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Music, chat and Pigs In Blankets

Mark Radcliffe presents a feast of festive and solstice-related tunes and chat.

Mark Radcliffe presents solo, with a feast of music and chat for weekend breakfast.

Today, he plays some of his favourite festive and solstice-related tracks and hears from listeners about their Christmas preparations. He also premieres his one-off festive feature β€˜Pigs In Blankets.’

Also on the show... long-running feature β€˜The Chain’, which gives listeners the chance to pick a track that links in some way to the last. The list now contains over 8000 songs.

With a selection of music old and new to get the weekend started.

2 hours

Last on

Sat 23 Dec 2023 08:00

Music Played

  • Darlene Love

    Marshmallow World

    • Fontan.
  • Erick the Architect

    Ambrosia (feat. Channel Tres)

    • Architect Recording Company.
  • Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence

    • Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence OST.
    • Masterworks.
    • 1.
  • Jethro Tull

    Ring Out, Solstice Bells

  • Studio Electrophonique

    David and Jayne

    • Cassingle.
    • SELF RELEASE.
  • Headless Heroes

    The North Wind Blew South

    • The Silence Of Love.
    • Names Records.
    • 9.
  • The Source

    You Got The Love (feat. Candi Staton)

    • React.
  • Biig Piig

    Watch Me

    • Sony Music.
  • Evil Blizzard

    All Pigs With Snouts In The Trough

    • Rotting In The Belly Of The Whale.
    • Crackedankles Records.
  • Elbow

    The Blanket Of Night

    • Tell Mama.
    • Warner Vision International.
    • 18.
  • Cocteau Twins

    Frosty The Snowman

  • Confidence Man

    Holiday

  • Dawn Richard

    Babe Ruth

    • Merge Records.
  • Low

    Just Like Christmas

    • JEEPSTER RECORDINGS.
  • Gary Numan

    She's Got Claws

    • Tubeway Army Premier Hits.
    • Beggars Banquet Records Ltd.
    • 8.
  • King Creosote

    Its Santa That's Got His Hold Upon Us (6 Music Session, 08 October 2023)

  • Davitt Sigerson

    It's A Big Country

    • Zetrospective.
    • Island Records.
    • 16.
  • Otis Redding

    Merry Christmas Baby

    • Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin'.
    • Stax.
    • 16.
  • Mitski

    My Love Mine All Mine

    • Dead Oceans.
  • Matt Berry

    Solstice

    • Kill the Wolf.
    • Acid Jazz.
    • 006.
  • Fleet Foxes

    White Winter Hymnal

    • FLEET FOXES.
    • Bella Union.
    • 1.
  • Honey and the Bees

    Jing Jing A Ling

    • Lost Christmas 4: Holiday Rarities.
    • Universal Music Enterprises.
    • 10.

Broadcast

  • Sat 23 Dec 2023 08:00