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Natalie Duncan and Richard Stilgoe celebrate the Red Planet

Natalie Duncan and Richard Stilgoe join Anna Phoebe and Jeffrey Boakye to add another five tracks, taking us from a Scottish square dance to Mars.

Lyricist Richard Stilgoe and musician and songwriter Natalie Duncan prepare for a square dance as they add five more tracks to the playlist. With Anna Phoebe and Jeffrey Boakye, they head from Scottish reels to Mars, via California's Santa Monica Boulevard.

Producer: Jerome Weatherald
Presented with musical direction by Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe

The five tracks in this week's playlist:

Eightsome Reel by The Scottish Fiddle Orchestra
Scotch Rhapsody by William Walton & Edith Sitwell
All I Wanna Do by Sheryl Crow
Gimme Shelter by The Rolling Stones
Mars by Gustav Holst

Other music in this episode:

King by Years & Years
Hoedown by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Boil 'em Cabbage Down, trad, performed by Mark O'Connor
Candy by Cameo

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43 minutes

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  • Fri 28 Mar 2025 19:15
  • Tue 1 Apr 2025 11:00

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