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It's the Big Garden Birdwatch so Guy brings you a show that is all about the birdies. Plus Happy Birthday Etta James and John Cooper Clarke.

It's the Big Garden Birdwatch, so Guy brings you a show that is all about the birdies. Guy is joined by Jamie Wyver, editor of the RSPB magazine, plus birdsong, bird songs and bird-related gems from the archive.

Elsewhere, he's celebrating Interpol's debut album, sending birthday greetings to Etta James and John Cooper Clarke and struggling with some Scandinavian pronunciation.

Meanwhile, Simon Armitage admits he was wrong, and the Beckapedia visits the library (and it's not to get a book out).

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Music Played

  • Interpol

    Untitled

    • Matador.

  • Broken Social Scene

    Sweetest Kill

    • City Slang.

  • Samana

    Elysian Fields

    • The Road Records.

  • David Bowie

    China Girl

    • EMI.

  • Fontaines D.C.

    Boys In The Better Land

    • PARTISAN RECORDS.

  • Jim O’Rourke

    Ghost Ship in a Storm

    • DOMINO.

  • Sly & the Family Stone

    Everyday People

    • NECTAR.

  • Medium Medium

    Hungry so Angry

    • Cherry Red Records.

  • deary

    Seabird

    • Bella Union.

  • Dele Sosimi

    You No Fit Touch Am (Medlar Remix)

  • Bee Gees

    You Should Be Dancing

    • Polydor.

  • Irma Thomas

    Ruler Of My heart

    • Charley.

  • José González

    Against The Dying Of The Light

    • Mute.

  • Interpol

    NYC

    • Matador.

  • Isaac Hayes

    Walk On By

    • Stax.

  • Bon Iver

    Everything Is Peaceful Love

    • Jagjaguwar.

  • Cheetah & Nia Archives

    Get Loose

    • Up Ya Archives.

  • Black Sabbath

    War Pigs

    • Castle.

  • David Bowie

    Big Brother/Chant of the Ever Circling Skeletal Family

    • EMI.

  • Broadcast

    It Must've Been the Magpies

    • Warp Records.

  • Yttling Jazz & Yukimi

    Distant Star

    • Year0001.

  • Joel Vandroogenbroeck

    Electronic Jungle

    • Far Out Recordings.

  • Etta James

    Fool That I Am

    • Not Now Music.

  • Arctic Monkeys

    I Wanna Be Yours

    • Domino Recording.

  • Dr. John

    I Walk On Guilded Splinters

    • Rhino Records.

  • Peter Skellern

    Love Is The Sweetest Thing

    • Ariola.

  • The Chambers Brothers

    So Fine (Live)

    • Acrobat.

  • The Ramsey Lewis Trio

    The In Crowd (Bohemian Caverns, 1965)

    • ARGO RECORDS.

  • CSS

    Let's Make Love And Listen To Death From Above

  • Le Tigre

    Deceptacon

    • Wiiija Records.

  • Justice & Simian

    We Are Your Friends

    • [PIAS] Recordings Catalogue.

  • The Rapture

    House Of Jealous Lovers

    • DFA Records.

  • Hercules & Love Affair

    Blind

    • EMI.

  • Alexander Carson

    Deep Dark Blue Coda

    • self release.

  • The Beach Boys

    Little Bird

    • Capitol Records.

  • Roger Webb & De Wolfe Music

    Moonbird

    • De Wolfe Ltd.

  • Hannah Schneider

    In This Room

    • Midnight Confessions.

  • The Beatles

    Blackbird

    • Parlophone.

  • Interpol

    Hands Away

    • Matador.

  • Juni Habel

    Evergreen In Your Mind

    • Basin Rock.

  • Melissa Aldana

    La Sentencia

    • Blue Note Records.

  • Roberta Flack

    The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

    • Rhino Atlantic.

  • Etta James

    A Sunday Kind Of Love

    • Mca/Chess.

Broadcasts

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