Margaret Atwood
Bestselling author Margaret Atwood plays some of her favourite music and talks about what the artists and songs mean to her. First broadcast in 2016.
Bestselling author Margaret Atwood plays some of her favourite music and talks about what the artists and songs mean to her, and how they have influenced her writing.
There'll be songs from Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Alanis Morisette, Stompin' Tom Connors and Bruce Cockburn.
Margaret Atwood is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic and essayist. She is the author of seventeen novels, which include The Edible Woman, The Handmaid's Tale and The Blind Assassin. She has been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize five times, winning once, and has been a finalist for the Governor General's Award several times, winning twice.
First broadcast in 2016, and repeated to complement ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4βs serialisation of The Testaments, which begins on 16th September at 12.04 pm.
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Music Played
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Buffy SainteβMarie
Now That The Buffalo's Gone
- It's My Way.
- Vanguard Records.
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Leonard Cohen
The Future
- The Future.
- Columbia.
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Stan Rogers
Barrett's Privateers
- Fogarty's Cove.
- Barnswallow.
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Bruce Cockburn
The Coldest Night of the Year
- Inner City Front.
- True North Records.
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Teressa Adams, Milt Holland, Paul Horn & Joni Mitchell
The Circle Game
- Ladies of the Canyon.
- Reprise Records.
- 012.
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Alanis Morissette
You Learn
- Maverick.
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Hank Snow
I'm Moving On
- The Essential Hank Snow.
- RCA.
- 2.
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Stompinβ Tom Connors
Bud The Spud
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Ian & Sylvia
Four Strong Winds
- Four Strong Winds.
- Vanguard.
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Tanya Tagaq
Caribou
- Animism.
- Six Shooter Records.
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Neil Young
Harvest Moon
- Reprise.
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Bishop Nehru & DOOM
Mean The Most
- Lex.
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Neil Young
Till The Morning Comes
- After The Gold Rush.
- Reprise.
- 5.
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Blondie
Fade Away And Radiate
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Neil Young
Harvest Moon
- (CD Single).
- Reprise.
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Inner City
Good Life
- PARADISE.
- 10 Records.
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Bo Diddley
You Can't Judge A Book By The Cover
- Charly.
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Neil Young
Only Love Can Break Your Heart
- After The Gold Rush.
- Reprise.
- 3.
Broadcasts
- Sun 23 Oct 2016 13:00ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 6 Music
- Thu 13 Sep 2018 01:00ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 6 Music
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