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SF0225 Mountains
From Mont Blanc to the Matterhorn, K2 to Kilimanjaro, tracks inspired by mountains.
Ian Forth
Communications strategist, podcaster (www.sombrerofallout.com and www.vinylmaelstrom.com), novelist.
SF0224 30 Years Ago: Belle and Sebastian Begin
Celebrating 30 years of Belle and Sebastian and focusing on their origins in 1996-97.
SF0223 Odysseus and the World of Myth
In the wake of Christopher Nolan’s movie ‘The Odyssey’, an episode about Greek and Roman myths plus other mythologies from around the world.
SF0222 The Return of the Durutti Column
After a gap of many years following physical incapacity, Vini Reilly’s Durutti Column is back. In this episode some benchmark tracks from the band and the artists they influenced.
SF0221 Much Ado About Nothing
The final episode of the Bard trilogy; this week - Much Ado About Nothing
SF0220 The Tempest (Shakespeare Part Two)
The second in our Shakespeare trilogy: songs about tempests, storms, heavy rain, thunder, lightning and conflagrations.
SF0219 The Comedy of Errors (Shakespeare Part 1)
First in a trilogy, with tunes based on Shakespeare’s plays. First up, The Comedy of Errors.
SF0218 All-New Gripping Dramas!
A humorous selection of titles suggesting new TV drama and documentaries. For example, English Murder Mystery, Clean Kill, Snow Angel.
SF0217 50 Years On – Punk Rock 76-77
It’s 50 years since the first explosion of punk rock. Here’s a selection of tracks from 1976 and 1977.
SF0216 Into the Garden
An episode devoted to all things garden-related – flowers, plants, grass and so on
SF0215 “It was 20 years ago today” 2006 Revisited
SF0215 “It was 20 years ago today” 2006 Revisited by Ian Deeker Forth
SF0214 Manchester Part 2 1984 – 2026
The second of our two-part series on Manchester, this one covering the “post post-punk era”