Bassey, and you may know that producer David Arnold has helped the artiste to complete a record thats arch, emotional and not overly dramatic. Songs have been written by Rufus Wainwright, Neil Tennant, and Richard Hawley, but its the Manic Street Preachers who have presented her with The Girl From Tiger Bay, a soaring sense of place and intensity that fits so well.

BBC Radio Ulster, 92-95 FM

Online: www.bbc.co.uk/radioulster

Mondays, ten midnight

Bjork - Joga (One Little Indian)

Fionn Regan - Protection Racket (Heavenly)

Dame Shirley Bassey - The Girl From Tiger Bay (Geffen)

God Help The Boy Hes A Loving Kind Of Boy (Rough Trade)

Zoot Money - Let The Music Make You Happy (Righteous)

Dave Rawlings - To Be Young (Is To Be Sad Is To Be High) (Acony )

Tom Waits Picture In A Frame (live) (Anti)

Louis Eliot and The Embers - 25th of the 12th (white)

Isaac Hayes - Run Fay Run (Soul Jazz)

The Duke And The King - One More Year (Loose)

Dame Shirley Bassey - After The Rain (Geffen)

Passion Pit Little - Secrets (Sony)

New Order Thieves Like Us (Factory)

Paloma Faith - Do You Want The Truth (Epic)

Dan Arbosise - Another Side Of The Sky (Just)

Spiritualized - Ladies And Gentlemen (acappella) (Sony)

Dave Rawlings - Ruby (Acony)

Ricky Lee Jones - Remember Me (Fantasy)

Thomas Dybtahl - Cecilia (Last Suppa)

Geoff Gatt - Moment (white)

William Fitzsimmons - Good Morning (Naim Edge)

Dan Hicks I Got Mine (Big Beat)

Dave Rawlings - Bells Of Harlem (Acony)

Bob Marley Redempion Song (Island)

James Yuill Lef Handed Girl (Moshi Moshi)

Dame Shirley Bassey The Performance Of My Life (Geffen)

Animal Collective - Brother Sport (Domino)