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Best-selling author, Zadie Smith, chooses an hour of her favourite music and talks about what they mean to her and the stories behind them.

Her playlist includes songs from Prince, Lauryn Hill, Skepta and Bob Dylan.

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Wed 15 Oct 202502:00
BBC Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Pulp

    Common People

    • Island.

  • Billie Holiday

    Crazy He Calls Me

  • Kendrick Lamar

    Alright

    • POLYDOR.

  • David Bowie

    Life On Mars?

    • EMI.

  • Ani DiFranco

    You Had Time

    • Out Of Range.

  • Young MC

    Know How

    • The Hip Hop Collection.
    • Universal Music TV.

  • Otis Redding

    Change Gonna Come

    • Change Is Gonna Come / The Voice Of Black America 1963-1973.
    • Warner Music UK Limited.

  • Lauryn Hill

    Tell Him

    • The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.

  • Bob Dylan

    You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go

    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.

  • Björk

    Lionsong

    • One Little Indian.

  • Nina Simone

    Here Comes the Sun

    • My Way.
    • Stepsis Records.
    • 4.

  • Nina Simone

    Sinnerman

    • Pastel Blues.
    • Philips.
    • 9.

  • Deerhunter

    Helicopter

    • CD SINGLE.
    • 4 A.D..
    • 1.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 6 Nov 201613:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music
  • Wed 12 Sep 201801:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music
  • Wed 15 Oct 202502:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music

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