Join Simona Castricum as she squeezes her most influential tracks down to her ‘Formative Five’ with Tristen Harris.

Playlist for The Golden Age Of Piracy – 1 May 2019
  • Zoo EyesAldous Harding
  • The Trees They Do Grow HighJoan Baez
  • RosemaryScott Walker
  • You Know More Than I KnowJohn Cale
  • Train SongVashti Bunyan
  • Rolling Rolling RollingDaniel Norgren
  • Bessie SmithBob Dylan
  • Searching The Desert For The BluesBlind Willie McTell
  • Baby Please Don't GoMississippi Fred McDowell
  • Empire State ExpressSon House
  • Last Night I Dreamt of MississippiNicolai Dunger
  • The Half LightSimona
  • Coast Is ClearCURVE
  • SensesNew Order
  • SensoriaCabaret Voltaire
  • Breakin' InCarlos Peron
  • Dot in the SkyDrab Majesty
  • The Poets of AntiquitySaD

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.


Choose a link below to see the playlists and Formative Fives of past guests

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