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Who is Joan of Arc?
Song of the Day: After recent songs about the famous who died at a prematurely young age, four very contrasting numbers about the legendary French military heroine who was burned at the stake age 19 in 1431
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Van the man
Song of the Day: After James Carr's soul classic, let's turn down down an unusually upbeat route written by by the Belfast legend for his 1979 album Into The Music, which includes a lyric inspired by it
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Sixto Rodriquez in the early 70s
Song of the Day: After yesterday’s Vashti Bunyan, another inspirational story of obscurity to long-sought recognition fro the mysterious Detroit-born Mexican immigrant singer-songwriter, made famous in the documentary Searching For Sugar Man
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Hair today. Mysterious LUMP dancing.
Song of the Day: Yesterday we highlighted two of Joni MItchell's finest from, and with a California connection, here an English singer-songwriter with a voice that soars with comparable quality, alongside beautiful, otherworldly music from the Tunng frontman and producer
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Joni Mitchell in the early 1970s
Song of the Day: After two previous colourful entries, let's enter the vividly depicted world of the Canadian singer-songwriter, here taking us from Los Angeles to Paris and back on a journey of street and field scenes that capture big issues old and new.
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Dolly's a shade better
Song of the Day: After a colour-themed pair by Mattiel from Atlanta, let's enjoy twin versions from the Tennessee great, who also likes a shade of country and colour, in this tale of patchwork poverty, mother's love, and childhood pride
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Old and yet new: Trembling Bells album cover for 2018's Dungeness
Song of the Day: Following our previous track by Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, new songs from the Scottish-formed folk band who collaborated with him on the 2012 album The Marble Downs, but two here from their new LP Dungeness
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Bill Callahan
Song of the Day: The past week has featured a selection of wonderful Scottish artists, several of whom admire and have been influenced by this American singer-songwriter whose voice and simplicity of style has power and profundity
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Going Forth: From the cover of Kathryn Joseph's album Bones You Have Thrown Me And Blood I've Spilled
Song of the Day: Following our previous entry featuring King Creosote and Jon Hopkins, let's turn to another Scottish artist, and fly from bats to birds into an otherworldly sound by the Inverness singer-songwriter
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The album cover of Diamond Mine (2011)
Song of the Day: Continuing with more Scottish-flavour collaborations, more exquisite songs, here by Fife's Kenny Anderson joining forces with the English electronica musician and producer from the 2011 album Diamond Mine
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Aidan Moffat & RM Hubbert
Song of the Day: After yesterday's duo with Bill Wells. another link to Aidan Moffat alongside two other Scottish artists in a beautiful dialogue song between two ex-lovers talking about past and present
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Pub mates and song collaborators Aidan Moffat and Bill Wells
Song of the Day: After yesterday's Malcolm Middleton songs, let's dip into two by his old Arab Strap friend Aidan Moffat, here joining with Bill Wells, fellow songwriter and multi-instrumentalist with two dark and humorous numbers
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Malcolm Middleton
Song of the Day: After yesterday's tribute to Scott Hutchison of Frightened Rabbit, let's move to another great Scottish singer-songwriter who mixes dark matters with wry humour but also deep emotions
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Scott Hutchison, 1982-2018.
Song of the Day: A change of pace today with a three-song tribute to Scott Hutchison, frontman and sublime songwriter of the band from Selkirk and Glasgow, who sadly passed away this week aged just 36
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Minnie Riperton in 1971
Song of the Day: After our previous Manchester late-80s dance tracks, when flower power returned with a new chemical twist, we hark back to another petal-infused and influential song by the vocalist linked to our previous Rotary Connection selection
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I Am Kloot, featuring frontman John Bramwell (centre)
Song of the Day: A sublimely reflective and beautiful song that finds clarity and beauty beyond the foggy nebula of dark cloud cover, written and sung by John Bramwell for the 2010 album Sky At Night
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Stephin Merritt and friend
Song of the Day: 'Love is ...' here perhaps less a song, more a poetic, wry, extended metaphor, but still a lugubrious bit of loveliness from The Magnetic Fields' 1999 triple album 69 Love Songs
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Singer, songwriter, banjo player and quite possibly engineer too – Peggy Seeger
Song of the Day: A special song for International Women's Day, sung by a very special woman, with brilliant lyrics all about fighting against the conditioning, prejudice and stereotyping of gender and inequality
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Johnny Cash. Still in pain, but with great dignity
Song of the Day: Our last song focused on dealing with teenage depression. Today, in one of his greatest career moments, Johnny Cash's cover addresses this in the autumn of his years, but also so much more
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Peter Gabriel, aged 23, in the early days of Genesis.
Song of the Day: Moonlight, eccentricity and experimental obscurity have very much been the direction of SOTD recently, and so it's time to unashamedly progressively rock on to Peter Gabriel's old band at their finest – when he still led it
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