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Simply Some Splendid Songs

Guy Garvey brings his own unique musical taste to 6 Music and invites Poet Laureate Simon Armitage to share his too.

Guy Garvey brings his own unique musical taste to 6 Music and invites Poet Laureate Simon Armitage to share his too.

The On This Day archive clips feature Eric and Ernie and Scientist John Dalton's eyes.

There's music from the likes of The Walkmen, P J Harvey, Nina Simone and Joni Mitchell.

Come in, relax put the kettle on and enjoy the show.

2 hours

Last on

Mon 16 Aug 2021 00:00

Music Played

  • Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel

    Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)

  • Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

    There She Goes, My Beautiful World

    • Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus.
    • Mute.
    • 005.
  • Osees

    Ticklish Warrior

  • Mulatu Astatke

    Tezeta (Nostalgia)

  • Joni Mitchell

    Lesson in Survival

  • Nina Simone

    I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)

  • Jimi Hendrix

    Little Wing

    • Polydor.
  • Lord Huron

    I Will Be Back One Day

  • Roger Hodgson & Supertramp

    If Everyone Was Listening

  • John Williams & Skywalker Symphony Orchestra

    Jabba The Hutt

  • PJ Harvey

    The Glorious Land

  • Love

    A House Is Not A Motel

  • Here We Go Magic

    Alone but Moving

  • The Walkmen

    Angela Surf City

  • Yeti Lane

    Analog Wheel

  • Heartless B's

    Low Low Low

  • Tom Waits

    Time

  • Sam Cooke

    A Change Is Gonna Come

  • J.J. Cale

    Crying Eyes

  • Sly & the Family Stone

    Thank You For Talkin' To Me, Africa

  • Karen Dalton

    In a Station

  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    Three Little Birds

  • Broken Social Scene

    Sweetest Kill

  • Wild Beasts

    All The King's Men

    • Two Dancers.
    • Domino.
    • 003.
  • Interpol

    NYC

  • Wire

    106 Beats That

Broadcasts

  • Sun 6 Sep 2020 15:00
  • Mon 7 Sep 2020 00:00
  • Sun 15 Aug 2021 14:00
  • Mon 16 Aug 2021 00:00