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Billy Bragg

Singer-songwriter Billy Bragg shares his 'First, Last and Everything', plus Stuart presents a feast of great music and chat for weekend breakfast.

Stuart Maconie presents a feast of great music and chat for weekend breakfast

Today, singer-songwriter Billy Bragg shares his 'First, Last and Everything' - that鈥檚 the first record he owned, the most recent one he's been enjoying and the record that means 'everything' to him. He discusses memories from his childhood in Barking, Essex; the music that's currently accompanying him while he journeys across the country to play gigs and the huge influence that Paul Weller and The Jam had on him. The Jam's album Sound Affects came out shortly after the band Billy had been in since school broke up. At the point where Billy felt his dreams of making it as a musician had been shattered, that album came along and provided real inspiration. Billy connected with the songs and felt it showed him how to go forward with his own songwriting and writing about his own personal experience. He says Paul Weller showed him 'how to make music from the everyday.'

Also on the show... a whole host of quality radio items including 'Breakfast Blend' - three tracks that make a great sonic blend - plus another instalment of Sunday Glove Songs.

You can take part in The Chain, choosing a track for our world-famous list of interconnected songs, as it approaches number 8000!

Plus a finely balanced blend of new and old music, setting you up for a Sunday.

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Sun 13 Oct 2019 07:00
麻豆社 Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Richard Hawley

    Tonight The Streets Are Ours

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Mute.

  • The National

    Oblivions

    • 4AD.

  • Handsome Boy Modeling School

    The Truth (feat. R贸is铆n Murphy)

    • So... How's Your Girl?.
    • Tommy Boy.

  • Moondog

    Marimba Mondo 2 - Seascape Of The Whales

  • Dana Gavanski

    Catch

    • Full Time Hobby.

  • Dry Cleaning

    Sit Down Meal

    • It's Ok.

  • Donovan

    Sunshine Superman

    • Rhino.

  • Sampa the Great

    Freedom

    • Ninja Tune.

  • Gwen Guthrie

    Seventh Heaven

    • Island Records.

  • Emily King

    Forgiveness (Wynne Bennett Remix)

  • Bibio

    Fire Ant

    • Ambivalence Avenue.
    • Warp.
    • 4.

  • Pixx

    Peanuts Grow Underground

    • 4AD.

  • Elbow

    Grounds For Divorce (6 Music Session, 10 Oct 2019)

  • The xx

    Dangerous

    • Young Turks.

  • Missy Elliott

    Throw It Back

    • Atlantic Records.

  • Brett Anderson

    Unsung

  • Bent

    Swollen

    • Sport.

  • Metronomy

    Wedding Bells

    • Because Music.

  • Billy Bragg

    A New England

    • Cooking Vinyl.

  • Simon & Garfunkel

    The Boxer

    • The Definitive Simon & Garfunkel.
    • Columbia.

  • Gregory Alan Isakov

    Second Chances

    • The Weatherman.
    • 12th Street Records.

  • The Jam

    That's Entertainment

  • Some Bodies

    Higher Self

  • Blondie

    Rapture

    • Chrysalis.

  • Big Thief

    Not

    • 4AD.

  • Burning Spear

    Slavery Days

  • Jethro Tull

    For Michael Collins, Jeffrey And Me

    • Benefit.

  • Hector Plimmer

    Somebody Else (feat. Andrew Ashong)

    • Alberts Favourites.

  • Happy Mondays

    The Egg

  • Anderson .Paak

    Jet Black (feat. Brandy)

    • Warner Records.

  • R. Dean Taylor

    Ghost In My House

  • Edwin Starr

    25 Miles

  • Roxy Music

    Love Is The Drug

  • Sudan Archives

    Confessions

    • Stones Throw.

  • Holy F

    Luxe (feat. Alexis Taylor)

    • Holy EF Music.

  • Bhundu Boys

    Jit Jive

    • WEA.

Broadcast

  • Sun 13 Oct 2019 07:00
    麻豆社 Radio 6 Music