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Songs for the City

Nicky and James from Manic Street Preachers kick off their residency by exploring songs with references to different cities. They pay homage to one of their favourite cities, Swansea, as well as Lisbon, Johannesburg and Rio De Janeiro.

1 hour

Last on

Mon 19 Jun 2023 21:00

Music Played

  • Bruce Thomas, Elvis Costello, Pete Thomas & Elvis Costello & The Attractions

    Tokyo Storm Warning

    • Blood & Chocolate.
    • Imp Records.
    • 003.
  • Silver Jews

    Dallas

    • The Natural Bridge.
    • Domino.
    • B1.
  • Bruce Springsteen

    Atlantic City

    • Columbia.
  • Wolf Alice

    Lisbon

    • My Love Is Cool.
    • Dirty Hit.
    • B3.
  • Nina Simone

    Baltimore

  • Joanna Newsom

    Swansea

    • The Milk鈥怑yed Mender.
    • Drag City.
    • B10.
  • The Housemartins

    Johannesburg

    • The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death.
    • Go! Discs.
    • 009.
  • Glen Campbell

    Galveston

    • Now 100 Hits Country (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Skids

    An Incident in Algiers

    • Strength Through Joy.
    • 001.
  • Abraham Laboriel, Bill Reichenbach, Jr., Chuck Findley, Dean Parks, Ernie Watts, Gary Herbig, Jeff Porcaro, Jim Horn, Larry Williams, Lenny Castro, Leon Pendarvis, Steve Lukather & Randy Crawford

    Rio de Janeiro Blue

    • The Ultimate Collection.
    • 108.
  • John Cale

    Paris 1919

    • PARIS 1919.
    • Warner Bros.
  • Andy Partridge, Thomas Dolby & Tim Kerr

    Leipzig

    • Europa and the Pirate Twins.
    • EMI.
    • B1.
  • Mark Lanegan

    Stockholm City Blues

    • Straight Songs of Sorrow.
    • Heavenly Recordings.
    • 008.
  • The Chameleons

    Intrigue in Tangiers

    • What Does Anything Mean? Basically.
    • Statik Records.
    • 003.

Broadcast

  • Mon 19 Jun 2023 21:00