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Another chance to hear novelist Esther Freud selecting music that has inspired her.

Esther picks songs by the likes of Patsy Cline, the Faces, the Clash and the Arctic Monkeys.

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Wed 29 Jan 202502:00
BBC Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • David Bowie

    Changes

    • CHANGESONEBOWIE.
    • RCA.
    • PD-81732.

  • Bob Dylan

    It Ain't Me Babe

    • JOAN BAEZ - LIVE AT NEWPORT.
    • VANGUARD MASTERS.
    • VCD-77015.

  • Lotte Lenya

    SURABAYA JOHNNY

    • LOTTE LENYA SINGS - THE 7 DEADLY SINGS & BERLIN THEATRE SONGS.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
    • MHK-63222.

  • The Clash

    Police And Thieves

    • The Essential Clash.
    • Columbia.
    • 510998-2.

  • The Pretenders

    BRASS IN MY POCKET

    • THE SINGLES.
    • REAL RECORDS.
    • 242229-2.

  • Nina Simone

    LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME

    • THE NINA SIMONE STORY.
    • ASCAP.
    • SNAJ-724.

  • Otis Redding

    TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS

    • SOUL ALBUM II.
    • VIRGIN.
    • VTDCD-165.

  • k.d. lang

    Outside Myself

    • INGENUE.
    • SIRE/WB.
    • 7599-268402.

  • Elvis Presley

    Blue Suede Shoes

    • 50 Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.
    • 74321-811042.

  • Ella Fitzgerald

    ALWAYS TRUE TO YOU (IN MY FASHION)

    • THE COLE PORTER SONGBOOK VOL. 1.
    • VERVE.
    • 821-989-2.

  • Arctic Monkeys

    MARDY BUM

    • WHATEVER THEY I AM, THAT'S WHAT I'M NOT.
    • DOMINO.
    • CDREF-001.

  • Carole King

    YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND

    • THE VERY BEST OF CAROLE KING.
    • COLUMBIA.
    • SONYTV-93CD.

  • DUFFY

    Warwick Avenue

  • Jeff Buckley

    Hallelujah

    • SO REAL: SONGS FROM JEFF BUCKLEY.
    • COLUMBIA.
    • N/A-01.

  • David Bowie

    Changes

    • Mercury Records Limited.

  • Asobi Seksu

    Thursday

    • CD SINGLE.
    • One Little Indian.

  • Jeff Buckley

    Last Goodbye

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Radiohead

    Anyone Can Play Guitar

    • Parlophone.

  • Soul II Soul

    Get a Life

    • Polygram TV.

  • James Brown

    The Boss

    • Polydor.

  • Sheila E.

    The Belle Of St Mark

    • (Single).
    • Warner Bros.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 13 May 201212:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music
  • Sun 20 May 201202:00
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  • Sun 16 Nov 201404:00
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  • Tue 22 Sep 201501:00
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  • Sun 6 Nov 201604:00
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  • Sun 7 May 201704:00
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  • Sun 12 Aug 201804:00
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  • Wed 26 Oct 202202:00
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  • Wed 29 Jan 202502:00
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