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A celebration of poetry with Richard Hawley

Craig gets ready for National Poetry Day by chatting to legendary singer-songwriter Richard Hawley about his most iconic lyrics and the poets that have inspired him.

Craig gets ready for National Poetry Day by chatting to legendary singer-songwriter Richard Hawley about his most iconic lyrics and the poets that have inspired him.

Also, we hear from the second member of our Class of 2024, we take a moment to chill out in the Zen Den, and you get to pick the final track of the show as our Closing Credit.

Got something you want to hear? Email craig@bbc.co.uk.

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Music Played

  • Justice vs Simian

    We Are Your Friends

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Ten Records.
  • SOPHIE

    My Forever (feat. Cecile Believe)

    • Transgressive.
  • PJ Harvey

    Let England Shake

    • Island.
  • Friends

    I'm His Girl

    • LUCKY NUMBER.
  • Metronomy

    The Bay

    • Because Music.
  • Pa Salieu

    Belly

    • Warner.
  • Kae Tempest

    People's Faces (Streatham Version)

    • Fiction.
  • Bon Iver

    S P E Y S I D E

    • Jagjaguwar.
  • Fontaines D.C.

    Here's The Thing

    • XL Recordings.
  • cg8

    Karma Police

    • 4AD.
  • Say She She

    C'est Si Bon (6 Music Session, 29 Aug 2023)

  • Ezra Collective

    Streets Is Calling (feat. Moonchild Sanelly & M.anifest)

    • Partisan.
  • The Velvet Underground

    Pale Blue Eyes

    • Verve.
  • Richard Hawley

    Sometimes I Feel

    • Hollow Meadows.
    • Parlophone.
  • DEADLETTER

    More Heat!

    • So Recordings.
  • The Staves

    Winter Trees

    • ATLANTIC RECORDS.
  • Pet Shop Boys

    Feel

    • Parlophone.
  • Waxahatchee

    Much Ado About Nothing

  • Ross From Friends

    John Cage

  • Geordie Greep

    Holy, Holy

    • Rough Trade.
  • The Chemical Brothers

    Galvanize (feat. 蚕鈥怲颈辫)

    • Virgin.
  • FKA twigs

    Eusexua

    • Young.
  • MT Jones

    Rocking My Boat

  • Mustard Plug

    Beer

    • Masterpieces: 1991-2002.
    • Hopeless Records.
    • 1.
  • [spunge]

    Centerfold

    • That Should Cover It.
    • Dent鈥檃ll Records.
    • 001.
  • Death of Guitar Pop

    Tripwire

    • Be Lucky (Deluxe Edition).
    • SKA CLUB ESSEX.
    • 3.
  • The Cure

    Alone (Radio Edit)

    • Fiction / Polydor.
  • James Blake

    Retrograde

    • Atlas.
  • Father John Misty

    Screamland

    • Bella Union.
  • Alt谋n G眉n

    Bir sigara i莽 o臒lan

    • Single.
    • Glitterbeat.
  • Alex Reece

    Feel The Sunshine

  • Lex Amor

    Beg

    • Modern Oak.
  • Orbital & David Holmes

    Tonight In Belfast (feat. Mike Garry)

Broadcast

  • Tue 1 Oct 2024 13:00