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James Smith of Yard Act gets your weekend started with a bang!

To round off our Way With Words celebrations, Craig chats to James Smith of Yard Act about his writing process and favourite lyrics of all time.

To round off our Way With Words celebrations, Craig chats to James Smith of Yard Act about his writing process, his favourite lyrics of all time, and how reading β€˜Animal Farm’ once got him into trouble.

Also, YOU get to pick the last song of the show for our Closing Credit.

Think you’ve got a worthy banger? Email craig@bbc.co.uk.

3 hours

Music Played

  • Grimes

    Genesis

    • 4 A.D..
  • Mogwai

    God Gets You Back

    • Rock Action.
  • The Dandy Warhols

    Bohemian Like You

    • Capitol.
  • Queens of the Stone Age

    The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret

    • Interscope.
  • MJ Cole

    Crazy Love

    • Talkin' Loud.
  • BDB

    CHROMA 005 A.L.O.E.

    • CHROMA.
  • Hanni El Khatib & Frank Leone

    Solid Gold

    • Innovative Leisure.
  • CeCe Rogers

    Someday

    • Atlantic.
  • FKA twigs

    Eusexua

    • Young.
  • Samantha Crain

    Dragonfly

    • Real Kind Records.
  • Jungle

    Let's Go Back

    • AWAL.
  • Yvonne Baker

    You Didn't Say A Word

    • Parkway.
  • The Orielles

    Bobbi's Second World

    • Heavenly Recordings.
  • The Smile

    Zero Sum

    • XL Recordings.
  • Yard Act

    The Undertow

    • Island.
  • The Voidz

    7 Horses

    • Cult Records.
  • Mary J. Blige

    Family Affair

    • No More Drama.
    • MCA.
  • Ezra Collective

    Streets Is Calling (feat. Moonchild Sanelly & M.anifest)

    • Partisan.
  • Srah Wimbush

    'Miner Running Towards A Field At Orgreave' (Class Of 2024)

  • Lava La Rue

    LOVEBITES

    • Dirty Hit.
  • Lex Amor

    Beg

    • Modern Oak.
  • Melin Melyn

    Fantastic Food

  • Gossip

    Listen Up

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Back Yard Recordings.
  • Kim Deal

    Crystal Breath

    • 4AD.
  • Lack of Afro

    Summer Nights

  • Roger Damawuzan & Vaudou Game

    Pas Contente

    • Apiafo.
    • Hot Casa Records.
  • Cymande

    Bra

    • Cymande.
    • Janus Records β€Ž.
  • Gil Scott‐Heron

    The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

    • BLUEBIRD.
  • Linton Kwesi Johnson

    Reality Poem (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 3 Oct 1981)

  • Enola Gay

    Cortana

    • Enola Gay.
  • Air

    Remember

    • Virgin.
  • Leon Bridges

    Peaceful Place

    • Columbia.
  • Maribou State

    Otherside

    • Ninja Tune.
  • MJ Lenderman

    Wristwatch

    • Anti-.
  • Ezra Furman

    Ordinary Life

    • Bella Union.
  • congratulations

    Ice Tea

  • The Fatback Band / Sarah Ruba, Fatback & Sarah Ruba

    (Are You Ready) Do The Bus Stop / Suga

    • The Get Down: Original Soundtrack From The Netflix Original Series.
    • House of Iona/RCA Records.
    • 9.

Broadcast

  • Fri 4 Oct 2024 13:00