Quite a few of you are taking a well-deserved break over the next few weeks and plenty of you will be driving long distances, so why not while away the long hours at the wheel by taking the Night Train?
Song of the Week: Oscar Peterson - Night Train
Song of the Week - Lili Boulanger's Nocturne
After a long day we all need a Nocturne. Here's Lili Boulanger's 1911 Nocturne for violin and piano.
Song of the Week: This Mortal Coil - Song to the Siren
At a time when the temptations are huge - picnics, beaches, raves, it might be worth reminding ourselves of the Greek Myths and strap ourselves to the mast.
Song of the Week: The Beatles - I'm So Tired
"Exhausted" seems to have replaced "busy" in the University lexicon. But, to borrow from Tolstoy, we are all exhausted in different ways. Here is John Lennon's take on it.
Song of the Week: Cornershop - Sleep on the Left Side
Apparently we are not only sleeping more during lockdown but also dreaming more because we have extra time for REM Sleep. But surely the main issue about sleep is which side of the bed you choose? Cornershop have the answer
Song of the week: Alice Cooper - School's Out
Given it's the end of term (sort of) and the school education of children seems to have been abandoned for the time being, it could only be this Glam Rock monster from 1972 courtesy of Alice Cooper.
Song of the week: Franz Schubert - Der Leiermann
"Strange old man, shall I go with you? Will you turn your hurdy-gurdy to my songs?" Franz Schubert's Hurdy-Gurdy Man
Song of the Week: Sam Cooke - Summertime
There are lots of reasons to play Summertime and lots of versions (check out the original by Abbie MItchell as well as Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong's) but how about Sam Cooke?