EPISODE · Sep 6, 2024 · 42 MIN
Joe Stilgoe and Gabriella Swallow on Beethoven, Doo-wop and Mambo
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Cellist Gabriella Swallow and singer, pianist and songwriter Joe Stilgoe join Anna Phoebe and Jeffrey Boakye as they add the next five tracks, taking us from a pioneering use of a vocoder for a Stanley Kubrick soundtrack to a Grace Jones synth hit, via some early American Doo-wop.Producer: Jerome Weatherald Presented with musical direction by Jeffrey Boakye and Anna PhoebeThe five tracks in this week's playlist:March – from A Clockwork Orange by Beethoven, Wendy Carlos & Rachel Elkind This Night by Billy Joel When You Dance by The Turbans Gopher by Yma Sumac Slave to the Rhythm by Grace JonesOther music in this episode:Night Boat to Cairo by Madness Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger by Daft Punk The Shining - Main Title, by Wendy Carlos and Rachel Elkind Piano Sonata No.8 by Bach, played by Alfred Brendel Why do Fools Fall in Love by Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss) by Betty Everett Street Hassle by Lou Reed Dance at the Gym from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein
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Cellist Gabriella Swallow and singer, pianist and songwriter Joe Stilgoe join Anna Phoebe and Jeffrey Boakye as they add the next five tracks, taking us from a pioneering use of a vocoder for a Stanley Kubrick soundtrack to a Grace Jones synth hit, via some early American Doo-wop.Producer: Jerome Weatherald Presented with musical direction by Jeffrey Boakye and Anna PhoebeThe five tracks in this week's playlist:March – from A Clockwork Orange by Beethoven, Wendy Carlos & Rachel Elkind This Night by Billy Joel When You Dance by The Turbans Gopher by Yma Sumac Slave to the Rhythm by Grace JonesOther music in this episode:Night Boat to Cairo by Madness Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger by Daft Punk The Shining - Main Title, by Wendy Carlos and Rachel Elkind Piano Sonata No.8 by Bach, played by Alfred Brendel Why do Fools Fall in Love by Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss) by Betty Everett Street Hassle by Lou Reed Dance at the Gym from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein
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