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What would Pippi Longstocking do?

Eclectic music from blues to beats, celebrating 75 years of Pippi Longstocking and an all-star cast, from Iggy Pop to Tilda Swinton, read from The Rime of The Ancient Mariner.

Eclectic music from blues to beats, featuring musical treats from Cornershop, Ann Peebles, Falle Nioke & Ghost Culture, Bob Dylan, Dzambo Agusevi Orchestra, John Lee Hooker, Marvin Gaye and Nick Hakim. Cerys also remembers American soul powerhouse Betty Wright.

An all-star line-up from Iggy Pop to Tilda Swinton and Willem Defoe to Alan Bennett read extracts reflecting Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s 18th century epic poem 'The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner' as part of a new immersive work of audio and visual art for The Big Read.

Ahead of this Thursday, which marks the 75th anniversary of the first Pippi Longstocking book, Cerys hears from Johan Palmberg, Rights Manager at The Astrid Lindgren Company and great grandson of author Astrid Lindgren telling us about the creator of the Pippi Longstocking character and her adventures

3 hours

Last on

Sun 17 May 2020 11:00

Music Played

  • Cornershop

    No Rock: Save in Roll

    • Ample Play.
  • Ann Peebles

    Slipped, Tripped & Fell in Love

    • Hi Records.
  • Graham Mushnik & Group Martini

    Gold Seekers

    • Peeping Through The Porthole.
    • Catapulte.
    • 3.
  • Babe Ruth

    The Mexican / For A Few Dollars More

    • Harvest (EMI).
  • David Bowie

    Moonage Daydream

    • EMI.
  • Stevie Wonder

    Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing

    • Innervisions.
    • Motown.
    • 58.
  • Thomas Fraser

    Peach Pickin' Time in Georgia

  • Brick

    Dusic

    • Phat Trax: The Best Of Old School Volume 2.
    • Bang Records.
    • 8.
  • Falle Nioke & Ghost Culture

    Barke

    • Prah Recordings.
  • Betty Wright

    It's Hard to Stop (Doing Something When It's Good To You)

    • The Best of Betty Wright.
    • Warner Music UK Limited.
    • 3.
  • Big John Hamilton

    Big Bad John (They Call Me)

  • DΕΎambo AguΕ‘evi Orchestra

    Road to East

  • Fruko y sus Tesos

    El Vidriero

    • 12 Bombazos Bailables.
    • Vampi Soul.
    • 7.
  • Lefty Frizzell

    My Rough and Rowdy Ways

  • Bob Dylan

    False Prophet

  • Air

    La Femme D'Argent (edit)

  • Nick Hakim

    QADIR

    • ATO Records.
  • The Funkees

    Ole

    • Dancing Time: The Best Of Eastern Nigeria's Afro Rock Exponents 1973-77.
    • Soundway.
    • 1.
  • Charles Williams

    Bacon Butt Fat

    • The Message: Soul, Funk And Jazzy Grooves From Mainstream Records.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
    • 18.
  • The Clash

    Train In Vain

    • Columbia.
  • Camera Obscura

    Let's Get Out of This Country

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Elefant.
  • Miriam Makeba

    Pata Pata

    • Buried Treasure: Lost Gems From Deep In The '60s Vaults CD2.
    • Reprise Records.
    • 8.
  • D'angelo

    Brown Sugar

  • Joe Higgs

    Don't Mind Me

    • Various β€Žβ€“ Reggae Vintage Vol. 1.
    • Clan Disc.
    • 2.
  • Dr. John

    Right Place Wrong Time

    • Warner Special Products.
  • Marvin Gaye

    Trouble Man

    • Motown.
  • Mink DeVille

    Spanish Stroll

    • Raven.
  • Delroy Washington

    The Way to Reason

  • Greg Foat

    Symphonie Pacifique

  • Leonie Evans, Ophelie Luminati, Bots Leonard, Quentin Bardi, Nicolas Laroza & Pierre Jean Mecri

    Doux Reves

    • Leonie Evans - Collaborations Volume 2.
    • 3.
  • The Staple Singers

    If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)

    • Stax.
  • Nordine StaΓ―fi

    Goultili Bye Bye

  • The Seeds

    Pushing Too Hard

    • Ace.
  • Dorothy Ashby

    Wax and Wane

  • Georgia Anne Muldrow

    Blam

  • Jill Scott

    A Long Walk by Jill Scott

    • Who Is Jill Scott?.
    • Epic.
  • Jimmy Smith

    The Organ Grinder's Swing

  • Tunde Mabadu

    Viva Disco

Broadcast

  • Sun 17 May 2020 11:00