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Dele Sosimi and Clare Norburn on Afrobeat and a Medieval visionary

Afrobeat musician Dele Sosimi and soprano Clare Norburn help Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye compile the final playlist of the series.

For the final episode of this series, Afrobeat musician Dele Sosimi and soprano Clare Norburn talk us through the importance of building a track's opening, and celebrate a visionary Abbess from the 12th century.

This takes the playlist of this series to 40, chosen and curated by Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye.

Presenters Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye
Producer Jerome Weatherald

This week's five tracks added to the playlist:

O Frondens Virga by Hildegard von Bingen, sung by Emily D'Angelo
Chariots of Fire by Vangelis
Take me to the Mardi Gras by Bob James
Riders on the Storm by The Doors
It's Raining Men by The Weather Girls

Other music in this episode:

The Magnificent Seven by Elmer Bernstein
O Frondens Virga by The Telling
The City of Violets by Stavros Logarides
Take me to the Mardi Gras by Paul Simon
Peter Piper by Run-D.M.C.
The Story of the Rhodes by Bluey and Friends, ft Tom O'Grady
Also Sprach Zarathustra by Deodato
Family Affair by Sly and The Family Stone
(Ghost) Riders in the Sky sung by Vaughn Monroe
Hardly Wait by P J Harvey, sung by Juliette Lewis

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42 minutes

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Fri 26 Nov 2021 19:15

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  • Fri 26 Nov 2021 19:15

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