Joe Boyd's A-Z show

Joe Boyd's A-Z

Summary: Producer/Writer Joe Boyd takes a trip through his vast record collection using song titles in alphabetical order as doorways to history, memorable recording sessions, rarely heard discs and unforgettable personalities.

Podcasts:

 Letter V | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:09:10

"One by one I let things go, my cats my house my car my clothes..." Blackgirls: A Visit to the Behaviorist / Blackgirls: Happy / Blackgirls: Cathedral / Dana & Karen Kletter: We Died In August / Dana & Karen Kletter: Father Song / Dana & Karen Kletter: Maria Marie  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

 Letter U | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:10:13

"I picked up his voice right up into my neck, right into my shoulders..." Mahlathini & The Mahotella Queens: Umama Ithembalami / Mahlathini & The Mahotella Queens: Sithunyiwe Thozkozile No 2 / The Rainbows: Futhi / Paul Simon: Gumboots / Ntemis Alexandra All Star Band: African Jive / The Skylarks: Ndixolele / Mahlathini & The Mahotella Queens: Nomalanga / Mahlathini & The Mahotella Queens: Kwa Mfazi Onge Mama / Mahlathini & The Mahotella Queens: Wavutha Umlilo  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

 Letter T | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:10:35

"No more barrellhouse women drinkin' no beer..." Frank Stokes: 'Tain't Nobody's Business / Ike & Tina Turner: Ain't Nobody's Business / James Booker: Ain't Nobody's Business / Louis Jordan & Ella Fitzgerald: Ain't Nobody's Business / Willie Nelson: Ain't Nobody's Business / Frank Stokes: Downtown Blues / Geoff Muldaur: Downtown Blues / Beale St Sheiks: Mr Crump Don't Like It / Frank Stokes: Chicken, You Can Roost Behind The Moon / Bettye Lavette (with Patrick Ferris and Zac Sokolow from The Americans): Tain't Nobody's Business  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

 Letter S | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:09:28

"If you forget your mother, you've lost your life..." Prince Nico Mbarga: Sweet Mother / City Boys Band: Nye Asem Hwe / Fela Kuti: This Is Sad / Henri Dikongué: Ndol'Asu / Franco & TPOK Jazz: Infidelité Mado  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

 Letter R | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:11:58

"I gave up a lot, but I won't give in..." Defunkt: The Razor's Edge / Defunkt: Make Them Dance / Defunkt: Strangling Me With Your Love / Defunkt: In the Good Times  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

 Letter Q | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:09:34

"Three Little Pigs, Snoopy, Sinbad, Gulliver, King Kong, Dracula, Tarzan..." Sisa: Qualsevol Nit Pot Sortir El Sol / Sisa: El Fill del Mestre / Sisa: Cançó de la Font del Gat / Sisa: Maria Lluna / Sisa: El Setè Cel  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

 Letter P | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:10:39

"Only as rich as the poorest of the poor..." Phil Ochs: The Power and the Glory / Woody Guthrie: Pastures of Plenty / Phil Ochs: Bound For Glory / Faron Young: For The Love Of A Woman Like You / Phil Ochs: Days of Decision / Phil Ochs: One More Parade / Phil Ochs: Automation Song / Phil Ochs: The Party / Phil Ochs: A Small Circle of Friends / Phil Ochs: Ruben Jaramillo  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

 Letter O | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:11:41

"With our one motor gone, we can still carry on." John Roberts: Out On The Rolling Sea / Frederick McQueen: Jesus Will Be Your Friend / Chaim Tannenbaum: Travelling On For Jesus / Pindar Family: I Bid You Goodnight / Incredible String Band: A Very Cellular Song / Joseph Spence: Coming In On A Wing And A Prayer / Ry Cooder: Coming In On A Wing And A Prayer / Joseph Spence: Sloop John B / Beach Boys: Sloop John B / Joseph Spence: Out On the Rolling Sea  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

 Letter N | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:10:37

Aramire: N'tunuccio / Aramire: Sta Strata / Aramire: Aremu / Aramire: Pizzica con Violino / Nidi D'arac: Cerchio Si Apre Cerchio Si Stringe / Aramire: Santa Cesaria  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

 Letter M | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:12:05

"You'd better get used to it..." Bob Dylan: Maggie's Farm (Live at Newport) / Paul Butterfield Band: Born In Chicago / The Byrds: Mr Tambourine Man / Bob Dylan: Like A Rolling Stone (Live at Newport) / Bob Dylan: It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (Live at Newport) / Jimi Hendrix: Like a Rolling Stone (Live at Monterrey)  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

 Letter L | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:09:18

"I would look her in the eye" The Pioneers: Long-Shot Kick The Bucket / Richard Thompson: Angels Took My Racehorse Away / Bill Monroe: Molly and Tenbrooks / Carlos Gardel: Por Una Cabeza  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

 Letter K | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:10:49

"Where they don't allow you...." Wilburt Harrison: Kansas City / Albert Ammons: Swanee River Boogie / Little Willie Littlefield: KC Loving / Willie Nelson: Kansas City / Little Richard: Kansas City / James Brown: Kansas City / William Harris: Kansas City Blues /  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

 Letter J | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:10:03

"What is it, fish?" Rev F W McGee: Jonah In the Belly of the Whale / Rev F W McGee: Fifty Miles of Elbow Room / Louis Armostrong: Jonah / Lord Buckley: Jonah and the Whale /  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

 Letter I | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:11:35

"Tastes good in the afternoon...." Pink Floyd: Interstellar Overdrive (film soundtrack version) / Love: My Little Red Book / Joe Boyd: White Bicycles (audible.com) / Pink Floyd: Arnold Layne / Pink Floyd: Candy and a Currant Bun  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

 Letter H | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:10:36

"Kansst Du gurgeln, Johanna?" Comedian Harmonists: Hallo, was machst du heut' Daisy? / Comedian Harmonists: Creole Love Call / Comedian Harmonists: Kannst du pfeifen, Johanna? / Comedian Harmonists: In Einem Kuhlen Grunde / Comedian Harmonists: Baby, wo ist mein Baby?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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