EPISODE · Dec 2, 2022 · 42 MIN
Isobel Waller-Bridge and Mikey J Asante round off the series
from Add to Playlist · host BBC Radio 4
Composer Isobel Waller-Bridge and producer and composer Michael 'Mikey J' Asante take us from a club in Istanbul to a classic grime track via a cigarette factory in Seville, as they add the final five tracks to the current playlist. Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye also hear from the Lebanese-born trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf and Professor Alkis Raftis, a leading authority on Greek dance.Presenters Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye Producer Jerome WeatheraldThe five tracks in this week's playlist:Will Soon be a Woman (live at the Babylon Istanbul) by Ibrahim Maalouf Dance Me to the End of Love by Leonard Cohen Carmen, Act I, Sc 4, Havanaise/Habanera by Georges Bizet Eskimo by Wiley Deck the Halls by Nat King ColeOther music in this episode:Trace by Isobel Waller-Bridge Green Onions by Booker T. and the M.G.’s Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Aria by JS Bach, played by Glenn Gould Niandou by Ballaké Sissoko and Vincent Segal Zorba The Greek: Zorba's Dance by Mikis Theodorakis Hasapiko performed by Christina Pluhar Popcorn by Hot Butter
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Composer Isobel Waller-Bridge and producer and composer Michael 'Mikey J' Asante take us from a club in Istanbul to a classic grime track via a cigarette factory in Seville, as they add the final five tracks to the current playlist. Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye also hear from the Lebanese-born trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf and Professor Alkis Raftis, a leading authority on Greek dance.Presenters Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye Producer Jerome WeatheraldThe five tracks in this week's playlist:Will Soon be a Woman (live at the Babylon Istanbul) by Ibrahim Maalouf Dance Me to the End of Love by Leonard Cohen Carmen, Act I, Sc 4, Havanaise/Habanera by Georges Bizet Eskimo by Wiley Deck the Halls by Nat King ColeOther music in this episode:Trace by Isobel Waller-Bridge Green Onions by Booker T. and the M.G.’s Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Aria by JS Bach, played by Glenn Gould Niandou by Ballaké Sissoko and Vincent Segal Zorba The Greek: Zorba's Dance by Mikis Theodorakis Hasapiko performed by Christina Pluhar Popcorn by Hot Butter
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