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Radio 6 Music,18 Jan 2026,180 mins

Elizabeth Alker and Everything We Do is Music

Guy Garvey's Finest Hour

Available for 27 days

Guy chats to Elizabeth Alker, author of Everything We Do is Music: How 20th-Century Classical Music Shaped Pop, about the Beatles, drone, Charlie Parker and Terry the terrible terrier. There's classic music from Deep Purple, Tina Turner and Mose Allison plus new music from the likes of Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Peter Gabriel and LYR. All this and the mysterious Beckapedia. Produced in Salford by BBC Audio for BBC Radio 6 Music

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Tracklist

  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Hush
    Hush
    Deep Purple
  3. 2.
    Ashes to Ashes
    Ashes to Ashes
    David Bowie
  4. 3.
    Inchworm
    Inchworm
    Danny Kaye