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Reflections on candle music …
With metaphors for the fragility of life, relationships and more, and inspired by last week’s topic nominations, guest of the week Marco den Ouden lights a bright and beautifully illuminating selection on this festive and glowing theme
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Foxy rock: the Megitsune portrayed by Babymetal
Untrustworthy, shapeshifting creatures from Japan and elsewhere, to a whole spectrum of deceitful and dodgy human behaviour spanning many genres from folk, rock, pop, funk and more, compiled in wily style by guest Suzi from last week’s topic
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It may not be long for the dugong, hauntingly heralded below in song …
From man-made causes – hunting to climate change and habitat loss, it’s a heartbreaking, tragic tale. But this musical menagerie also has poignant positivity, with guest Marco den Ouden adding conservation success stories in these moving, beautiful lists, picked from last week’s topic
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You simply don’t mess with Tura Satana, portraying Varla in 1965’s Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
Ambiguous, mysterious, sexy, full of charm but also harm, they're the objects of obsession, as it's often unclear what the balance of good-bad may be. Fictional or real, famous or personal, let's find songs inspired by them ...
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Who’s in this week’s lineup?
Frogs, toads, salamanders and axolotls all leap into view in this week’s musical menagerie of amazing amphibious numbers across a fabulous pond of genres from folk to hip hop, jazz and much more, stylishly chosen by guest Suzi from last week’s topic
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Visions of the future: The Flaming Lips
Visions, prophets, psychics, spanning history and the future, with good news and bad – inspired by many nominations from last week’s topic, these superb playlists, picked by guest amylee, journey through time and space
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Spellbinding: Koko Taylor
What’s been brewing in the musical cauldron this week? Making the magic happen from a huge casting of spells and songs from readers is guest playlister George Boyland, who conjures up two miraculous selections
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Chill out and listen to this week's playlists …
Clearlake to Cocteau Twins, Tchaikovsky to Jethro Tull, last week's topic included an avalanche of nominations, from which this week's guest takeitawayGuru has sculptured two of fine flakes and frozen shapes
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Silky smooth: Count Basie
Van Morrison's spiritual journey to rough seas with Gordon Lightfoot, Aretha Franklin's lover to smooth silk via Count Basie, this week's guest writer TakeitawayGuru creates two tantalisingly touching playlists
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Ibeyi, aka tempestuous sisters Naomi and Lisa-Kaindé Díaz
From cleaning up to getting dirty, leaving the country to new life at forty, black eyes to old blues, this week's guest writer Marco den Ouden's playlists show brilliant breadth of perspective on ways to start again
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Unit Delta Studio in 1966, set up by Delia Derbyshire of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
From the dark, discordant and disturbing to the bright lights of virtuosity, this week's guru Flatfrog chooses playlists of cutting-edge creativity and evolutionary leap from your song suggestions
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