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Highs and Lows: High-quality music and Low’s Alan Sparhawk

Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie present a feast of great music and chat for weekend breakfast and hear from Alan Sparhawk of American indie rock band Low.

Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie present a feast of great music and chat for weekend breakfast

Today their guest is American singer-songwriter and guitarist-vocalist of indie rock band Low, Alan Sparhawk. The band, which includes Alan’s wife and fellow founding member Mimi Parker, are releasing their thirteenth full length album in twenty-seven years. The new record, titled ‘Hey What’, is their first since 2018.

Also on the show… Clare Crane has the best music and entertainment stories of the past week in ‘This Week In Music’.

Plus… regular features 'The Chain' - our world-famous list of over 8000 interconnected songs - and 'Sampled Underfoot' which explores the samples used in some of our favourite tracks.

With a selection of music old and new to get the weekend started.

3 hours

Last on

Sat 11 Sep 2021 07:00

Music Played

  • The Jesus and Mary Chain

    Some Candy Talking

    • Blanco Y Negro.
  • Hamish Hawk

    The Mauritian Badminton Doubles Champion, 1973

    • Post Electric.
  • Busta Rhymes

    One (LP Clean) (feat. Erykah Badu)

    • One.
    • Elektra.
  • John Abercrombie

    Love Song

    • Timeless.
  • Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine

    Back To Oz

  • Thundercat

    King Of The Hill (feat. BADBADNOTGOOD & Flying Lotus)

  • Marcia Aitken

    I'm Still In Love (With You)

    • Reggae Love Songs (Various Artists).
    • Sanctuary.
  • Common

    Imagine (feat. PJ)

    • Loma Vista Recordings.
  • Donald Byrd

    Cristo Redentor

  • Magnus

    Summer's Here

    • The Body Gave You Everything.
  • Du Blonde

    Radio Jesus

    • Daemon T.V..
  • Suede

    Filmstar

    • Nude Records.
  • Al Green

    Take Me to the River

    • Beechwood.
  • Little Simz

    I Love You, I Hate You

    • Age 101 Music.
  • The Egg

    Something To Do

    • Something To Do.
    • Squarepegg Records.
  • Siouxsie and the Banshees

    Helter Skelter

  • Tirzah

    Tectonic

    • Domino.
  • Private Agenda

    Neo-Nostalgia

    • A Mannequin.
    • Lo Recordings.
  • The La’s

    Timeless Melody

  • Arlo Parks

    Too Good (Mercury Music Prize 2021)

  • Jungle

    Truth

    • Caiola Records/AWAL.
  • The Kinks

    Till The End Of The Day

  • Liz Lawrence

    Drive

    • Second Breakfast Records.
  • Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam

    I Wonder If I Take You ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ (feat. Full Force)

    • CBS.
  • Dawn Richard

    Nostalgia

    • Merge Records.
  • Baloji

    L'Hiver Indien

    • Bella Union.
  • Kate Bush

    Violin

    • Never For Ever.
  • Amyl and the Sniffers

    Guided By Angels

    • Rough Trade.
  • The Damned

    New Rose

  • Orbital

    Chime

    • Warner.
  • Low

    White Horses

    • Hey What.
    • Sub Pop.
  • Low

    Hey

  • Joan As Police Woman, Tony Allen & Dave Okumu

    Take Me To Your Leader

    • PIAS.
  • Betty Harris

    There's A Break In The Road

    • SSS International.

Broadcast

  • Sat 11 Sep 2021 07:00