It's twenty years since a bunch of kids from Sheffield sang about being kids in Sheffield in the accents and vocabulary of a bunch kids from Sheffield. Mardy Bum (meaning 'grumpy' to us northerners) is about adolescent relationship problems. The song is simple, but combined with the lyrics it just works.

'You've got the face on'.

They weren't brothers and none of them were called Walker, but when Scott 'Walker' utters that first word, 'loneliness', you know something big is coming your way and it may not be good news. 

Scott was a reclusive, often troubled guy whose solo work, especially in later years, was very left field and avant-garde. If you are feeling brave, check it out.

Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677) was a prolific composer of secular music - she produced very little sacred music. She also had to navigate a world of men and musical patronage (or lack of it in her case). As the song say, 'What Can One Do'?

German soprano Simone Kermes is the vocalist.

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Award-winning and much in-demand, the Kanneh-Masons are seven brothers and sisters - Isata, Jeneba, Braimah, Konya, Aminata, Sheku and Mariatu - all of whom play either violin, piano or cello. Here is their take on Bob Marley's 'Redemption Song'.

Black Box Recorder made three albums in the late 1990s and early 2000s and then went off 'do other things'. Then social media got interested when Billie Eilish posted videos of herself listening to their first song, 'Child Psychology'. So Black Box have decided to reform. Smart move.

This song captures their deadbeat feel. Their collection of 'B' sides was called 'the Worst of Black Box Recorder'. You get the picture.

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