Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

The Saxophone Takes Pride of Place This Week.

Guy plays tunes that include the much-derided saxophone. Beckapedia gives us her take on the inventor of the sax - a Mr Adolphe Sax.

This week Guy plays tunes that include the much-derided saxophone.

Beckapedia gives us her take on the inventor of the sax a Mr Adolphe Sax.

Obsessed as he is with space, Guy asks the question on everybody's lips :- who killed Pluto.

Guy pays his own personal tribute to the mighty Mark E Smith.

Music this week is brought to you from artists as diverse as Sting, This Is The Kit, Haven and Simon and Garfunkel.

Action packed this week.

2 hours

Last on

Mon 5 Feb 201800:00
BBC Radio 6 Music

More episodes

Previous

Guy Garvey brings you a Super Blue Moon Special

Next

Guy pays tribute to New York

See all episodes from Guy Garvey's Finest Hour

Music Played

  • John Martyn

    Solid Air

  • Ry Cooder

    A Cancion Mixteca

  • Nina Simone

    I Put A Spell On You

    • Global Television.

  • This Is the Kit

    Bullet Proof

    • Rough Trade.

  • Delakota

    The Rock

    • Go! Beat.

  • The Fall

    Eat Y'Self Fitter

  • Sting

    Englishman In New York

    • A&M.

  • Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

    Easy Money

    • Mute.

  • Adem

    Love and Other Planets

    • Domino.

  • The Beatles

    Across The Universe

  • John Bramwell

    From the Shore

    • Believe Recordings.

  • Lou Reed

    Walk On The Wild Side

    • Lou Reed - NYC Man.
    • BMG.

  • Neil Young

    After The Goldrush

    • Reprise.

  • dbh

    Mass Appeal

    • Thread Recordings.

  • Sister Rosetta Tharpe

    Didn't It Rain

  • The Fernweh

    The Liar

    • CD Single.
    • Skeleton Key.
    • 001.

  • The Durutti Column

    Goodbye

    • Artful Records.

  • Radiohead

    Daydreaming

    • A Moon Shaped Pool.
    • XL.

  • Junior Walker & The All-Stars

    How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)

    • Universal Music Tv.

  • Antônio Carlos Jobim

    The Girl from Ipanema

    Singer: Astrud Gilberto. Performer: João Gilberto. Performer: Antônio Carlos Jobim. Performer: Stan Getz. Performer: Tommy Williams.

  • WELFARE

    Sadie

    • Vagrant Lovers.

  • Leonard Cohen

    Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye

    • Sony BMG Music.

  • Kidsmoke

    Sister Sadness

    • Self released.

  • Simon & Garfunkel

    The Sound of Silence

  • My Brightest Diamond

    The Top of the World

  • The Fall

    Wrong Place, Right Time

    • Beggars Banquet.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 4 Feb 201814:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music
  • Mon 5 Feb 201800:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music