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Presented by Billy Shears

Playlist for The Golden Age Of Piracy – 30 September 2020
  • Police & Theives (with Lee Scratch Perry)The Orb
  • Tropic of CancerPanda Bear
  • Corsican ShoresDeradoorian
  • Siren Song ft. Angel DeradoorianFlying Lotus
  • Quarrys, QueriesJyoti
  • Prema MudithaAlice Coltrane
  • Day Dreaming Aretha Franklin
  • To Be Young, Gifted and BlackNina Simone
  • Idiot PrayerNick Cave and the Bad Seeds
  • Spanish Harlem IncidentBob Dylan
  • Masters Of WarThe Staple Singers
  • Feel The SandYoko Ono Plastic Ono Band
  • HopelessnessAnohni
  • Lightning StrikesKlaus Nomi
  • Le FreakCHIC
  • Excellent BirdsLaurie Anderson
  • The Great Below (Live)Nine Inch Nails
  • Through The WirePeter Gabriel
  • Hata La Lile Ya Moul Jalab TayfiyaBNAT EL MAÂNA
  • Rahoum Yegoulou SabirineMOKHTAR MEZHOUD
  • Orion No​.​3Vanessa Worm
  • Revegetation Area 2002Andras
  • OceaniaBjörk
  • Memories Of YouRobert Wyatt
  • Canto Del PilonFrank Harris and Maria Marquez
  • Rainbow SerpentWaak Waak Djungi
  • Comrade Jesus ChristKev Carmody
  • All My Friends Are AlcoholicsMike Noga

About this program

Joins the dots between the new and the old, charting a course through the influences that shaped the sound of today's artists. Special guests share the songs that guided them to play the way they do, and provide a unique insight into the songwriting process for any music completist.


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