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Happy Mother's Day, Happy Ry Cooder Day

Guy Garvey brings you some appropriate music for both Mother's Day and celebrating Ry Cooder's birthday.

Guy Garvey brings you some appropriate music for Mother's Day and celebrates Ry Cooder's birthday with tunes from the Paris Texas soundtrack.

Plus, Simon Armitage, Roddy Hart and the mysterious Beckapedia pop by with musical recommendations and there are a brace of tunes from Ireland's Other Voices festival.

Produced in Salford by BBC Audio for BBC Radio 6 Music.

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Music Played

  • Ry Cooder

    Paris, Texas

    • Warner Music UK Limited.

  • Jon and Vangelis

    State Of Independence

    • Polydor Records.

  • Supertramp

    Bloody Well Right

    • Universal.

  • The Beach Boys

    California Girls

    • EMI.

  • Panic Shack

    Thelma and Louise

    • Brace Yourself Records.

  • JIALING

    BIG J FALLS

    • Clasico.

  • David Byrne

    Everybody Laughs (feat. Ghost Train Orchestra)

    • Matador.

  • Billy Nomates

    Moon Explodes

    • Invada Records.

  • Angelo De Augustine

    Mirror Mirror

    • Asthmatic Kitty.

  • Etta James

    At Last

    • Mca/Chess.

  • Sly & the Family Stone

    Sing A Simple Song

    • RCA.

  • The Jam

    Life From A Window

    • Polydor Records.

  • Jacob Alon

    Confession (Live at Other Voices)

  • Smog

    I Feel Like The Mother Of The World

    • Drag City.

  • Patti Smith

    Gloria

    • ARISTA.

  • The Beatles

    Mother Nature's Son

    • Apple.

  • Ivor Cutler

    Jam

    • Hoorgi House.

  • Donny Hathaway

    Jealous Guy

    • ATCO Records, Rhino Records.

  • Ry Cooder

    A Cancion Mixteca

    • Warner Records.

  • Christine Kittrell

    I'm A Woman

    • Bear Family Records.

  • Hopkins

    Buddy Brown's Blues

    • Real Gone Music.

  • Happy Mondays

    Kinky Afro

    • Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches.
    • Factory Records.

  • Happy Mondays

    Loose Fit

    • Factory.

  • Dove Ellis

    Pale Song (Live at Other Voices)

  • Hot Springs

    Magic

    • self release.

  • Joni Mitchell

    A Case Of You

    • Reprise.

  • Mariachi El Bronx

    Forgive or Forget

    • ATO.

  • Kate Bush

    Mother Stands For Comfort

    • EMI.

  • Iron & Wine

    Roses

    • Sub Pop Records.

  • The Isley Brothers

    Work To Do

    • Epic.

  • Aretha Franklin

    Rock Steady

    • Warner.

  • Trashcan Sinatras

    The Bitter End

    • TCS Recodings.

  • Nicole Atkins

    Neptune City

    • Columbia.

  • Dave Brubeck

    Take Five

    • Old Gold.

  • Aldous Harding

    One Stop

    • 4AD.

  • Big Star

    Femme Fatale

    • Ardent Music.

  • FAMY

    Mother Benita

    • Fifi.

  • Lynks

    USE IT OR LOSE IT (6 Music Session, 20 Feb 2024)

  • 100 gecs

    Doritos & Fritos

    • Warner Music UK Limited.

  • TOMORA

    Ring The Alarm

  • Davey Graham

    Wilt Thou Unkind

    • UMC-Decca.

  • Bill Withers

    Grandma's Hands

    • Virgin.

  • John Martyn

    Solid Air

    • Island.

  • Blind Faith

    Can't Find My Way Home

    • Universal.

  • Mungo Parker

    Today I'm Free, Today I'm Fine

    • Mungo Parker.

  • Bob Dylan

    Main Theme from Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid

    • Columbia/Legacy.

  • Connan Mockasin

    Faking Jazz Together

    • Because.

  • Kurt Vile, Farmer Dave Scher, Jesse Trbovich & Rob Laakso

    Too Hard

    • Matador Records.

  • Ry Cooder

    Houston In Two Seconds

    • WEA.

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